The Rock He Leans On

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A/N: thank you to Shan for the beta.

Summery: NO SPOILERS. We all know what happened in RSRD and how Louie was in a coma. Well this is set somewhere after season three. Louie has pasted. This is about how Lindsay comforts Danny and how they help each other. One-shot.

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He was walking down the cold dark street alone. He can't be alone, he was never alone. He always had someone there for him whether it was a one night stand or a girlfriend to friends or family members. But now he wanted to be alone, to have nothing. To be vulnerable and to make sure no one saw him that way.

Then he saw her. She was standing there holding her coat close to her body to make her warmer. He looked down quickly and sat down on a bench neighboring the road.

He placed his head in his hands and felt the rush of tears roll down his cheek. He brushed them away to try and hide it but knew that she could see.

She slowly walked over to him and knelt down on the sidewalk just in front of him. Inside she was falling to pieces seeing him like this but knew that he needed something strong to hold onto. She would make that thing her.

She put one of her hands softly upon his back to comfort him. His head meanwhile stayed hidden in his hands.

She put her hands then under his own and softly pushed them down so she could see his face. The tears coming from his eyes were making trail marks down his face. She wanted nothing more to stop all the tears and make all the pain go away. She lightly placed her hands on either sides of his wet face and wiped the tears from his face.

He looked deep into her eyes and saw a warm glow that eased what he was feeling for a moment, but as soon as his eyes shifted he felt the same cold inside as he did when he started his walk.

She was doing the best she could to hold the tears in and he knew it. He then sat back into the bench and she sat on his lap. Looking into his mesmerizing blue eyes she placed her fingers on the rim of his glasses and took them off, placing them in her coat.

She placed two soft kisses on his closed eyes. Then kissed his forehead lightly and he placed his two strong arms around her body and pulled him in. He buried his head in her shoulder and the tears fell from his eyes.

Seeing him like this made tears form in her dark chocolate colored eyes. The tears in her eyes fell over their barriers and slowly made their tracks down her face.

A few minutes later he had tried to calm himself, as her head lay on his shoulder she could feel his breaths deepening and becoming less rapid.

She got up off his lap and took his hands to pull him up off the bench. He got up and placed an arm around her waist as she entangled her fingers with his. She brought their conjoined hands to her lips and kissed his hand. He started to walk with her at his side back in the direction he came from.

She nested her head in his shoulder when he realized something. He realized that he would never have to be alone because she was there for him. She would always be there for him. Through thick and thin, he would let her see his vulnerable side. She was his rock. And that's why he loved her.

THE END

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