"I did the dishes."
Henry had broken the dishwasher. Not on purpose, well, a little on purpose but he hadn't known the whole door would come off when he jumped on it while Lenore was unloading it one night. They hadn't been mad, not really; Henry was four, what did he know about the fragility of dishwasher doors? Besides, he was suitably remorseful and now he knew not to do that again. The problem, of course, was now they had to get someone out there to replace the door.
Initially, it hadn't gotten done because they were on a case out of town and couldn't very well have Lenore deal with it. When they'd gotten back to town, they'd been mercifully taken off rotation for a while, but that meant they all had to stay late to catch up on all the consults and case reports that hadn't gotten done while they'd been out on active cases. Getting home mentally exhausted meant that the dishes started to pile up. Pretty soon, they were going to have to order takeout just to have something to eat off of.
JJ was surprised when her alarm went off and Emily wasn't in bed beside her. She ran her hand over the sheet and found it cool to the touch, which was even more shocking as Emily was the antithesis of a morning person. Intrigued, she got out of bed and made her way downstairs to find her girlfriend already dressed and ready for work, sitting at the kitchen counter drinking coffee and reading the paper.
"You're up awfully early." JJ pointed out curiously.
"Couldn't sleep." Emily explained simply, kissing the blonde when she leaned into her. "I just made more coffee."
JJ let out a pleased hum and went over to the coffeemaker to fix herself a cup when she noticed the double kitchen sink. Both sides were completely empty. She must have been blinking confusedly at it for too long because Emily laughed, drawing her gaze again.
"I did the dishes." She said, going back to the paper.