I know this type of fic has been done before, but I just wanted to give my take on Janine playing the matchmaker, with Tom's help this time.
This is going to be a two or three chapter fic.
She didn't love Sherlock. Not really. She thought she did, but the truth was she didn't, not for one moment. What she really loved was the idea of him. Someone good looking, genius Consulting detective who solved crimes, like a hero.
Sherlock Holmes was an excellent actor. He managed to be the perfect doting boyfriend ever possible, something she know now was always fake.
Janine was not stupid. She knew what kind of man Sherlock was but she fell for that act anyway, or more precisely managed to fool herself in believing that act.
She was lonely and Sherlock Holmes looked like the perfect Mr. Darcy. He wasn't, of course.
She should hate Sherlock for what he did, yet she doesn't. She was angry at first, which led to her selling those lies to the media. However when she cooled down, she realised she was fine and her heart was not broken. She ended up forgiving Sherlock and figure she could be friends with him.
In the end, she didn't really love Sherlock and she wondered if it was because of that he had managed to do something so outrageous as get engaged to her just to break into the office. Maybe, he knew her heart wouldn't really be broken. Then she dismissed the thought as quickly as it came, Sherlock Holmes did not care for broken hearts. Yet, it made her wonder had he ever had his heart broken.
It was in this thought process that she remembered the name of a woman she had forgotten in all the Magnussen-fake fiancée business.
Molly Hooper.
She didn't know the woman's name at first, only remembered from the wedding as the woman who came with the man who made the interesting deduction of meat dagger and was wearing a too bright yellow dress.
Really, what the hell was that guy thinking?
Meat Dagger?
She learned of Molly Hooper's name, when one day she was going thought Sherlock's text messages out of curiosity and found an amazing number of them filled with Molly Hooper. The texts were really weird though, containing of body parts, autopsies- which both Sherlock and Molly- labelled as autopsies and occasional question about someone named Tom -whom she presumed was Molly's boyfriend- by Sherlock. The questions were asked in such a way, that she got the distinct impression that Sherlock was somehow jealous of this Tom. She quickly disposed of that though because Sherlock was dating her and so why would he be jealous of this Tom?
She couldn't help but be curious of this women though- how often do you learn about a woman who is a pathologist and does autopsies?
So, she asked Sherlock when he came out of the shower about Molly and she knew she was not imagining the slight softening of his feature as he made her recognise Molly be referring to the woman who was dressed in yellow for the wedding with that ridiculous bow in her hair. Even if she imagined the slight softening of his feature, she was sure she did not imagine the fondness in Sherlock's voice as he spoke of Molly, of her intelligence as Janine kept on questioning Sherlock about Molly.
Apparently, Molly Hooper was someone Sherlock Holmes held in high regard, contrary to one might be led to believe by his occasional insults he kept on spewing about her clothing choice and taste in men as he spoke of Tom whom Sherlock referred to as Meat Dagger, because she could hear the fondness in his voice even when he was insulting Molly.
That day, is also a testament to the fact that she didn't truly feel anything for Sherlock, since for one moment did she not feel jealous but instead found herself wondering about this woman who seem to have a special place in Sherlock's heart.
The next time she heard of Molly Hooper was when in the midst of seducing Sherlock, he got a text, she saw Sherlock look at the text and saw something akin to worry on his face, mixed with a weird look of smugness and satisfaction as he looked her from his case and told her he had to go. She asked him what was the matter and he replied, ''No, it's Molly. She- she broke up with her fiancée and she is dunk texting me, from a pub, I might add, and I am sorry Janine, but I just want to make sure she is alright.''
Janine nodded. She understood. He was worried about his friend which she thought was really sweet of him. She couldn't help but wonder about the smugness she saw in his face though.
It was only after that break up with Sherlock did she wonder if that smugness and satisfaction she detected on his face was because of Molly's break up with Meat Dagger-Tom.
She found a box labelled Molly on Sherlock's cupboard once, labelled Molly.
In this box, she found a watch, a Christmas bow, and some pictures of Molly in the wedding where Tom's face has been cut off, and another picture of Molly and Sherlock standing by a skeleton.
She stopped herself from thinking what it must mean for a man to keep such possessions of a women- the christmas bow- in such a pristine condition so securely in his cupboard.
Janine's wondering about Sherlock and her musing over if his heart was broken led her to Mrs. Hudson's flat one day.
Janine had always been an curious and romantic person and she couldn't help herself from sticking her nose into Sherlock's private life as she remembered small things that led her to believe Molly Hooper had Sherlock Holmes heart.
Mrs. Hudson, in the end, confirmed her suspicions.
Mrs. Hudson was a person who babbled a lot, and as she Mrs. Hudson kept on babbling about Molly and how she had always had a crush on Sherlock, she gathered new pieces of information.
Apparently, Sherlock used to insult Molly on her body a lot, Molly was also the first person Sherlock ever apologized to, she was also somehow involved in faking Sherlock Holmes death.
Janine bided goodbye to Mrs. Hudson after learning all she can about Sherlock and Molly's relationship and as she went back home she mulled over the piece of information she had gathered she could come to only one conclusion as she remembered Sherlock's word on his deductive methods.
Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable,must be the truth.
Sherlock bloody Holmes was in love with Molly Hooper.
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