Chapter one- mistletoe and wine
The night of the staff party had arrived and there had been a certain buzz amoung the team all day. The original venue had been double booked so as the staff slowley pilled into the festivly decorated canteen at sunhill station the air was filled with drunken excitment. Neil and grace sat huddled away in a corner, curled up in each others arms, smiling at each other, they had always kept there private lives private but this finaly gave them a chance to be themselves in Inspector Smith entetered the room he smiled as he passed them, he noticed Jack, Terry and Jo disscussing the big case they had all been working on today, he stopped and exchened plesentries with them all before procedding over to Mickey and Banksy, "You alright lads?" he asked, "Fine gov thanks" Mickey replied "Dont tell us your only just finishing?" he added noticing Smithy still in half of his uniform, before Smithy had a chance to answer, he was interupted "Im surprised he is here at all, his been a right Scrooge this year, not even decorated his office!" callum laughed. Smithy glared at his sergeant before noticing the small blonde chuckling to herself behind him, the reason he had come, DS Stevie Moss. He had never admitted his feelings for her and he had no intentions of doing it in the near future, after all it was Stevie, she doesnt do serious, she would probably laugh in his face, and he could never imagine his feelings being anything but serious for her. "Earth to Smithy" it finaly registered to him that he had gotten so caught up in his feelings he had been day dreaming for about two minutes, he looked down to see her beaming smile, "how are you, Gov?" she asked, "I'm good Moss' starting to wonder why I am here!" he sighed, as he glanced around the room to see Nate and Ben arm wrestling, cheered on by Leon, Kirsty and Mel, Neil and Grace having a rather private moment in the corner. Mickey and Banksy now deep in conversation about yesterdays football game with Callum, to the side of him. Stevie tugged on his arm and pulled him away from their colleauges with her eyebrow raised he guessed he needed to explain, "I'm not here as a friend anymore, I'm the boss, I'm the one they have to face when they make a mistake, not the one the wanna go for a drink with!" Smithy waved his arms around to indercate he was referring to his team.
Stevie smiled softly 'You are a great Inspector, they all look up to you, even Stone, as a friend and their boss, you have made uniform what it is, you are an amazing copper, and you know that as much as everyone else in this room, so stop beating yourself up about it and meet me in your office in 15 minutes, I got a plan to cheer you up!" with that Stevie skipped off out of the canteen and made her way towards CID.
she pushed open the big doors to CID and flicked on the lightswitch, she made her way over to the corner of the room between her and mickeys desks, picked up a small box from the floor and headed back down towards the inspectors office. Stevie was pinning the last of the christmas decorations to the celling when she heard Smithys deep voice echo around the room, "Well the chair definatly helps with your height problem Moss, but cant say I care for what you have done to my office!" She toppled a little, nearly falling from the chair, she climbed down, what with her nerves and the amount of alcohol in her system it no longer seemed wise to be standing on a chair. Once back down on the ground she glanced up at Smithy and smilled "Just helping you get into the christmas spirt." he looked around at the tinsel drapped from the pictures and a little angel perched on his computer, before back down to the small DS, "you have done a good job, considering you only had 15minutes, im impressed!" Stevie gigled at the complement Smithy had just payed her, most of what he has to say to her is teasing about her height or one of her 'never ending' storys as he puts it. As Stevie stared into his gorgeous eyes, she decided it was now or never, she smiled "There is one thing I forgot!" she turned around to the small box resting on the edge of his desk and rummaged around before pulling out a small piece of mistletoe, she spun back round to face the inspector. Smithys confused gaze made Stevie chuckle slightly as she moved close into his body, holding the mistletoe above her head. She began kissing him slowly at first, but she felt him relax into the kiss as his passion took over he slipped his tounge deep into her mouth.
She dropped the mistletoe to the ground, and placed her hands around his neck, digging her nails slightly in as she ran her hands from his hairline to the top of his shirt. Smithy hands were touching the bare skin of her hips, where her top had lifted from having to stretch to meet his lips. They pulled away and starred deep into each others eyes, Stevie felt the eletricity shooting through her body, she wondered if anyone had noticed they had both disapeared before he drew her back in and began to kiss her again, all thoughts of her friends and colleagues drifted out of her mind. This was it, she was finaly kissing Smithy, she just hoped it wasnt only being influenced by the drink!