Dead air

As soon as he entered his house Harm knew Tony was home. And not because Tony was a slob and left his shoes in the hallway…this time. No but because he could hear soft jazz music coming from the living room. As he walked through the door he drank in the sight of his fiance sprayed out on the sofa reading a book. Not many people knew Tony liked to read. But he did, usually three or four at a time. Even during such a tranquil activity Tony needed variety not to get bored..

He tilted his head to see the title. A biography…probably some dead composer judging by the picture of some guy with a white wig on the cover.

"hey you"

Tony looked up and smiled.

"..Hhhh…hey..yyyyou "

Tony got up from the sofa and pulled him into a long arousing kiss. But by now Harm new Tony's tricks. With great difficulty he kept his arousal in check and removed himself careful from Tony's lips.

"what's wrong with your voice? Not step again…I told you not to go running in that fog…you…"

"ssssssh Harm nnnnnnnothings wrong. Just a sore ,cough chough….. Throat from over use "

Harm looked at him suspiciously. Tony smiled sweetly at him and engaged him in an other kiss. Tony's hand started wandering and were being really really distracting. Harm felt his body respond, he bit Tony in his neck…Tony let out shuddering sound. Ow yeah he loved that…Harms hand found his way under neat Tonies shirt, past his belly button moving towards his nipples. Tony moaned…and coughed.

Immediately Harm stopped and pulled away.

"Tony your.."

"geeesh" croaked Tony. "I'm fine, really."

He forcefully pressed Harms ear against his chest and took a couple of deep deliberated breaths.

"see clean as a whistle. Not one little wheeze. Can we have steaming hot sex now please? "

Relieved Harm laughed out loud and pinched him in his butt. Making Tony jump.

Tony then proceeded to drag him to the bedroom by his tie.

"so.. "Harm started while he was tracing lines over Tony's delightfully hairy chest leaning on his elbow.

"how come you lost your voice "

With a big sight Tony opened one eye and looked sternly, as sternly as was possible post coital , at Harm.

"your not letting this go are you? "

Harm grinned. "were you expecting me to? "

Tony closed his eye again and snuggled further in their pillows.

"nope fly boy I didn't, but one could always keep hoping"he croaked

"we had to get voice prints of a whole neighborhood in hope to identify it with a voice sample we had of a suspected terrorist"

"a whole neighborhood"

"yeah….A lot of talking…even for me "Tony winked and smothered a cough by turning his head into the pillow.

Harm kissed him on his belly and left the bed to take a shower…and make some tea with honey.

"hey Trish,…Harm! Cough,cough , its your mom"

And Tony quickly handed the phone over to Harm.

"hey honey is Tony alright? He sounded awful. Its not pneumonia again is it? "

"hey mom, no its just raw from talking to much according to Tony. And I do believe him, a little "

From out the kitchen Tony was flipping Harm the bird.

"his lungs sound fine but there is something worrying him that he's not telling. "

"At least have the decency to wait gossiping about me until I leave the room" Tony managed to get out angrily and left the room in a huff. Closing the study door just hard enough to make his point with out slamming it. Tony never slammed a door. Something to do with his mother.

Later that night in the darkness of their bedroom Tony startled Harm by suddenly whispering "they turned me off"

"uhh what? "Harm mumbled unintelligently already half a sleep

"they turned me off, while I was canvassing the neighborhood. They turned of the sound. I was without a back up for over an hour "

That made Harm sit up right awake.

"they what! "

"they said they grew tired of listing to my voice. "

It had taken all Tonys convincing powers to keep Harm from charging straight towards his colleagues and kill..uhm strike, giving them a very firm talking too. According to Tony he had handled it. Harm wasn't so sure.

So now he was finding himself alone on a Saturday morning with Tony away to play some basketball at the community center. He had begged of claiming he had work to do. But he had other plans.

Harm grabbed his keys and 30 minutes later he found himself in front of leon vance house