A/N: What can I say, i got bored of writing angst! :P HUGE Thanks to Twinkeyrocks and kcatlin for their help on this :)
Don Flack had seen crime many times in his life. Growing up, it was all around him, in school, on the streets, and he vowed that, just like his dad, he would be one of New York's finest, and with honor and duty, get rid of the city's most dangerous criminals.
Working in the crime lab, he saw the very mechanisms of crime, the "behind the scenes" so to speak. He was always for the motive, the emotion that drove the perp to commit the crime, but being in the crime lab, when he was following leads, opened his eyes.
Like any other day, he was walking through the lab, catching up on the loose ends to the latest case, seeing if they had- had any developments, any leads. This brought him to his latest predicament. When he saw him, his heart dropped. So far, since Stella had mentioned it to him, and he had steered clear. Not knowing what to say. But, today he decided he was gonna stop running and step in like a good friend should.
He headed into the AV lab where he stood messily, shirt out, creased and some buttons not even fastened. He was definitely a shadow of his former best friend.
"Meet me in the restroom in 5 minutes" he said simply before walking out again.
Instead of heading to the break room where he had originally been headed, he made a beeline for the restroom. Once there, he stood pacing, waiting for his partner in crime, his best friend to come and meet him.
"What you want Don, I'm busy."
"Messer, take a look at yourself," he motioned into the mirror. "Tell me what you see Danny."
"Us"
"No, look closer; what do you really see?"
"Look, I know where you're going with this; I know I've screwed up Don"
"To say the least, I'm not gonna ask what were you thinking, because well, clearly you weren't"
"Alright, alright, I know. I get it. You're rubbing it in, making sure I understand"
"Like hell I am, first taking and then breaking Lindsay's heart Danny, that's one hell of a crime"
"She's really hurt"
"I don't blame her, now come here-" Don motioned over to Danny and sighed while buttoning up his shirt and tucking it in, he made his hair a little more presentable, and brushed out any visible creases on his shirt.
"There, now you look like a crime fighter. We're gonna talk after work alright. Joking aside, I mean it Danny, you're gonna make this up to her"
"I don't know if I can Flack, I've really hurt her"
"Yeah, well let me put it to you like this. Either you take her pain away, or I'm gonna hurt you. So either way, you're gonna fix it"
"How, how do I do that?"
"I'm sure you'll think of something Danny, now I gotta go. You gonna be alright?"
Danny looked down at his new self and sighed, "I don't think you'd let me be anything other than alright."
"You got that right. You guys' got this far Danno. You're gonna go the way. You know that. Just get her trust back. Treat her like how you should. And for Christ sake, don't forget her birthday again. Please."
"You hear about that"
"Yeah, I did,"
"Stella?" Danny laughed almost
"You know it. Now, go do some crime fighting, and tomorrow we can plot to take over the world alright?"
"Thanks Don" Danny smiled weakly,
"What are friends for? Now go on, go work your magic and drastically reduce my caseload Messer"
Danny smiled and headed back towards AV.
Don Flack was satisfied with himself. It was all in a day's work, and after all, what were friends for?
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