A/N - Hi, here's the last chapter

Sherlock's POV

"So... Molly. So you fancy going out for dinner with me tonight?" He heard graham ask.

He couldn't ask her out! She was his! Well... not yet but he was going to tell her! Why was he even here? He hadn't texted about a case they needed help solving (or rather, for him to solve it and them take all the credit.)

This was it. He had to ask her now or she'd be gone forever.

Molly's POV

Did she want to go out with him? Yes she still loved Sherlock but he would never want her. Mousy Molly Hooper whose only purpose was to give the great Consulting Detective left over body parts from her autopsies.

She'd do it.

She would go out for dinner with Greg.

Before she could answer, the curly haired detective himself burst through the doors of the morgue.

(Still Molly's POV)

"Molly!"

"Sherlock?" She squealed. Unaware of what had caused such a sudden visit. He definitely wasn't the sort to just, pop by.

"Erm, y-y-you can't go out for dinner with him."

Sherlock Holmes, stuttering over Molly Hooper. No one ever thought that would happen.

"Why? You're not my boyfriend."

After years of favours with nothing in return, and playing with her emotions to get only what he wanted, she had become brave in the face of him. Not a shy, stuttering mouse nor just a doe-eyed pathologist.

"No, I'm not. But..." He said, struggling to get the right words out.

"Sherlock, are you okay mate?" Greg questioned.

Too eager to know the reason for such an unexpected visit , Molly ignored Greg and continued.

"But what Sherlock? I'm not waiting for something I'll never receive just so I can do you a few favours now and again. I need to move on with my life and get over you."

"Then don't wait." This was it. The moment Sherlock Holmes would tell Molly Hooper how he truly felt. Taking a deep breath, Sherlock began his confession. "I can't hide it any more, Molly. I'm risking everything I am and stand for just by admitting this to you." He paused again and took in a sharp yet steady breath. "I love you Molly Hooper. I don't know when I finally realised it, but I do. I love you."

Molly staggered backwards in shock, only to be caught by Sherlock.

No, this couldn't be true. He couldn't love her. Yes, she was no longer a tool for his using whenever he wanted, but she still wasn't good enough for him. She never would be.

Regaining her complacency, Molly released herself from Sherlock's tight hold and adjusted her white lab coat.

"You don't mean that. You could never love me. If this is a trick to get something from me you needn't bother. I'd do anything for you, not matter what."

"How could you think that?" He asked, taken back by her true opinion of herself. "I don't want anything from you other than you to believe and accept that I love you."

"But how?! I'm nothing! I'm just the quiet pathologist with no friends or family, who lives alone, but only with her stupid cat!"

He looked at her. Just looked. Not deducing, not analysing. Just seeing her for who she really was.

"How could you even think that?" He suddenly said after what seemed like hours of silence, "You mean more to me than anyone in this world, maybe even more that John. You've saved me in so many ways. Faking my death and in turn protecting everyone I hold most dear from Mortiarty, doing anything that I demanded, and still loving me after all the horrible things I've said and done to you. I refused to believe it before, fearing rejection and humiliation but I can't live without being close to for another single minute, let alone a life time."

Finally she believed. She saw in his once cold, piercing green eyes, the truth. He really did love her.

Forgetting Greg was still standing in the corner, Molly threw herself into the detective's arms and pressed her soft lips against his. After several moments, Molly withdrew, gasping for air.

Smiling down at her, Sherlock took her hand in his.

He'd finally done it. After all those years of never showing emotion or a need for anyone, she was his.

A cough brought them both back to reality. Lestrade smiled awkwardly at the pair, shocked at what he had just witnessed.

"Oh Gavin. Sorry about that, I forgot you were there."

"For the thousandth time, it's Greg!"

A/N2 - thanks for reading, byeee xxx