takes place a bit after celebrating Sherlock's birthday but before TFP
Sherlock was passed out on the sofa when Molly came over to switch shifts with John in watching over the consulting detective.
"Hey, I brought takeaway, so I thought—" Molly trailed off, noticing Sherlock was asleep. She gave a small smile before setting the bag down on the table in front of the sofa. Walking into the kitchen to find a fork to eat her food with, Molly heard him stir in his sleep. She came back out, quietly took her food out of the bag and sat in John's chair to eat.
"Molly," Sherlock mumbled sleepily. "Love my Molly." The pathologist dropped her forkful of food into the container, her mouth hanging open. She held her breath momentarily before moving to eat again. He continued to mutter a stream of different words such as, "illogical," "beautiful," and "forgive me."
"What," Molly whispered to herself.
"I can hear you thinking," Sherlock spoke clearly, waking up. "What is it J—oh, Molly."
"Hello," she greeted nervously.
"Why are you thinking so loudly? And why are you looking at me like that?" Sherlock asked.
"Like what?" Molly questioned.
"Like…that," Sherlock gestured to her face. "With those big brown eyes and mixed look of confusion and hope. There is no hope for me, Molly."
"I—well, you…said my name…in your sleep," Molly told him. "And there is hope for you, Sherlock Holmes, don't you dare think like that."
"Did I?" Sherlock asked, his face contorted into a look of panic. He didn't bother arguing with her second statement.
"Y-yes, quite clearly actually," Molly continued.
"Were there other things said?" he inquired.
"Uh, well—" Molly faltered. "I can't be sure that I heard you correctly. It was probably just a string of random, meaningless words."
"Mmm," Sherlock hummed, clearly bothered by this.
"I brought takeaway," she informed him, hoping to rid the air of the tension that lay thick in the air around them. He took his container out of the bag.
"Did I happen to admit I'm actually human? It's a terrible thought," Sherlock chuckled.
"Something like that," Molly confirmed with a small smile.