Learn To Live Again
'Pick yourself back up and learn to live , the grass is greener on the other side . So don't give up on life'
Architects-Learn to live
Summary: After an accident on the job and his life is turned upside down , will Don be able to live the same again ? Slash Don/Danny AN:
Warning: Maybe OCness , Angst, Slash (boy/boy)
Disclaimer: I own nothing unfortunately, if I did obviously Don would be with Danny and Jessica would not be dead (I loved her even though I didn't want her to be with Flack, they were still good together)
Chapter 1: The Run Up(Prologue)
The sunlight shone through the gap that the black curtains never covered. But it wasn't the sunlight that awoke Donald Flack Junior it was an early phone call from his boss about his next case. Don rolled onto his stomach and stared at his digital orange clock, 4:30 AM. He rolled back onto his back and lay there for a moment. Thinking of a certain someone. Wondering of what it would feel like when they were near .Dreaming of someone lay next to him in his lonely bed. He grunted and slid out of his cream double bed in just his underwear. The young detective carried about his daily routine, that he didn't really do daily as his days were sporadic yet he still called it a daily routine; 10 minute shower, get dressed, a slice of plain brown toast with a black coffee before he grabbed his equipment and made his journey to work. Even though there was an elevator that worked in his apartment building, everyday he chose to take the stairs so he could keep fit. It was quite a long journey as he lived on the seven floor but he enjoyed the trip. It was the one thing in life he was glad he had the choice to do. On his way to work he always got another coffee to get him thorough the day as well as an extra coffee which he bought for the next co worker he saw. He always bought it the way Danny liked it because he always wished he saw Danny first thing but he rarely did. But when questioned on it he answers "It's the flavour I drink" yet it isn't as Danny has two sugars and cream with his black coffee and Flack just has plain black coffee.
Lucky for Don, Danny was the first one he saw this morning as they are working on the same case.
" Danny boy, I brought you a coffee considering it's gonna be a long day" Don yawned as he passed the CSI the black coffee with cream. It was 6 am and they both had a double shift. His best friend smiled as he took the cup and mouthed thank you.
"Two male DB's approximately 20 to 30 years old, no wallet's, no IDs, both Vic's has been stabbed at least half a dozen times. Plus there is what looks to be a small trace of some drug on his clothing and around the scene. "Don stated as he looked through his black note book. Danny nodded. It was going to be a very long day.
As Don walked through the crime lab looking for answers on the case he saw a sight which made him angry and distraught at the same time. Danny was snuggled up with Lindsey in a tight hug. 'Surely they should be working'. He has had a crush on his best friend and co worker for nearly two years now. Sure he'd date other women and was in a committed relationship with Jessica before her untimely death, who he did truly love just like he loved Danny but it wasn't the same, he misses her everyday and feels guilty every minute for loving Danny when he should love her even though she is no longer here. But Don had no chance with Danny, the man was engaged and expecting a child which Don sometimes suspect isn't Danny's because who says no to an engagement to someone you 'love' unless you feel guilty about something, she said she wasn't ready but you don't have to get married straight away, some people never do even though they are engaged. The thought of never being with Danny killed him inside however it also made him feel less guilty. Yet He rushed passed them and towards Mac's office.
"So Mac, what have we got?" Don asked with a fake smile.
"We've got a lead, we believe they were killed by a mobster gang over drugs, we found fingerprints that match to a Séamus O'Doherty, the second in command with the Irish mob" Mac replied as he flipped through the file. Don smiled.
"I believe that means a raid, right?"Don smirked with his hands in his pocket. Mac nodded.
As they surrounded the warehouse, the sirens blazing. Don was first in pursuit. Shot gun in hand.
"NYP get on the ground" Don bellowed with a beckoning voice. The force rushed in when they noticed that the gang would not go without a fight. Bullets flew everywhere and the Police were winning. After a few minutes everyone had been caught and handcuffed. Or so they thought. Danny was congratulating another force member for his hard work when Flack noticed another person, who was not a part of their team, standing on a platform above Danny pointing what looked like a FN 57 at Danny's head. No!
"Danny!" Don screamed as he dived at the younger officer, the sound of a bullet leaving a gun soon followed. Don fell on top of Danny protecting him and out of the line of fire. Another three officers went after the only man unaccounted for, Séamus O'Doherty.
"Thank you Flack" Danny sighed with relief starting to lose breathe ,as Flack was still on top of him. Lindsey ran over to Danny only really caring for him, which made Don attempt to get off of the man he loved so he wouldn't interrupt. But he couldn't and that's when he began to panic. He technically rolled off of Messer and sat next to where he was lay. Don reached a hand to his back and felt a warm liquid soaking into the vest. Everyone was watching him slightly confused, but Danny was staring more than anyone else.
"I can't feel my legs" Don stated trying to stay calm but tears streamed down his face as he collapsed back onto the hard concrete floor. Memories ran through his head of bad times. Jess's death, the time the building collapsed onto him and Mac. Painful moments in his life but he survived through it with much needed help but would he survive this?
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So what do you think?
Thank you for reading please R and R. As the story can only live if people read it. Plus I'm sorry for mistakes at the end I'm not a doctor. Also sorry for it being so short ,i didn't want to give to much away in the first chapter.