Prompt: Lonely Christmas
Fandom: S.W.A.T
Pairing: David "Deacon" Kay x OFC
Spending Christmas alone was never the plan, but now it looked like it just might become a reality for David, as the days creeped up fast and Christmas seemed to be just around the corner. He wished it wasn't like this, but it was what was necessary to keep Cecilia and the kids safe.
It all started a few months ago, with gifts being sent without a card to HQ or to his house, and soon it had evolved into getting phone calls in the middle of the night and threatening messages left in their cars, with the target being Cecilia.
David called the local precinct after the first one, filling a report and hoping the detective would be able to catch whoever was behind it. But time passed and somehow his stalker found out about that initial police report which seemed to anger his stalker even more than his relationship with Cecilia.
It all came to a crashing halt when Cecilia was pushed off the road on her way home. Up until that moment it had been just threats, words said and written in anger, but after Cecilia almost lost her life when a big SUV pushed her off the road and into a ditch, David decided that it was enough. He wasn't going to put her life in any more danger.
This had happened a week before, and even though David knew it was the right decision, it still hurt him having to send Cecilia and the kids away. They had talked about it and even if Cecilia didn't fully agree and wanted to stay with him and face whatever this stalker threw at them, she eventually agreed for the sake of the kids.
Now, David was sitting all alone in his living room, going through the many pictures he had on his phone of himself and Cecilia with the kids, a glass of scotch in his hand and an empty bottle on the floor next to him. Pushing the tears away, the only thing that gave him solace was knowing that Cecilia and the kids were safe and that the stalker didn't know where they were.
His phone began ringing in his hand. Checking the caller ID, he saw it was Hondo calling. Answering the call, he greeted his best friend and made small talk with him for a few minutes, declining once again Hondo's invitation to spend Christmas with him and his family.
It wasn't the first time and David was sure it wasn't going to be the last that the Harrelson's were going to invite him for Christmas, but David had no intention to go. It was going to be a day like any other. He would celebrate Christmas when Cecilia and the kids were back home with him.
Ending the call and placing the phone on the end table next to him, David leaned his head back on the couch and took a deep breath, closing his eyes. He wished he could call her and hear her voice, but he couldn't, not until he was sure she wasn't going to be in danger if he did.
His phone rang again. Assuming it was Hondo again, he picked up and answered it, not bothering to check the caller ID this time. Asking Hondo what he forgot, he was surprised to hear a female voice on the other side of the line.
Sitting up straight, he heard the voice ask what he wanted for Christmas. David asked who this was, but the voice asked him the same question again. He was pissed. Telling whoever this was to leave him alone and to get a life, he hung up and immediately called the detective, telling him what just happened.
Dropping the phone on his lap after talking with the detective, David allowed the tears to roll down his face. "This is never going to end.", he thought as realization hit him: this was going to be a very lonely Christmas.