~Epilogue- Takes place about a year or so after the events of "Healing Holmes"~
Molly settles into the comfy sofa at her stepmother and sister's home, smiling brightly and taking in the best view she has seen in ages. Her and Sherlock's newly adopted daughter Cassidy sits on a recliner, reading a medical journal, a crime novel next to her. Though she is five, she's got Sherlock's sharply genius and intuitive mind. What's even fonder is that she looks like Molly; small in stature, and a sweet demeanor.
Their five-month-old daughter, Abigail, crawls around with her nine-month-old cousin Sapphire, Matty and Mira's daughter. It came as happy news to Matty and Mira that Abby was due only a few months after Saffy, as they are glad they will have close family. Molly places a hand on her mushy, motherly, but flat-ish belly, the unexpected news of a second baby on the way hitting her and Sherlock earlier this week. The blood test confirmed, as well as the fact that they will be expecting another little girl, to Sherlock's chagrin. Molly thinks it will be great for Abby to have a sibling so close in age, especially a sister, and Sherlock was thrilled that their family was growing, despite it being so soon after Abby.
Molly thinks back to their three weddings. It had been hilarious finding out that the men all happened to propose on the same day, but they all had their own weddings months apart luckily. John's was the most recent, being nervous of course, but knowing without a doubt that he loves Caroline, and that Mary would approve of her as well if she were watching.
Today they are all gathered at Meredith and Carly's house for dinner. It's been exceptionally nice to have this big, ridiculously twisted family unit. Even John, Caroline, and Rosie join them on occasion, such as today. Rosie is busy coloring at the little craft table Meredith had set up in the corner of the room, and Molly glances at Caroline. She's shifting in her seat, her very large baby belly causing her some discomfort, though she still has a couple months to go. She and John had broken down about a month ago and decide they could not wait to find out the sex any longer. To their joy, they found out they are expecting a little boy, whom they plan to name Colin John Watson. A welcome change to all of the little girls running around. Rosie is thrilled about her little brother as well, already drawing a little blue bundle into the photos she draws of her family.
Molly can hear Sherlock and John laughing in the kitchen as Meredith listens in and cooks the roast. Carly tells them a story about some silly thing that had happened in her first semester at University. She has followed in her sister's footsteps and decided to pursue Pathology as her major, with minors in Chemistry and Forensics.
She grins and looks around at all the happy faces, and all the content children. Home isn't just a place, it's the people with whom you feel like family with. After everything she's been through, Molly finally had the family she has always dreamed.
Suffice it to say, John has as well. Little Colin John took after his jittery father, making his appearance into the world just six hours later at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, kind enough to have let his mother finish her dinner before announcing that he wanted out…two months early. Unmistakably a Watson, with his tufts of fair blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes like Caroline, resembling his big sister Rosamund Mary.