Two Days Before

Danny was waiting at the airport, nervous, hoping that Adam wouldn't be late. His eyes scanned the crowds, and finally, finding Adam, he walked to him. "Hey." Danny didn't miss the flinch, but he brushed it off. Adam had always been jumpy after a visit or call from his father, so it was nothing new. "How'd it go?"

"The usual. Yelling, fighting, him ordering me around." Adam and Danny walked out to their car, and Adam tossed his suitcase into the trunk. Before Danny started the car, he turned to face Adam, who was staring out the window.

"Adam, what happened?"

"He knows. About you and me. He took my phone one night and…" Danny threaded his fingers through Adam's, and he sighed to himself. "He kept calling you names."

"This shouldn't be that big of a deal, people have done worse things than call us names." Adam knew what Danny was referring to; only two weeks before Adam had left for Phoenix, the two had been caught by some teenagers in an alley. They'd managed to hold their own, eventually getting away with only a few bruises.

"Well it is." Danny reached up and cupped Adam's face in his hand.

"Let's go home. I'll help you forget about him." Adam turned his head slightly and kissed the tips of Danny's fingers. "I promise." Once back at Danny's apartment, Adam was surprised at how…clean it was.

"You did all this?"

"Yeah. I've been workin' on dinner all day, too."

"You're just trying to get me in bed."

"Damn, ya got me pegged." Danny smiled as he pressed a kiss to Adam's mouth, and was surprised when the scientist moved away from him. "What's wrong?"

"I…I don't think I can handle…this…right now. I'm gonna go stay at my place." Danny couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"You can't handle…what the hell are you talkin' about?"

"We need to take a break." Danny was frozen in place as Adam turned and walked towards the door, and he turned to the oven, turned it off and sunk to the floor. He felt his heart stutter and his stomach twist, and he pulled his knees up to under his chin and cried. Little did he know that Adam was sitting with his back against the apartment door, silent tears running down his face.

A/N: Read and review! There are not enough Danny/Adam stories on here, so here I am, making a contribution.