Disclaimer: I own nothing to with CSI:NY. Also I borrowed the elevator thing from NCIS...I don't own that either.

The title of this chapter is named after the song by The All-American Rejects

Please note: there is one teeny tiny swear word that may offend...

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When It All Falls Down

"I'm so sorry Lindsay, it was a mistake, please listen to me…" Danny's pleading words were met with a sharp piercing slap to his face, her eyes cut into his own, glistening with tears threatening to fall. Aware that the entire lab had stopped whatever they were doing and fixated their eyes on the unfolding drama that was taking place in their shared office, with the transparent glass walls that held no privacy for the pair as they stood facing each other.

Her eyes stung and her breath was shallow and shaky, the seething anger and the deep hurt forced her to speak, "Fuck you, Danny."

Spinning on her heel she reached out to grab her bag, abandoning her coat and stormed from the room, the thundering sound of her heels pounding down on the floor echoed through the lab, all she knew was that she needed to get out of the building, to as far away from him as she possibly could. She passed Adam and Hawkes, who had seen the whole episode unfold, their sympathetic stares were too much for her, the first tear fell. On her determined march towards the elevators she literally bumped into Mac and Stella, the next tear split down her cheek, gathering all the remaining dignity she had she turned to Mac, "I've just finished a double shift, is it okay for me to take the rest of the day?" A third tear followed the previous, she barely registered Mac's brief nod, she appreciated him not asking her for details, then she turned to meet Stella's concerned gaze,

"What's wrong Lindsay?"

Her voice cracked as she replied and the forth tear fell, "Ask him. I'll call you later, Stella" retreating into the elevator, which someone had politely kept from going, she closed her eyes and prayed that the ground would open up and swallow her whole. Only seconds had passed when she felt the elevator judder to a halt, it was just her luck that the elevator would break when she so needed to get away, prying her eyes open she turned her head slightly to find Detective Don Flack lent against the opposing wall, his arms crossed in front of his body.

"He told you didn't he?" She couldn't bring herself to look him in the eye, afraid that she would break down completely in front of him. He was Danny's closet friend and over the course of her relationship with Danny naturally she and Don had both become closer friends, the numerous nights the three of them would order in takeout food and watch a hockey or a football game had bought them together as a group.

"You knew?" Her voice was barely a whisper, her eyes fell to the floor, had been so stupid and blind not to notice, had everyone know but her?

"I spoke to him this morning, I asked him why he was being so distant from you, and from me, and he told me. I nearly clocked him"

They stood in silence for a few moments, her head was pounding and her heart was breaking into tiny pieces, she finally allowed herself to look towards his still frame and found him watching her,

"You know Danny's an absolute idiot." Danny was his closest friend, but he couldn't understand why he would do what he did, especially to her.

"It hurts so much Don, it feels like I'm drowning and nothing can save me, stabbed through the heart and left to bleed out, my heart is breaking and all he can say is how sorry he is like its going to make it all better, I can't even bare to look at him. How could he do that to me? Was I not enough for him?"

There was no going back, she'd released all the pent up emotion and let the tears flow in full force. Don's arms were round her in an instant, pulling her close and rubbing soft circles onto her back. Her wracking sobs were filled with pain and edged with anger, he needed to get her away from the lab, away from the cause of her pain, slowly he reached out one of his hands he pressed the dark red button to jerk the elevator back to life and kept her fragile body close to his.

When the doors opened, he came face to face with the cause of her tears, Danny was shocked to she her wrapped in Don's arms, the sound of her sobs made his heart rip in two.

"Don? Lindsay? Listen can we…Don, can I just speak to he-" For the second time that day his words were cut off, this time by the dull thump of Don's fist connecting with his jaw staggering slightly by the force of the hit he watched his best friend and the woman he'd hurt so badly walk out of the building, and deep down in the pit of his stomach he knew that he's screwed up, that the two most important people in his life would never forgive him for what he'd done, he didn't even think he could forgive himself.

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I might continue this, but I haven't really decided.