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[strandedseaman]

Horatio sat with Edward in the shallows of the pool. The waterfall churned steadily down, but here the water was calm, the coolest place they could be on a hot day outside of the Compound

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[shot_my_shoes]

Harry couldn't help smiling when he came across a baby splashing in the water. "That looks like fun," he said, half to the baby and half to the man with him, who Harry assumed was the baby's father. "Going to be a champion swimmer when he grows up, no doubt."

[strandedseaman]

"That's certainly my hope," said Horatio, smiling at what he assumed to be praise. He lowered his voice into a register reserved for the conveyance of scandalous secrets. "His other father didn't learn to swim until he was well into his thirties. I won't have it."

[shot_my_shoes]

"That is terrible," he agreed. "All children should know how to swim for their own safety, if nothing else." Although he wasn't sure he wanted to know, he couldn't help asking anyway, "His other father?"

[strandedseaman]

"Yes, Detective Ray Kowalski." However long it'd taken Horatio himself to accept that life with another man was what he wanted, he often forgot it might be different for others. He and Ray had been through so much, endured so many trials together, that the thought of life without him did not bear contemplating.

"My husband. And this is our son, Edward."

[jdick]

"You're just doing that so he'll be able to drown all your enemies one day with one might splash," Joe decided as he approached the waterfall, then sat down at the edge. He was gonna get wet here, he could fucking see it, but it was kind of hard to care when the person doing the splashing was Edward.

[strandedseaman]

"And is that so very wrong?" Horatio asked, angling Edward into a position more likely to soak Joe's shirt. "Deprived of a gun ship, I may at least have a formidable baby."

[jdick]

"Hey, since when am I the enemy?" Joe asked with a snort of laughter, just as he was doused with a healthy splash of water. It was just part of island living, though, and he didn't seem to care much. "Just wait until you're in the line of fire, man."

[strandedseaman]

"I've been in the line of fire all afternoon," said Horatio, spitting out another mouthful of water to prove it. "I think he's taking to the water rather well."