A/N: A massive storm – still raging – has kept me awake all night. What better way to spend the time than to flesh out a 'ficlet piglet' that has been floating in my brain since I saw the last episode?
"Answer me this, Dan. Do you really think that I would side against you ever? How sad for you!" (Quote from Blue Bloods, Season 4, Episode 19: Secret Arrangements)
"How sad for you!" Frank's words echoed in Danny's mind, bouncing around in his brain as he stared at the family portrait proudly displayed in his family home.
"How sad for me?" Danny thought bitterly. "You really want to know?"
How sad for me that I went to Iraq with a family and came back alone.
How sad for me that I only see a chain of command and not the individual people involved.
How sad for me that I see red tape and bureaucracy instead of logic and planning.
How sad for me that I see rules and regulations and not safety and security.
How sad for me that I am holding on so tight to the brother I love that he is slipping away from me.
Danny focused on each person in the picture. "How sad for them, too," he mused.
How sad for my wife that she has to be my peacemaker as well as my soulmate.
How sad for my children that nightmares and anger have taken a part of me that should belong to them.
How sad for my siblings that I smother them rather than backing them.
How sad for my grandfather to see me at odds with my family so often.
How sad for my father to believe his son doesn't fully trust him.
Well, that he could remedy forthwith and stat. He pulled out his phone. "Hi, Dad, can I come over?"