#anne works for the federation diplomatic service somehow (I think)

[malkaleh]

Ooh, Treat with Star Trek? Does your Tudor AU count as a fandom? bc I'm charmed with the idea of how that might work <3

It’s a beautiful home - one that he wishes he could see more often or perhaps, take with him. But not all ships are the Enterprise - the USS Whitehall might be Constitution Class but it’s work means that having families aboard is not an option and while Henry loves his job, believes completely in his duty to the Federation, to Starfleet he will always love the moment when he is simply home.

(“You could come and work for Catalina” Arthur had said, but Henry knows that isn’t him - he’s confident he’d be good at it but it would kill him to not be able to be on the ground).

Usually the entire household is lined up to greet him but todays homecoming is a surprise - early leave after a debrief in San Francisco and he’d caught a transporter home to London as soon as he could so he finds his family in the pool behind the house - Tommy and Bess and George are diving - holographic mermaids and sea characters playing around them, Meg and Liam are competing to see who can somersault over the waterfall into the pool from the highest point, while Owen is floating and reading - Thomas has Ned in the baby pool and Anne is holding Pippa in the shallows.

She’s the first one to notice him and it’s delightful to watch her smile light up as he bends down for a kiss and pulls Thomas in as well.

“Are the other children going to notice I’m here….”

His dress uniform is soaked through by eight small excited bodies and Henry, Henry has never been happier. He has his loves by his side , he has his home again.

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