A/N: I have no clue where this came from. The plot bunny showed up and begged to be written. It was written in ten minutes. Not sure if this will be a one-shot or not. PLease R&R.
New York. It was his home. It was where he was born. Where he was raised, where he fell in love for the first and only time, it has made him into the man that he was and continued to become. However he can't help just how much it has tested his patience and resolve. First it took his grandmother, while it wasn't a surprise it still hurt. Next it was his mother, whom he loved more than his wife. It was not unexpected in the least. However the one that hurt the most was his brother. The fun-loving, happy-go-lucky, knew how to put a smile on your face Joe. It came out of nowhere. Sunday afternoon, he and Joe were enjoying family dinner and bickering with Erin over something petty. By Tuesday morning his little brother was gone. He found himself calling his baby brother and telling him his best friend had been killed. It was not something he wanted to do again.
Now his baby brother was in the same city. However it didn't make this phone call any easier. If any of the work became easier, that would be when he would turn in his shield and gun and walk out of the precinct.
How could it have come to this? Danny was standing in the waiting of an ER waiting for news on his sister, father, and grandfather. All the while comforting his injured niece Nicky. After hearing the account of the EMTs and seeing pictures, he wondering how she came out of the accident so unscathed. But he just wanted to know that his pain in the butt sister, stubborn grandfather, and strong father were. He also wondered if his wife had heard what was happening in the ER yet, he would need her more than anything if the unthinkable happened. Hell he needed her to bring him back to earth, to ground him.
As he cradles his phone, an arm snaked protectively around Nicky's shoulders, he wonders how is going to be able to do this again. To shatter his brother's world. Because his was damn near close.