So i have a bit of an insomnia problem right now. So only 2 hours of sleep leaves alot of free time at night for me to do nothing but come up with DANICO stories. This is my third so far, no this isn't the only part of this story. I'm working on the second chapter as we speak, just thought i'd give you guys a taste of it and see what you think. Enjoy. Let me know your thoughts, i love reviews.

Much love Danico peeps,

Jasmine

Friday night Dani crawled into bed with a heavy sigh. With a loose fitting night gown and a glass of wine in her system to calm her nerves. That week had been her hell week, marshall was an ass all week, TK was an even bigger issue, and then there was the break up with Matt. Which the last one wasn't that big of an issue for Dani, she hadn't really felt anything for him after a while. So when she finally crawled into bed she fell into one of the deepest sleeps she had ever had.

Waking up without remembering why was something Dani hadn't experienced in a while, until she heard things breaking in the room below. Knowing her children were on vacation with her grandma and that TK was still out of town she knew that her house was being vacated by a stranger. The first thought that came to her mind was Nico, but she remembered her phone was downstairs; she had gotten rid of her land line a while ago instead deciding to get another cell. What a great idea that was now, as she could hear the stranger coming up the stairs she slid out of bed and slid underneath it. Covering her mouth as tears slid down her cheeks and she started to breathe quicker as the footsteps came closer. Suddenly she could hear him moving around in her room, see the flashlight as he went through her bedroom and bathroom obviously looking for her. She almost whimpered when he jumped onto her bed, but kept it in instead. Remembering something Nico had told her, if the person committing a crime doesn't find what he is looking for, he either will get extremely angry and go into a rage or simply lose interest. She was desperately hoping for the second option right now. All Dani could think about was getting to her phone and calling Nico. Which, she then realized most normal people would call 911 but she would rather call her superman. She realized tears were coming faster down her cheeks as she came to the conclusion she may die tonight and never see him again, or her kids. So she lay curled under her bed listening to the stranger starting to throw things around, crying silently and heavily as her heart started to rupture in fear and sadness at the possible outcome of tonight. Suddenly everything went quiet, Dani perked up trying to hear where the stranger had gone, looking around she saw nothing. She decided to stay put but still started to grasp at the small amount of hope surfacing. At the moment when she started to calm down the bed was ripped away from the bed frame and over her stood the scariest, tallest, and most muscular man she had ever seen. His face covered in a black face mask but rage radiating from his dark eyes. She only whimpered when he grabbed her hair and yanked her up starting to throw her around like a rag doll. When he threw her into the wall in the hallway of her bedroom, she bounced back and fell down the stairs. Knowing she screwed her ankle up as tears stung her eyes and her ankle throbbed she started to crawl towards her phone, one last attempt at contacting her savior. When she just about reached it she was grabbed, punched in the ribs and face and thrown across the room. With the wind knocked out of her and her eye already swelling shut, Dani about gave up hope when her front door burst open.

She didn't have enough time to process what was happening when she saw a flash of black and heard a scream so full of rage she cringed even further away from the scene. Curling into a small ball and starting to cry while sobbing silently she could hear what sounded like a war zone. Suddenly, everything stopped, silence set over her house and Dani just wanted to pass out. She could hear footsteps coming towards her, processing in her mind that if that was the stranger she was dead; she began to plead incoherent things for her life. However, she stopped the moment she heard her name come from the lips of her personal superman.

"Dani, oh god Dani I'm so sorry. I should have been here sooner." He leaned down and picked her up, mindful of her ankle when she cried in pain. He started to carry her to his car as she just silently cried in relief and buried her face in his neck. When Dani kissed his neck, eliciting a shiver of desire through him, she whispered two words before passing out. "Thank you."

Speeding all the way to hospital Nico slammed the car into park before even breaking, running around to Dani he lifted her out of the car and all bout jogged into the ER room. He ran to the first nurse and told her he needed a doctor now. Seeing Nico's expression while muttering that sentence with an unconscious Dani in his arms, anyone would have obeyed him. Ten minutes later he sat in a chair next to Dani's sleeping form in a hospital bed. She was fine, just passed out from stress and anxiety. She had a small concussion, a black eye, a bruised rib, and a badly sprained ankle. The rest of her injuries would be mainly psychological. While sitting there and staring into her sleeping face, hearing the beep of her steady heartbeat he began to berate himself for not getting there faster.

Whenever Nico was out and about around 3am he would drive by Dani's house and check in on her. Sometimes waking her, other times just parking outside her house and feeling his loneliness and want for her. This time when he pulled up and saw her window broken his heart stopped. As he parked his car and ran to her house he heard her scream and it felt like it came straight from him. When he bolted through the door he saw her take the punch to the ribs and her face and be flown across her living room like a living rag doll. He saw red, white and black all at once. Charging at the asshole with all his might, and screaming at the top of his lungs he tackled the man to the ground. Unfortunately Nico's reaction gave the man an upper hand to react calmly by throwing Nico into a counter top. Hitting his head he stumbled a bit before regaining his ground and charging again, this time relying on his Seal training to bring the man almost twice his size down. When the guy took a wrong step Nico was there with his fist in the guy's face, as he fell to the ground Nico grabbed the back of his head slamming his nose into Nico's knee with a sickening crunch. When he fell to the ground unconscious Nico gave a swift kick to the ribs for good measure before taking off for Dani. Finding her on the ground curled into a ball, and muttering incoherently about her kids, and something about him his heart fell to his toes with desperation and sadness in his inability to protect her. Picking her up was not only a comfort she needed, but he needed to feel her beating heart, hear her breathing, and hold her tight. When she thanked him before passing out, his own tears fell down his face. He cried all the way to the hospital before gaining his adrenaline and wiping his tears away as he carried Dani in and demanded a doctor's attention right away. When the doctor informed him that she would be alright and just needed some rest, he insisted she wake up here with him so that she would feel safe. The doctor had them transferred to a recovery room and now he sat hating himself for not stopping by earlier, or checking in on her earlier to see how she was doing after such a rough week.

Nico's attention was shifted to Dani as she muttered his name. He expected to find her awake and looking at him, but what he found made his heart swell with love. She had a small smile and was holding his hand between hers, she muttered his name again but this time followed up with three words he never thought he would be lucky enough to hear. "I Love You."

Nico started to silently weep for her again. This time he too cried himself to sleep with his forehead against her arm and one of his hands in her hair, the other being held between her two small ones.

Nico awoke to the feeling of someone running their fingers through his hair, looking up he saw her looking back at him with a small smile on her face. What he noticed was the bruises forming on her face, and he had to hold back his tears. He ran a hand softly, barely touching, down her cheek.

"Dani, I'm so sorry."

"How did you know to come Nico? I couldn't reach my phones."

"I always stop by your house to see that you are safe Danielle, every night since I have felt…Since I have known you as a Hawk's asset. Only this time I wish I had stopped sooner. God if only I had stopped sooner…" He brushed another hand down her cheek as she witnessed Nico, the only person she felt safe with, start to cry. She grabbed his face and made him look her in her good eye.

"Nico Careles, stop it. You saved me, and that is all I could even hope for, actually at that point it was more than I thought possible. Nico please stop crying, just know that I am grateful you showed up period. I don't know what I would have done had you not shown up."

"Dani…Don't"

"I could have died Nico. If you hadn't come I could have died." After she finished that sentence she noticed the haunted look that came through his eyes, but as it spread to show blatantly throughout his face she became afraid. "Nico.."

"Danielle, don't ever say that to me. Don't ever think that. Never. It won't ever happen as long as I live. Do you understand me Dani, Never." He took her hand in his and kissed her knuckles while staring deeply into her eyes. "I couldn't bear to lose you." With that bombshell he walked out of her room, leaving her feeling so many things at once and so confused at the same time. Where did he go? When her door opened a few minutes after he left she expected to see him walking through the door, instead a small petite nurse came and pushed something through her IV. She then fell back into a dreamless sleep.