Mindy hurried from the delivery room into the changing room and took off her scrubs. Although she was here for a few more hours because of a patient, she was almost 100% sure she wouldn't go into labour. She decided she would catch some sleep in the lounge before going home, if she could be fussed to at all. Getting home in the early hours of the morning was not fun, and she didn't find it safe at all.
She changed into some deep blue sweatpants and a large T-shirt she had lying around in her locker that she'd put in there a few days ago. They were both comfortable and warm which was all that mattered to her right now. She headed to the lounge to find Danny sitting, eyes closed on the sofa. He looked very peaceful with a book lying open to about a quarter of the way, resting on his lap. Mindy smiled. It was nice to see the Doctor so calm for once. She crept into the room and watched the sleeping form for signs he was awake. He'd done that before, presumably to stop the conversation Mindy would rope him into if they were there alone. She wouldn't talk about anything particular, but he still wasn't keen on chatting. To anybody.

"Stop watching me sleep, this isn't Twi.." Danny opened his eyes to look directly at Mindy. "God what's the thing called again?"
"Twlight Danny." She laughed at him while he scooted over to allow her to sit. She sat up and grabbed the remote from his side. She say up, leaning against the side of the sofa with her feet pressed lightly to the side of his thigh.
"No. No. You're killing me Mindy, what are these?" Danny prodded at her feet roughly, gesturing to her bed socks.
"They're bed socks Danny. They're comfortable. Feel, they're fluffy." She wiggled her toes at him, lifting her legs up slightly and he pushed them back down.
"No, I'm not touching your feet."
"What's wrong with my feet. They don't smell like yours." She teased, still wiggling her feet near his chest.
"When have you ever smelt my feet?"
"You leave your shoes lying around when you go to the gym, everybody complains." She nudged forward with her feet so they were jabbing at his neck.
"Mindy, stop!" Danny couldn't help but laugh when the fluffy socks made contact with his neck.
"Danny Castellano, are you ticklish?" Mindy swiped her feet across his neck and he squirmed still laughing.
"No, stop, Mindy stop!" He fidgeted, trying to get away from her. He pushes at her legs until finally she falls off the sofa.
"Danny!" She gets back up and gets back in the same position, this time with her feet away from Danny. He sighs quietly and lifts her legs gently onto his lap. He strokes her fluffy socks and she smiles at him, lifting her eyebrows as if to say 'See? Told you'. See takes the remote and tries to turn the TV on to watch something, but it doesn't work. Danny looks over at her pressing the buttons.
"Here." He comments, leaning over to a pot on the table next to the couch and grabbing a couple of spare batteries. He passes them to her, and she replaces the old ones. She takes her legs off his and stands up, trying to press the button on the TV manually, but it still doesn't work.
Morgan pops his head round the door and looks at Mindy.
"I'm heading home Doctor L." He pauses, looking at what she's doing. "Did Betsy not tell you two, the TV's dead. We'll have to get a new one.
"What? But Morgan, we've no extra office money in the budget for the office until at least next month, what happened?" Mindy asks, but Morgan just shrugs and walks away. Mindy sighs.
"It's all right. Just do something else." Danny suggests.
"Like what Danny? I didn't bring anything to do. I've got no book, nothing." She flops back onto the sofa in annoyance and glances over to Danny who has got out his book to read again.
"Read to me Danny." She says suddenly.
"What? No." Danny frowns and continues to read.
"Please, I've got nothing to do. I'll be bored."
"No, just go home." He suggests.
"I can't, one of my patients is in the hospital. She thinks its safer for her at the hospital so she's paying for a room until the baby comes. It was due yesterday, I have to stay."
"I don't want to read to you."
"Please?" Mindy looks at him with big, puppy-dog eyes until finally he snaps.
"Fine. But you have to be silent." She nods and mimes zipping her mouth shut. He takes out his reading glasses and she can't help but laugh.
"Oh my god Danny. Do you have to wear them?"
"Yes! Now shh." He settles back in to his seat and Mindy sits next to him, arms barely even grazing each others as his deep, relaxing tone began to read from a crime novel. Mindy laughed at parts, fully engaged in the story, but after an hour and a half of reading, Danny and her were both starting to get sleepy. Mindy and Danny had both moved quite a lot in the time they'd been reading. Mindy's head was now resting on his shoulder and his head was slightly resting on top of his. Her legs were up, but facing the opposite direction his time so they didn't disturb Danny while he was reading.
Mindy could feel her eyes becoming heavy as she began to focus less on the story and more about the steady breathes on Danny she could feel as she rested her head. His own voice was raspy and low and a lot quieter than when he began. His words were starting to slow and as soon as he thought Mindy was asleep, he put down his book and glasses. He placed one arm around her, his hand settling on her back and he moved to rest against the side of the sofa so they could both lie down as he took her with him. His other arm wrapped round so his hand was gently leaning on her neck, feeling her smooth, silky hair under his fingers.
Much to his surprise, she shuffled to move around, Danny prepared himself for her to get up and scold him for trying to 'cuddle' with her but much to his surprise she seemed like she was just getting more comfortable. Her arms rested on his chest, her head fitting snugly in the space on his shoulders and collarbone, so every time she breathed Danny could feel her warm breathe on his neck.
He gulped. He was extremely happy, and comfortable and he was glad she was too. But this wasn't helping his situation at all.
Because unfortunately for Danny Castellano, he was irretrievably in love with Mindy Lahiri.

So hello! Thanks for reading the first chapter of my first ever Mindy Project Fanfic, I hope it wasn't disastrous! I love Danny and Mindy as a pairing, it was the reason I started watching the show because I saw one episode of season 1 and thought 'they are so adorable' so I watched the whole 2 seasons in 5 days, and now I'm reading/writing fanfic so yay! I know they are together now, which is fantastic, but I'm writing kind of an AU where they (spoilers) will probably get together in a completely different way and I may go into the relationship. This is set kind of in season 1, but Danny and Mindy already live in the same building with Danny renting it to her because I like that set up. Please review, it means a lot, and favourite/follow. I'll have the next chapter up as soon as I possibly can! Thanks again!