Gin and Bitterness

Fandom: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy / The Honourable Schoolboy / Smiley series
Rating: G
Setting: In between The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People
Characters: Peter Guillam, Molly Meakin
Primary Pairings: Peter Guillam/Molly Meakin, Peter Guillam/George Smiley
Secondary Pairings: Ann Smiley/George Smiley
Warnings: Spoilers for The Honourable Schoolboy
Word Count: 392

General Summary: After meeting with George, Peter pays a visit to his only other major source of support.

(A sequel to this piece) 

Author’s Note: Back in December 2012, I tackled the 25 Days of Holiday Fic. This was the prompt for 'Stockings/Socks.'


"What are you thinking?" Carding her fingers through Peter’s wind-tousled hair, Molly tightened her dressing gown around her shoulders and crossed a leg over her knee, small glimpses of skin just visible beyond the sheer fabric of her black stockings, which had not yet been removed when he had arrived. It had been past any reasonable hour when Peter had phoned her, and reluctantly, she had agreed to allow him over to her flat without bothering to do more than throw on her dressing gown.

Now, shoes toed safely off under the table, and his legs curled up under him on Molly’s sofa, Peter Guillam half sat, half leaned against her on the sofa in his shirtsleeves, his gaze distracted and somewhat absent, his head resting against her collarbone. Finally, after several minutes, he spoke his first words since he’d turned up on her doorstep, his voice raspy and distant. "I just came from George’s."