Arctic love

Nine

Chapter Nine- Alexander's POV

I had never hated my job ever, I loved it, I loved the whole flashing my badge, kicking down doors, the chases. I got a small boost of serotonin from all of those things but the one thing I hated was when we couldn't do our job and save everyone and have to the families, that sucked.

Once the elevator doors slide open the team walks out slowly, all of us had been quiet on the drive back from D.C "well what a bust," Dave mumbles as I shrug off my FBI jacket and settle into my chair. It wasn't too late, almost ten pm and I knew our team wanted to get the paperwork done now instead of later.

"I'll get the coffee ready," Lauren sighs. Lily comes out and hands us our piles of the case and I flip open the file as I grab my phone, seeing a voicemail, I press my phone to my ear.

"Hey," Penny's voice begins, I immediately smile. "I know you're probably driving back from Washington right now and will most likely stay at work but I've got the big meeting tomorrow thing yea whatever Umm but on your way home can you pick up some things? Addie is craving cashews and pickles, I don't even like pickles but yea. Okay I hope you're safe," she says and the voicemail ends.

I lower my phone and grab a sticky note, writing down cashews and pickles. I ignore the tingling feeling I'm having when Penny said home, I had practically been living at her apartment, which I knew would happen but it still warmed my heart and that sounded so girly to me.

"What the hell's got you smiling like a weirdo?" Dave asks. I glance at him.

"Nothing, Penny just asked me to buy her cashews and pickles,"

"Cashews and pickles?" Scout repeats making a disgusted face.

"whatever momma wants I pick up," I shrug.

"You're gonna make a good dad and husband," Lauren muses passing my desk, I roll my eyes.

"So how is Penny doing? and can I be godfather?" Dave asks me and I laugh.

"Penny's fine, we've started on the nursery and she's loving it. And you're gonna have to take the godfather thing up with her yourself, I'm not touching base on that," I reply.

"Woah wait, I wanna fight for godfather role," Bill begins.

"me too, fuck you guys," Scout nods. I laugh. "what about you William? wanna fight for the role of godfather for Phillip's baby?" He asks our unit chief. Dave and I make eye contact and snicker.

Our unit chief hardly cracked a smile and usually kept his cold expression on twenty-four seven, the one time I did see him smile was with his wife and children, that's it.

"No," William nods lowering the file in his hand, "but you guys keep continuing to argue about that,"

"oh it's on, FBI face off for the role of the godfather," Dave exclaims

"You boys are idiots, Alex's daughter isn't a toy," Lauren speaks up.

"Phillips you didn't tell me you were having a girl, congrats," William tells me and I thank him.

"Any advice? don't you have one?" I question turning in my chair to face him.

"I've got two," My unit chief nods and I swear I saw a smile small. "Just be ready to fall head over heels for your daughter when she first grabs your finger," he tells me and I nod.