The Greater Good
Elizabeth smiled as she looked at the clock, 9:30 AM. She was finally able to sleep past 6:30 AM for the first time in over a month. It was Saturday but recently the office had been busy and even though she was technically off on the weekends she was never actually off. She would spend most weekends holed up in their office at home or being told she had to take a quick trip to another country. Today was the first time she actually had a break and she planned on enjoying every second of it.
She wrapped her arms around Henry as he snuggled closer to her and ran her hand down his back gently. She knew that he had missed her being home too and hoped that they could make up for lost time this weekend.
She kissed his forehead gently and ran her hand down his cheek as his eyes fluttered open, "Morning handsome."
He yawned and smiled at her, "Am I dreaming or is my wife actually here?"
Elizabeth smacked his arm gently and laughed, "Not a dream." She whispered, kissing him softly.
He wrapped his arms around her tightly, content with her being in his arms for the first time in a while. After laying there for a few minutes they heard arguing downstairs and Elizabeth groaned. "I guess the kids are up." She said, moving out of Henry's arms.
She threw on her robe and slippers, making her way downstairs. "What's going on down here?" She asked as she saw Alison and Jason fighting with each other.
"Jason is being a jerk!" Alison yelled, glaring at her brother.
"Did you know Ali has a date tonight?" Jason smirked back at her.
"I'm going to kill you!" She said, moving in the direction of her brother.
Henry wrapped his arms around her before she could make it to Jason and smiled, "Well good morning to you guys too." He kissed the top of her head and ran his hand over her back gently, trying to calm her down.
Elizabeth went over to Jason and ruffled his hair, "Please stop teasing your sister."
Stevie smiled at them and shrugged, "I told them it was silly to be arguing about but they never listen." She said, placing pancakes on the table.
Elizabeth smiled and went over to kiss Stevie's head, "You made pancakes? Is this what I've missed every weekend?" She asked, sitting down at the table with the rest of her family.
After breakfast was finished Elizabeth made her way to the living room, grabbing the newspaper and flopping down on the couch. She looked at Henry as he followed her in, taking the seat next to her "I am going to enjoy every second of not doing anything today."
He smiled and placed his head in her lap, looking up at her "And I'm going to enjoy being able to look at your beautiful face all day." He said with a cheesy grin.
She laughed and rolled her eyes, leaning down to kiss him "Keep it up babe and you might get lucky tonight." She teased with a wink, running her hand through his hair.
The kids had all eventually made their way out of the house and Elizabeth placed the newspaper on the table once she was finished reading it. She stretched and looked down, laughing as she noticed Henry had fallen back asleep. She leaned down and placed a few kisses on his cheek, smiling as he stirred "I'm the one who should be sleeping, you've been on couch potato duty for the past month."
"Hey, it's hard laying around the house all day." He said, pulling her back down for a kiss. "Where are the kids?" He mumbled against her lips.
"Out." She whispered, keeping her lips pressed against his.
He smirked against her lips and pulled back a little, "Am I going to get lucky this afternoon?"
She shrugged and moved off the couch, shooting him a coy look over her shoulder before making her way up the stairs. She laughed loudly when she heard Henry scramble behind her and headed to the bedroom, pulling Henry against her when he made it to the room.
She looked up at him and smiled, leaning up to kiss him gently. Henry moved her back to the bed slowly, lowering her down once they reached the mattress. He leaned down over her, deepening their kiss slightly. They had not been intimate in a while because of Elizabeth's busy schedule so he wanted this to last so they could enjoy it. Elizabeth wrapped her arms around Henry, keeping him as close to her as humanly possible.
As Henry moved to her neck she let out a soft moan, "I missed you Henry."
He continued his work on her neck and smiled softly, "I missed you too."
Elizabeth closed her eyes and reveled in the feeling of Henry's lips against her skin. A few seconds later she heard her phone start to go off, signaling a text message. Elizabeth's eyes shot open and she shook her head, "Are you serious?"
She groaned and moved from underneath Henry, looking at her phone.
You need to come into the situation room ASAP. Bring Henry.
Elizabeth looked at the phone confused for a second before looking back at Henry, "Russell needs me in the situation room and he wants me to bring you along. I guess they need your religious expertise."
She ran into the bathroom quickly, trying to make herself look somewhat presentable. She had no plans to leave the house today and was still in her pajamas. Henry followed suit, putting a button down and dress pants on quickly.
Elizabeth threw on a dress and made her way out of the bathroom, going over to hug Henry. "I'm sorry our quiet day is being ruined. I'll make it up to you soon."
He smiled and kissed the top of her head, "It's not your fault Elizabeth."
Once they made it to the situation room they walked over to where everyone was huddled in front of the screen. Conrad looked over at the couple and swallowed thickly, "Bess, a new radical group has taken three doctors hostage overseas and are demanding we release some of our most sought after terrorists we have captured."
She nodded and slipped her glasses on, "Can we see the video?" She asked, wanting to get a better understanding of the situation. "Maybe Henry can assess it from a religion stand point."
Russell cleared his throat and looked at Elizabeth, "That's not why we asked Henry to come with you…"
She looked at him confused and shook her head, "Then why did you want him here?"
Conrad nodded at Russell, "Just show her the video."
Henry grabbed Elizabeth's hand tightly as the image of the three doctor's popped up, keeping his wife close to him "Oh my god."
Elizabeth swallowed and blinked a few times, the image starting to register in her mind "Will."
A/N: So here is the new story! I got it up faster than I had expected. I hope that I can update this one faster than I did my last story. Please review and let me know what you think and if you want me to continue!