Title: This Love Came Back to Me
Author: clarahow // agentroxylancelots // charleybradburies (will be posted after challenge)
Fandom: Orphan Black
Characters: Gracie & Mark (Mark POV)
Pairing: Gracie Johanssen/Mark Rollins
Length: 230w
Rating: T
Summary: Rudy has never been Mark's favorite brother to play - especially when there's violence involved. But this time, even the violence isn't all bad.
Author Notes: A) Title from Taylor Swift's 'This Love'.
B) Also for Castor Positivity Week Day Five: Hair or Styling Moment.
C) Spoilers for the s3 finale.

Gracie nestles back into the pillows on the bed that had once been Kira’s, gently pulling Mark after her. He obliges her, gingerly taking a seat at its edge, as she reaches to the bedside table and pulls a couple of baby wipes - why did Sarah's mum still have baby wipes? - from their container. Gracie shushes him before she’s even grabbed his arm comfortingly, cuing him to look towards her so that she can wipe away the blood he hadn’t gotten off in the shower.

“I bet I look like Hell,” Mark murmurs as she strokes one of the wipes against his cheek, trying to lighten their moods, if only slightly, and Gracie’s smile peeks out from behind her worry.

“Nothing of the sort, love. Just as handsome as the Mark I fell in love with,” she attests gently, and slides her hand down his arm to press her small hand into his. She kisses his forehead so quickly he doesn’t have the time to flick his mouth towards hers, but then she moves to really kiss him, too.

Gracie brings both her hands to his cheeks only a moment before pulling away. Mark wraps an arm around her, holding her tight to his side, and she whispers as her soft fingers meander to his neck, “as the man I married,” and then kisses him more fervently.