Home is Where the Heart Is

Prompt: Beca is flying home after her first ever tour, and she has been gone for three months. Aubrey sets up the apartment really sweet and welcoming, and since Beca's flight ends up delayed, she falls asleep on the couch and Beca comes home and sees the adorableness and notices Aubrey sleeping and she wakes her up and you can figure out where it ends.

"She'll be home in a few hours…yeah…I'm decorating now…yeah of course I got sunflowers, they're her favourite. Yeah…okay, yeah…I have to go now, hanging up now, got to finish this up. Yeah I'll text you later this week, we can all hang out. Okay…yeah, bye Chloe," Aubrey hung up the phone, anxious to finish her decorating before Beca's arrival.

After years of paying her dues, her girlfriend had finally booked what Beca would call a real tour. She'd been gone for three months, and Aubrey was thrilled that the long distance thing was finally over. Beca Skyped her as often as possible, but she was longing to hold the brunette in her arms again. They'd been together for 7 years now and had never been apart more than two nights the entire time up until now. Beca would be taking a taxi home, insisting that Aubrey not be out driving alone with an 18 month old at night. Instead of going to the airport she was preparing their apartment for her girlfriend's homecoming. She had hung a welcome home banner, bought Beca's favourite flowers, got her treats from her favourite local bakery and purchased a nice bottle of champagne to celebrate.

Their daughter Callie was already asleep in the bedroom at this point so the blonde sat on the couch flipping through the channels, counting down the hours until Beca was finally home.

Beca turned the keys in the lock, being careful to be as quiet as possible. Her flight had been delayed and it was well past midnight now. As she set her bags down on the kitchen table she noticed the sign, flowers, cupcakes, and the very wet bottle of champagne that had once been on ice. She smiled at all the trouble Aubrey had gone to to make her return special, cursing the airline silently for ruining her hard work. She made her way towards the living room, noticing that Aubrey was asleep on the couch. She had been waiting up for her, but by now she would be sound asleep. Beca stood and watched momentarily before walking towards the sleeping blonde. Beca grabbed a blanket from the top of the couch and spread it out over the sleeping form of her girlfriend.

"Beca?" Aubrey asked, yawning.

"Hey babe, sorry I woke you, I just didn't want you to be cold. Go back to sleep," the brunette whispered, placing a kiss on Aubrey's forehead.

Aubrey sat up on the couch, smiling. Beca was finally home, she could do nothing but smile.

"Welcome home Beca," Aubrey whispered in her ear, not wanting to wake the sleeping child in the next room. Aubrey wrapped her arms around the smaller woman, something she'd been longing to do for months. "You have no idea how much I missed you," she informed the brunette.

"Couldn't possibly have been more than I missed you. I don't think roadies have ever seen a DJ cry so much," Beca admitted sheepishly.

Aubrey leaned in and kissed her girlfriend on the lips, the warm, soft pink lips she had been missing all this time.

"Did you at least enjoy your tour?"

"Not as much as I enjoy that," Beca said, returning the kiss, and placing another one on the blonde's forehead. "I love you too much to ever do that again."

"Ever? But Beca its your dream."

"Not anymore. It was a great dream, years ago when I was young, single and had nothing else worthwhile going on in my life. Now, I can do something, anything else as long as I'm here with you, and with Callie."

"Well, as long as its what you want. I'm more than happy never to see you leave again."

"Speaking of being here with you and Callie, will you kill me if I go in there and wake her?"

"Go for it," Aubrey said, smiling.

Beca gave her girlfriend one more kiss, and raced off toward the bedroom to see her daughter. She stood for a moment just watching the child sleep. Aubrey stood in the door way and watched as Beca looked down into the crib. It was a sight Aubrey hadn't seen in months, and was ecstatic to know she wouldn't have to miss it anymore.