A.N – This is an AU story. Don't know where it came from but I am going to try and write it and let me know how I am going with it please. Little background into it. The team have been together for about three years. Martin being the last to come in about two years ago. He is single. Jack and Maria are still together and happy. Viv is still with her husband. Danny is married to Jill with no children as yet. Samantha is married to Paul and has two children, Aidan is almost four and baby Abby is six months old. Samantha recently returned to work after her maternity leave. Aidan and Abby go to the day care in the FBI building.
The first time Samantha walked in with a bruise no one took any notice. In their line of work bruises were an almost daily occurrence. She simply pulled her shirtsleeve over it and carried on with the paper work in front of her.
Martin noticed the look in her eye though. I was a mixture of fear and relief. He brushed it off and went back to his own work.
That night after collecting Aidan and Abby from day-care she headed home. As she drew out of the parking garage, Martin saw her. She looked happy, singing along with her son. Martin had never met anyone so strong and beautiful before. But she was married, so he knew he couldn't go after her.
Arriving home Samantha unbuckled Aidan and let him run up the path to the front door. She lifted the bag containing all the things the children needed during a day at day-care. Hoisting her own bag onto her shoulder she lifted Abby's car seat onto her arm and headed for the door.
Paul opened the door and Samantha could tell he wasn't in a good mood. "Hi Daddy, I built a big tower today and Lesley took pictures of it." Aidan told his dad excitedly.
"That's great buddy. Why don't you go and get your pyjama's ready." Paul patted his son's head, while glaring at his wife. Making sure Aida was up the stairs he turned to her. "Why are you so late?"
"Paul I am not late." Samantha protested.
"You are, you should have been home an hour ago." He snapped. Samantha struggled under the weight of all she carried but Paul did nothing to help. She brushed past him to get into the house. He grabbed her arm as she passed. "You've been with him, haven't you?" He spat at her.
"Who are you talking about?" She asked as she placed Abby's car seat on the floor.
"Fitzgerald." He said with much venom in his voice.
"Of course I was with him. I work with him. Paul I finished work an hour ago. I collected the children from day-care and then have spent the last forty five minutes in traffic trying to get home." She told him, weariness evident in her voice.
"Don't lie to me." He yelled. She started to walk away as he lunged for her. "And don't you walk away from me." He grabbed at her only catching her hair.
Samantha yelped out in pain but Paul kept his hold. Abby started crying, hearing her mother cry out. "Oh shut up!" Paul yelled at his daughter.
"Daddy what are you doing?" Aidan stood on the stairs looking at his father.
Daddy and Mommy are just playing a little game." Paul lied to his son. "You go into the bathroom and get your teeth cleaned and I'll come and read you a bedtime story." He smiled before Aidan turned on the stairs.
"Okay Daddy. Night Mommy, I love you." Aidan smiled at his mom before turning to head back up the stairs, oblivious to what was really going on.
"Love you to Aidan." She whispered, not allowing her voice to get any louder, for fear she would start to cry. Paul's hold on her had not slackened in the time their son had been there. Abby was still crying as well.
"This isn't over." Paul snarled, pushing his wife away from him, before heading up the stairs after his son.
Samantha slid down the wall, her whole body trembling. She undid Abby's car seat and lifted her daughter to her chest. "It's all right baby, Daddy didn't mean it." Samantha told her daughter and herself.