"How long have you been standing there?"

Sherlock was pulled away from thoroughly admiring Molly's naked legs peeking out from his rumpled bedsheets by the sound of a voice that managed to be both rough from sleep and as sweet as honey. Looking at her face, he saw that her brown eyes were half open and she was smiling sleepily.

Her pink cheeks were probably caused by the fact that he wasn't wearing a stitch of clothing. Usually, he only bothered with a bedsheet in the morning, but doing so this wonderful morning would have meant waking Molly before he could surprise her with coffee just the way she liked it: milk and three sugars.

In response, Sherlock grinned and shrugged. "That's irrelevant."

Molly chuckled and then hid a yawn behind her hand. "Well, the lovely smell of the coffee you made woke me up. So, you had better not have been standing there long enough for it to have gone cold."

"I wouldn't dare!"

Sherlock gladly walked back to his bed and carefully climbed back on while handing one of the mugs he was holding to Molly. She took it and sat herself up, keeping her chest covered by the bed sheet with her free hand.

Sherlock noticed and, with his own free hand, lowered hers and the bedsheet while keeping eye contact with her. "There's no need of that, Molly," he said softly.

Molly's cheeks went from pink to red, but she left the sheet down as she sipped her coffee. Then she said, "There's so much to get used to…well, not that phrase, just…"

Sherlock understood what she meant; there were a lot of doubts and insecurities that he had planted in Molly's mind over the years, however inadvertently. And he was determined to pluck each of them out permanently.

Instead of words, he caressed her neck and kissed the corner of her mouth. "Last night was long overdue, and I hope that it was the first in the rest of long lives together."

Molly gave him a smile that melted away her shyness, and because she too could understand his intent without words, gave him a proper kiss in gratitude. They then enjoyed their morning coffee before having a very fun first "morning after" together indeed!