Stef was exhausted. Between taking care of sick Lena, working double shifts that seemed to have her doing more arrests then usual and being a mom and dealing with a major argument that Jesus and Brandon seemed to be having recently, she was just fried.

She walked in the door and mumbled something to her family that no one could make out. Lena looked at her wife and could just tell that Stef was done. Lena followed her wife upstairs and suggested her wife get changed and take a hot shower, have dinner and then head to bed. Stef was so tired she couldn't comprehend anything that Lena was saying to her. She just nodded. Lena gave her wife a quick shoulder massage and then left Stef alone to get ready for dinner.

Lena had asked Jude to set the table and had gotten a beer out for Stef as a treat. Lena and the kids sat down and waited for Stef to come down. After a few minutes, she told the kids to eat and went up to check on her lovely wife. She opened their bedroom door slowly and couldn't help but smile when she saw her wife asleep in her uniform.

Lena walked over to her wife took off her shoes, removed her gun and put it into the safe and put a blanket over her. She was determined to let her wife sleep as long as she needed to recharge her batteries.

The rest of the night went off as normal and Lena finally joined her wife in bed.

-The next morning-

Lena woke up and noticed that Stef was still sleeping in her uniform just as she had left her the night before. Lena decided to take the day off. Her wife wasn't sick but she needed to take care of her. Lena made Stef's favorite coffee and made some lunch, (Stef slept through breakfast) put it on a tray and took it upstairs. The coffee worked to rouse her wife from her slumber. Stef woke up embarrassed. She couldn't believe that she hadn't changed and hadn't even put herself to bed. Lena just smiled at her wife and went to draw her a bath.

Lena was taking care of some paperwork when Stef came down to join her. The couple were reading the newspaper when Stef got a call from Captain Roberts looking to see if she could work that night. Before Stef could say anything Lena spoke up. "With all due respect Captain, Stef slept for 16 hours between last night and this morning and she is still yawning as she sits here with me. I really don't think that she should be coming in tonight as she may just fall asleep on you." Captain Roberts hadn't realized how tired Stef really was and told her to have a good night.

Stef just smiled at her wife, and gave her kiss as a way of thanking her for having Stef's back.