This is my series of one shot's taking a look at what it might have been like for Horatio and Kyle if they had been together all along or at least from the time Julia gave him up. Some stories will have Julia in them and some won't.

Also I desperately need a beta so if anyone is interested let me know. Thanks.

Disclaimer: I do not own CSI Miami

Horatio sat down at his desk with a stack of papers to go through from the latest case when the phone rang, "Lieutenant Caine." He continued to shuffle through the paperwork as he waited for whoever was calling to state their business.

"Lieutenant Caine. This is Holly Bennerfield calling from Benjamin Franklin Elementary School." Horatio stopped looking at the paperwork in front of him and gave his attention to the woman on the other line.

"Yes, Miss Bennerfield is something wrong?"

"I have your son Kyle with me here in the nurse's office, he says he's not feeling well and he does have a slight temperature."

Horatio looked at the stack of paperwork sitting on his desk that he still needed to go through and he thought about the lead his team was working on to track down their most recent suspect. "I'll be there in ten minutes, ma'am." He sighed as he hung up the phone, and then quickly dialed Eric's extension.

"Delko."

Horatio thought briefly on what he needed Eric to do before he answered, "Eric, I need to go pick up Kyle from school. I need you to run some finger prints for me that I'm hoping will match up and lead us in the direction of are killer."

"Sure. Is everything alright with Kyle?" Horatio appreciated the concern he heard from Eric, it meant a lot that his team understood that he was not only their Lieutenant but also a single father of a 10yr old.

"Yes, just a little under the weather today." Horatio gathered the information that he needed Eric to run for him, "I'll be down in a few minutes." He hung up the phone, turned his office light off and headed for the elevators.

Horatio returned from picking Kyle up and led the quiet boy into his office, he flipped on the lights and set the child's book bag against his desk. "Take a seat on the couch, Kyle." He motioned for Kyle to take a seat on the couch sitting behind his desk. The child had only spoken a few words since Horatio had picked him up and he knew that was a clear sign that his boy wasn't feeling well.

He opened the drawer of his desk and pulled out the children's Tylenol and dumped a few into his palm, he then reached into Kyle's book bag and pulled out the juice he had sent with the young man that morning.

"Here, take these."

Kyle slid closer to his dad, took the pills from him and then swallowed them with the juice.

"Your stomach's not bothering you, right?" He had asked earlier but he just wanted to make sure.

Tired eyes met Horatio's as the young boy shook his head no at his father's question.

"I'll be right back." Horatio left his office and returned several minutes later with a blanket in hand. He grabbed the pillow that was already on the couch and patted it gently, "Lay down, Kyle."

"Okay." The blond haired boy whispered as he lay down on the couch.

Horatio bent down and removed the younger boy's shoes and then laid the blanket over Kyle. He laid a hand gently on his son's warm forehead causing the boy to smile slightly. "Thanks, Dad." He whispered before closing his eyes.

Horatio smiled, "Get some sleep, Kyle."

Horatio had been working at his desk with Kyle sleeping soundly behind when his office phone rang, "Lieutenant Caine." He spoke softly trying not to wake the young boy behind him.

"It's Delko. We've got a hit on the fingerprints you had me run. We're ready to leave when you are."

"Thank you, Eric." Horatio paused when he realized he couldn't just leave Kyle unattended even if the boy was sleeping.

Hearing the hesitation in Horatio's voice, Eric spoke up. "Alexx has offered to sit with Kyle while were gone."

"Very good. I'll be right down." Horatio grabbed his sunglasses off the desk and turned around to make sure Kyle was still sleeping.

He turned towards the doorway when he heard a knock, "Horatio." Alexx called as she entered the Lieutenants office.

"Thanks Alexx, I really appreciate this."

"Kyle is such a sweet child, Horatio." Alexx laid a hand on Horatio's arm, "You know we'd do anything to help you with him."

Horatio put his sunglasses on, "I do."

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Horatio, Delko and several other officers climbed the stairs of the apartment building and stopped in front of apartment D7.

Horatio knocked on the door. "Miami Dade police, we know you're in there Jackson." Before Horatio could continue there was the sound of a shotgun being cocked, "Move!" He yelled at Eric and the other officers standing next to him as they jumped out of the way, a second later there was a loud bang and then the door to the apartment exploded into tiny shards of wood.

They heard the shotgun being dropped to the floor and running feet inside the apartment, "The fire escape." Eric yelled at several of the officers as he kicked in what was left of the door.

As Horatio and Eric entered the apartment they were met with the sounds of braking glass, they ran towards the kitchen with guns drawn just as the suspect slipped out the window and onto the fire escape.

"Come on." Horatio yelled towards Eric as they ran out of the apartment and back down the stairs, just as they entered the street they heard several shots. They rounded the corner to find the suspect laying on the ground, one officer kneeling on his back while another cuffed him.

"Another case closed. It feels pretty good." Eric said to Horatio as the two stared at each other, both breathing heavily from their run down the stairs.

Horatio looked towards the suspect as he was led to the back of the waiting police car. "Yes it does, Eric. Yes, it does."

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When Horatio returned to his office he thanked Alexx again for sitting with Kyle and then took a seat on the edge of the couch. He ran a hand lovingly through the child's short hair; blue eyes opened and met his. "Where did you go?" Kyle hoarsely whispered.

Horatio made a mental note to stop at the drugstore on the way home as he could clearly hear how poorly his little boy was feeling.

"I thought you were sleeping." Horatio raised an eyebrow as the corner of his mouth tilted up into a slight smile.

Kyle shrugged. "I heard Alexx talking to someone."

Horatio nodded. "I was out apprehending a suspect."

Kyle smiled as he laid his head down on the pillow. "You mean you were out saving the people of Miami, again."

Horatio stared at his son for a moment, thinking how lucky he was to have such a great son. "Something like that, kiddo."

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