Chapter 7: A New Beginning
After the court dispersed. Sherlock, John, Molly and Mycroft had to wait outside for the verdict.
It was five hours waiting and it found Molly resting her head on Sherlock's shoulder with his signature coat rested over her as a blanket substitute,
"I have a mind to storm in there and demand they hurry up. It should not take this long" Mycroft growled and Sherlock looked at him,
"Please Mycroft. It does not take a person with even half our intelligence to see that Molly is resting" he told his brother quietly and Mycroft looked at the pathologist who cuddled into his little brother's side,
"Apologies, brother mine... I find myself agitated just waiting here to learn of my niece's fate" he said as he went back to pacing and Sherlock gave a half smile as he looked at his brother,
"Your niece?" he pressed and Mycroft stopped his pacing and looked at the floor bashfully,
"That is the correct term given to a child under the care of one's sibling" he answered and Sherlock smirked,
"And?" he prodded earning a sigh from his elder brother,
"Over the past weeks having monitored your time with little Lucy... I have found myself... growing fond of her also." he admitted before looking at his brother firmly,
"She is part of this family. She is every part a Holmes" he said and John felt himself smile as Sherlock nodded in agreement.
The judge exited the courtroom and Sherlock shook Molly's shoulder gently and she stood quickly with him and John as the judge approached them with a firm expression,
"Apologies for the wait. There was a long list of doubts to go through" he explained and Sherlock raised his hand gently to stop John from calling the judge something prude,
"You are complicated man Mr Holmes. You have more enemies than friends" he said,
"I'm a detective. It comes with the job description" he defended,
"But you are more than that" he fired back,
"Or at least you are about to become more than that" he corrected and Sherlock looked confused and the judge gave a smirk,
"After careful consideration of the facts, It has resulted in the court ruling in your favour" he announced and Molly's hands flew to her mouth in shock as tears of joy fell down her cheeks and John slapped Sherlock on the back in congratulations as the detective smiled brightly. His brother could only smile proudly.
A Social worker approached, carrying little Lucy in her arms and Sherlock tried to hold back tears as she handed Lucy over to the judge,
"As I said Mr Holmes, You are about to become far more than a detective. On this day in the eyes of law as well as this child, you shall be recognised as her father" he explained with a smile before handing her over to his arms gently,
"Congratulations, Mr Holmes" he praised before leaving them be and Sherlock smiled at little Lucy in his arms,
"Hello there little one" he said quietly and hesitantly pressed a kiss to her forehead as she gurgled happily, looking up at him with her big blue eyes,
"Let's go home" he whispered before leaving the court house with his friend, his girlfriend and his brother in toe.
Mycroft had moved Sherlock into a nice house outside London. I say house, you'd probably say mansion but Sherlock called it Home.
221B remained Sherlock's place of work and wherever he and little Lucy was. Mycroft's gaze was not far behind. Whether it be through the screen of a security camera or through the eyes of his informants.
Molly entered 221B and giggled to find Sherlock sat cross legged on the floor with Lucy sitting on his lap as he read through facts about a current case,
"Look at you two thick as thieves" she teases before handing Sherlock a take away cup of coffee and he gave her a half smile,
"Thank you, Molly. Would you mind feeding Lucy?" he asked and Molly nodded before lifting the little infant off the detective's lap. Sherlock didn't take his eyes off the documents he was reading,
"There's a fresh bottle in the fridge" he informed her and Molly nodded before walking over to the fridge and opened it only for it to seem as if the whole world fell silent,
"Sherlock?" she murmured only to sense that he was standing right behind her and he reached into the fridge and pulled out the ring box that was sitting in front of the baby bottle and he smiled at Molly bashfully,
"I've always been one to enjoy a flare for the dramatic" he admitted,
"I was hoping, Molly Hooper. That you would..." he tried but she nodded,
"Yes" she answered quickly and Sherlock chuckled awkwardly,
"I... Had a speech planned" he admitted and Molly smiled brightly as a happy tear fell down her cheek and she shook her head,
"I don't care... My answer will always be yes" she told him and he embraced her and Lucy in a loving hug,
"I love you, you idiot" she teased and he smiled gently,
"For once, I have the confidence to say. That I love you, Molly Hooper. I love you with my entire being" he told her before they hugged once more with a happy, gurgling Lucy between them.
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