Title: Officers and Lovers
Author: Valtin4
Rating: PG
Summary: The process of Horatio and Calleigh becoming a couple
Pairing: Horatio/ Calleigh
Disclaimer: These are not my characters, I do not own them
"Dad your drunk," Calleigh said knowing that this was all too common for her father. "You need to go home and sleep it off."
Her dad had come to her work drunk and right in front of everyone was making a very public scene. His voice was slowly raising and more and more people were starting to look at what the noise was.
"I will go home when I feel like it, I thought that I would come down here and see you but look at how ungrateful you are being I thought that I had raised you better than that," her father replied with a stubble in his step as he said it.
"Dad please I will drive you home right home please," Calleigh said with desperation now in her voice as she reached for her father's hand. Just as she reached his hand he yanked it away with great force.
"I have already told you I will go home when I feel like it, I wanted to stay here all day I will," her father replied know raising his voice so high that even Horatio came around the corner to see what was going on. Calleigh felt herself getting very red and know she was even more embarrassed that Horatio was seeing this. Things soon got very worst as Horatio was coming to help as he most often did when he saw Calleigh was in trouble.
"How are you doing today sir," Horatio said directing his attention to Calleigh's father and offering him his hand to shake.
"Now this is a man who knows manners, I am great," Calleigh's father said seizing Horatio's hand.
"I was just leaving for lunch I was hoping that you would like to join me," Horatio said again only addressing the question to Calleigh's father.
"Thank you for asking I think I will," Calleigh's father said giving Calleigh a kiss on the forehead before turning and walking toward the elevators.
"Don't worry about I will take him out to lunch get him sobered up and then I will drive him home," Horatio said seeing the worried look on Calleigh's face.
"Thank you for all of this I really appreciate it, but you don't need to do this," Calleigh said trying to hide her embarrassment.
"It would be my pleasure to do, I would be eating lunch alone if not," Horatio replied with a smile on his face. Trying her hardest Calleigh tried to make a smile. "It will all be okay, don't worry about it," Horatio said putting his hand on her cheek before he turned to depart for the elevators.
It was around one o'clock in the morning when Horatio decided that he was going to finally leave. As he started walking to the elevators he noticed that Calleigh was still working. Wondering what she was still doing at work he averted on his path to the elevators.
He leaned against the door frame of the ballistics lab and just watched her work. She was beautiful. He loved to just watch her, the way she carried herself was with such grace. He knew that it could never be nothing more than just feelings because he was her superior but he could always wish that it was more.
She knew that he was watching her. She could smell his cologne. She had feelings for him but she also knew that they could never be acted on. But her feelings went deeper, she frequently wondered if he had feelings for her. Not only that but if he was in love with Yelina. All she knew for sure was the way that she felt for him and the way he always seemed to be there when she needed him.
"You know you can come in, you don't have to stand at the door," Calleigh finally said standing up with her eyes buried in a microscope looking at a bullet.
"What are you still doing here?" Horatio replied only stepping a few more inches inside.
"I am really into this case, you know how that is," she replied still not looking up, afraid to lock eyes with him. "About today, I am sorry about my dad I really thought that he had stopped drinking."
"You don't have to apologize, I know that it is hard for you to deal with it all," Horatio said know moving closer to where Calleigh was. He had gotten just close enough to see tears slowly streaming down her pretty cream colored skin.
"Calleigh," Horatio said grabbing her arm so that she looked up and right into his eyes, "you don't have to carry your father's burdens as well as your own." Calleigh was now crying harder.
Horatio pulled her into his arms. Her head rested perfectly on his chest and his head rested on the top of her head. After a few minutes pasted of her crying she pulled out his comfortable embrace and wiped her eyes.
"I feel so embarrassed," Calleigh said with a little crack of a smile.
"You shouldn't crying is quite natural," Horatio said returning the smile while putting his hand on her cheek the way he hard earlier today.
Spontaneously Calleigh lifted up on her toes and kissed Horatio. When their lips broke, all that they could do was stare at each other.
"I am sor-," Calleigh started but was cut off by Horatio's lips.
TBC
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