(AN) Hello everyone, TimeLordMaster108 here with the first in a small series of short spin-offs to my story Outbreak!
The first of these focuses on the plot point of Kevin having retired from the Navy after the events of Homesick!, this story is basically Homesick from Kevin's perspective but fear not, i'm not going to be lazy and just feature his scenes from the episode, there will be a bunch of new scenes, as well as appearances from most of the team, except Tony, and a brief appearance by Delilah and the main antagonist of Outbreak! Thomas Jackson.
Also Thomas Jackson gets a few lines that are evilly ironic, see if you can spot them.
Disclaimer, I don't own NCIS. All characters and locations belong to CBS and Paramount Pictures.
NCIS: How To Break A Navy Lieutenant.
Prologue
Being a Navy Lieutenant had always been fun, Kevin Daley had joined in 1999, hard work and determination had moved him up the ranks before becoming a Lieutenant in 2004 and having the honour of leading his own Squadron. But after a recent six month post in Afghanistan, Kevin was looking forward to returning to snowy Washington for Christmas and spending the holidays with his wife Audrey, and their two kids, Tommy and Emma who would be happy to see him, along with a large stuffed teddy bear he had bought for Emma
Kevin was currently being driven to his house by a few members of his Squadron, and having a video conference with Thomas Jackson, another member who had been friends with Kevin for a long time, even before joining and someone whom Kevin trusted his life with and whom he had named Tommy after.
"So, how was it in Afghanistan?" asked Thomas in a cheerful tone, "See any good beaches?"
"No such luck," replied Kevin, "How was that little trip to the Congo? did you and Nick behave yourselves?"
"Of course!" replied Thomas with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes, "Bet you can't wait to see your family?"
"They'll be surprised to see me back so soon," stated the Lieutenant before taking on a serious tone, "Listen Thomas, I know these past few years have been difficult, what with what happened to Sophie and Sarah leaving, but just remember, me and Audrey will always be here for you, and we'll always be friends, no matter what!"
"Yeah, sure!" answered Thomas in a slightly distant tone before adopting a slightly teasing voice, "Emma wouldn't have liked it in the Congo, she might've caught something nasty and got a temperature, I'd hate for something bad to happen to her."
"Well thankfully she wasn't there!" pointed out Kevin while chuckling, "She'd be bummed out if she was sick before the holidays, anyway, goodbye for now and happy holidays Tom!"
"Happy holidays Kev!" exclaimed Thomas in delight.
It was now dark outside as the cab pulled up outside of Kevin's house. Kevin hopped out and said goodbye to his friends, before walking through the snow covered driveway and entering the front door, with the bear under one arm, once inside, Kevin wiped his boots on the welcome matt, before placing his Navy Baseball Cap on a nearby hatstand. The Lieutenant then stored his empty gun away in a safe place so that Tommy or Emma couldn't reach it.
"Ho!, ho! ho! hello!" exclaimed Kevin in a jolly voice as he entered the living room, beaming.
"Oh my God!" cried Audrey in surprised shock and delight as she ran up to her husband.
"Dad?" asked Tommy in astonishment as he charged towards the man.
"There's my big man!" remarked Kevin in happiness as he gave his son a hug.
"You're early!" remarked Audrey in surprise as she ran towards Kevin.
"You complaining?" asked Kevin teasingly.
"No!" answered the redhead, the two then hugged and Audrey kissed him on the forehead
"Mom made all your favourites," declared Tommy in excitement as this was happening, "She made you some meatloaf and mashed potatoes and a weird Christmas cake, and-
Kevin and Audrey chuckled lightly, stopping the hyper child, "And your kid sister, where's Emma?" asked Kevin, still chuckling and finally noticing his youngest child's absence.
"Oh that sweet baby wanted to wait up for her daddy so bad," explained Audrey in a sweet voice, "But she had to come home from school with a low fever."
"Aww, Poor Peanut!" exclaimed Kevin in a sympathetic voice, "Let me see that kid!"
"Okay, help me get supper on the table?" asked Audrey as she let go and turned to Tommy.
"Okay!" answered Tommy
After this, Kevin made his way upstairs and entered his daughter's bedroom, lit up by two bedside lamps, one of which had a blue light, he saw Emma sleeping soundly in her bed.
"Hi honey!" whispered Kevin as he walked over and placed the teddy bear on the bedside cabinet before kneeling beside her bed, he then touched his daughter's forehead, "It's daddy!"
Kevin then frowned in concern as he saw how pale and feverish Emma looked, beads of sweat dripping from her forehead. He then gently rested his hand under her chin, then he rested on her forehead again, but instantly pulled away when he felt how hot it was.
"Damn! How low was that fever babe?" called Kevin in concern.
Audrey then came rushing upstairs and headed towards Emma's room.
"It was, ... less than one-hundred about an hour ago." stated Audrey in a worried tone as she entered the bedroom.
The redhead came to join Kevin by the bed, she then knelt down and felt her daughter's forehead and chin, her eyes quickly widening in horror and her sense of worry growing.
"Oh my God! she's burning up." exclaimed Audrey in a panicked voice.
Kevin instinctively leaned down towards Emma's ear, "Emma!, kid!" exclaimed Kevin in alarm, "Hay, wake up, daddy's home."
Kevin then leaned down and pressed his ear against Emma's chest, his eyes widening slightly, "she's barely breathing." he cried out in shock.
"Emma?, Emma?" yelled Audrey in pure alarm.
"Call 911." cried Kevin in a panicked manner.
The redhead, not wasting a moment, got up and raced out of the room.
"Emma?, Please, baby, breath." begged Kevin in a terrified voice as he continued to call into his daughter's ear, preying she would just wake up, "Emma!"
The Navy Lieutenant stopped as his blood turned to ice, this could not be happening, this had to be some sort of horrible joke or a nightmare, he was supposed to be surprising Emma with his early arrival, not trying to wake her up while she had a burning fever and getting Audrey to phone an ambulance
(AN) so that's the prologue to my first short story, I hope you all enjoyed, and remember to Read And Review.
Yeah the rest of the prologue isn't that interesting as its basically the cold opening to Homesick which i'm sure you're all familiar with, but thankfully the rest of the story will feature mostly original content with a few actual Homesick scenes, since Kevin and Audrey only get four scenes in the entire episode.
So the next chapter will show where Tommy was in the rest of the episode and will start featuring appearances from some more prominent familiar faces from the show.
Until then, this is TimeLordMaster108 signing out.
