"Hey, Horatio, you got a minute?" Calleigh asked knocing on the lieutenants office door.

"For you, Calleigh, always. What can I do for you?"

"It's not for me, it's for Speed," she answered as she walked in and seated herself on Horatio's couch. Seeing the distress on his friend's face Horatio came out from behind his desk and joined her on the couch.

"What's wrong, Cal?"

"Our case was a tripple murder. A mother and her two kids. Well what the officers didn't realize was that a third child had been tied up at the bottom of the family pool. We only found her when we walked into the backyard to check out the body that was on the deck. Well to make a long story short, Speed jumped into the water and managed to get her untied and pulled to the surface. However, once he had her out of the water he noticed she wasn't breathing very well. Just as he noticed that she stopped breathing completely. He immediately started giving her CPR but it was no use. He couldn't save her. She died in his arms," Calleigh said sadly.

"How old was she?" Horatio questioned.

"Three," Calleigh responded. They shared a look. They both knew Speed had a niece who was the same age.

"Where is he now?"

"In the Hummer. I told him to stay there to give himself time to get his emotions under control. He looked so lost and devastated," the blonde admitted.

"I'll take care of him. We'll be gone for a little while, you're in charge until I get back."

"You got it, just take care of him."

"I will, Calleigh, thanks for telling me."

"Your welcome," Calleigh said as she left the office and headed for the ballistics lab ready to start processing the bullets from their case.

Sighing deeply the redhead made his way to the Hummer and climbed in. Speed barely looked up from his inspection of his shaking hands.

"Hey there," Horatio greeted softly.

"Hey," Speed mumbled.

"Calleigh told me what happened. It's not your fault, Tim."

"If only I would've seen her before then. Maybe I could have saved her," he lamented.

"You can't play the what if game, you know that. Buckle your seatbelt we're going for a ride," Horatio instructed. His lover gavehim a blank but did what he was told. He wasn't sure what the redhead was up to, but he knew he'd find out in time.

They drove for about twenty minutes. Pulling to the side of the road Horatio turned off the vehicle and turned to Speed.

"Why are we out in the middle of nowhere?" Speed asked curiously.

"Because it's time for you to collect on one of your vouchers. Get into the backseat," Horatio whispered in the New Yorker's ear just before kissing him then moving back. Confused but turned on, Speed moved to the backseat and smiled as Horatio followed him.

"Stretch out across the seat," Horatio instructed as he knelt on the floor next to Speed. Once he was stretched across the seat, Horatio reached over and unbuttoned his pants. He began sliding them down his legs. Reflexively Speed lifted his hips so they would slide down easier. Letting them rest at Speed's ankles Horatio reached out a hand and teased him through his boxers.

"Horatio," Tim whimpered.

"Hmm?"

"Don't tease," the other man begged. Nodding, Horatio slid his hand inside Tim's boxers and began stroking him. Once he was satisfied that Tim had been teased enough he slid the boxers down the same path Tim's pants had taken moments before. Shifting so his face was level with his lover's cock, Horatio blew on the tip causing Speed to moan. Knowing they didn't have a lot of time, Horatio took Speed completely into his mouth and began sucking him off.

"Oh Horatio, yes," Speed cried. Alternating between sucking and swirling his tongue around the tip Horatio could tell that the New Yorker wouldn't last long.

"Come for me, Tim," Horatio breathed just as he placed his mouth back on Speed's cock and sucked as hard as he could. Speed came with a shout and a sob. Horatio took every drop his lover gave him. Once he'd had his fill he gently cleaned the other man and pulled his boxers and pants up before pulling the crying man into his arms. They sat like that, Speed grieving for the loss of the little girl and Horatio comforting him until Speed's sobs had subsided.

"You okay now?" Horatio checked.

"Mmm, yeah, I think so," Speed answered in a daze.

"Well, I'm glad. I guess we should go back to the lab now. I left Cal in charge, and I'm afraid if she's in charge too much longer she might shoot Stetler," Horatio commented with a chuckle. Speed burst out laughing at the image of Calleigh brandishing a gun at everyone's favorite IAB agent. It was an image he definitely enjoyed and he know Horatio did as well.

TBC?

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