AN Alrighty so I'm tryin' my hand at this...I hope you guys like it...let me know! Dream :)

Sleepless in New York
Dream © 2005

Danny couldn't sleep. That's why he was walking down the street at three in the morning, well he was restless too. Sometimes pacing in his apartment just didn't cut it. He heard the sirens, but it's New York, sirens are a regular occurrence there. So he kept walking and tried to ignore them, until the trucks rolled right by him.

Oh look the fire is around the corner.

He really shouldn't loiter around a potential crime scene.

"Hey Danny is that you?"

"Chris? I thought you were at a different station." Now it didn't qualify as loitering.

The fireman laughed, "Got transferred."

"Hey Chris I need you in here!" A guy came out of the building guiding a woman, "Danny?" He looked at him funny for a moment.

"I don't wear my glasses all the time, Ken."

"Or suits apparently." Ken looked down at Danny's tracksuit.

"Yeah, well." Danny shrugged.

"Can you take her till the ambulance gets here?" Ken didn't wait for a response just started shouting instructions at Chris as they went back into the building.

The woman was shivering and without even looking at him she huddled close to him for warmth. "I wish I could have grabbed my jacket." Her teeth chattered. She appeared to have a cut on her forehead and was coughing a lot, but didn't look in too much immediate danger.

He was definitely pacing in his apartment next time; this was not helping him fall asleep. He pulled off the sweatshirt he was wearing and put it over her head. She handed him something that must have been a teddy bear in another life. People in shock will do the weirdest things. He pushed the bear into his pocket and helped her pull her arms through the sweatshirt. He kept an arm around her and rubbed her arms to keep her warm, while also looking for an ambulance.

Ken and Chris came out carrying two children and guiding three adults, "Building's clear." Ken announced.

One ambulance arrived but the woman insisted that the children get treated first, "Why can't fires start when I'm ready for them?"

Danny had been looking around for an available paramedic, he chuckled, "You around a lot of fires in the middle of the night?"

"No, but you ever notice when a building is evacuated on the news due to fire all the residents are in the PJs?" He finally took most of her in and laughed, she had on white PJ bottoms with bright pink flamingos on them and her feet were in some equally as pink flip flops. No wonder she was cold.

Finally an ambulance arrived and a paramedic came over, "She's got a pretty deep cut, but other than that she appears to be okay." Danny told him as he wrapped a blanket around her shoulders.

When he was sure everything was okay he headed back home. He was in his room getting ready to try and sleep when he realized he still had that bear.

"You know what I don't get?" Flack asked as he walked into the audio visual lab where Danny and Aiden were checking out security tapes from a robbery case they were working on.

"Why women even talk to you?" Danny said with a laugh, "Ow." He rubbed the back of his head and looked at his partner.

"Don't start."

"Start what? It's not my fault he's an anomaly."

Flack completely ignored them and kept ranting, "Do you want to know what I was greeted with this morning when I got to work?"

"No but I'm afraid we're gonna find out anyway." This time Danny ducked when Aiden went to cuff him.

"Metcalf at the front desk told me this prime piece of femininity came in looking for you." He pointed at Danny, "How do you do that?"

Danny chuckled, "Do what? I didn't do anything, although I'm curious about this prime piece you're talking about."

"Can we please stop talking about this woman like she's a slab of meat?" Aiden asked in disgust.

"Right, sorry. This beautiful woman," Flack looked to Aiden who nodded her approval, "Wanted to return this," He threw a sweatshirt at Danny.

He caught it and inhaled, "Wow she even washed it. It smells like my laundry when my sister does it." Both Aiden and Flack stared at him waiting for him to elaborate, "What?"

"Are you at all going to tell us why a woman showed up at PD with one of your sweatshirts?" Aiden asked.

He shrugged, "It was nothing, her apartment building was on fire, she was cold I gave her the sweater."

"Shit," Flack through his hands up, "You're a damn super hero now?"

Aiden burst out laughing, "I do NOT need a mental picture of him in tights!"

"And a cape," Flack started laughing, "a bright red one."

"Shut up." Danny shook his head, "I couldn't sleep, went for a walk, happened upon a scene, Ken Dumont flung this woman at me, end of story."

"Now why is it that I never get a woman flung at me? All I get are smelly DB's and alcoholics who spew on my shoes."

"Aww poor Don doesn't have the sexy Italian thing going." Aiden chided.

"Sexy huh?" Danny smirked at her.

She got him this time, "Don't flatter yourself."

"Hey you're the one who said I was sexy." He held his hands up and laughed.

"This a party I wasn't invited to?" Mac asked with a small smile.

Danny looked at him sheepishly, "It's all Flack's fault."

"Uh huh," He tried not to smirk, "Just finish those surveillance videos, we need to get this done."

"Right, we're on it." Aiden pushed Danny's head around so they were both looking at the monitors.

"Come on Flack." Mac said with a laugh.

"I want details about that woman." Flack said to Danny.

"I don't even know her name." Danny said not turning around.

"Doesn't matter, cause you and I both know you will soon enough." Flack said with a huff.

Danny shrugged as the door shut. "He has a lot of confidence in you." Aiden commented.

He smirked, "You would too…"

"…if what?"

He winked, "If we didn't work together."

She rolled her eyes and cuffed the back of his head not for the last time that day.