Lap of Luxury, Prelude

It was almost a year to the day since Matt came to live with them. Just like last year, snow dusted the sidewalks and the Fifth Avenue windows were frosted on the outside and animated on the inside. But unlike last year, Molly was well again, and she was walking down the street with her adopted dads, enjoying her first Christmas-in-New-York. Molly had never seen a whole city get together and put up a fantasy like this. She was in little-girl heaven, and Matt and Mohinder sort of feared her head might explode.

Thirty First Kisses, #3 – jolt!

There was a big shag rug in front of the TV. Molly liked the feel of it, said it was like sitting in a field of grass. And Mohinder liked it too, though he only plunked down on it when he thought nobody was looking. Other times, he sat on the couch like a civilized person.

Thirty First Kisses, #4 – The Distance Between Us, and Her

set between 2×03 (Kindred) and 2×04 (The Kindness of Strangers)

The screaming was worse than usual that night. “He’s scared,” she said as Matt patted down her sweaty brow and Mohinder put a glass of water into her shaking hands. “Someone’s after him and he’s scared. And when he’s scared, he’s scarier–”

Thirty First Kisses, #7 – Superstar – and a bonus

“How come you can’t see the stars from home?” Molly asked. The mosquitoes were making Swiss cheese out of her, Matt noted, but right now she didn’t seem to mind, stretched out with her feet dipping off the picnic blanket into the cool, tall grass.

Thirty First Kisses, #8 – Our Own World

Matt was staring at himself. Albeit a pixelated, somewhat porkier version of himself. But it was definitely his face, and it was even wearing his boxers and undershirt. Sadly enough, it was drinking milk straight from the carton.

Thirty First Kisses, #10 – #10

“It’s a proud moment in our lives,” Mohinder announced as he and Molly came in the door. “Our little girl has bought her very first teen magazine.”

Thirty First Kisses, #11 – Gardenia

Setting: After Season 1

Hurts…

Hurts a lot. Don’t want to be awake.

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Hurts less now. I could open my eyes–

Busy place. Doctors. Doctors?

Thirty First Kisses, #14 – Radio-Cassette Player

Setting: After 2×09 (for the purposes of this story, what appears to happen in 2×10 via previews does not happen immediately; it may happen later on)

“Molly.” Matt rapped on the door.

“I’m not speaking to you!” Shouted from the other side. She’d locked herself in.

Matt sighed. “Come on, Molly, open the door!”

Her voice was tinged with sadness. “Why don’t you make me? You can do that now!”

So he did. Open the door.

Thirty First Kisses, #15 – Perfect Blue

“Hey, Mohinder,” Molly announced after dinner one night, “I bet your favorite color is pink.”

Matt, at the sink, burst into loud laughter. Mohinder looked at Molly as though she’d just declared that Elvis was not only alive, but down at the corner store buying organic tofu. “What makes you think that?”

“Because you wear so much of it.” This set Matt into a fresh round of giggles.

Thirty First Kisses, #19 – Red

He’d returned home a changed man. It had been a joyful reunion, to be sure, and the moment when Molly flew into his arms had been just as heart-lifting as he’d hoped, but Matt was different. There was a purpose behind his eyes that Mohinder had not seen before.