Margaret "Molly " Katherine Amanda Carpenter (molls_carpenter) wrote in madisonvalley, @ 2017-03-06 20:51:00 |
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Entry tags: | !closed, !log, ~25 points, ~~barry allen (barryrun), ~~~molly carpenter (molls_carpenter) |
Who: Molly Carpenter and Barry Allen
What: Reunion
When: Right after Relationship Confusion Stuff
Where: Barry’s
Warnings: TBD
Status: Closed/Incompleted gdoc TBC in comments
In Molly’s opinion the town had gone way too far this time. Mess with her, sure. She can take it. But mess with someone she cares about, or in this case loves, and it’s time for a show down.
The whole thing had been a hurtful mockery. It had given her something she used to want: a relationship with Harry, but at the expense of someone who cared for her: Barry. Their relationship was pretty new. Fragile. He cared for her in ways more than just emotionally. Molly had never had that at home. Not outside of her family, anyway. He stuck by her crazy self when she’d been at her worst. Then the town made her tear his heart out. More than anything she hoped they could fix this.
After leaving the apartment she’d shared with Harry she went straight to Barry’s and knocked on the door. Tears of worry were in her eyes as he bit her lower lip and hoped he wouldn’t just tell her to go away.
***
Barry had been devastated by the past week. He’d managed to cling to the small hope that maybe when Madison Valley went back to normal she’d realize she cared about him...but he wasn’t going to push it. Maybe she was happy with Harry, and in the end, that was all he wanted.
He didn’t work today, so he’d been sitting on the couch binge-watching Netflix and trying not to look at his phone or the network. If Molly was interested, she’d let him know. He had to trust in that. And if she didn’t...well…
Then there was a knock on the door and he was there almost instantly. A thousand emotions flickered over his face when he saw her.
“Uh...hey.”
***
“Hi…” Molly said quietly, her heart in her eyes. Now that she saw him she knew she didn’t want to be with anyone but Barry, but the welcome she got was a bit dubious and uncertain. This could definitely suck.
“I hate this place.” The words just kind of tumbled out of her mouth as she stood on the outside of the door. “It’s not fair and I’m sorry. I didn’t mean for that to happen. If you can’t get past that I’ll understand. It’ll hurt like hell because I love you but you didn’t deserve that. I just want to try again.”
Rambling was Molly.
***
Barry just looked at her for a long moment, saying nothing. They were the words he’d so longed to hear, that she wanted him, that she wasn’t in love with Harry, and he felt his heart clench. A light returned to his eyes as he looked at her, and he couldn’t help but smile. Like an idiot.
He didn’t respond in words, but instead pulled her to him and kissed her, right there in the doorway, not caring who saw.
***
Oh! Well. That was more like it. Molly chuckled and cried at the same time as she returned the kiss. Her hands sunk into his hair as she thought nothing felt this good. Sensual, sure, but her heart and soul soared to be forgiven like this.
Not that she cared who saw them, but she kind of needed to breathe so she reluctantly broke the kiss, leaving her forehead against his. “Hi.”
***“Hi,” he replied, wrapping his arms around her waist and holding her against him. It felt so good just to have her there again, to hold her, to be close to her. He lifted one hand and ran his fingers through her hair.
“You have nothing to apologize for,” he said softly. “It’s not your fault that Madison Valley does crazy things.”
***
“Madison Valley does stupid hurtful things and should be stopped.” Molly smiled, but sniffled before snitching another kiss from Barry. God, she really didn’t deserve him. There were some people back home that would agree with her wholeheartedly.
“Can I come in?” Her tone was a bit pleading.
***
“Yeah, sure, of course,” Barry said, stepping out of the way. He raced in front of her, cleaning up the rather trashed living room in mere seconds and finally settling on the couch.
“There, that’s better.”
He might have spent the last few days laying on the couch, eating carryout and feeling sorry for himself. Just maybe.
***
The wind from Barry blurring about ruffled Molly’s hair around. She barely got to see the state his apartment had been in, but she knew what he was doing and why. She just stood still with a fond smirk on his face, and swiped the lingering tears from under her eyes.
She shook her head when he finally stopped then reached out for his hands. “Afraid I’ll see your delicates laying around?”
***
“Nah,” he said. “Just needing to clear all the pizza boxes away so you can sit.” He gave her a little grin, but there was a little touch of sadness in it, too.
“Hey,” he said. “You don’t have to be upset. It wasn’t your fault. Not any of it.”
***
What amusement she’d had melted away as she shrugged a shoulder. “I don’t like being used to hurt people I care about,” Molly said quietly. “Might not be my fault, but I have to live with it. I had enough of that back home. I don’t want that here.”
This place could get really small really fast if things got tense. It would be hard to avoid problems and confrontations...unless she went back to Rag Lady tactics by living under a constant veil on the streets. Molly would rather not do that, thanks.
***
“Well, I’m fine,” she said. “You didn’t hurt me.” At least, not permanently. It had been a misunderstanding and she’d already gone a long way towards fixing that.
“You can stay a while, right? We can binge watch something and just hang out?”
More than anything, he just wanted Molly close to him, so he could convince himself that the part where she cared about him was the real one.
***
He got his wish. Molly stepped in for a glomming hug, her head coming to rest on his shoulder. “Yeah, I can stay. Can we not have pizza, though? Based on the brief look I got you’ve had enough pizza for a year.”
She chuckled quietly as she nuzzled against his shoulder and neck. He was way too good for the likes of her.
***
[*Lyrics: Pink – Just Give Me a Reason]