Pairing: MollyArthur
Prompt: 995. Paranoid
Word count: 317
Paranoid
Molly couldn't stop pacing. Her head told her she looked ridiculous pacing backwards and forwards, waiting for Charlie to arrive, but her heart said that it made sense for her to do so.
Arthur's chuckling in the background was scarcely a noise to her. "Calm down, dear," he was telling her.
"He told us ten!" Molly countered, walking backwards and forwards, over and over again.
"Charlie's timing has never been one to be admired," Arthur reminded her.
"He was trying that new Portkey!" Molly cried. "What if… what if…." She couldn't finish the sentence, but instead broke down in a flood of tears. Arthur moved over to comfort her, stroking her back.
"He'll be fine, dear, you're being paranoid."
Molly only sobbed louder. "I can't help it! Since the kids moved out, I just worry about them. I worry that they have enough food, they're not cold, if they're happy…."
Arthur drew her towards her soothingly. "You must think, my dear. Bill is a grown man with children now who has lived by himself in other countries. Charlie works with dragons – he knows how to take care of himself. Percy has a good head on him, and George has good friends. Ron has Hermione to keep him in line, and Ginny is more than capable of taking care of herself and Harry." He placed a kiss on her temple as a pop was heard from the kitchen. Smiling, he looked his wife of many years in the eye. "That sounds like our son now," he said.
Molly left his arms and flew to the kitchen. From where he stood, Arthur could hear her planting kisses all over Charlie's face.
He shook his head as he followed her. It had been years now since they had had children at home, yet Molly would still fret over each and every one of them. And that would probably never change.
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