#we were robbed from seeing Simon find baby marceline

[felicianacariocapistoles]

Epilogue

I said it before and I'll say it again, we were robbed of a reunion of Marcy and Simon so I made one! I'll post it on my ao3 soon

Days. For several days Simon hasn’t received texts, calls, nor was he even home! According to locals, his home exhibit had been closed since before he left to go questing with Finn. Marcy flew all over Ooo countless times, searching everywhere for him. She never stopped no matter how tired she was. After thousands of years, she finally had her surrogate father back in her life! Why did he disappear without saying anything to her? Ugh! She should have taken a moment to go outside and take the call!

When she realized she was too tired to go on, she headed back to his home, using the spare key he gave her years ago to let herself in and she made herself at home where she plopped herself on the couch and had a good, long cry before drifting off to sleep. She would continue her search after resting and getting her strength back.

Simon had recently returned to Ooo from his adventures with Fionna and Cake and managing to find and apologize to Betty for his actions so many years ago. It hurt that they parted ways, she was his everything after all. It was needed though, for both of them. For the first time in a long time, Simon felt alive instead of just going through the motions of day-to-day life, it was enough to make him smile as he made his way back to the Human City and then to his home.

Simon kicked off his shoes when he got through the door and was making his way to his room when he heard the opening song to Cheers playing on the television, seeing the door of his bedroom opened. He honestly didn’t recall if he left it on or his bedroom door open, it felt like it had been ages since he’s been back with everything he’s been through. Looking around, nothing looked out of place or stolen so he obviously wasn’t robbed. “Most likely left in on before I started sulking in the shower…”

Taking off his jacket, he hung it up before making his way to his room. All he wanted now was to sleep, even though it was still daytime. ‘Last time I slept decently was that nap I took in baby world with baby—’ He snapped out of his thoughts upon seeing movement a familiar figure asleep in his bed. “Marcy…” He was both surprised and happy to see her. Normally she’s a light sleeper, she would have heard him the moment he opened his front door.

Simon saw her phone and he couldn’t help but to glance over when he saw it ring with a text message. It was from Princess Bubblegum telling her that they’ll find Simon soon and to not give up hope again. It broke his heart to read that, and now it all made sense why she didn’t wake up as she normally would. She must have been looking all over Ooo for him, and it pained him that he had once again hurt the girl he had raised and loved like a daughter.

Watching her sleep brought him back to his earlier thought. In the baby universe, he was taking a nap with a baby Marceline snuggling into his chest. Thinking of it brought a tear to his eye, but he wiped it off quickly. He mulled over whether to wake her or not, he had no idea how long she had been asleep for, but knowing Marceline she would have been up for days searching until she could no longer move. His fearless sweet Marceline… His daughter.

He snapped out of his thoughts when he saw that Marceline was waking up, he smiled and got on the other side of the bed. “Marcy, I’m home. I’m okay.”

Hearing his voice caused Marceline to quickly sit up and turn to him, rubbing her eyes and blinking a few times. Whether to properly wake herself up or to really make sure she wasn’t dreaming, Simon wasn’t sure of, until she tackled him and hugged him tight that is. “You’re okay!” She said in relief through her tears.

“Oh, Marcy…” He rubbed her back soothingly as he hugged her back just as tight. “I’m sorry to have disappeared for so long, and I have so much to tell you…”

The two stayed like that for a few more minutes, partly because Marceline was still crying, but also because neither of them wanted to let go of the other. It was the vampire who pulled back and spoke first. “Simon, I should have taken your call, I’m--”

Simon placed a finger on her lips. “Nope, I don’t wanna hear it.” He smiled, removing the finger from his lips, using it to wipe some tears from her eye. “You have nothing to apologize for, Marceline.”

He told her everything that happened from his little adventure with Finn to seeing GLOBetty, he didn’t leave a single thing out. Gone were they days of him keeping her in the dark, it was something else he promised himself upon coming home.

“I’m glad that you got closure, Simon.” She smiled but couldn’t help but to feel a bit sad when she heard the pair broke it off. She knew how much Simon loved Betty. “I’m also glad to hear that you’re ready to move on and live, though I am still pissed you never told me any of this pent-up feelings you’ve had for years.” She playfully punched him in the arm.

Simon rubbed his arm. “Yeah, I had the feeling Finn wanted me to talk to you about it too.”

“That cheeseball, I can’t believe he took you on a quest! He should know you’re too old for that stuff!”

The two shared a laugh and another hug. It was good to be home.