Enjoy this chapter. I am going to start writing another Silent Witness soon but it is going to focus on a case, rather than the Harry/Nikki things I always do. It pains me but my muse wants me to do it! :D
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The next time they talked about their past was three days after Harry's revelation. It was their first day off together since Nikki had gone back to work and they were both sitting at Harry's breakfast bar clutching steaming mugs of coffee, the clock on the wall read eight thirty in the morning. The early morning light was dull but peaked through the still closed blinds but the rain pounded at the window and the light slowly faded as the clouds got heavier and the rain beat harder and harder against the window. It was the middle of January and the heating was on, making the windows steam up and give the place and ever cosier look. Suddenly there was a flash of bright light that lit up the whole room followed by a large clap of thunder that vibrated all around the sky. Nikki jumped so much she spilt her coffee over the table and over her hands. She swore and jumped up to stop the coffee that was spreading across the table from touching her clothes. Harry grabbed a tea towel and placed it on the spilt coffee, then walked around the breakfast bar to his shaking partner and gently took her hands in his. He gently guided her to the sink and ran then under cold water, then guided her to the sofa
"What's wrong honey?" he asked as he felt her shaking and she buried her head in his chest and gripped his shirt as another thunderclap ripped across the sky
"Don't like storms" she mumbled and he smiled slightly and pulled her closer to him, wanting to make her feel safe
"Don't be scared" he whispered and kissed her head
"I'm sorry" she hiccupped as the tears fell down her face "I've never been good with them, I never really had anyone to comfort me during them really"
"Don't be sorry Nikki" Harry told her and wiped her face "everyone has something they are scared of, there's nothing to be sorry about"
"What are you scared of then?" she asked him and he looked into her eyes as he spoke the answer
"Loosing you"
He lent down and kissed her gently on the lips and when she pulled away she sighed
"When I was younger, dad left us" she told him and he nodded "I was eleven, he didn't say goodbye to me or mum, he just took his things and left us. It turned out he went bankrupt and fled the country"
Her partner nodded again and stroked her hair
"He never wrote or phoned but he always sent ten pounds in a card on my birthday. He was picked up years later when I was in college for fraud and was thrown in prison" she took a deep breath to calm herself but when she continued her voice broke "after he left me and mum just drifted apart, but my nana and I got closer, then I went off to college and lost all contact with mum. But then nana died and……."she couldn't finish
"I'm sorry Nik" Harry eventually said "You know you are loved here" he told her and she nodded
"I know, don't worry. I know who my family are" she assured him
"Good. You and me" then he added "and maybe Leo…but not if he keeps interrupting us" he joked and Nikki giggled then paused and swallowed heavily, pushing down a nervous feeling.
"You, me, maybe Leo…and the baby"
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I apologise, but I did try and make it an angsty fic but try as I might, I cant write them. :D
Cliff hanger! am i evil...or am i evil? lol!