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The Bright Spot Meme


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

Date: 2017-02-12 06:25 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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"What I want is for you to finish being up and get back in bed."

That falls out before he can stop it, and because he's Sherlock and possibly a little insecure, he fumbles for a joke to follow up on something so sentimental.

"But if getting a glass of water is some kind of post-coital etiquette I don't know about..."

Date: 2017-02-12 06:43 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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"Shut up," he says, but it's fond and not at all sharp.

He does enjoy lying here like this with her, the way they did when he woke up this morning: him on his back, her weight pressing gently along his side and chest, arms draped around one another. It's easier to recover and process everything going through his head with her tucked against him, a reminder that being human isn't so terrible after all.

His head lolls to one side, so he can look her in the eye again. The smile really does do wonders for her mouth.

Date: 2017-02-12 07:11 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Finally got it.)
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It's almost funny, that the facts about biochemistry and the relationship between hormones and pair-bonding stay firmly at the back of his mind where they belong. That she can always seem to find a way in past his genius to a part of him that simply cares too much to deflect something of real importance.

"I love you," he murmurs. Which is itself a statement of fact, just not one meant to break the heady power of the moment they're sharing.

Date: 2017-02-13 12:37 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Biology doesn't lie.)
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Before now, he's wondered how people could stand something that sounds as crushingly boring as simply being alone together. But lying here in contented quiet with Molly is... actually okay. His thoughts aren't trying to pull him in a million directions at once, and she's not demanding anything of him he isn't willing or able to give.

He runs a hand through her hair idly, learning the texture of it.

Date: 2017-02-13 10:05 pm (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Biology doesn't lie.)
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Her fingers draw gentle lines between the marks his cases and bad habits have left on him, and he stores away those patterns she's tracing and the words she's saying like a Rosetta Stone. Somehow the circumstances here are all right enough that he can hear and interpret what she's saying, even though it's in a language he's never bothered to learn.

And somehow he can trust that when he speaks, she'll be able to translate for herself.

"I'm glad to be here," he admits, very quietly. "This... this is good. I mean the whole thing--lunch, talking, sex. All of it."

Date: 2017-02-13 10:34 pm (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Biology doesn't lie.)
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He does feel that smile, curving against his skin, and he almost wishes it would leave a scar. Just so he has physical proof that he's made Molly happy, if only for a short time.

"Not so awful at all."

And it's true. Opening up this much of himself has been excruciating--a long rollercoaster ride through grief and guilt and horror and self-loathing--and this part, the sweetness of love and trust and discovery, is something he legitimately didn't expect.

Date: 2017-02-14 01:35 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (You've always counted.)
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It's a sentimental little gesture, that kiss pressed to his heart, and somehow Sherlock doesn't mind a bit. It's not the kind of thing he'd do himself, but the fact that it's Molly makes it pleasant, gives it meaning.

"Thank you," he says. And then, because it seems appropriate and because he's so drawn to the shape of her smiling mouth, he curls his hand around the back of her head and pulls her up towards him for another slow kiss.

HEY ACTUALLY IT'S TUESDAY :D

Date: 2017-02-14 10:16 pm (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Not bad.)
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To: Sherlock
From: John


5:14 PM: You are coming back some time today, right?

6:34 PM: A word would be nice, Sherlock

6:59 PM: Sod it, I'm getting a pizza, whenever you roll in you can get leftovers.

7:02 PM: But if I don't hear from you by check-in time tomorrow I'll come over there just so I can see you're okay.


To: John
From: SH


8:31 PM: Heading back.

*

Those first few hours together are--well, not blissful. A little clumsy, a little chaotic. But they're good, which is more than Sherlock ever expected, and which just about cuts the disappointment he feels when Mike Stamford texts Molly to remind her that he needs her in early the next day.

They kiss goodnight on the threshold of her flat, lingering and heedless of anyone who might be passing by. Sherlock walks all the way back to John's place, his coat and scarf full of cat hair and his body and mind ringing with new pleasures. He can't even really care that it's Saturday night and the crowds around him are loud and swollen.

Halfway home he stops to text her a photo of a blue plaque on a house he passes. Dame Margot Fonteyn, Prima Ballerina Assoluta, 1919-1991.

(He's tellingly disheveled, and John absolutely notices. There is an extremely awkward conversation wherein John's suspicions about Sherlock's lack of a substantial sexual history are finally confirmed, and he's sworn to secrecy about it, and then he somehow ends up agreeing to run Sherlock's tests because he was probably going to end up knowing the results anyhow.)

Fortunately and unfortunately, Sunday morning there's a frantic call from a potential client in Cardiff (something about "bad wolves" following her) and Sherlock can't refuse the case. But he texts Molly from the train, and the hotel, and from the back of a pickup truck where he has to spend several uncomfortable hours hiding in the middle of the night. They're not sentimental messages, not the way a normal man's might be, but there's warmth and humor in them. Particularly in the way he complains about the Welsh pathologist he ends up working with.

Early Tuesday morning, however, there's an entirely unambiguous text on her phone.

To: Molly
From: Sherlock


6:14 AM: En route back from Cardiff. Just reviewed test results via email; all clear. Ballet proceeding as scheduled.

V-day Sherlolly, all's right with the world. <3

Date: 2017-02-15 01:02 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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(As Sherlock has observed, John is smarter than he looks, so pretty damn smart. Even though the hickey's mostly faded, he knows what a happy Molly looks like, and the fact that Sherlock came home with the clothes he left the house in but not in them is telling to say the least. He's trying very hard not to think about it, because he knows walking in on anything would be every bit as awkward as the few times he walked in on Harry with her girlfriends when they were in school. But when he confines his thinking about the situation to the emotional side of it, he finds he's earnestly damn happy for the two of them. Molly deserves this, and Sherlock... well, he'd be willing to bet Sherlock can earn it. And it'd make Mary so happy.)

John answers the door with Rosie in his arms. She's alert, and she recognizes faces now--and, as ever, she lights up at the sight of her godmother. Her little hands wave towards Molly, and she laughs excitedly.

"Hey, Molly. Perfect timing, as usual. Come on in, yeah? We can go over the schedule before I leave. How've you been?"

There might be a teasing tone creeping into that last question. Granted, Sherlock is way more fun to needle about this than Molly, but he can't help himself.

To: Molly
From: Sherlock


9:09 AM: Did I ever tell you I taught Dad about emoticons when we got him his first iPhone, to spite Mycroft? It backfired on us both.

9:10 AM: Expect intermittent texts. Possibly sexting; I haven't decided yet.


(Is... is that an attempt at flirting?)

Date: 2017-02-15 01:46 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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"We're good! She's slept through the night twice in a row now--" he squeezes Rosie fondly, and she coos and pats at his nose-- "so I actually feel human, which is pretty damn great. I know I probably can't expect it every night for a while yet, but I'm enjoying it while it lasts."

He glances at her purse, and his smile goes a bit lopsided. He can put two and two together. Or one and one, really.

"So, Rosie's had her breakfast. No big changes to her schedule, everything's still in the same place, if you order in something get the receipt and I'll cover it later, and if you take her out for a walk just text me when you go out and when you get back." For a second he's quiet, and then he adds, "I don't think he'll mind if you go in his room, but make sure you put up the baby gate if you do while Rosie's awake, yeah?"

Date: 2017-02-15 02:46 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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"Hey." He steps closer, puts a hand on Molly's shoulder. "Molly. Sorry, I didn't mean to be--look, I really am happy for you both. And I mean it, I think you can pull it off, getting him to understand all this... being an actual human... stuff."

Rosie's big eyes swivel to take in Molly, and John takes the opportunity to start handing her off.

"And you know whatever I can do to support you, I absolutely will, except being late for work right now. All right?"

To: Molly
From: Sherlock


9:15 AM: Oh, and send a photo of the baby. I want to track how the structure of her face is developing and see if I can project what she'll look like in a few years.

Date: 2017-02-15 03:05 am (UTC)
punchmeitssubtext: (Gotcha.)
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John grins. He knows he's had a somewhat different version of that expression on his face when Sherlock's texted him incessantly out of pure boredom.

"Thanks again. Bye, princess! Bye, Auntie Molly!"

And then he's gone, his warm laughter sort of lingering after him.

To: Molly
From: Sherlock


9:17 AM: If John hasn't yet left, tell him he's got a window of eighty-one seconds to get out the door before his chances of being late by at least six minutes increase by two hundred percent.

9:17 AM: It's not true but he doesn't need to know that.

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