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Jamie walked away as Danny said another curse under his breath. It had been another long day for both Reagan brothers and they thought that the best way to end the day was to get together for a drink, but it hadn't gone as well as they had hoped that it would. Danny's buttons had been pushed to the limit this past week. He'd been working a case that ended up falling through which made him angry, annoyed, and pretty much every unpleasant emotion that a person could feel. Jamie had already taken head of what kind of mood that his brother was in so he tried to avoid certain conversations all around, but that didn't work, at least not the way that he had planned it would.
They had left the bar and was getting ready to go their separate ways when a detective from Danny's precinct showed up and made a snobby comment about Danny's case and how he didn't catch the suspect because of lack of evidence needed to connect the guy to the crime.
"Hey, Reagan, nice job on the case you were workin." Detective Samuel Radcliffe had never been a very good person to have to work with. He's cocky, selfish, arrogant, guy who thinks that his own crap doesn't stink. He's a real hot head too which is another reason Danny nor Radcliffe have never gotten along, and right now they definitely wouldn't be sharing any kind words.
"To hell with you Radcliffe." Danny said gruffly as he continued you walking.
"No, really." He paused. "I couldn't have done it better myself. Oh, wait, yeah I could've." Radcliffe started snickering.
"You trying to piss me off?" Danny said as he turned and started walking towards him with an angry scowl on his face.
"I'm just stating the facts."
"Hey, it's not his fault that the case fell through." Jamie said stepping up beside his brother, defending him with honor.
"Aw, little brother to the rescue, how sweet. Maybe if your brother here would have obtained some real evidence then the murderer wouldn't have gotten away." Radcliffe said to Jamie as he looked Danny in the eyes. This guy was asking for a butt whooping.
"Radcliffe, I suggest you shut the hell up!" Danny started raising his voice as he pointed a finger towards the detectives face. When Radcliffe started to chuckle Danny went to tackle him but Jamie intervened before he could. Radcliffe kept laughing as he walked away.
Jamie was still holding Danny back once Radcliffe was inside the bar. He didn't want to take the chance of Danny going after the nuisance of a man and getting himself in trouble, trouble that could ruin Danny's career.
"Get off me!" Danny hissed at Jamie who was only trying to help him. Jamie let go after a moment or two to make sure that his brother wasn't going act on his hot headed temper. "I said get the hell off me! Danny snapped at his kid brother not thinking about the argument that he knew would ensue.
"I'm just trying to make sure that you don't get a lawsuit on your hands!" Jamie didn't take too kindly of receiving his brother's wrath. "He might not be on duty but that doesn't mean he won't try to sue you for kicking his ass."
"I can handle myself, Harvard." Danny hissed at Jamie in pure anger. The statement hurt Jamie. All he had done was help Danny and now his brotherly, kind, thoughtful act was being used to criticize him.
"Danny, what is your problem? I was only helping." Jamie had softened his tone of voice. He didn't want to argue with his brother.
"My problem is that I don't need your help, Jamie." Danny's tone of voice hadn't changed for the better.
"Well too bad, Danny. That's what brothers do." Jamie said as what Danny had said sunk in, grabbing at his heart.
"Well don't because I don't want your help. Got it?" Danny's scowled as he said it.
"You would if it was Joe." Jamie said in a whisper but Danny heard it."I'll never understand what I have ever done so wrong to make you not ever want my help, Danny. I don't know how to fix it. I don't…I just…don't know. Maybe it's because I don't care anymore." Jamie paused and put his head down. "No, I do care and it's because I care that I'll always want to help you. I'm not your older brother, but I am your brother so no matter how much you don't want my help I will always be there to fulfill my duties as your brother. I may have went to Harvard for law school but I am a cop. I've been a cop for almost a year and a half now. I'm no longer a rookie and yet you treat me as if I have zero experience. You treat me like I don't belong on the force but I do. When are you going to stop hounding me all of the time? When are you going to start treating me like I'm needed and wanted? I just don't know what you want from me anymore Danny. I'm close to giving up on even trying to build a better relationship with you because every time we start to mend our relationship something happens and we're back to square one. Goodnight Danny." The young Reagan pushed past his brother and started walking away before Danny could hurt him any further.
"Where you goin?" Danny hollered after his kid brother who kept walking away from him.
"Somewhere I belong." Was all Jamie said to his brother as he turned to face him, but continued walking backwards. He turned to face the direction he was heading to be met with pain. A man, standing about six feet tall and muscular, had come out of nowhere and landed a solid, giant, fist into Jamie's jaw.
Jamie stumbled sideways towards the wall as he held the side of his face. Before he could recover he felt a strong, unwelcoming arm wrap around his chest and neck. He felt at a loss for air as the assailant's grip tightened. Jamie tried to wiggle himself free and tried fighting back, but his attempts failed when the man's other arm wrapped around his waist tightly and painfully. Jamie heard his name being yelled as he was pulled into the darkness between two buildings, a pathway that was too small to be an alley but was set up just like one. He heard the man say something about revenge and called him baby Reagan. Great another criminal with a personal vendetta against his family and he was the target.
Jamie sucked in a deep breath as the man let go of him, but through him into the wall causing him to hit his head, and hard. He felt as blood trickled down his forehead and down the side of his face. He could feel the cut just outside of his hairline. Before he could get his blurred vision to clear he felt a set of hands grab him by his shirt and heave him upwards against the wall. His feet wouldn't reach the ground other than the tips of his shoes.
"This is nothing personal against you, just your brother." Said the mystery man who the landed another Punch in the same part of his jaw that had been hit last time.
This time he tasted blood. The guy hit him again, this time in the stomach and let Jamie drop. He fell and hit the ground hard. He was trying to stand when a heavy boot was slammed into his stomach. Jamie thought that he was going to be sick as he continued to gasp for air. He felt the crack as he was kicked again, this time with more force. He felt his strength leaving him and felt the world turning. He was once again picked up and thrown against the wall his head taking most of the force, but this time there was a hand wrapped firmly around his throat. He tried to fight to get free as his lungs screamed for oxygen but his efforts caused the hand to squeeze tighter and the other hand to land a painful punch in his stomach. All of a sudden he fell to the ground with a thud. He didn't have the strength to move, he couldn't even manage the task of opening his eyes. He felt like he was swimming, he felt nauseous, his abdomen was on fire, and his head throbbed something fierce. He heard a scuffle and then he felt another set of hands. One of the hands started tapping his face, repeatedly. He heard a muffled voice and he felt a hand pushing back his hair revealing the cut. He felt a welcoming presence, a presence that he had walked away from. A presence that had once been enraged but now felt comforting, it was a presence that had Danny written all over it.
A/N: There will be another chapter to this story.
Basically whenever i get plot bunnies I'm going to write it and update it. Just so I can finish my other stories that I have updated in awhile but I'm working on it. :)
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