Title:
Target.
Fandom: CSI Miami
Pairing: Horatio/Speed
Author:
Aiden
Rating:FRT 13.
Warning: Angst, hurt/comfort, disability
(blindness)
Beta: SRS/Silvia *hugs* Thanks a bunches, you know for
what. *grins*
Summary: This was supposed to be a quiet day at the
park.
Author's note: In this 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 and turned to look at a
sleeping Speed; he smiled when
he heard him snore. What is it that
Speed kept saying, 'I don't
snore'. Yeah right.
Moving
closer to Speed, Horatio moved his hand over the exposed
back.
"Speed, it's time to wake up."
A groan was the only response from his lover, "Just a few more minutes."
He
bent over him and moved his tongue over Speed's neck, "I want
to
enjoy this day to his fullest, so get up."
Speed
yawned and turned his face towards Horatio, "You know,
you're
way too cheerful this early in the morning."
It
always amazed Horatio how Speed knew the time without checking
his
watch. When he'd asked him about it, Speed had shrugged his
shoulders,
'I guess it's something you learn when you born blind.'
He called it
his inner clock.
"Okay, I'm going to take
a shower first so you can stay in bed for a
few more minutes,"
Horatio smiled, getting out of bed. Horatio knew
Speed couldn't
resist taking a shower with him.
"You're evil,"
Speed mumbled, getting out of bed and following him
into the
bathroom.
Turning on the water, Horatio waited a few minutes
before he stepped
under the water, dragging Speed with him. He
took the soap bar and
gently rubbed it over the young man's chest.
Speed closed his eyes, a
moan escaping his lips.
"We're going to end up in bed again if you keep this up," Speed said.
"Would that be so bad?" Horatio asked, a hint of deviance in his voice.
"No," Speed growled, "But
it's been a while since we went to the park,
and you've seen how
excited Butch has been these past few days. He
knows."
"That's true," Horatio answered, stopping what he was doing.
"Hey, don't stop," Speed pouted.
Horatio snickered and cupped
Speed's scruffy cheek, kissing him,
"We're going to the
park," he commented when he broke off the kiss.
Speed sighed, "Okay, let's get ready, but this isn't over," he promised.
~.~
They were lying on a blanket, and
Horatio was feeding Speed fresh
strawberries covered with whipped
cream, "Next one coming," he warned
him.
Speed
poked out his tongue, waiting for Horatio to give it to him.
Horatio
stopped midway and snickered, "Hey, that's not fair teasing
the
blind guy," he pouted, knowing exactly what he was doing.
At
that moment, Butch decided that it was time to give him some TLC,
he
jumped in between them, licking Speed in his face, "Butch,
stop
that."
Horatio laughed, "I think someone feels a little neglected," he said sitting up.
"Yeah, I guess so." Scratching Butch's belly, Speed sighed in contentment.
"It's his day, too," Horatio joined in,
smiling as he saw how happy Butch was.
Suddenly, Horatio's eyes
went wide; he stopped breathing for a moment.
"H are you okay?" Speed felt the sudden change in Horatio. Something was wrong.
"Speed," Horatio hissed, pain evident in his
voice, trying to stay
upright, "Don't panic but call an
ambulance."
"What happened?" Speed heard the
pain in Horatio's voice, and knew
something was seriously
wrong.
"I've been shot," he managed to say, before
he went limp and fell
back, losing consciousness.
"H!"
Speed yelled. "H talk to me, please." Butch whined while
Speed
grabbed his phone and called 911, "I need an
ambulance," he took a
deep breath, this was not the time to
panic. He told dispatch where
they were and he clicked his phone
shut, he let his hands roam over
the blanket till he found
Horatio's arm, "Babe, please say something."
He took
his phone again and called Alexx, "Alexx," he said as soon
as
she answered.
She had heard the panic in his voice, 'Speed baby, what's wrong?'
"H has been shot; I called
911 and they'll be here in five minutes.
I'm scared Alexx, I don't
know what to do."
'Speed, you're at the park right?'
Horatio had told Alexx what they
had planned to do this
weekend.
"Yeah," he laid a hand on Horatio's chest, needed to feel him breathe.
"Speed," Horatio moaned.
"H? Alexx, he woke up."
'Speed hold tight, I live near the park. I'll be there as soon as possible.'
"Okay, please hurry." He closed his phone
and focused on Horatio,
"You're still with me?"
"I'm here," he stated between clenched teeth.
"Where are you shot?"
"My shoulder, it's a through and
through," Horatio explained. He took
a napkin, put it on the
wound and took Speed's hand," You've got to
put pressure on
it," he said when he put his hand on the napkin.
"I don't want to hurt you more," Speed said.
"We've got to stop the bleeding as best as we can, and I can't do it myself."
"Okay, Alexx is going to be here soon,"
Speed told him, putting
pressure on the wound. He felt Horatio
slightly shifting under his
hand and knew that he was hurting him.
"You're okay?"
"Yeah, keep putting pressure on it."
"I'm sorry," Speed whispered.
"For what?" Horatio bit his lip when a wave of pain hit him.
"For not being able to do more for you."
"Babe, you're doing fine," Horatio ensured him.
Speed lifted his head, "What is that?"
Horatio tried to listen but didn't hear anything," You hear something?"
"It sounds
like a…" he stopped short when he felt the wind picking
up.
"Is that a helicopter?"
Horatio looked up and saw a helicopter approach, "Yeah, it is."
"Speed,
H!" Alexx ran up to them, bowing her head against the wind
as
the helicopter landed on an isolated section of the
park.
"Alexx!" Speed yelled.
She crouched
down and touched Speed's hand, "You can let go now, baby.
I
called in Air Rescue."
He did and sat down, panic starting to set in," He's going to be okay?"
Alexx
looked over her shoulder, and saw the paramedic's approach,
"He's
going to be fine." She watched the paramedics loaded
Horatio
onto the stretcher. She pointed at Speed, "Is it okay
if he goes with
him? "
One of the paramedics shook his head, "Sorry, no passengers."
Horatio removed the
mask they had put on his mouth, "He's coming with
me and so
is she."
"Sir, we can't do that," the man stated.
"Yes, you can or I'll call your supervisor,"
Horatio said, not leaving
any room for argument. The man
nodded.
Alexx took Speed's hand, "You're coming with me,"
she saw that his
whole body was shaking. "Shh, he's going to
be okay."
"I didn't know what to do. I felt so
helpless for the first time in my
life," he said,
crying.
"Oh, baby," Alexx took him in her arms and
just held him. "You called
911, helped H stop the bleeding,
you kept it together. Let me tell you
this, anyone else would have
panicked right away. You're entitled to
cry now," she
whispered and rubbed his back.
Speed raised his head and smiled, "I did."
"Yeah, you did, now let's get to the hospital."
TBC.