Charles was sat in his parents kitchen, the morning had gone spectacularly wrong after trying to put up a shelving unit in his parents font room he had just given up. He had stupidly brought the wrong wall plugs so it wouldn't support the bracket or the shelf with any weight on. He put it down to being distracted by molly who although getting back of her last tour the previous day hadn't been in touch, not even a text to let him know she was back safe.

He placed his cup in to the sink and started to pack away his tools in the box to put them back in the shed when there was a knock at the door. He dropped the bag at the back door and headed to the front door and pulled it open wide.

Molly was stood on the step, hair down past her shoulders and in her civilian clothes, with a bag slung over her shoulder.

She gave him a smile.

"missed me" she questioned

He couldn't trust himself to answer and held the door open wider and she ducked under his arm and turned to face him. He pushed the door and allowed the weight of the door to close it. He took two steps towards her until they were right in front of each other. She stared at him her eyes glinting in the shaft of light that shone through the window above the door. She had though of nothing else for the past three months and if he would still feel the same after all that had happened. He gently lifted her chin and kissed her softly at first and she deepened the kiss.

He took her hand and gently pulled her towards the stairs and up to his room. He also had thought of nothing else and waited for molly's tour to end.

"so I take it as you did miss me"

"you have no idea" he muttered softly kissing her neck.

Molly lay on Charles's chest, he was gently stroking her hair, the last of the October sun streaming in through the curtains

"you are never going on another overseas tour again."

Molly pulled away and propped her self up on her elbow.

"you wanted me to go, you said that you wanted me to be brilliant and I couldn't do that stuck her being your nurse maid and taking you back and forth to Headly court "

He pulled her elbow so she lost her balance and fell so she was almost on top of him.

"yes ... but that was before I realised how much being away would drive me crazy"

"you also said that you loved me and wouldn't stop me from doing what I loved "

"I know and I wont. Just don't go away for a while"

"well right now I am going down to order some nosh as I am hank"

"Eh?"

"do I have to write you a cockney translation chart, nosh means food and hank is short for hank Marvin which is starving "

"Ah right thank you for clarifying that." Charles said pulling molly back under the covers.

"Charles I am serious I aint eaten all day I am famished, where did u put my stuff"

"fine its in the closet, I I'll go and cook us something and you can sort your self out. Have a shower if you like."

"thank you" molly said sounding exasperated. Heading towards Charles en suite

Molly found some clean leggings in the bottom of her bag and changed in to them and headed down to the kitchen which was situated at the back of the house.

Charles was stood at the range cooker staring something in a pan. Molly watched him for a second, than wrapped her arms around his waist and nestled in to his back.

"something smells good"

"its just pasta with chicken in a mushroom sauce"

He handed her 2 glasses of wine and some cutlery ,plated up 2 portions of the meal and followed her to the table, and placed the bowl in front of molly who dived in straight away.

"this is delicious Charles" molly said slurping up strands of linguini

"its just pasta cream and mushrooms really easy to make actually. Hey slow down dawsey its like you haven't eaten in ages and you will give your self stomach ache "

"well I aint eaten properly in 3 months ave I. You of all people should know how shit army rations are"

Once they had finished , molly having had seconds they went through in to the living room and curled up on the sofa in front of one of the many movie channels that the James's had on their telly

Several hours passed and molly dosed off to sleep lay on Charles arm.

"molly?" Charles whispered softly

Molly stirred softly but didn't wakeup. Charles gently lifted her in to his arms and carried her upstairs . she stirred as he lifted her. He placed her in to the bed and slid in next to her. he let her sleep the jetlag from the flight back to afghan must have caught up with her.