A/N: It's a story I wrote for the challenge on another site. It was called "Blast from the Past" and the idea was to write a story, where someone from the past would appear in the character's life. This is what I came up with, and I'm happy to say that I actually won in the "Person of Interest" category. I hope you will actually like this story! It's finished, so I will do my best to update daily!
And, a huge thank you to Fanka77. I have absolutely no idea what I'd do without your help (and company ^^).
A satisfied smile made its way onto Myles' face, when he looked at the newspaper and noticed the article on its first page. "Arsonist arrested and sentenced!". It felt very good to know that the man, who destroyed quite a bit of houses – and, as a result, also lives – was not only caught, but faced justice. Leland was aware that out of all the victims, he was one of those, who were affected the least. Yes, of course, he lost practically all of his belongings but he was still lucky enough to have the insurance policy and some savings, so he could find a new place to live and start to slowly re-buy everything he needed. There were very few of people like him, though; he knew of at least two families, who it was a huge tragedy for and had absolutely no idea what they were going to do in this situation. In their cases, the news didn't really matter now as they were more focused on finding a new place to live, but for Myles, it was a definitely happy news.
He actually planned to be present in the courtroom yesterday, but his plans got effectively ruined by the case they were working on. It was an important case and for the last two days they seemed absolutely stuck, so when the lead appeared on the previous day, they were all working hard to move forward. The only thing they eventually discovered was that it was yet another dead-end, and he felt terribly frustrated when he wasn't able to find any information about the court-martial after he had returned home in the very late evening.
The truth was, that there was a lot of things, which frustrated him when he was at home. First of all, it was the house itself. He bought it from a family, who wanted to urgently get rid of it as they were leaving, so it was a very great opportunity when it came to its price and in general, the place was great but it needed renovation. Not that it was destroyed, but it wasn't anywhere near to what he would like it to be. He didn't like the colours on the walls, the completely not matching pieces of furniture that he was able to quickly get when moving in. The worst place, however, was a garden; he absolutely couldn't understand how someone could plant grass all over it, when the amount of space allowed to create a true work of art., He really couldn't wait to find time to truly go shopping and start working on it all. The problem was that he moved in almost two months earlier and such an opportunity hasn't arisen, yet.
He stood up and humming, made his way out of the cafeteria and to the bullpen. Just like he suspected, most of the team wasn't back, yet but he couldn't help rolling his eyes because of the sight in front of him. He wasn't surprised to see Sue inside, as ever since she transferred to another team in order to officially enter a relationship with Jack, she was visiting them often and was of course very welcome. Still, he definitely didn't expect to find her sitting in Sparky's lap behind the team leader's desk, both so lost in the passionate kiss, that they were completely oblivious to the whole world around them. Even though he wasn't showing it as much, just like everyone else he was very happy to see them finally together, but it seemed that out of all of their friends, he was the one to walk in on them all the time and really hoped that this honeymoon phase, which they seemed to stuck in, was going to pass soon. It was about time, as they were married for six months already!
He cleared his throat, rather loudly, shaking his head and pretending not to see the way they quickly moved away from each other, the deep blush on Sue's face as she stood up an straightened her clothes and rearranged her slightly tousled hair, and the embarrassed look on Sparky's face.
"We were just…" started Jack, but it was clear that he was completely at loss what to say.
"I-I… I came to give you the business card, which you had asked about last week." Sue finally stuttered, and Myles smirked.
"Of course." he mumbled to himself and then turned to face her. "Thank you." he spoke, accepting the card, and glanced down at the small, rigid piece of paper. "Garden of Dreams." he read out-loud.
Even though his initial plan was to take care of it himself, the lack of time didn't allow him to do anything more than actually plan what he wanted to have in the garden and in general, how he wanted to have it arranged. Garden was one of the most important places for him in the whole house; it was the place, where he was spending most of his time when he was at home and eventually decided that hiring a company to do it for him would be the best option. He knew that it was exactly what Jack and Sue did, when they were renovating the house to move in to after wedding, and he really liked the result. Yes, he would change some things every now and then, but the Hudsons gave the company free rain and were very happy with the result, so he felt rather confident that if he kept an eye on them, he could be satisfied with the result, too.