And here's part II!

This one takes place after Danny finishes his meeting with the IAB d-bag where he's accused on having an affair with Cooper (really?) and placed on modified assignment. It's time to see how Lindsay reacts to the news…

Enjoy!

After being placed on modified assignment, accused of telling his rookies to lie to IAB and being suspected on having an affair with Cooper, Danny couldn't bring himself to head directly home, so he sat down on a bench in his neighbourhood park to think. He knew that Lucy was already asleep, but Lindsay probably wasn't and he wasn't ready to face her just yet, even if he was dead on his feet.

He knew he'd done nothing wrong and he knew that Lindsay believed him 100 percent, but Lt. Adler and his accusations had Danny all turned around. He didn't want to believe that Cooper, Cates and Foley would turn on him like that, just throw him under the bus like he was nothing, but apparently they would, and they did.

And then there was the footage from the bar.

After working so long at the crime lab, Danny had seen his fair share of cases that were either made or broken because of some piece of surveillance footage. He also knew that there was a lot of interpretation that went into using the footage and that it was very easy to make up a story based on what you saw. After seeing the footage, he reluctantly had to admit that without knowing what had happened at the bar, it would look like there was something going on between him and Cooper. That realization caused him to start doubting himself, replaying all this interactions with Cooper to try and see if he'd maybe given her the wrong impression. When he could think of nothing, he started to go over his time with Cates and Foley, trying to see if they'd shown some signs of disloyalty or if he'd somehow wronged them so badly that they'd want to screw him over enough to possibly end his career.

After an hour of wracking his brain, replaying events over and over in his mind, Danny couldn't come up with any answers as to why he was in this predicament. Scrubbing a hand over his face, he knew that he couldn't put off going home any longer. With a heavy sigh, he got up off the bench and finally walked the last four blocks to his apartment.

Quietly opening the front door, Danny saw that Lindsay had left the light in the front hall on for him. Glancing into the living room and seeing it empty, he turned the light off and silently made his way to their bedroom. As he pushed the door aside, he quickly noticed that she was asleep, lying on his side of the bed gripping his pillow tightly. His heart broke for her once again because he knew that this was taking as big a toll on her as it was on him, though she tried to hide it. She was so worried about him and because she didn't have any control over what was happening, she was running herself ragged trying to play out all the possible scenarios in her mind. He really didn't want to tell her what had happened in this last meeting, if for no other reason than to not add to her stress, but he knew that the minute she woke up, she'd ask and he'd have to tell her.

Stripping down to his wifebeater and throwing on a pair of sweatpants, Danny made his way over to the bed and sat down on the edge. Between the shift of the bed and Danny's hand which automatically reached out to run down her cheek, Lindsay quickly woke up, albeit a bit disoriented. "Danny?"

"Yeah babe, it's me."

Sitting up and running her hand over her face, Lindsay noticed the time on the clock. "What happened? That meeting went on a long time."

"No, it was over an hour ago. I just…I needed to be alone for a little while to think."

Reaching out to turn his head to face her, Lindsay saw the weight of whatever had happened all over his face. "Tell me Danny."

"They're putting me on modified assignment. IAB thinks that I told Cooper to lie."

"Why?" The shock and disbelief was clearly in Lindsay's voice.

"Because that's what Cooper told IAB."

"That's bullshit!"

"I know, but it's my word against hers. I'm pretty sure the other two are saying the same thing, so that's not helping me. Neither is the fact that IAB thinks I was having an inappropriate relationship with Cooper."

"What?"

"They got video from the bar that makes it look like she and I are more than just co-workers."

"Oh Danny…" Lindsay sighed as she put her hand on Danny's cheek. He leaned into her touch and she was about to remind him about the number of times they'd been wrong about what was going on in surveillance footage when she found him staring at her intently, his eyes locked on hers.

"You know it's not true, right? There's nothing going on between me and Cooper. I wouldn't do that to you, not after last time."

"Danny, stop…"

"But…"

"No," she said with finality as she moved closer to him and turned his upper body to fully face her. "I know nothing happened between the two of you, and I never thought for a second that there was anything going on there. I know you wouldn't do that. I trust you Danny."

Continuing to look into her eyes, Danny plainly saw there the trust she had in him and he felt ridiculous for even entertaining the thought. "I know, I'm sorry. It's just that this investigation is really getting to me. I don't know what the hell is going on right now, but it doesn't look good for me. I think I'm gonna be fired."

"Don't get ahead of yourself Danny. They haven't finished their investigation yet. You don't know that for certain." She was trying to be optimistic, but she knew that it would be a hard sell on Danny.

"Babe, I don't have the cleanest jacket to begin with and this is too big to just go away. They're out for blood here and if I can't prove my innocence, it's mine they'll take."

"We'll cross that bridge if, and only if, we need to, OK?" Begrudgedly, Danny nodded his head. She took that as a small victory and pressed forward. "It's been a long day Danny. Let this go for the moment and get some sleep."

He gave her a disbelieving look in response. "I can't…and neither can you."

Unable to deny his statement, she instead amended hers. "But we can try, the both of us, together."

Danny considered her words for a moment and then leaned forward to capture her lips in a passionate kiss, letting the depth of his feelings for her wash over him and drown out all the uncertainties he was feeling at the moment. He finally nodded his head in answer when they pulled apart and she gave him a half-smile and another shorter peck on the lips.

When she started to shift back to her own side of the bed, he stilled her with a hand on her thigh. Looking at him expectantly for an explanation, she watched as he shifted backwards into the middle of the bed, placing himself behind her. Without saying anything, he turned her onto her side and drew her back into his body, wrapping himself around her. After bringing the covers up over their bodies, Danny placed his right hand over hers and wrapped them around her stomach. Once their legs had tangled of their own volition, he ghosted his lips at the top of her spine before finally closing his eyes and willing himself to sleep.

Five minutes passed before Lindsay felt his even breathing on her neck and she was glad that he was asleep, but she didn't follow him right away. She was still unsettled by what Danny had told her, but even more so by the toll it was taking on him: his sudden need to reassure her of his fidelity, his certainty that his career was over, even the way they were sleeping was affected by that damn IAB investigation.

Normally Danny slept on his back with Lindsay tucked into his side, her using his arm or his chest as her own personal pillow. How they were currently situated, as she'd come to find out, was Danny's way of seeking reassurance that she was really with him and that they were OK. It was how they'd slept when she'd shown up after her rainwalk. It was the same way they'd fallen asleep the first night he'd stayed over after learning that the night of her rainwalk resulted in her becoming pregnant. She'd grown accustomed to sleeping like this during most of her pregnancy because it was most comfortable for her, but once she'd given birth it was back to their old sleeping habits. She'd only found herself wrapped up in him again in that first week after she'd killed Shane Casey, but at that time she'd need that reassurance just as much as he did, and she'd always felt safe tucked into the curve of his body.

Drawn back to the present by a twitch in his leg, she silently cursed the IAB and his rookies for doing this to him. Her anger had only steeled her resolve to try and fix this, regulations be damned. As Lindsay closed her eyes to join him in sleep, she decided that she'd go and see Mac tomorrow and seek his guidance. Her final thought before giving into her exhaustion was that no matter what Mac advised, she was also going to find Officer Cooper and give the young woman a piece of her mind.

Go Lindsay! I was kinda shocked at first when I saw Lindsay walk up to Cooper and start giving her what fore, but that scene was definitely a highlight for me! Seriously, don't mess with (or bet against, for that matter) a country girl!

Alright, now onto the last part! Thank you once again for reading!