Jay Halstead sat in his car out the front of his father in laws; Hank Voight was holding the annual Intelligence Unit Christmas dinner, last year had been Kevin and his husband Adam and this year was Hank and Antonio.
Jay could see he was last to arrive; Kevins dodge challenger parked on the right, Haileys volvo on the left. The young veteran sighed, looking down at his hands which were trembling as they usually did.
He looked up, seeing his father in law, Hank stood in the doorway of the house, a small smile on his face. The elder sergeant walked out of the house, and opened the passenger side of the RMC truck that Jay drove.
"You coming in?" Hank asked softly
"Yea, just wish Justin was coming with me" Jay whispered
"I know, only 233 days to go" Hank sighed, reaching over and taking Jays hand into his own
"Is everyone already here?" jay asked, squeezing Hanks hand
"Yea, Antonio is stressing about the turkey" Hank chuckled, and Jay smiled in response
"Let's get this over with, I want to get back to facetime Justin later" Jay sighed, turning off the truck and getting out
Hank also got out, throwing his arm around Jays shoulder and walking back into the warm house where loud laughs could be heard. Jay smiled, he loved how normal the team had tried to make this christmas, it was the first time Justin had been deployed through the holidays.
"Jay, we thought you'd gotten lost" Kim laughed, she was settled on her fiancée, Hailey Uptons lap, a glass of wine in her hand
"No, was just sat outside" Jay said shyly, sitting down on the sofa next to Hank
"Have you heard from Justin this morning?" Kevin asked, he was standing with his arms wrapped round Adams waist
"No, he said he'd phone me later" Jay replied quietly, taking the glass of pepsi that Antonio handed him
The team could see that Jay was struggling and decided to change the subject into food; they all made their way into the dining room where the table was filled with food, and each seat bad a present on there.
Jay sat beside Antonio, leaning into the hug that the elder man gave him; everyone tucked into the hot food, and Jay sat back and just watched the team chatter between them.
"Let's open presents shall we" Hank said, looking at Jay who sighwd with his head down and hands once again trembling
"Actually, Jay we have something for you" Hailey spoke up
"It took a little longer than we thought, but hopefully it'll make you happy" Adam continued
Antonio stood up, opening the dining room to reveal someone that Jay hadn't seen for over 200 days. Justin Voight. His husband. The younger man didn't know what to do, and Justin felt his heart break at how Jay burst into tears.
"Merry Christmas baby" Justin whispered, dropping his bag and walking round to where Jay was sat
"You're home" was all Jay cried, turning in his seat and looking into his husbands eyes
"Yea baby, I'm home" Justin chuckled wetly, pulling Jay into his arms and hugging him tightly
