It had been a long night for all involved, three weary adults and a small emotional child, didn't speak as they moved the car into the snow covered school car park. It was almost ten in the evening and all were drained from the last few hours.

"Thanks for the lift Mark" John spoke first breaking the silence in the car, casting his eyes over little Lilly who had cried herself to sleep , there was no way she could be in school tomorrow. Placing his hand on Mark's shoulder as if in comfort

"Let Lilly have tomorrow off, Mark, Glenn. Mel will be ok. She is in the best place"

"I hope so John I really do, we will keep you informed about her and when she will be back at school the doctors confirmed she should be allowed home tomorrow. John she will be staying with us if that is a problem with you or issues around her job, We would be grateful if you can voice them now, so when she is out, she knows the full facts" John had seen a side to this little family and the love they all had for Mel, he could easily turn a blind eye, she deserved it after what had happened. She had managed to tell them who had done it, and all John could think was god hell the man when these two caught him.

"I didn't see anything to say otherwise, just concerned parents over their daughters teacher, all I will say is look after she is special, tell her not to rush back we will see her when she is ready and back to herself, her job will always be safe" opening the car door he shivered as the cold hit the warmth from outside, saying goodnight he slipped out towards his car. Glad that the night was over, tomorrow he would give himself a lie in, it wasn't every day the headmaster was late tomorrow was going to be one of them. He knew there would be lots of questions and well wishes for Mel she was loved by both staff and children. Tonight though a family was missing a very much loved person, he could only imagine what they were going through.

Mark turned the car around and headed back to their home, the light that shined throughout it was dimmer tonight, Mel would be missed by all. Tomorrow when she came home she would be loved, protected, and cherished by them all. Lilly would be so happy that she could come with them to collect her, whilst she didn't fully understand what had happened to her mummy as she called her. She knew a bad man had hurt her, and that her daddy's would eventually catch up to him. She had cried herself to sleep, screaming as they had to reluctantly drag her away from the hospital room. The doctor had confirmed they could stay if they wanted, but it wasn't the best place for Lilly, so all three had agreed she was better at home in her own bed with her teddy's. Mel had sent both Glenn and Mark away confirming all she would do was sleep, and Lilly needed them more than her.

"Mark let's take some time off till New Year" Mark glanced at his husband he was thinking the same thing, sod work, Lilly and Mel needed their full attention, Christmas was coming and the office could carry on without them for a few weeks, in fact sod that more than a few.

"Nah let's take a month out, the girls needs us more than the office, lets' get them settled collect Mel tomorrow, knowing our little one she will want to go back to work straight away, I know how important the show is to her to the children and she would want to be there. If we at least get her to stay home for one day with Lilly too, then she can rest. God Glenn I thought we had lost her tonight, never do i….." his voice broke as tears came down his cheeks, Glenn reached over and grabbed his hand in comfort

"Me to baby, that little one has got into our hearts, into Lilly's heart, I don't know what we would have done if she had. How could he have done that to her? My god the man was meant to have loved her at one point. The good thing is the concussion isn't as bad as we thought, and a broken arm, as well as a fractured cheek bone, hell it looked a lot worse than it was thank god. "

"She had no chance against him according to John this Grahame guy is around 6ft 2". Hell she's 5ft nothing, how scared she must have been. I will fucking kill him Glenn when I get hold of him" clenching Mark's hand tighter he comforted him with his strength.

"We will leave it for now Mark, concentrate on getting Mel on her feet, and replace Lilly's images of today with good happy memories. In fact I know Santa is at the local mall let's take the girls tomorrow, make a family day of it, they would love that after all this. That low life can wait, we will deal with him when the time is right, at the moment he isn't priority"

"Glenn you always manage to calm me down darlin, you are right, tomorrow family day and lots of loving" smiling he enter the code into the gate, pulling the car into the garage.

"Baby you get lots of loving tonight we both do" parking the car, he pulled his husband to him taking his mouth in a heated kiss.

"Let's get munckin to bed poor little mite is shattered. You grab her Mark I will go check the horses" shutting the garage up for the night, Mark headed up with a sleeping Lilly in his arms as he heard the outer door to the stables open. Climbing the stairs he was glad to be home, his body weary from all that had happened. Placing Lilly on her bed, he quickly undressed her, and placed her jammies on, mumbling in her sleep she reached up for a hug

"Love you daddy" hugging him she moved over to cuddle her teddy going back into a deep sleep.

"Love you to pumpkin" Mark whispered as he kissed her smooth cheek. making sure she was snuggled and warm. Heading to his bedroom he stripped his clothes off, needing a shower to wash the day away as well as heat his chilled body. Switching the shower on, he waited for it to get warm as he heard the downstairs door shut and bolt. Climbing into the shower, he warmed it up, loving the heat as it hit his cool skin. Not hearing his husband enter the shower, he was surprised when soft lips pressed against his back, his head bent as he felt the tenderness from Glenn's soft lips moving between his shoulder blades, down his back, to his buttocks, then back up. Turning in his husbands arms he brought his mouth to his, needing no wanting the love from him. Being in Glenn's arms being loved by him would make it all better. At times Glenn was the stronger one, especially when it came to Mel. They both loved her so much, yet Mark could not see beyond the red haze that made him want to kill Grahame, Glenn could always calm him, make him relax, this was one of the ways.

"I love you so much darlin" Mark bent his face into Glenn's neck tasting his smooth skin as Glenn's hands ran circles around his back, in comfort, which soon turned to passion, each stroke getting more teasing.

"I love you to baby so much, come on I want you to make love to me Mark, on the bed with the candles on, feel the satin sheets underneath my body as you take me" Mark's head flew up, seeing the need in Glenn's eyes, the need for Mark to take his anger out on him. If Mark carried on the anger would eat at him, this way he could get rid of the haze that was overcoming him, it would ease the tension in his strong body, allowing him to be there completely for the family.

"Glenn you do know what you are asking?" Mark wasn't sure if he could do this, it had been awhile since his anger was this bad, the last time Glenn had asked him to fuck him in anger, to bring it down to a normal level. Mark had hurt him bad, he hadn't been able to walk for a few days, but hell the orgasm was electric. If this was what needed to be done Glenn would do it, after all they were married and he did love when his husband was out of control.

Brushing Mark's wet hair from his face he took his husbands mouth with a hard kiss

"Baby we need it, both of us, Take me hard , fuck me" Mark didn't need telling twice switching the shower off he pushed his husband out of the bathroom towards the bed. Glenn's back hit the bed hard as Mark's body covered him, he knew this wouldn't be gentle for either of them.