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The Bright Spot Meme


(Was there every a more suitable meme for dear Molly?)

Date: 2017-02-05 02:01 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Not bad.)
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Despite the timing of the arrival, he bites off half the biscuit anyway, just to punctuate the exchange. There's a satisfaction in this much like John telling him his deductions were amazing, except amplified and sweetened, and accompanied by a very pleasant reward.

The delivery boy who greets Molly seems a little bemused--not only does he have their food, he also presents her with a single white rose that he claims someone paid him a hundred quid to give her. Some funny thin bloke in a black car, very fancy suit.

When she comes back into the kitchen, Sherlock's polishing off his tea, still looking like a cat that's managed to get at several canaries.

"I hadn't picked up on the ballet thing, but it makes sense. Every so often it comes out in your movements."

Date: 2017-02-05 05:35 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Drama queen?!)
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She holds it out, and his ears start burning. Mycroft has a terrible tendency to needle at him, when he suspects his baby brother might be putting himself at a disadvantage--but then maybe, after Sherrinford, he's also considering going forward in a slightly different way.

Maybe Mycroft is conceding he was wrong about something.

Still, even when it's likely meant with some degree of sincere happiness, it's bloody irritating to be teased about liking somebody.

"Oh, no singing telegram to accompany it? He's slacking in his old age." The sarcasm almost helps cover the fact that he's been thrown off-balance for a second.

Date: 2017-02-05 06:08 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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He takes in what she's saying, and with a speed that astonishes him the embarrassment drains away and leaves him in momentary free fall.

"You'd snog me in front of my awful brother to spite him?"

That is somehow weirdly touching, and proof of a confidence he's noticed more and more the longer he's known her, and unexpectedly something of a turn-on.

"Molly Hooper. That might be the most generous thing anyone has ever offered to do for me."

Date: 2017-02-05 06:46 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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No wonder it's her, he thinks, and for a second there's something totally unguarded in the look he gives her.

She can defend herself against him, can hold her own, and that's beyond reassuring.

"Careful or I'll hold you to that," he smiles as he takes his curry from her and starts prying the container open. He rather likes the thought of strategically placed public displays of affection to send rude messages to his brother's surveillance team.

Date: 2017-02-05 10:16 pm (UTC)
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Though she's been shy around him a lot, before, she tackles her food without any hesitation. And the funniest thing happens--Sherlock realizes she makes eating look appealing, like something he should probably do more of himself. Not just like a distraction or something that slows him down, but like something he might enjoy, if he did it with her here.

(Plus he knows any spice in her curry will probably make her lips red, and for some reason he wants to see that.)

He's got his own forkful of curry halfway to his mouth when he notices the faint, troubled micro-expression that crosses her face. Hard to tell what it's about--there is, after all, so much to Molly he can't just unravel at a glance--but he does have the thought, clear and confident, that he wants to make sure it comes back as little as possible.

Except he's not sure what to say in a situation like this.

So instead he leans towards her a bit, his shoulder pressing into hers.

Date: 2017-02-05 10:54 pm (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Not bad.)
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The smile gets filed away in his head for later, one of these rare little human moments that doesn't bring pain with it. Because Molly Hooper eating curry next to him, giving him a look that says she's ready to challenge him if he moves in the wrong direction, is somehow on par with an expertly forged Picasso or a set of 32 fouettes done by a talented dancer.

Love is definitely making him biased and he doesn't give a damn right now.

He winks at her, broadly--that's something he knows a handful of people reliably laugh at, and if anything fits this moment in her kitchen it's laughter--and promptly takes an enormous bite of his own Madras curry. Which is, also to his surprise, delicious.

Date: 2017-02-05 11:25 pm (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Coffee!)
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He's got a mouthful of curry when she asks, and has to make his way through it somewhat hastily before he can answer.

"Mm--no, I'm okay for now." He pauses for a second, and then, because there's always a random thought somewhere that gets through his filter: "John must not have told you what happened last time we had curry and coke. It's why I'm not allowed back into that one art gallery in Soho."

Date: 2017-02-05 11:51 pm (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Coffee!)
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"It was disgusting," he informs her cheerfully. "Though I suppose it could have been worse, as we weren't drunk."

He's still somewhat reluctant to have a beer with John again. The Great Pub Crawl Disaster is an incident he has no desire to repeat any time soon.

He studies her for a second. Yes, there's definitely a hint of remembered ballet movement in her hands now and again, or in the way she steps forward. He's not sure how he missed it.

Date: 2017-02-06 12:13 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Coffee!)
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The wariness in the way she eyes his Madras curry nearly makes him giggle again.

"I'm not having coke and I'm not about to sprint five city blocks, Molly, it'll be perfectly fine."

Her warmth re-settles next to him--funny, that the last time he saw her in this kitchen she was on edge and now she's totally relaxed.

"Remind me to show you something after lunch."

Date: 2017-02-06 12:38 am (UTC)
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"What--oh god, no, even I know that's terrible relationship etiquette for everyone except penguins." He has another bite. It might be near impossible for him to keep track of things in the normal, regimented ways other people do, but he knows his last full meal was a couple of days ago and it's a good idea to refuel more often now that he knows he'll be devoting some energy to... emotional stuff. (Okay, and sex.)

Plus, rather than being the crack in a lens, Molly's presence just sort of tilts that lens a bit so it's turned on different things. Not only can he taste all the ingredients, but the tastes register as something he likes. Something with value.

Date: 2017-02-06 01:32 am (UTC)
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(In Sherlock's mind, the link is a simple one: a relationship means both parties are significant to each other. Also a Facebook status for announcing yourself to be either off-limits or desperate to be single again, depending.)

"Better than what we get at Baker Street, actually. Shame we're not in their delivery zone, the flavors are noticeably less of a culinary sledgehammer."

He eyes her food, and his smile quirks.

"Based on how often you order it I don't need to ask about yours."

He might sound just a touch smug about that.

Date: 2017-02-06 01:58 am (UTC)
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"I wasn't stalking, I was researching. And you know I'd have deduced it anyway." He's slowing down, too; he might be absurdly thin but he's not a bottomless pit. Plus the spice has, in fact, reddened her lips slightly, which is a very attractive and distracting look on her.

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