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Two months had passed since the trial. Two months of complete peace and quiet. After being on paternity leave for six months Horatio was back at work. Although he was only working part-time now and the two days of the week when he wasn't working Calleigh was in charge.

Missus Reardon had gotten the worst sentence she could have; the death penalty. She was currently on death row and although it could take years before she met her last day, she had got what she deserved.

When Horatio stepped out of the elevator someone with blonde hair immediately jumped up in his arms and hugged him. Horatio was a bit stunned but eventually hugged back.

"Down, Calleigh, down." Eric grinned from the receptionist desk.

Calleigh stepped down on the floor and smiled at her boss. They all missed working with Horatio; even though everyone had visited him and Mac during his paternity leave it felt good to finally have Horatio in the lab again.

"It's nice to see you too Calleigh." Horatio smiled.

"It's good to have you back. We haven't changed anything in the lab either." Calleigh smiled.

"Sounds good." Horatio chuckled.

The rest of the team was waiting in the break room. They all shook hands or hugged Horatio when he entered the room. Even Frank was there to welcome his friend back to work. Another reason why it was good to celebrate the day was because Horatio's injuries were completely healed. He would forever have times of pain in his arms that would come and go, but he had a ball that he squeezed to make it better and to keep on training his arm muscles.

"I have an announcement to make from New York." Horatio said.

"Lindsay?" Calleigh asked.

Horatio nodded. Lindsay was pregnant with her and Danny's first child and she had now gotten her first contraction; just three weeks before she was due. Danny and Lindsay were nervous of course and a little scared, but they had great help from the New York team.

"It feels like it was ages ago since we had a new baby in the family." Ryan said.

"I couldn't agree more." Horatio said.

The twins were only six months old, but it felt like time had flown by. They were already starting to move around. Both Caylee and Noah could now roll over from their stomach to their backs and then over to their stomachs again. They had also figured out that if you lie on your tummy you can push forward with your legs and move.

"I am so glad that they're not crawling yet." Horatio said.

"Oh yeah, they are fast enough as it is." Eric said, remembering when Caylee had rolled around in his and Calleigh's apartment and he had worried she had disappeared when he had babysat her and Noah with Ryan. She had rolled from the living room to the bedroom in just a minute.

"Yeah, one minute they are right next to you and the next they've moved from the kitchen to the living room." Horatio said, "Let's get to work; tell me about your recent cases."

It felt good to be back. Horatio was already in his Lieutenant mode and after having a briefing with his team he got to sit down in his office chair again. He then remembered why he liked it so much; it was very comfy. He read through some mail and some reports that Calleigh hadn't yet looked through; he figured he might as well do it now that he was the boss again. He felt an aching pain in his chest though from missing his kids and Mac. He knew that it would get easier to leave them at home later, but in the beginning it was hard. Alexx had told him that she had gone through the same thing with her kids and Horatio guessed that Frank had as well.

-I-

Mac was making lunch and listening to Caylee and Noah rolling around on the kitchen floor. They seemed to almost be talking to each other too; sometimes they'd stop moving, look at each other and just make baby noises. Sitting up was also something they had both learned now, although Noah was a bit quicker with shifting from a lying position to a sitting one. Caylee was dangerously fast when it came to rolling and moving forward on her tummy. Mac had been forced to put up things that would block her path sometimes so he could do other things while they were awake without having to worry about where she had gone.

When lunch was ready Mac picked Noah up and put him in his chair. Noah grabbed a handful of food and tried to stick it in his mouth; most of it fell on his clothes. Caylee was not happy to be picked up and put in her chair; she cried and refused to eat. Mac shrugged and started feeding Noah, while also letting the boy try to eat by himself. He knew that if Noah ate then Caylee would eventually too. Five minutes later the girl grabbed her spoon and stuck her hand out to her father. Mac smiled and used his free hand to feed her; he had become very good at using both his hands now.

When the twins had ate they took a nap and while they slept Mac cleaned the dishes and read a book. Usually he would call Horatio and tease him over the phone, but he knew his lover would be busy on his first day back. The house seemed unusually quiet now and Mac soon started talking to Elvis just to feel like someone else was around that he could have a conversation with. He kind of liked the peace and quiet too though.

After two hours Noah and Caylee woke up and then it was time for a walk in the park. Mac and Horatio used to take the kids to the playground and sit them down in the sandbox. Both their son and daughter loved it there. Horatio and Mac didn't mind that their clothes got dirty either; they could always wash them and kids were supposed to have fun, not worry about keeping their clothes clean.

Caylee and Noah had also found a friend in 7 month Nathan. Mac and Horatio got along very well with Nathan's mom Denise too.

"I think I know who the boss is." Denise said.

She and Mac were sitting on the edge of the sandbox while their children played as well as they could at that age. Mostly it involved picking up sand and trying to figure out why it fell between their fingers or why they didn't manage to build a sand castle like some of the older kids had done once.

"Which one?" Mac asked.

"Caylee for sure."

"Yeah, she's a little tiger that one. Something tells me that she will be handful when she gets older and always be the one in charge." Mac smiled, "Horatio and I can't agree on whom she inherited it from."

"Because you're both the same way." Denise said.

"Yep." Mac chuckled, "How does Sammy take to being a big brother?"

Samuel, or Sammy as he was called, was Denise's older son. He was six and had not been fond of getting a little brother.

"He's beginning to like it. It's taken a long time, but I think he's realized that having a little brother can be quite fun." Denise said, "Especially when you're teaching them mischief."

Mac chuckled. The adults watched as Noah stared with wide eyes at Nathan when Nathan took a small plastic shovel from Noah. The young boy glanced at Denise and then at Mac, before grabbing the toy and taking it back; he then put the toy behind him where Nathan couldn't reach. Nathan looked unhappy at Noah before deciding that trying to grab Caylee's plastic rake was more fun.

-I-

Horatio had barely even made it inside when he was pinned against the door and kissed passionately.

"Um, what about Caylee and Noah?" Horatio asked.

"They're asleep." Mac whispered.

Mac dragged the older man to the living room couch and pushed him down on it. He rubbed their hardening manhoods against each other and then frantically pulled down Horatio's pants and boxers. Horatio's member was already rock hard and Mac bent down to take it into his mouth.

"Uh Mac!"

Horatio arched his back and ran his hands through his lover's hair as the younger man's tongue swirled around his shaft. Mac could already taste his lover's pre-cum and he licked it off before nipping at the head of his erection.

"Ah, fuck yes!"

Horatio closed his eyes and his body tensed. Mac then stopped and roughly pulled down his own pants.

"No underwear?" Horatio asked, "Sexy."

"I've been waiting for this all day." Mac smirked.

He straddled the redhead and quickly pushed his lover inside him. Horatio cried out and grabbed onto Mac's hips.

"Mac, lube?"

"I have already prepared." Mac moaned, "I told you I've been waiting. I've spend the last hour stretching myself."

"Hot." Horatio gasped, "I wish I coul have seen that."

Mac started riding his lover and moaned when he felt Horatio's nails dig into his hips. Horatio arched his back and thrusted into Mac's body. He gasped and started pulling Mac down harder onto his length.

"Mm, faster." Horatio moaned.

Mac started going faster and Horatio quickly pushed up into him every time Mac pushed down. Mac cried out as the redhead nudged his prostate with every thrust. They were both sweating and panting.

"Oh, Mac, uh!"

Mac braced himself against Horatio's chest and pinched his nipples; the older man cried out and his body started getting tense. Horatio could feel Mac starting go clench around his member and he thrusted faster to bring them both to climax.

Mac leaned back and arched his back as he felt his climax build fast. Horatio wrapped a hand around Mac's pulsating shaft and it was all it took to make Mac come; he shot his seed over Horatio's chest and as he clenched around the older man, Horatio came too and arched his back. They both moaned and stayed tense until their orgasms faded. Mac then collapsed against Horatio's sweaty and sticky chest.

"Remind me to try and work overtime some day and see what you do when I come then." Horatio panted.

"If you do that I might just have to go to the lab with the twins and have someone on the team watch them while we fuck in your office." Mac grinned.

"Mm, sounds like a wonderful idea." Horatio said, "Is that your phone or mine ringing?"

"Mine."

Mac reached over to the living room table for his phone.

"Mac." He answered.

"Hi, it's Danny."

"Hi Danny, what's going on?"

"Well, I just wanted to let you know that you are now the godfather of a little girl."

Mac could hear how happy Danny was; he was definitely on cloud nine.

"Really? Congratulations Danny." Mac smiled, "Danny and Lindsay had a girl." He told Horatio.

"Tell them I said congratulations." Horatio grinned.

Mac and Danny talked a while longer and then Danny sent a photo of the baby girl to Mac's phone.

"Aw, she's cute." Horatio smiled, "She looks just like Danny."

"I agree. Her name is either Lucy or Lydia, they haven't agreed on which one yet." Mac said.

"Either one is good." Horatio said.

Mac smiled and put the phone away. The twins were still asleep and he shifted a little on top of his lover.

"We should get married." Mac said.

"I thought we would wait until the twins were older."

"Yeah, but we can start planning." Mac smiled, "Do you want to marry me?"

"Of course I do." Horatio smiled, "Do you want to marry me and spend the rest of your life with me?"

"Absolutely." Mac grinned and gave his lover a kiss.

"Then let's get married." Horatio smiled, "And let's keep it a secret."

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