Everyday is Like a Honeymoon With You

Cuddles on Stormy Nights

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~Cris xoxo

Today has been a long day at the 99th precinct for Detective Jake Peralta.  It began with the Captain assigning him a seemingly easy case, and had ended with him working two hours overtime, being pushed into a brick wall and almost getting stabbed.  But, the worst part of it was that he was away from his wife and six-week old baby girl for far too long.  He didn't blame Holt, if anything he praised him.  Holt had been giving Jake desk work and easy, not-too-dangerous cases ever since two weeks before Olivia was born.  But being back in the field and coming close to serious injury more than once today has hit Jake hard.  He lets his mind wander as he haphazardously packs his belongings into his messanger bag and heads to the parking garage.  He gets into the drivers seat and begins his drive home.  When he sees the dark clouds rolling in, he laughs lightly to himself of the irony of it all.  Pathetic fallacy, he believes Amy told him it's called; when the weather matches the characters mood, and in the current story in his mind, he's he character.

When Jake finally pulls into the parking lot, the rain begins to fall so he quickly grabs his bag and locks the car before heading inside to their apartment.  He's unlocking the door before he knows it.  He leaves his bag and jacket on the hook by the door and his shoes underneath on the mat.  He takes a few steps into the apartment, knowing that his daughter is most likely asleep, it is 8:30pm after all. 

"Jake?" he hears Amy's voice call from the kitchen.  "Yeah, Amez, I'm home." he says and follows the sound of her voice.  When he reaches the doorway of the kitchen, he sees his beautiful wife holding their daughter, who is wide awake.  "Liv's not asleep?" he asks.  "She refused to even be put down since I gave her a bath.  I think she was waiting for you." Amy says with a small smile.  As if on cue, Liv lets out a squeak and flails her arms in Jake's direction.  "Come here angel." he smiles and takes his precious daughter into his arms.  She immediately settles against his chest and her hand grips onto his flannel.  "Told you, she missed her daddy." Amy smiles as she takes this opportunity of having free hands to grab herself and Jake two waters from the fridge.  "I missed her too, and you of course.  How was your day?" he asks, kissing his daughter's forehead first before leaning over and giving Amy a soft kiss on the lips.  "It was good.  We went for a short walk in the morning before it got too sunny.  We had lunch and then she napped for a few hours this afternoon while I read and did some laundry.  Then we had dinner and her bath. How about you, how was your day?" Amy asked.  Jake mentally cringed.  He didn't want Amy to be worried.  "Oh, you know, worked a case with Charles....and I may have tripped down some stairs." he says, hoping she'll believe him.  She looks at him, knowing there's something he isn't saying.  "And by tripped I mean a two hundred pound man shoved me and I hit a brick wall....and his partner almost stabbed me." He says the last part quickly, hoping she won't hear.  Of course, she does and her face drops.  "Jake! Oh my god, are you okay, babe?" she asks, her eyes wildly flying over every part of his body she can see to make sure he isn't hurt.  "Amez, I'm fine.  Boyle took me to the hospital.  They said I have a couple bruised ribs from the wall and a few scrapes that they cleaned up.  I'll be fine." he says, brushing away her concern with a soft kiss to her lips.  "Are you sure? Do you need me to do anything? Oh god, did you even have dinner?" she asks, concern lacing her voice.  "Boyle and I stopped at the Chinese restaurant near the precinct on the way back.  And yes, I'm okay Amez.  Let's just go cuddle, that's all I wanna do right now is be with my girls." he smiled and followed Amy into the tv room.

Amy sat down on the couch and Jake sat down beside her, still holding Liv in his arms.  Amy turned on the tv and put on old reruns of Law and Order and they watched.  About halfway through the first episode, there was a rumbling sound in the distance.  Amy looked over at Jake subtly, knowing that thunderstorms scare him.  When they first started dating, he tried to act all tough whenever there was a thunderstorm and he pretended it didn't scare him. However, during their third month together, there had been this particularly intense storm and Jake's entire front had come crashing down and he cuddled into Amy in their bed with the blankets over his head and his face buried in the crook of her neck.  She had asked why he didn't say anything beforehand and he honestly didn't know why.  He knew she wouldn't make fun of him, or think lesser of him if she knew.  Ever since that day though, every time it thunders, Amy makes sure to cuddle with Jake and make him feel protected, after all, he does the same for her with her fears.

The rumbling of thunder happens again and this time she can see the look in Jake's eyes darken with fear and she leans closer to him.  "Come here." she says softly as she reaches over to him and gently pulls him closer.  He lays his head in her lap and lays Liv on his chest.  "You got her?" she asks, nodding in Liv's direction.  "Yeah....I'll be okay if i have my girls." he smiles and leans up slightly to meet her lips.  "I love you." she says and kisses his again.  "I love you too." he says back and replaces his head on her lap.  They both go back to watching the news on the tv until another thunder rumble sounds and Amy can feel Jake's muscles tighten in fear.  She leans down and presses a soft kiss to his forehead and she runs her hand through his soft curls.  "Thanks Amez." he says and turns his head so that he can press a small kiss to her thigh where his shirt that she's wearing is riding up.  "I love you too." she smiles and playfully tugs gently on his hair as she leans down and presses soft kisses all over his face.

Jake calms down considerably after Amy begins running her fingers through his hair and they watch tv.  About fifteen minutes later, a huge boom of thunder sounds and Jake jerks his body as best he can without harming Liv in any way.  Amy gently pulls his head back to her lap and continues moving her fingers through his hair and leaving kisses on his face.  Liv, who had dozed off on Jake's chest, woke with a start after the loud sound and grabbed at her fathers shirt.  "I'm right here Liv.  Daddy's right here baby." Jake says as he runs his hand up and down her tiny back and kisses her cheek.  Amy places one more kiss on the corner of Jake's mouth and then straightens her back as she says softly, "let's go lie down in bed."  Jake only nods in response before he is slowly shifting to a sitting position, Liv still held closely to his chest.  They walk to their bedroom and he places Liv in her bassinet on his side of the bed, gently tucks her in, and places a kiss on her forehead before he whispers, "goodnight my angel, daddy loves you so much" to her and presses one last kiss to her tiny face.  He quickly heads to the washroom to brush his teeth and change into pyjamas while Amy kisses Liv's forehead and says her goodnight.  When Jake comes back, he and Amy get into bed and he kisses her softly.  She nudges at him to roll onto his side so he can be the little spoon.  He smiles and kisses her again, silently grateful that she's letting him be the little spoon tonight because she knows he's scared.  "I love you so much." she says softly as she presses a soft kiss to the exposed skin on the back of his neck.  "I love you too, so much." he says.  She slides her hand under the bottom of his shirt and rests it on his stomach, slowly rubbing her thumb along the soft skin there as he mimics her actions on the back of her hand.

They cuddle together as the soft thunder rumbles fade away and they're left with the soft sound of each other's breathing as they slowly drift off to sleep.