A/N: Well I guess some of you guys like the story after all, I will continue and write the story as a holiday heart-warming thingy. Someone asked me if I have forgotten about Living on a prayer, no I have not forgotten about the story, as I type I am thinking of ideas for chapter 19. This story will run until the Christmas is here, than afterward I will return to my other fan favorite Living on a prayer.

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Chapter two: Christmas time is here

Christmas day had come to Miami and Horatio was awoken by his son jumping on him to wake up:

"Dad wake up it's present time!!!!"

Kyle, who was sixteen, was behaving like a little six year old, eager to see what his father had in store for him under the tree. Horatio did not put the presents under the tree until Kyle went to bed, knowing that if he would have put them down earlier in the month, Kyle would have taken a peek at them. Horatio sat up in bed, glancing over at the time, it read 5:30:

"Kyle!!!!" Horatio didn't know whether to be excited along with his son or a little angry that Kyle woke him up so early. He decided to go with the excited feeling.

"Merry Christmas dad!!!!" Kyle shouted, handing Horatio a box,"I wanted to give you your present first, the moment you woke up." Kyle laughed.

Horatio was shocked,"Kyle you got me a gift?" Horatio looked at the wrapped gift.

"Yes or course I got you something dad, your my father what kind of son would I be if I didn't get you anything?"

"The type that gives his father a video game for his birthday, knowing that I don't play video games." Horatio laughed, beginning to take the wrapping off the gift.

"Dad I thought you would like the video game, the cop in the game reminds me of you. Me and Ray Jr. thought that." Kyle watched his dad.

"No son you wanted the game, so you brought it for yourself and masked it as a gift for-" Horatio stop talking, the gift Kyle had given him was beautiful.

Before him was a watch with a black band and the rest was gold, engraved with the words:

"Horatio Caine, my protector, my hero, my dad."

Horatio was lost for words, Kyle took that as a sign that he loved the gift:

"This time it isn't a game." Kyle leaned in to hug his dad and Horatio hugged him back. No words could describe the feelings Horatio was going through. Placing the watch around his wrist, Horatio finally spoke up:

"Thank you son."

"Your always welcome dad." Kyle laughed at his father, not understanding the depth of meaning the watch meant to Horatio. Changing the subject Kyle looked towards the door,"Dad if I race downstairs right now, will there be presents?"

"Of course there will be son."

Kyle bolted towards the door, as Horatio looked down at the watch and reread the engraving:

"Horatio Caine, my protector, my hero, my dad."


Julia Winston had stayed up all night. She was going through a mixture of emotions right now. Apart of her was happy that this would be the first Christmas she would be spending with her son in a very long time, and another part of her was angry that Horatio and her had to share him for the holiday. Julia had planned to take Kyle from Horatio today and take him, along with Ron, for a lovely Christmas meal abroad a nice city cruise. But Horatio crushed those plans, when he called to "inform" her that she would be spending the holiday at his house along with his team and his other family members.

"Kyle wanted me to invite you and Ron to come over here for a nice Christmas meal." Yeah right, Julia thought. The last thing Julia wanted to do was spend the holiday with Horatio, let alone his other followers, who were out to get Julia and her husband Ron. She did not want to be civil with those low lives, she did not want to sit at eat with the "help" all she wanted was her son. And her son was going to be the only reason she was going to try to be nice to Horatio and the others.


When Kyle reached downstairs, presents were circled around the tree:

"Are all these for me?" Kyle shouted, tearing wrapping off of one of the boxes.

Horatio, who finally made it downstairs answered him:

"Yes Kyle all those are for you and Ray Jr when he gets here, so read the label." Horatio sat down and watched his son open up presents, the first time he had ever done this with his own son.

Kyle looked at the labels:

"This one is from the Mac attack." That was the name Kyle called Detective Mac Taylor of the New York crime lab, Kyle and Mac have known each other since Horatio did some work with Mac three months ago. Kyle pulled the wrapping off,"Oh cool it's a camera." Kyle smiled looking at the box. Horatio smiled, as he looked at his son's face.

Kyle opened all his gifts ranging from the sneakers Eric got him to the season pass tickets to the dolphin games Ryan got him, to all the gifts Horatio brought him. Once Kyle was done opening all his presents, he turned to Horatio.

"Thanks dad."

"Your welcome son."

"Hey dad," Kyle was reading the instruction manual to the camera Mac got him,"When is mom coming."

Horatio picked up the camera and looked at it,"Mac must of had help picking this out, I wonder if Stella helped him."

"Dad your deflecting the question, do you want mom and Ron here?"

Horatio out the camera down,"Kyle I want your mother here because this will be the first Christmas we spend together as a family. I want you to be happy, so of course I want your mother here." Horatio looked at his son, smiling to his his disdain.

Kyle smiled back at Horatio,"Thanks dad, I know things have been rough between you two, but I have a feeling that things are going to get better." Kyle got up to head to his room,"I'm going to call Ray Jr. to see what he got for Christmas, he was shooting for the new Halo game, I hope he got it." Kyle runs to his room, leaving Horatio.

"Easier said than done son, easier said than done." Horatio mumbled to himself.

Horatio looked down at the mess before him, the day was just starting.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter :) More later....