((A/N: All right here we go again. And this warning is for all you Messer-Monroe shippers AGAIN. This is NOT one you're going to like so stay away from it and I don't care if you think they're the "perfect couple"…I don't want to hear about it. What can I say, I don't own CSI: NY nor any of the chars. I only own the OCs – Ryan and TJ and an occasional bad guy or two- and as always reviews are craved but BE NICE. Any flaming or bitching about what I do in here and the review will be removed.))
For how long the buzzing had gone on, he wouldn't know.
All he knew was that it was cold outside of the bed and one hand lazily found its way to the digital clock and was smacked severely.
"Shudduuup!" Danny Messer growled softly as he dragged his hand back under the covers and shifted, rolling onto his back, making sure no part of his anatomy was exposed to the horrible chill pf the March morning. A yawn and blue eyes that never even opened for the clock finally cracked a bit as he felt movement beside him and another equally warm body press closer. His left arm that was under this other person wrapped around and pulled her closer against him as he brushed a kiss to her forehead.
"Mornin' sunshine…" he muttered.
Ryan Jennifer Ramsey yawned and grumbled about the same cold outside and snuggled closer yet to him. "No such thing…."
Danny blinked a couple of times down at her. "No such thing as morning?"
Ryan looked up at him, emerald green eyes still sleepy but beautiful nonetheless. "Good…"
Danny chuckled softly and another kiss to blonde bangs. "I never said 'good'….only mornin'."
"Oh well in that case…" she said with a nod, another yawn and her head resting on his shoulder.
"How're you feelin', kiddo?" he asked.
She shrugged just a hint and her eyes closed again. "As well as an elephant about to give birth can feel. I just can't wait for this to be over…"
Danny chuckled quietly as his free hand eased down to rub over her extended belly where a pair of twins was growing bigger every day. "Soon, sweetheart…very soon." A kiss to her forehead as she grumbled something unintelligible and fell back asleep. Staring at the ceiling, fingers tracing over her soft shoulder as she went back to sleep, Danny started to drift off back to sleep again and couldn't believe what had been happening for the last year.
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As Danny made his way from Trace toward Ballistics, Mac called out his name and waved him into his office. Danny took a detour and walked into his boss' office, a small smile at the auburn-haired girl that was standing there in front of Mac's desk.
"Danny Messer, This is TJ Ramsey. Our newest CSI. She comes from Los Angeles with high commendations, as a matter of fact." Mac explained, one hand lifting to gesture to the girl.
Danny nodded at the girl again, but blue eyes went back to Mac to finish.
"I need someone to show her around….show her the ropes, so to speak. And I know I can count on you to do that, hm?"
Danny grinned back at the girl said, "Sure! C'mon, TJ." And led her out of the office and towards his. Walking into the smaller office, he motioned over to the empty desk and sat down at his own. "Another CSI used to be there but Mac transferred her to the office down the way with Sheldon."
"Sheldon…" TJ said. "Hawkes?"
Danny brightened. "You know 'im?"
TJ shrugged as she sat at the desk and said, "Heard of him. Quite brilliant, I'd say. Heard he was a sweet guy."
Danny smirked. "Yeah just a regular sweetheart." Watching her for a moment, he finally said, "Soon 's yer done there we can go on and I'll show ya the locker rooms and all the rest of the lab."
TJ looked up at him and grinned and nodded. "Sounds like a deal to m—"
"New person?" Lindsay Monroe said from the doorway.
Danny sighed and closed his eyes for a moment and answered, "Yes, Lindsay. Her name is TJ." And a look at TJ for a moment as Lindsay didn't wait for the introduction and left the doorway. "That…" Danny said looking at the now-empty doorway and then back to TJ, "was Lindsay Monroe. She used to sit there. Things…ah…..happened and…..Mac thought it best to separate her from the temptation."
TJ nodded with an Oooooh I see look and shrugged. "All righty. Got the list of supplies. Wanna go for that tour now?"
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As he showed her all around the 35th floor, Danny and TJ talked and he found out she was the same age as he was and quite intelligent herself. Holding degrees in Art, Criminal Justice and Journalism as well as English, she had worked in various restaurants and diners all over the United States as a sous chef to a cook until finally realizing that she wanted to become a CSI. She joined the NYPD 10 years ago, being a uniform for 2 years before passing her exam to become vice and then worked her way up to being a Crime Scene Investigator on commendations and word of her supervisors who recommended her for the position when she requested a transfer. She had a twin sister that was still in Los Angeles and she wished that RJ would come out here as well but her modeling and charity work held her in California.
Danny took it all in and realized that he and TJ had quite a bit in common; the biggest thread being that she loved to cook and Danny loved to eat. Especially Italian which TJ prided herself on. She also let it on that she'd found the perfect little apartment in a brownstone not too terribly far away and a bit more questioning, Danny found out she had gotten Rikki's old apartment just across and down the hall from him.
Going along the tour, she was introduced to Stella, Sheldon, Adam, Kendall, and down to the morgue with Sid and then back upstairs to get her officially set up at her desk. Ordering supplies, Danny felt an uncomfortable wave wash over him and noticed that Lindsay kept…watching them. He tried to pass it off but still the feeling wasn't good.
Later that afternoon, "Hey, TJ!" Danny called into the office as he came through the door. "What say I 'escort' ya home?" An evil smirk as he leaned against the edge of her desk. "Mac said that he's going to just assign you to the same hours I have since it'll be easier to get acclimated to the job for a while and if it works out he said he's considering just making us permanent partners." Arms folded over his chest, a wide grin on his face.
She had gotten her desk set up with all of the supplies that had been delivered from the Supply department from earlier that day and she looked at her watch. "Sure, sounds like a deal, Messer. What about I make us something for dinner too?" A playful wink at the sandy-haired CSI as she walked past and headed out to the elevator, Danny bouncing along after her.