Alternative version of how Henry and Elizabeth meet. In this he's already married and Stevie and Alison aren't Elizabeth's. I know where I want to go with this story, I'm just not sure how it come across so please bear with me. Reviews make me happy :)

Henry lay on his bed, watching his wife sleeping next to him. Her back was to him, the sound of her gentle breathing filled the room. His hand reached out and traced the curve between her neck and shoulder slowly, moving her hair away. He moved closer, pressing kisses to the same spot his fingers just touched waiting for her to wake up.

"No, Henry" she mumbled, moving out of his grasp and pulling the duvet up around her shoulders "I'm not in the mood."

Henry sighed as her heard her, swinging his legs out of bed and headed to the shower, hoping the steady pounding stream of hot water could wash away his tension. He wasn't sure when the distance between them had had arisen, but now he was struggling to remember a time when it wasn't there.

He dressed slowly, tying his tie with an air perfection usually reserved for weddings or funerals. Henry never imagined himself as an educator, but here he was readying himself for his first day at UVA. No longer Captain Henry McCord; now Dr Henry McCord, religion professor.

He moved into the kitchen of their apartment, pouring coffee and switching the radio on. The sound of giggling filled his ears and he turned around slowly, smiling at his oldest daughter standing in the doorway.

"Daddy" Stephanie smiled, running towards him, her small hand gripping his trouser leg.

"Morning princess" he smiled, lifting her up and settling her on his hip as he drank his coffee. "Are you excited for nursery today?"

"Uh huh" his three year old nodded, cuddling into his chest " 'cited" she confirmed, her voice still laced with sleep.

He kissed her head, setting his cup in the sink as his wife joined them in the kitchen. "Morning" he nodded, handing Stephanie over to his wife as he pulled his jacket on, "I've got to go, I'll see you tonight." He kissed Stephanie's head, then Sarah's in turn "give Ali a kiss from me" he smiled, picking up his briefcase.

"Bye daddy" Stephanie waved enthusiastically.

"Bye Henry" his wife echoed his daughters sentiment; with much less enthusiasm, he noted.

"You look pretty young to be a professor" if Henry had heard that once since arriving on campus, less than an hour ago, he had heard it a hundred times. He smiled politely, again, slipping inside the door of his classroom and closing the door behind him.

He did a double take, noting the blonde in the back row of the classroom, her legs propped up on the desk. "Uh, can I help you..?" He questioned, watching as she raised her head from her book.

She looked up, pushing her hair back from her face. "I'm in the Religion and Ethics class, I know I'm early but it's raining and I had nothing else to do" she shrugged, looking back down at her book.

Henry nodded, swallowing thickly as his eyes ran down over her figure I'm Dr McCord, new professor."

She smiled politely and nodded, barley glancing up, "Elizabeth, Elizabeth Adams"

"And are you majoring in religion, Elizabeth?" He asked curiously, noting the textbook on Pythagorean theorems she was reading.

She closed her book with a slight laugh and looked up "you sure do ask a lot of questions don't you, Dr McCord?" A smirk lightly playing on her face as she looked at him "no, I'm a math major, I'm just taking this class to get away from figures for a while."

Henry felt a pull in his stomach as his name rolled off of her tongue, he'd been a professor for all of an hour and already he'd found himself physically attracted to a student. "Final year?" He internally groaned at the involuntary question, it didn't matter, she was most definitely off limits.

She nodded as her tongue darted out, flicking over her lips slowly. "For undergrad anyway, I'm starting my PhD in the fall" she bent down to lift her notebook from her bag as other students trickled in, taking their seats around the room.

He glanced around the room as the seats filled, glad his first class was relatively small. His eyes lingered on the blonde in the back row as he waited for the stragglers to take their seats; she chewed her pen as her eyes looked up at him feeling his eyes on her. His breath hitched as she winked at him.

"I'm Dr McCord" he stood up, writing his name on the blackboard "welcome to Religion and Ethics."

So I'm not 100% sure how this is going to play out. I'll try and update my other one too. Let me know your thoughts on this. I know Henry wouldn't be attracted to a student but it's Elizabeth so I'm making an exception, and the fact that's it's an ethics class is just playing off the irony of him being attracted to a student. Anyway, reviews make my day. You like it - I write more.