Safe
Been watching E Malama over and over again enjoying Danny as protective dad and had to write a short fic about it. A father's musings.
There are days when I can't believe I fathered this beautiful child; that I had anything to do with her creation.
There are days when I can't believe how much I love her and how much I want to protect her from anything that could hurt her.
And there are days like today when it hits me square in the chest that I can't always do that, that I can't always be with her, that when she's with Rachel, she's just as much at risk as any other child. The world is unsafe and much as I'd like to think I could, I can't make every scumbag go away. Like those car jackers. It hurts me that anything in my world could cross into hers and put her in harm's way.
She's my daughter. I'm her father and I'd die for her. Not that any good father wouldn't put their lives up for their daughters too, but I'm a cop. For me, it's more than just personal. I work every day to make sure that her world is as safe as I can make it, but I worry that if anything ever happened to me, she'd only remember me as the father who left her.
I'm good at being a cop. I hope I'm as good at being a father to Grace. I try to prepare her for what my job has me do and what might happen to me. Better that than have her hate me for not telling her. I try to tell her I like helping people and hope that she never thinks anyone else is above her.
I tell her I love her as often as I can so she never forgets that and when she says, "I love you, Danno", it brings me to my knees in gratitude.
I'm Grace's danno and it's all I need to keep me doing what I'm doing the best that I can do it to keep her safe.
FIN. Hope you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading.