A/N: I had this thought last night. . .

Summery: (H/Y) Yelina returns to Miami and they both have surprises in store for them.

Disclaimer: I do not own CSI Miami or any of the characters.

Beautiful Stranger

The two lie exhausted and out of breath in each other's arms, a thin white sheet draped over their naked bodies. Horatio absently played with a lock of her soft chocolaty brown hair, gently twisting it around his finger. She stared thoughtfully at his bare chest, watching it gently rise and fall; assuring her that his breathing had become regular.

They hadn't really spoken to each other since they finished what was just barely started on the beach, but didn't mind it being so quite. In fact, it was quite nice this way now that Ray Junior, who was staying with his grandma for the night, was out of the house. Usually, he's be in his room playing video games with the television volume turn up on its highest or he'd have a few friends over who made just as much noise as he did. But, it was a nice change from their daily lives. Yelina took a deep breath in then exhaled slowly, her warm breath grazing his still slightly sweaty skin.

"What?" Horatio asked, noticing a smile spread across her face.

"Just thinking about when we first met…" She chuckled,"…You were so nervous"

"You mean when Ray brought you to the beach to meet me."

"Yeah" She replied.

"I remember" he said, smiling at the memory.

-Flashback-

It was a Friday evening and Horatio had just left work at the lab to meet his brother at the beach. Ray had told him they would meet there to discuss a case he was working on. Horatio agreed, but thought it was kind of a weird place to meet when all Ray had to do was visit him at the lab.

A patch of eastern sky was painted in a wispy coral pink as he drove to the beach his brother had told him about. When he arrived, he started up the beach, his trademark shades resting on his nose. His hair was tossed around as a gentle breeze blew in from the ocean smelling of salt and seaweed. Before long, Horatio spotted two people off in the distance. One seemed to resemble his brother very much, but the other he did not recognize. She had long curly hair that blew across her face in one direction and was clad in a simple floral print dress which stopped just above her knees. Her dress clung to her body as the wind continued to blow, revealing her lovely shape. He had never seen such beauty in his life, but who was she? He felt his heart jump as he neared the beautiful stranger and his brother, Raymond.

"Big brother!" he said, greeting him with a tight embrace, "How have things been?"

"Great, I err…" His words trailed off as he removed his shades, his eyes meeting the Latina's. Right then and there he felt something happen. Something he could describe. What he felt that very moment was unmistakable. He had only felt like this once before and that was when he was in love. Is it possible that he's fallen in love with this woman?

'No, it can't be possible…I barely know this woman.' Horatio thought to himself as he stood there nervously.

"Horatio, this is Yelina Salas, my fiancée. Yelina, this is my older brother Horatio Caine." Ray said turning to Yelina.

Horatio wasn't so thrilled to know that Yelina was officially of limits, out of reach, untouchable to him. It hurt even more to know that she belonged to his brother, the one person he would never try to rid of his happiness.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ma'am." Horatio said somewhat sheepishly.

"Please, call me Yelina and it's very nice to meet you, Lieutenant." She replied, sticking her hand out for him to shake.

Horatio could feel himself blush as he shook her hand. Yelina noticed this and grinned, surprised that she made Horatio Caine -Miami's greatest detective to act like a sheepish teenage boy.

"Uh…" Horatio managed to speak as he regained his composure, "How did you know I was a lieutenant?"

"Raymond and I have been talking about you since we got here." she said, flashing an irresistible grin at him.

Horatio cocked his head to the side, smiling admirably at her. "Speaking of which, I hope I didn't keep you guys waiting too long. You probably have a few things you need to get done."

"No, not at all." Ray replied. "We were a-" Before he could finish his thought, his cell phone began to ring, "Excuse me, guys." Ray wandered away from the two when he had answered his phone. An awkward silence filled the mood around them as they stood side-by-side, staring out into the horizon.

"It's beautiful isn't it?" Yelina commented, trying to ease the tension between them.

"Yes it is." Horatio replied, shifting his gaze to her. He became entranced by the smell of lilies in her hair and by how beautiful she was as a gentle breeze blew back her curls. Yelina noticed he was staring then shifted her gaze to him and smiled, observing his features carefully. His hair, his eyes, his lips –every detail seemed no less than perfection to her, but she knew now that it was too late. She could never know what it would be like to run her fingers through his hair or taste what it's like to kiss his lips because she belonged to his brother, Raymond.

Period.

Yelina shook the thoughts out of her head, realizing Raymond had ended his phone call and was walking back to meet them. She turned to look at Horatio again who was looking out into the ocean again. "It was wonderful meeting you today, Horatio."

"It was nice meeting you as well." As they stared into each other's eyes, the moment seemed to stretch out into eternity before Raymond returned.

"Right, as I was saying, we were actually wondering if you'd like to join us for some dinner later today."

"Not a problem." He smiled

-End Flashback-

"I still miss him sometimes." Yelina mumbled, still lying in his embrace.

"I do too." He said, kissing the top of her head. "But I'm happy he found you because if it wasn't for him, we probably would've never met."

"I don't know what I'd ever do without you, Horatio."

"Too bad you'll never have to find out." Yelina said nothing, only smiled as she pulled him in for a long deep kiss.

"I love you, Horatio." She said when they had parted for air.

"I love you too, Yelina."

A/N: Hello everyone! As always you can R&R if you like. I think I got a one-shot in mind...I think. Anyway, we'll see what happens.