Author's Note: This is a very obscure ship that came into my mind one day and never left, and since no one else ships it, I felt like since I have some writing skills, I should write my own story for them. So this will eventually probably become AU in the future, since we might see some of the characters mentioned again, but for now it fits in with canon. These one-shots will be at different times in their relationship, it will not be in chronological order for the most part. I hope you enjoy!

Eddie and Molly walked across and the porch, Eddie going first and opening the door for his companion. The floor of the worn abandoned house creaked beneath their feet as they stepped in. It was dusk, so it was going to get dark soon, but the sun still shone through the cracked windows.

"Your surprise is in the living room, its the only room that didn't smell like ten years of water damage." Eddie said, turning to face her.

"And you checked all the other rooms to make sure no one is here, right?" Molly said glancing up the stairs, and then down the hallway over Eddie's shoulder.

"I knew you would ask that, so I triple checked. I didn't find much in the way of supplies, but I did find something." They walked down to the end of the hallway, and stopped at the door that lead to the living room. Eddie opened the door and slipped through, motion Molly to stay in the hallway. She crossed her arms and resorted to giving the hallway another once over. The chipped paint was curling off the walls, and the ceiling had cracks that made it resemble a shattered mirror. She had been feeling pretty good for the past few months, when she first came across Eddie, he was possibly the most frustrating people she had ever met, and he, for whatever reason, decided he wanted to team up with her.

The first few weeks they were together, Molly was convinced she was gonna rip his head off. He had the itchiest trigger finger, and when he panicked, his first instinct was to shoot, and that was what almost always got them into trouble. But after a while, he learned to remain calm and go for his gun as a last resort. Molly always had Hilda, so she never needed a gun, but Eddie was good to have around if there were simply too many geeks around for Molly to get rid of. They learned to work together, and even though finding food and water for two people was difficult at times, it was easier to have two pairs of eyes looking than just one. Molly looked up when she heard the living room door open.

"You can come in now, I have it all set up!" Eddie said, trying to cover his excitement. Molly walked into the room and stopped at the doorway, staring at her surprise. "What do you think? Pretty fancy, huh?"

There was a small round table with a big piece of dirty blue fabric thrown over it as a tablecloth, with two open cans of food sitting on it, with plastic forks set next to each of them. One long lit candlestick was sitting in a brass candlestick holder in the middle of the table, and along side it was a water bottle filled to the brim. Two mismatched chairs were across from each other, and one was covered with what looked like a sheet. The rest of the room was empty, it looked as though Eddie had cleared the rest of the furniture and taken it to another room, judging by the dust lines on the wooden floor. The pink light of the sunset outside made the whole room glow.

Molly was taken aback by how difficult it must have been for Eddie to hide this little sit down dinner from her. Now she knew why he had practically begged her to stay in this town until tomorrow. She wanted to move on, but he insisted that there was something they missed when looting the area. And she didn't feel like separating and going alone, she enjoyed his company, most of the time.

"So you set this up so we could have a fancy dinner?" Molly asked brashly, turning to Eddie, as she uncrossed her arms and let them rest at her side.

"Well yeah. We have known each other for months, but I still feel like we haven't had time to really talk, I found the cans, and everything else just kinda fell into place. I thought it would be a good opportunity to get to know each other a bit better." Eddie, starting to lose his confidence slightly, stared at his tattoos to avoid looking up at her. A brief silence hung in the air, the only sound that could be heard was the breeze rustling through the overgrown grass in the yard.

"That sounds okay to me, I'm starving, and I haven't done anything like this since before… everything went to shit. Come to think of it I have never done anything like this at all." Molly said, walking to the seat closest to her and sitting down. Eddie followed suit and sat in the other chair, loosening up a bit. Molly rested her elbows on the table as she took her fork and looked into her can.

"I found these in the kitchen, there are a bunch more too, so we can get those on our way out. Thats the second portion of the surprise. Its ravioli, so its like we are at Olive Garden or something." Eddie said, digging in.

"So were there only two parts to the surprise, or are there still more?" Molly asked. She looked up, a sly smile across her face as she started eating.

"You'll just have to wait and see. Now tell me, before this whole thing started, what did you want to do with your life, did you have any big plans?"

"Well, to be honest with you, no. I was still taking my pre-reqs at community college. I didn't really want to go to college either, I just felt it was what I was supposed to do, but it turns out I am better at killing geeks than I am at figuring out a lifelong career, so lucky me I guess." Molly said, avoiding eye contact with Eddie. Opening up about her past was something she wasn't exactly comfortable with doing, but she knew if her and Eddie kept traveling together, this day would come. She just didn't realize how much effort Eddie was willing to put into it though, it was refreshing.

"I hear you, I didn't have any plans for the future either, I still felt like I was a teenager, shit, I still do. My friend Wyatt and I, we were just waiting for some opportunity to come to us, I have no idea why. He was smarter than I am though, I would never have told him that, but its true, he at least had a job, he was doing something."

"I'm sure you were doing your best, that's all anyone can do, even now. I usually do better on my own, but I would be lying if I said you aren't good company, " At those words, they both looked at each other and grinned, and continued enjoying their meal.

The evening seemed to pass by in a flash, they talk for hours, covering topics like their favorite cartoons from their childhoods, who they hung out with in high school, and what their first experience with a walker was like. By the time they realized how long they had been talking, the sun had gone down hours ago, and their only source of light, the candle was getting close to going out. The wax was dripping from it and onto the tablecloth. They had both forgotten the situation they were in for a while, and they seemed to come back to reality at the same time.

"We should get to figuring out where we are gonna sleep, the floor in here would be okay, but we should barricade the door." Molly said getting up from the table and heading to the door, and getting out her flashlight.

"Whoa whoa wait! There is one last surprise, come with me," and Eddie blew out the candle, got out his flashlight, and led her back to the front door. He went into the other rooms and brought a huge dresser with him, and Molly helped him shove it against the door, blocking anyone or anything from getting in. Then, Eddie started heading up the creaky steep stairs, and Molly followed. They reached the top and Eddie headed into the bedroom on the left. She walked in behind him, and she saw what looked to be the comfiest bed she had seen in months. But then she remembered that Eddie talked about a "Surprise," and Molly gave him a scowl that would scare anyone.

"Why do you look so mad at- OH. Wait, I didn't mean to make it look dirty- I'm a fucking idiot." Eddie took a second to mentally kick himself before saying, "This is where you get to sleep, I am going to bed in the room across the hall. I just found this really nice one and thought you could use a good night's sleep."

Molly stood there for a moment, unsure of what to say. She knew he was being sincere, and it was nice of him to think of her, but, she just wasn't used to this. She was always the one who looked out for herself, and for the people she cared about, but it had been a long time since someone had thought of her, and did something nice for her, it was just hard to believe that Eddie wasn't trying to get something from her. He didn't seem like the kind of guy who would do something sweet without wanting something in return. But, Molly thought, this world has changed her in a lot of ways, and she was sure it changed Eddie too.

"I could have presented this a whole lot better, I know, it was dumb to just bring you up and here and show you a bed without-"

"Eddie."

"-Yeah?"

"Thanks."