Horatio Caine

Horatio found himself on a spot from where he could oversee the entire crime lab. He had just finished the round he always took when his team was solving a crime.

First, he had been to Mr. Wolfe, of whom he knew to find him in either the Trace or QD lab, for Wolfe was a scientist first and a cop second.

Second, he had been to Delko, of whom he knew to find him somewhere busy with things that would catch the killer as soon as possible. Delko was, whatever his profession was, foremost a diver.

While on his way to Calleigh, Horatio suddenly had thought of Speed. The CSI that had died under his supervision. Horatio missed him so much.

Calleigh had been in her natural habitat of the Firearms lab. Horatio smiled when he thought of her obsession with guns. Calleigh was, more than everything else, a beautiful woman with the brains of a scientist, the gun-handling of a cop and the mind-set of the southern belle she was.

Fifth on his round had been Natalia. Beautiful Latina with a horrible past.

Horatio pushed all thoughts of Stetler out of his mind and concentrated on a nicer subject; Alexx. 'His' Medical Examiner, who was first of all a concerned human being.

Horatio cared for his team like an entomologist for his bugs, like a Marine Corps officer for the people he needed to trust. Horatio cared for his team… like the cop who'd gone through so much misery that he'd want to prevent such misery from happening to others. Like the cop he was.

Because Horatio's top three of characteristics existed of a split first place for three characteristics. First, he was a cop. First, he was a concerned human being. First, he was a scientist.

He cared for his team. And the people of Miami. And his family. But the members of his team WERE part of his family. At least, he felt it this way.

No one could match his team, Horatio was sure of that. And he was proud of every single one of the team members. Funny how each individual members of a group could tell you what life is but only the group by itself can tell you what love and concern means in this world they called crime scene investigation.

Miami-Dade Crime Scene Investigators. No. Horatio's team.

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