A/N: Inspired by a new drawing (02/10/2021) by thisisartbylexie, which can be found on tumblr, of Sherlock and Molly smiling at each other from beneath an umbrella on a rainy day. Rated K.
Here's some love
Take a little bit of it home with you
Keep it close to you
And save it for a rainy day
-Tanya Tucker, Here's Some Love
The phone call had been so difficult, heartbreaking, even, but here they were now, only a few months later. Together. Enjoying a stroll on a rainy day because why not? Once you'd experienced the total freedom of confessing your love for someone when you didn't even realize that was how you felt - and doing so in front of an unwilling audience only one of you was aware of - then nothing, not the rainiest of rainy days, could ever dampen your spirits.
Especially when the object of your affection was sharing such a day with you.
"Molly Hooper," Sherlock rumbled as he held her closer, being careful to position the umbrella so as not to accidentally drop icy raindrops down her neck, "what did I ever do to deserve you?"
"Nothing," she admitted with her usual forthright candor. "But that's OK, Sherlock Holmes. Loving someone isn't about whether they deserve it or not."
Impulsively he leaned down to kiss her, and they shared a smile, the chill of the rainy day faded beneath the warmth of love requited.