Title: Meeting the Family.
Fandom: CSI Miami
Pairing: Horatio/Speed
Author: Aiden
Rating: FRAO.
Warning: fluff, disability (blindness)
Beta: Becca/Paul *hugs* Thanks girl.
Summary: Speed meets the team, twice. *grins* You'll see.
Author's note: This is AU H is still with CSI but Speed is blind due to congenital glaucoma and owns several nightclubs in Miami. This was supposed to be just one story *headdesk* but when I started to write my brain went haywire, so there will be more.

Horatio woke up, content and happy. He stretched and looked at Speed who was still asleep. He sat up and let his eyes roam his lover's body, a smile on his face. Who would have thought that the night he walked into that club was the night his life changed completely.

"Stop that," Speed growled.

A chuckle escaped the redhead; Speed always knew when someone was staring at him, "You look so hot in the morning."

"Yeah right," Speed turned on his back. "Good morning."

H bent forward and took his lovers mouth in a heated kiss. He broke it off reluctantly, "Good morning." He sighed, "I've got to get ready."

Speed growled his disappointment, "I know."

H stood and walked into the bathroom that was attached to the bedroom. Speed walked in a few minutes later and turned on the shower, waited for the right temperature and walked under the water beam. He let the hot water cascading down on him, closed his eyes and moaned. H smiled, he loved to join his lover but he had to get ready for work. He walked back to the bedroom and got dressed; he heard the water being turned off. A few minutes later Speed walked into the bedroom drying his hair, "What do you want for breakfast?" Before H could answer his cell went off.

"Caine speaking," he listened for a few minutes before answering. "I'll be there in twenty minutes," he clicked his phone shut and moved towards Speed, "Sorry babe," he said stroking his scruffy cheek, "I'll have to go."

Speed growled but understood, "I guess so." He took his mouth ,in a hungry and heated kiss. He broke it off reluctantly, "you be home for dinner?"

"Not sure, I call you when I know, okay?" Horatio wished he could stay home with his lover. He put on his coat, kissed Speed and headed out to another crime scene.

"Alexx what do we have?" he walked up to the ME.

"Hi H," she smiled. "Blunt force trauma to the head, you didn't expect your day to start like this did you honey?" She lifted an eyelid, "This is strange."

H bent over to see what Alexx meant, her eyes where already clouded. "Did you find any ID," H thought he knew why.

"Calleigh is looking right now."

H stood straight looking for his ballistic expert, "Calleigh found anything."

"Yeah I did," she held up a wallet.

H walked over to her, Calleigh handed him the wallet and he looked inside, "Just what I thought. Alexx she was blind."

"That explains a lot, you didn't even see it coming. Who could do something like that."

"We're going to find out," Horatio said his anger barely in check.

"H I found a letter," Eric walked up to them. "It's in Braille," he handed him the letter.

"Okay let's get everything to the lab and processed, we're going to get the bastard."

"We need a translator," Calleigh walked into the break room.

"For the letter?" H looked up from a file.

She nodded, "Yep, it's in shorthand, they can't translate it. We need an expert."

H smiled, "I know someone, let me give him a call." He pulled out his phone and hit speed dial, "Yeah Speed do you have time to come to the lab, we'll need your help." He listened for a few minutes and smiled, "Okay see you in a half hour." He clicked his phone shut.

"Who is he?" Calleigh was curious.

"Just a friend. I'll be downstairs to meet him." H walked up to the elevator.

An Half hour later Speed and Butch walked in, "Sir you can't take the dog inside." The officer behind the front desk said.

"Paula it's okay," H walked up to them.

"Oh Lieutenant Caine, I'm sorry but you know that dogs aren't allowed."

"He's a seeing eye dog," Paula started to blush, looked back at Speed and noticed the harness Butch was wearing.

"I'm so sorry sir, I didn't notice."

"That's okay," Speed turned his face towards her and smiled. He took off his sunglasses and commanded Butch to walk forward. "So H you need my help?"

"Yes come with me, I'll explain in the elevator," he walked towards the elevators followed by Speed. The minute the doors closed they where all over each other, "Missed you," H said between kisses.

Speed panted, "Missed you too," he hit H's mouth again hard and demanding.

H grabbed his crotch feeling him getting hard, "Uhm you need to control yourself we're almost there."

"Damn you, now you getting me all hot and bordered," he kissed him again. He broke it off and straightened himself.

H just smiled and kissed him a last time on the cheek. A second later the elevator doors opened. "Let's go to the break room shall we," he said with a straight face, like nothing had happened in the elevator.

"Butch go," Speed growled slightly.

They entered the break room where the rest of them where waiting, "everybody this is Speed, he's a good friend of mine." They had decided not to tell anyone yet till they went to the club this weekend.

"Hi nice meeting you," Calleigh said taking Speed's outstretched hand.

"You're Calleigh," Speed smiled.

Calleigh looked at H in surprise. "Uhm, yeah."

"H told me his bullet girl was a southern lady."

Alexx walked up to him, "Hi Speed, I'm Alexx." She took his hand and looked at H, "Nice meeting you, I can't say H told us about you."

"That's okay," he cocked his head sideways. H knew that he sensed that there was someone else in the room staring at him. "Would you please stop staring and give me a hand."

Eric looked surprised, "Uhm… yeah." He walked up to Speed, "I'm Eric, nice meeting you," he hesitated before shaking Speed's hand.

"You know it won't rub off on you," H heard the sarcasm in his voice.

"Uhm what?" Eric asked

"My blindness," Speed sighed. H knew how he felt about the fact that some people, specially people he wanted to be friends with, treated him like a leper sometimes.

"I'm sorry…. I'm…" Eric practically ran out of the break room.

Alexx followed him, "Eric Delko get your butt back here, now."

Eric walked back to her," I'm sorry Alexx it's just…"

"It's just what?" she demanded to know.

"I never know how to act around people like him."

"Act normal," she laid her hand on his arm. "Like you would around us, that's not so hard right? Okay you don't have to go back in, we'll talk later." Alexx turned and headed back to the break room.

"So H what do you need?" Speed grinned.

TBC.