A/N - thanks for the reviews and follows for the first chapter, it is always strange starting a new story as you wonder how it will be received so any feedback is most welcome :)
Chapter 2 –
The quietness was the first thing that struck Emily as she walked into the house, she closed the door gently behind her before wandering into the living room. The sight that greeted her had Emily shaking her head but there was also a wide grin on her face as slowly she slipped her heels off and padded softly over to the sofa. Dave was lying lengthways, resting his head on a cushion perched on the arm, a book was on the floor and Emily was guessing that it had fallen as Dave had drifted off to sleep. His glasses had slipped down and were teetering on the edge of his nose and the loud grunting noise emanating from him had Emily struggling to suppress her giggles. Bending down she retrieved the book and placed it on the coffee table before she moved closer and carefully lifted Dave's glasses off, placing them on top of the book, laughing softly as the movement failed to stir Dave. Emily bent down once again and kissed Dave softly on the lips, causing his snoring to stop for a few seconds before he shuffled slightly and carried on sleeping, Emily shook her head before she headed out of the room and went upstairs to get changed, she knew from what Dave had told her on the phone that the case had been hard and judging from his sleeping state it had really taken it out of him.
Dave opened his eyes and blinked, his face felt different as he sat up and looked around for his glasses and book that had been on him before he had nodded off, carefully he put his feet on the ground, not wanting to step and damage either object but then he noticed the two items on the coffee table.
"Emily."
His voice was soft and quiet as he stood up, his eyes catching sight of Emily's shoes beside the door, quickly he headed upstairs, the sound of the shower running was unmistakable as he went to finally greet his wife after his return sixteen hours ago.
"You got my note?"
Emily smiled as she pulled on a jumper while Dave stepped into his jeans.
"Yes the pasta was very much appreciated."
"Did you speak to Kate?"
Emily wandered over and wrapped her arms around Dave's waist and rested her head on his shoulder, both of them pleased to be able to hold each other once again.
"Yes she sounded well."
"She is."
Emily smiled as she lifted her head and kissed Dave on the lips before the sound of her stomach growling interrupted them.
"I guess we should sort dinner out then!"
"Yes, sorry about that I ate my lunch early!"
Emily grinned as Dave shook his head.
"I've got some salmon, I'll cook and you can fill me in on the case."
"Have you spoken to Kate?"
"No not since last night, why what happened Dave?"
Emily frowned as Dave shook his head and started to walk out of the bedroom, quickly Emily followed him, leaving him alone until they reached the kitchen and Dave had sat on one of the stools. Without a word Emily opened the fridge and retrieved an opened bottle of white wine, she poured them each a glass before she started to busy herself in the kitchen knowing that Dave would talk to her when he was ready.
"We knew that the unsub was a female and that she would use the child as a shield, we thought that we would be able to talk her into releasing him, we didn't know that she was armed."
Emily stopped chopping the tomato and turned to face Dave who had a sad look on his face.
"Dave?"
"She had a gun and fired at Alex."
"Oh no!"
"She's fine Emily, it hit her in the shoulder and the chaos allowed Morgan time to sneak around the back and take a shot."
"The boy?"
"Unharmed, well physically anyway."
Emily nodded her head as she caught Dave looking at the photo of Kate beside the fruit bowl. Smiling she walked around and embraced him, both of them silent, knowing that each was thinking how lucky the boy had been and hoping that he would be able to recover as well as Kate had eventually.
"So you had a good weekend then?"
Dave smiled as Emily curled up closer to him on the sofa, the tv was on but neither of them were watching, after dinner they were both tired and wanted to make the most of their time together, both of them fully aware that Dave could be called away again at any moment.
"Yes thanks, we did a bit of shopping then had dinner out on Saturday night before we took a walk around Central Park on Sunday."
"How is the workload?"
"Heavy but she is coping."
Dave nodded, over the years he had seen how Kate had matured and flourished academically but he and Emily both knew that the self-doubts remained and that they needed to keep a close eye on her especially in her first year away from home.
"I was hoping that we could go up this weekend."
"That sounds wonderful, you've discussed this with Kate?"
"Uh huh, she seemed ok with the idea."
Dave grinned as Emily gently swatted him on the arm.
"Of course she is, she is such a daddy's girl!"
The sound of soft laughter enveloped the room, after all that Kate had gone through in the early years of her life the fact that she loved and trusted Dave was great and Emily would never take that away from him.