Disclaimer - I don't own these characters, including Tim Speedle (sigh),
but hey, a girl can dream, can't she?
Pairings - Tim/OC, Eric/Valera, Horatio/Calleigh
Rating - To be determined
Summary - Sequel to Three Hundred Sixty Five Days and Love Lost Returned. A Miami cop is killed by a kidnapper wanted by the FBI in Washington D.C., bringing Leanna's fiancé Jonathan to Miami while she and Tim await the birth of their child.
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"Leanna, PUSH," Katie commanded, pushing Leanna's leg further into her chest. Tim was bracing himself for another debilitating squeeze from Leanna's hand when she bore down to push.
"I can't," she cried, her face dripping with sweat, "I just can't."
"You can, and you will," Katie demanded, patting her leg. "Now, push."
Leanna pushed again to Katie's slow count, "1...2...3...4...5...Okay, relax."
"One more good push and we'll welcome Baby Speedle into the world," Dr. Tallent said brightly.
Tim stroked Leanna's forehead. "You're doing great, baby, really great."
"Oh, shut up," she snapped at him. "I'm never doing this again," she cried, fighting the pain tearing her lower body apart.
Tim stifled his laugh, knowing it would only make things worse. Leanna had dilated so fast, there was no time for an epidural and he knew she was in agony.
"Okay, Leanna, let's get that baby out of there," Katie encouraged.
"I hate you," Leanna answered, leaning up against her legs.
"You do now," Katie grinned, "But you won't in a minute, now PUSH!"
"That's it," Dr. Tallent urged her on. "Keep going, keep going, STOP!" He pulled the baby the rest of the way out. "It's a boy!" he told Tim and Leanna, raising the baby high enough for them to see and then resting their new son on Leanna's stomach.
"Oh, wow," Tim swallowed hard, allowing his tears to start flowing. "Hi there, little man." He stroked his screaming son's nearly bald head.
"He doesn't sound like he's happy to be out," Leanna said through her tears; then rested back on the bed, "But I'm sure happy he is."
"Look what we did," Tim marveled, his brown eyes wide with wonder. Leanna realized she'd never loved him more than she did at that moment.
"He's perfect," she said quietly, gazing into her husband's eyes.
He kissed her and then rested his forehead against hers. "So are you," he answered. "I love you so much."
"Tim," Dr. Tallent's voice brought them back to reality. "You want to cut the cord?"
"Yeah," he answered quickly, taking the scissors from the doctor.
"Right there," the doctor indicated. Tim snipped the cord perfectly. "I just love it when CSI's become fathers. Their cuts are always just right," the doctor grinned.
Katie took the baby from Leanna. "I'll bring him right back," she teased, answering Leanna's worried eyes with a smile. "I'm just gonna get all the gunk off him and let the pediatrician look him over."
"Nicholas," Leanna told Tim when he sat back down.
"What?" he asked curiously, hoping his wife hadn't forgotten his name.
"Nicholas," she said emphatically, "His name is Nicholas."
"Why Nicholas?" he wondered.
"Because this is a hell of a lot better than any Christmas I've ever had," she grinned. "And you know how much I LOVE Christmas."
Tim leaned in and kissed her again. "Perfect name for a perfect boy."
"You like it?" her green eyes were swimming with emotion, exhaustion and tears.
"I love it," he answered confidently. "Nicholas Speedle." He tried the name another way, "Nick Speedle. Yup, I love it."
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Calleigh, Alexx and Valera knocked quietly on the door to Leanna's hospital room and waited for Tim to let them in.
"Hi!" he grinned, cradling Nicholas in his arms. "Come on in," he motioned. "This," he said, holding Nicholas out for them to see, "Is my son, Nicholas James Speedle."
"Oh, Tim," Alexx began to cry softly. "He's gorgeous."
"Just like his Daddy," Calleigh teased, slugging Tim playfully on the arm.
He beamed at the compliment. "Well, I don't like to brag..."
Calleigh and Valera rolled their eyes. "Surrender my godson, Tim," Calleigh demanded, reaching in to take the baby from him. She scooped Nicholas into her arms and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. "Just wait till your Uncle Horatio sees you," she cooed.
"You're next," Valera predicted, admiring the newborn in Calleigh's arms.
"Why me?" she asked curiously.
"Cause you and H have been married longer than Eric and I," Valera explained.
"I think you may be right," Calleigh answered with a grin. "After holding this little guy, I definitely want one."
Alexx made her way over to the bed, sitting on the edge next to Leanna. "You done good, kiddo," she said, taking her hand.
"Thanks," Leanna answered sleepily. "He is pretty cute."
"Cute?" Alexx shook her head. "He's the most beautiful baby boy I've ever seen, besides my Brian, of course."
"Of course," Leanna laughed. "So what's new with the case?"
"I don't know," Calleigh laughed brightly. "I've been here, I haven't even been talking to Horatio."
"Well, I talked to Eric," Valera stated, sitting down on the couch and pulling her legs under her. "They found Dr. Harmon's boat and they brought him in for questioning."
"Well, I knew that," Tim answered sarcastically. "What else?"
Valera shrugged, "That's all I know. Sorry, we women get a little distracted when a baby's being born."
Tim shook his head and answered another knock at the door. Horatio and Eric stood on the other side, both grinning like fools. "Room for us?" Eric asked, already pushing his way past Speed.
"Come on in," Tim answered, stepping back to let Eric pass.
"Look what I've got!" Calleigh called out to Horatio. He kissed his wife quickly; then sat down beside her. "Horatio, this is Nicholas. Nicholas, this is your Uncle Horatio."
Horatio gently took the baby from Calleigh's arms. "You want one, don't you?" he eyed her suspiciously, acknowledging her reluctance to part with Nicholas.
"Yes..." she drawled, grinning widely.
Eric flopped down on the couch next to Valera, resting his head on her shoulder. She planted a kiss on top of his dark hair; then rested her cheek against his head. "Don't worry, I don't want one anytime soon," she told him.
"Good answer," he yawned.
"So what's new with Harmon?" Tim asked curiously, resting on the bed beside Leanna.
"He confessed to the kidnapping and produced all the documentation he'd been compiling against Judge Harmon," Eric explained. "It was quite a stack of stuff too. Apparently, the judge isn't any nicer to her daughter than she is the defendants in her courtroom."
"She always had a reputation for being tough as nails," Leanna said. "Was it all acquired legally?"
"Every bit," Eric answered admiringly. "Dude did it right, let me tell you. We've even got surveillance tapes from a camera Dr. Harmon installed right before he moved out."
"What did the tapes show?" Tim asked.
"Escalating abuse," Horatio said, quietly admiring the sleeping newborn in his arms. "That's why Harmon was so desperate to get Angela out of the house."
Tim shook his head. "That's just disgusting."
"So what happens now?" Leanna asked.
"That depends on what Dr. Harmon gives us on his ex-wife," Horatio answered.
"What do you mean?"
"Judge Harmon, Speed, is apparently involved in a drug-trafficking ring."
"Let me guess," the CSI said sarcastically, "From here to Russia."
"Bingo," Horatio answered.
"So, if they all go to jail, what happens to Angela?" Calleigh asked.
"An aunt that Dr. Harmon says I can trust wants her," Horatio said.
Calleigh touched his shoulder sympathetically. "It's good that she will have someone to love her Horatio."
Horatio nodded. "Maybe the judge will go easy on Harmon after he sees the evidence against the judge."
"Let's hope for that," Calleigh smiled gently.
"Well, I think it's time that we all get back to work and give these guys a few minutes peace before the grandmothers arrive," Alexx said, rising from the couch and taking Nicholas from Horatio. She placed a gentle kiss on the boy's head and handed him back to Leanna.
"But we just got here," Eric whined, already half-asleep on his wife's shoulder.
"Now, Eric," Alexx commanded.
"Oh, all right," he sighed.
With the team gone, Tim and Leanna settled into a comfortable silence, watching their son sleeping peacefully in his mother's arms.
"Have I told you in the last few minutes how much I love you?" she asked quietly, tilting her face up to Tim's.
"No," he grinned, stroking the side of her face with his fingertips and kissing her lightly. "But it can't possibly be as much as I love you."
"Nope, it's more," she teased. "We're parents," she marveled, cradling Nicholas even tighter in her arms.
"Guess I better figure out how to change a diaper," Tim sighed heavily.
Leanna laughed. "You're a CSI, Tim. You deal with dead bodies and body fluids all day and a diaper is going to gross you out?"
"You just wait, Lea. I've heard some of those things can be down right toxic."
"I can just see you now," Leanna laughed even harder, picturing her husband changing Nicholas' diaper. "Latex gloves and all."
"Shut up," he answered playfully. "You're going to wake my kid."
"Uh-uh," she shook her head. "Now that he's here, he's my kid."
"I'll remind you of that when he's screaming bloody murder at three in the morning," Tim answered sarcastically.
"I'm tired," she yawned a few minutes later. "Guess we better sleep while he sleeps."
"Yeah," he answered, snuggling deeper into the bed with his wife and son. His eyes closed quickly and Tim drifted into a deep sleep.
TBC...
Pairings - Tim/OC, Eric/Valera, Horatio/Calleigh
Rating - To be determined
Summary - Sequel to Three Hundred Sixty Five Days and Love Lost Returned. A Miami cop is killed by a kidnapper wanted by the FBI in Washington D.C., bringing Leanna's fiancé Jonathan to Miami while she and Tim await the birth of their child.
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"Leanna, PUSH," Katie commanded, pushing Leanna's leg further into her chest. Tim was bracing himself for another debilitating squeeze from Leanna's hand when she bore down to push.
"I can't," she cried, her face dripping with sweat, "I just can't."
"You can, and you will," Katie demanded, patting her leg. "Now, push."
Leanna pushed again to Katie's slow count, "1...2...3...4...5...Okay, relax."
"One more good push and we'll welcome Baby Speedle into the world," Dr. Tallent said brightly.
Tim stroked Leanna's forehead. "You're doing great, baby, really great."
"Oh, shut up," she snapped at him. "I'm never doing this again," she cried, fighting the pain tearing her lower body apart.
Tim stifled his laugh, knowing it would only make things worse. Leanna had dilated so fast, there was no time for an epidural and he knew she was in agony.
"Okay, Leanna, let's get that baby out of there," Katie encouraged.
"I hate you," Leanna answered, leaning up against her legs.
"You do now," Katie grinned, "But you won't in a minute, now PUSH!"
"That's it," Dr. Tallent urged her on. "Keep going, keep going, STOP!" He pulled the baby the rest of the way out. "It's a boy!" he told Tim and Leanna, raising the baby high enough for them to see and then resting their new son on Leanna's stomach.
"Oh, wow," Tim swallowed hard, allowing his tears to start flowing. "Hi there, little man." He stroked his screaming son's nearly bald head.
"He doesn't sound like he's happy to be out," Leanna said through her tears; then rested back on the bed, "But I'm sure happy he is."
"Look what we did," Tim marveled, his brown eyes wide with wonder. Leanna realized she'd never loved him more than she did at that moment.
"He's perfect," she said quietly, gazing into her husband's eyes.
He kissed her and then rested his forehead against hers. "So are you," he answered. "I love you so much."
"Tim," Dr. Tallent's voice brought them back to reality. "You want to cut the cord?"
"Yeah," he answered quickly, taking the scissors from the doctor.
"Right there," the doctor indicated. Tim snipped the cord perfectly. "I just love it when CSI's become fathers. Their cuts are always just right," the doctor grinned.
Katie took the baby from Leanna. "I'll bring him right back," she teased, answering Leanna's worried eyes with a smile. "I'm just gonna get all the gunk off him and let the pediatrician look him over."
"Nicholas," Leanna told Tim when he sat back down.
"What?" he asked curiously, hoping his wife hadn't forgotten his name.
"Nicholas," she said emphatically, "His name is Nicholas."
"Why Nicholas?" he wondered.
"Because this is a hell of a lot better than any Christmas I've ever had," she grinned. "And you know how much I LOVE Christmas."
Tim leaned in and kissed her again. "Perfect name for a perfect boy."
"You like it?" her green eyes were swimming with emotion, exhaustion and tears.
"I love it," he answered confidently. "Nicholas Speedle." He tried the name another way, "Nick Speedle. Yup, I love it."
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Calleigh, Alexx and Valera knocked quietly on the door to Leanna's hospital room and waited for Tim to let them in.
"Hi!" he grinned, cradling Nicholas in his arms. "Come on in," he motioned. "This," he said, holding Nicholas out for them to see, "Is my son, Nicholas James Speedle."
"Oh, Tim," Alexx began to cry softly. "He's gorgeous."
"Just like his Daddy," Calleigh teased, slugging Tim playfully on the arm.
He beamed at the compliment. "Well, I don't like to brag..."
Calleigh and Valera rolled their eyes. "Surrender my godson, Tim," Calleigh demanded, reaching in to take the baby from him. She scooped Nicholas into her arms and placed a gentle kiss on his forehead. "Just wait till your Uncle Horatio sees you," she cooed.
"You're next," Valera predicted, admiring the newborn in Calleigh's arms.
"Why me?" she asked curiously.
"Cause you and H have been married longer than Eric and I," Valera explained.
"I think you may be right," Calleigh answered with a grin. "After holding this little guy, I definitely want one."
Alexx made her way over to the bed, sitting on the edge next to Leanna. "You done good, kiddo," she said, taking her hand.
"Thanks," Leanna answered sleepily. "He is pretty cute."
"Cute?" Alexx shook her head. "He's the most beautiful baby boy I've ever seen, besides my Brian, of course."
"Of course," Leanna laughed. "So what's new with the case?"
"I don't know," Calleigh laughed brightly. "I've been here, I haven't even been talking to Horatio."
"Well, I talked to Eric," Valera stated, sitting down on the couch and pulling her legs under her. "They found Dr. Harmon's boat and they brought him in for questioning."
"Well, I knew that," Tim answered sarcastically. "What else?"
Valera shrugged, "That's all I know. Sorry, we women get a little distracted when a baby's being born."
Tim shook his head and answered another knock at the door. Horatio and Eric stood on the other side, both grinning like fools. "Room for us?" Eric asked, already pushing his way past Speed.
"Come on in," Tim answered, stepping back to let Eric pass.
"Look what I've got!" Calleigh called out to Horatio. He kissed his wife quickly; then sat down beside her. "Horatio, this is Nicholas. Nicholas, this is your Uncle Horatio."
Horatio gently took the baby from Calleigh's arms. "You want one, don't you?" he eyed her suspiciously, acknowledging her reluctance to part with Nicholas.
"Yes..." she drawled, grinning widely.
Eric flopped down on the couch next to Valera, resting his head on her shoulder. She planted a kiss on top of his dark hair; then rested her cheek against his head. "Don't worry, I don't want one anytime soon," she told him.
"Good answer," he yawned.
"So what's new with Harmon?" Tim asked curiously, resting on the bed beside Leanna.
"He confessed to the kidnapping and produced all the documentation he'd been compiling against Judge Harmon," Eric explained. "It was quite a stack of stuff too. Apparently, the judge isn't any nicer to her daughter than she is the defendants in her courtroom."
"She always had a reputation for being tough as nails," Leanna said. "Was it all acquired legally?"
"Every bit," Eric answered admiringly. "Dude did it right, let me tell you. We've even got surveillance tapes from a camera Dr. Harmon installed right before he moved out."
"What did the tapes show?" Tim asked.
"Escalating abuse," Horatio said, quietly admiring the sleeping newborn in his arms. "That's why Harmon was so desperate to get Angela out of the house."
Tim shook his head. "That's just disgusting."
"So what happens now?" Leanna asked.
"That depends on what Dr. Harmon gives us on his ex-wife," Horatio answered.
"What do you mean?"
"Judge Harmon, Speed, is apparently involved in a drug-trafficking ring."
"Let me guess," the CSI said sarcastically, "From here to Russia."
"Bingo," Horatio answered.
"So, if they all go to jail, what happens to Angela?" Calleigh asked.
"An aunt that Dr. Harmon says I can trust wants her," Horatio said.
Calleigh touched his shoulder sympathetically. "It's good that she will have someone to love her Horatio."
Horatio nodded. "Maybe the judge will go easy on Harmon after he sees the evidence against the judge."
"Let's hope for that," Calleigh smiled gently.
"Well, I think it's time that we all get back to work and give these guys a few minutes peace before the grandmothers arrive," Alexx said, rising from the couch and taking Nicholas from Horatio. She placed a gentle kiss on the boy's head and handed him back to Leanna.
"But we just got here," Eric whined, already half-asleep on his wife's shoulder.
"Now, Eric," Alexx commanded.
"Oh, all right," he sighed.
With the team gone, Tim and Leanna settled into a comfortable silence, watching their son sleeping peacefully in his mother's arms.
"Have I told you in the last few minutes how much I love you?" she asked quietly, tilting her face up to Tim's.
"No," he grinned, stroking the side of her face with his fingertips and kissing her lightly. "But it can't possibly be as much as I love you."
"Nope, it's more," she teased. "We're parents," she marveled, cradling Nicholas even tighter in her arms.
"Guess I better figure out how to change a diaper," Tim sighed heavily.
Leanna laughed. "You're a CSI, Tim. You deal with dead bodies and body fluids all day and a diaper is going to gross you out?"
"You just wait, Lea. I've heard some of those things can be down right toxic."
"I can just see you now," Leanna laughed even harder, picturing her husband changing Nicholas' diaper. "Latex gloves and all."
"Shut up," he answered playfully. "You're going to wake my kid."
"Uh-uh," she shook her head. "Now that he's here, he's my kid."
"I'll remind you of that when he's screaming bloody murder at three in the morning," Tim answered sarcastically.
"I'm tired," she yawned a few minutes later. "Guess we better sleep while he sleeps."
"Yeah," he answered, snuggling deeper into the bed with his wife and son. His eyes closed quickly and Tim drifted into a deep sleep.
TBC...
