A/N: All publicly recognisable characters and settings belong to Someone In America. Anything verifiable belongs to Whoever, Whatever, or Wherever verifies them. Everything else belongs to me.
Prologue: Summary of Jamie Needs A Holiday
Jamie (to Danny): Leave me alone!
Frank (to Danny): You submitted a Psycho Paper against him?
Danny (to Frank): He needs a holiday!
Frank (to Jamie): You need to make a plan to move toward forgiving him. This might help.
Jamie (to Frank): Never gonna happen!
Danny (to Jamie): I need one of those. Some practical stuff that I can do prove to you I'm still me, I've still got your back, I'll never do anything so daft again, and I love you."
1. LET ME HAVE SOLE CHARGE OF YOUR KIDS FOR A WHILE
"Well, it doesn't sound like there's been any major disasters," Danny joked, with just a hint of relief in his voice. He and Linda had just arrived home. Needing to go out of town for a few hours, they'd left their boys with Jamie in their absence. Neither of them really knew why, but this was actually the first time they had done this – and only Danny knew why Jamie was given the job.
"Course not," Linda snorted, opening the door. "We're home!" she called out.
"In the kitchen!" was the answering reply.
"What on earth?" Danny spluttered, eyeing the scene before him.
"What's the matter? You not used to getting fed at night? Linda, you naughty girl!" Jamie teased.
"You didn't need to cook for us," Linda stated.
"Thanks, bro!" Danny inhaled appreciatively. "Good day?"
"It was the best!" Sean enthused. "We went swimming – "
"And had pizza and ice cream for lunch!" Jack broke in.
"After you did your homework and your chores," was Jamie's contribution.
"Yep, bribery works every time," Linda confirmed.
Danny leaned over Sean and snagged a handful of nacho chips. He hooked his son in a hug and bent down to chomp his treat. "You went to the pools?" he questioned, smelling the chlorine in his son's hair.
"No, Daddy, we swam in the bathtub," Jack deadpanned.
"Uncle Jamie saved me when I got stuck," Sean informed his father.
Danny and Linda froze. "What happened?" Danny queried.
"I was going down the water slide. The water turned me round and I got stuck." Sean reported. "Uncle Jamie climbed up and freed me. But he got in trouble 'cause you're not supposed to do that!"
"I wasn't exactly going to leave you there," Jamie chuckled.
"You saved me!" Sean asserted dramatically. He jumped down and ran to throw his arms around his uncle's middle. "Thank you!" he declared.
"No worries, buddy!" Jamie grinned.
Danny caught his eye and grinned back. He would definitely be letting this happen again.
A/N: If you would like to contribute to DANNY"S LIST, please PM (or guest review) me an item for the list, plus any characters you want included, from Season 4. As long as it fits Danny's criteria, and it isn't sexual or sadistic, I'll turn it into a one-shot for you.