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This is a Mycroft/Lestrade New Years story. Like many a New Years story, it's tinged with melancholy, just as is Auld Lang Syne. I want to say, in advance, that this presentation of Molly is not "The True Molly," in the sense that I'm writing her from the POV of a man who likes her, knows her flaws, and who does not want to get wrapped up in those flaws. One of the tragedies of writing is learning the hard way that people want to see their beloved characters as they themselves see they see them. I love Molly, and I think she's a brilliant character created by both her writers and Loo Brealey--but part of what makes her brilliant is you can love her to bits and still understand why she's not married, and persistently attracted to the wrong men. It was interesting writing a Lestrade reacting to her with the existential dread we all feel, male or female, when faced with a potential lover who NEEDS too much, and likes him or herself too little. I'm not entirely sure he's better off with Mycroft. But he at least gets that mosh-pit rush and a feeling of both companionship and thrilled transgression. Happy New Years. May the year be kind to all of us.

Fics like A Cup of Kindness

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