Small drabble connected to a bigger fic I'm working on.
Finally home
Walking up to the house, he smiled seeing the light on in the living room and sensing the other person in there.
He kicked off his sandals and dropped his scarf and flak vest on the chair in the hallway with a relieved sigh. It had been a longer mission, and keeping his team in line was always a pain.
He heard the late news on the tv in the background as he made his way towards the living room. There he found her curled up on the couch, a thin blanket pulled up all the way to her nose and a couple of long dark tresses covering the rest of her face. He also spotted a cold cup of tea and a book—one of those ridiculous romance novels she secretly loved—on the floor next to her, keeping her company while she waited for him.
Shaking his head, he padded over to her, grabbed the remote, and turned off the TV before giving her shoulder a couple of light nudges, but she just grunted and swatted his hand away.
Chuckling, he gently moved her fringe back behind her ear to give her a quick kiss on the cheek before nudging her again, a bit more forcefully this time. When she blearily opened her eyes, he grinned at her confused expression.
"Mhm? Oh, you're home. Welcome back," she murmured sleepily and yawned.
"Thanks. Yeah, finally. Told you the train wouldn't come in until after midnight. Come on, time to go to bed, Hanabi," he answered, not bothering to hide his amusement with her unfocused demeanour. When she groggily nodded, instead of giving her a chance to get up, he slid one hand in under her shoulder, and the other in under her knees to scoop her up in his arms. He wanted to laugh when her eyes flew up in surprise. She looked so cute when she squeaked and threw her arms around his neck to steady herself as he stood and crossed the hall to the bedroom.
Once there, he let her down on the bed, and as she crawled in under the blankets, he dropped his shirt and trousers on the floor and joined her. She nuzzled herself closer to him, sighing contently and closing her eyes again as he gave her a quick goodnight peck and wrapped his arms around her.
An hour earlier he had assumed he would come home to a dark and empty house. Now he couldn't be happier that he gave her a key to his place last month.
He could definitely get used to this.
