Cool Miami Nights

Chapter One

Calleigh was about three hours into the second half of her fourth double shift of the week when he walked into the lab. He stood about six feet tall with flaming red hair and pale skin. He smiled as he caught her staring at him, and began to make his way over to where she was standing. "Hello, I'm Horatio Caine. I just transferred here from New York."

"Oh, you just be our new lieutenant. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to appear like I was staring, I'm just on my fourth double this week."

"Yes, I noticed that on the schedule. Can I get you some coffee?"

"Sure." He was gone before she could continue, and back in a flash with a steamy cup of hot sweet black coffee.

How did he know how I take my coffee? This guy must be psychic or something. "How did you know I take sugar in my coffee?"

"You just look like a sugar type person, Calleigh."

Ok, now I KNOW I didn't tell him my first name. "Thanks, Lieutenant."

The smile she gave him set his blood on fire. "Horatio, Calleigh, please? So, are you all alone here tonight?" His sharpened senses hadn't detected anyone else in the darkened lab.

"Yeah, just me. Everyone else is out on a call, and I'm still working on these bullets from this morning."

"Well, I'll leave you to it, then. I'll go get my office in order." Once in his office, he sat at his desk and watched her from afar, her scent still hanging heavy in the air. He pictured himself quickly moving back down the stairs and standing quietly behind her. As she stopped to take a sip of coffee she pushed her hair back behind her shoulders. He licked his lips as the pulsating artery in her neck called to him. He breathed her name as he thought of lowering his lips to her neck, and then, sinking his fangs into her. His fangs extended involuntarily at the thought. He knew she would taste as sweet as the coffee he'd just left on her desk. He had to use all of the control he'd mastered over the years to stop thinking of her and retract his teeth. He closed his eyes and called to her with his thoughts. He couldn't remember ever wanting anyone this badly. Her blood called to him, and his body ached to hold hers. As he channeled his thoughts, he opened his eyes to focus on her. It was working. She closed her eyes and hung her head forward. It would be so easy to simply take her now. He had to remind himself that he wasn't like that. He wasn't a monster like so many of his kind. He pushed the thoughts out of his mind, breaking the connection with Calleigh.

He watched her as she regained control of herself, looking around as if someone was in the room. Watching from his desk, he sent her a thought…"Calleigh"…her head snapped up and she looked around for him. Seeing him in his office, she laughed and shook her head.

All these long hours are making me crazy! Her phone rang and she smiled when she saw the caller ID. "Hi, Eric…miss me?"

"Of course I do. You want me to come over when you get off work?"

"I don't think so, I'm really tired and I need to get some sleep so I can make it back for the morning shift."

"You sure, Babe? I can just hold you all night."

Tell him no, Calleigh.

She wasn't sure where that voice came from, but it sounded serious. "Eric, I need my sleep, and I need to get back to work so I can get home and into bed."

Oh, ok, I'll see you in the morning, then. Do you want me to come pick you up?"

"Eric, that's way out of the way for you, I'll just see you at work, now let me go, the new night boss is here and I don't want him to see me talking to my boyfriend on company time. Not on his first day, anyway."

Hang up the phone, Calleigh, now.

"Ok, I love you…Calleigh?" He looked down at his phone. Call ended. She'd hung up on him.

Calleigh decided that she was more tired than she thought, so she downed her coffee and headed to the break room for another cup. "Mmm…still nice and hot." She poured a cup and then made a fresh pot for the night crew, so they'd have some when they returned. She glanced up at Horatio's office as she made her way back to her lab and found him watching her with a smile on his face. She smiled and winked as she passed his office, and then returned to her lab and finished her bullet analysis.

Once she finished, she cleaned up her workstation and headed upstairs to let Horatio know she was leaving.

"I'm leaving for the night, Horatio."

"Let me walk you out to your car, Calleigh."

"No, I'm fine, really."

"I insist. You never know what type of predator there might be waiting in a parking garage."

"Well, aren't you just the sweetest man?"

If she only knew. "After you, Ma'am." He held his office door open for her and watched her walk down the stairs. He couldn't wait to get her into the elevator. He pushed the 'down' button and smiled at her. Once the doors opened, he held them for her and pushed the button for the garage. Once the doors to the garage opened he stepped out into the darkness and looked around. Sure that there was no one in sight, he pulled Calleigh into a shadow.

"Horatio? What…" His lips covered hers in a heartbeat, and then quickly moved to her throat. He needed to taste her. She had quickly become his drug. She moaned in pleasure as he sucked her neck softly, slowly moving his hands along her body. She suddenly opened her eyes…"Eric."

He bit down harder, and growled possessively. "Do not EVER say his name in my presence!"

Her eyes slowly closed as she once again began to feel the pleasure of Horatio's touch. "What are you doing to me?"

He pushed his body against hers. "Making you mine." She wrapped her arms around him, enjoying the feel of his touch.

He once again looked deeply into her eyes. He lowered his lips to hers and kissed her deeply, this time she did not fight him. It was then he realized he'd made what could be a deadly mistake. In his hurry to sate his bloodlust, he'd forgotten to glamour her.

"You're a vampire? I heard stories about them living in Louisiana, but I'd never met a real one. Wait, did you just turn me into one?"

"No, Calleigh, and if you die right now, you won't become one, either. That's just one of the stories that mortals made up to scare people away from us. You'll find there are a great many things that you've heard about us that aren't true."

"So what did you just do to me?"

"Just a taste, love. I also was sending you're my thoughts."

"I thought I was going crazy."

"No, not crazy, you'll just able to hear my thoughts, as I'll be able to hear yours. You will also be safe from any other vampire now; they will know that you are mine."

"There are MORE here? Why Miami, there's so much sunlight?"

"My brother chose to come here to be with his female. She's also a police officer…a homicide detective."

"And you couldn't stay where you were?"

"No, my brother is also my maker. The one who created me. We'd also been in one place for too long, we have to keep moving every few years."

"What? That is sick, Horatio."

"It's a long story. I'll tell you the whole thing one day. For now, though, go home and get some sleep. Oh, and do me a favor, start taking vitamin B for me, it'll build your blood up."

"You plan to keep taking my blood?"

"Ray and I have a doctor who can supply us with bags of blood from the blood bank at the hospital, so we don't have to feed on humans as often. Ray feeds from his female…and I feed" He stroked her cheek gently…"from mine."

"But what about…"

"Do NOT say his name. I'm going to transfer you to the night shift with me. You will make sure I'm out of here in time to be resting by sunup, can you do that for me, Sweetheart?"

"Nightshift. I'm more of a morning person."

"I'll keep the coffee coming, Calleigh, but I'll need your help."

She nodded her head and yawned. "All right, I'll do it, but will you please let me go home and get into bed now? You're not the only one who needs to rest."

"Remember, I'll be in your mind, so if HE shows up, I'll know it. The upside is that if you're ever in any kind of danger, I'll know that, too, and will be there to defend you."

She giggled, still too stunned to take everything seriously. "My knight in shining fangs."

"Be careful driving home. Let me know when you're home safely."

"I don't have your phone number."

"Just think it, I'll hear you."

"This is gonna take some gettin' used to."

He kissed her softly. "It is for me, too, Sweetheart. Go home and get some sleep." He helped her into her car and watched her drive away, chuckling at the confused thoughts floating around in her head. A few minutes after he settled in at his desk to organize things he heard her.

Horatio, I'm home.

Rest well, Calleigh. Sweet dreams, I'll see you tomorrow night.

She ran water for a soothing bath. After the double shift and her experience with Horatio, she needed to relax. As she added her favorite vanilla scent to the water, she found herself wondering if he liked it. She tried to shake that thought from her mind, but she couldn't. It was like he had permanently taken up residence in her brain. She stepped out of her clothes and tossed them into the hamper and eased herself into the tub. She closed her eyes and tried to clear her mind, but she kept hearing his voice.

Mine, Calleigh.

Suddenly he appeared at her bathroom door, quickly shedding his clothing and sliding behind her in the tub. She leaned back against him and let his hands roam her body. He took the sponge and slowly washed her, and then moved his hands in between her legs and began to massage her while moving one finger in and out. His expert hands moved faster and faster, causing her to cry out in pleasure. Just as he knew she was ready to climax, he sank his teeth into her neck, creating the most earth shattering climax she'd ever experienced. He kept his mouth on her throat, still sucking gently until her breathing returned to normal.

"Horatio, that was amazing." She reached behind her to find he was gone. Had he ever been there? She moved her hands to her throat, it didn't feel any different. The tub water was almost cold, she must have fallen asleep and this was simply a dream. She stepped out of the tub and wrapped herself with a large towel and looked into the mirror. She looked the same. She dried herself quickly and slipped into a nightgown, and then hurried to bed, hoping for another dream with her handsome vampire.