Nikki POV (Set just after Schism)
I was working late with Harry and Leo, it was a case which i felt really strongly about involving a woman only a little younger than myself so i was putting in a lot of time to making sure everything went smoothly. Leo made some coffee and i got out a box of quality street to keep us from keeling over from hunger and we started throwing ideas around the room, as to how this young woman had died.
Before we knew it, it was 11:00pm, by now, my desk was almost completely covered in empty "the greatest pathologist" mugs, screwed up paper and empty quality street wrappers. Leo was standing at the over-head projector screen, me and Harry had pushed our chairs together and i was leaning my head on his shoulder. I felt safer with him than i had ever felt with anyone, ever since i was kidnapped, things had changed, we hadn't said anything but we were seeing each other a lot more, especially out of work. suddenely harry stood up and declared that we all go for a curry, i was only too happy to accept but Leo wasn't quite as keen, eventually we persuaded him to come along, me and harry linked arms and headed down the darkened street with Leo just in front of us.
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It seemed as if we were walking for hours, me and harry arm in arm just talking, about the case, about plans to go out together to different places. All the while, i was just thinking, thinking of what kind of future we would have as a couple, whether we'd live together, have kids, grow old like i'd always imagined i would do with the love of my life. i could just see harry as a father, i've seem what he is like with my god-daughter Emily. harry and me had taken her to the park the day before, if i hadn't known any better i would have said that she was his own daughter.
My daydream ended as we entered the indian...........
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i grabbed a chair opposite leo while harry went to order. he started asking me all of these questions about mine and harry's relationship, like when did it start? did he ask you out? you know like all of the usual stuff that your friends ask you about your new love interest. well...i guess i did love him, he's the only person who maked me feel secure and safe and wanted. on top of that, he's cute and he's got a great sense of humor. harry came back with our curry's and all i wanted to do was kiss him, i stroked the side of his face, he turned to me and i kissed him, right there in the middle of the bloody indian take away, right in front of leo! i even shocked myself for a while let alone how surprised harry looked, well...at least it was a good kind of surprise judging by the smile spreading across him face. i actually feel bad for leo because after that, me and harry headed back to his (harry's) flat to open a bottle of wine. honestly i didn't go back to his place for what everyone was thinking, especially leo, i just wanted to be with him, to be close to him.
we got to his front door and he turned around and kissed me on the cheek, i was on cloud nine for ages after that. we got inside and he pulled a large bottle of red wine from the fridge, i leaned back and got two glasses from the cabinet and we sat on his living room floor while i teased him about the amount of junk food in his fridge and he teased me about my choice of music in my car. i told him that i did actually enjoy listening to classical music from the 1960s.
the night was going perfect so far......