Learn To Live Again chapter 3
'Pick yourself back up and learn to live, the grass is greener on the other side . So don't give up on life'
Architects-Learn to live
Summary: After an accident on the job and his life is turned upside down , will Don be able to live the same again ? Slash Don/Danny
Warning: Maybe OCness , Angst, Slash (boy/boy)
AN: Sorry if I take awhile to update I will try to get some ready and do it every 3 days but with all the exams my head is gonna explode. Italics are Don thoughts. Bold italic are Danny's.
Slight AU.
Disclaimer: I own nothing unfortunately
Chapter 3:I'm not dead
Danny sat on the edge of the bed, thinking.
'Should I go back to work? I just feel so guilty that this happened 'cause of me, but why did it happen? Sure the guy was tryna kill me, that bit was obvious, but why did Don sacrifice himself for me?'
"Danny, I think Don would of liked for you to go back to work and you know fix things with Lindsey, I will tell you if anything changes." Samantha ordered in securely.
"But..."Danny protested with no avail.
"No Danny you need to carry on with your life, he knows you care, I know you care, but you being here is not going to change anything. You've been here four days straight either go home or go to work. Even I'm going home for a little while... So please" Samantha interrupted a bit irritated because of hardly any sleep .She grasped his hands trying to make a point.
"Okay... Sam" The tired CSI sighed as he gathered up his mess and put it in his black messenger bag. He squeezed Don's relaxed hand and hugged the youngest Flack before he left the hospital for the first time in days.
Inside the CSI lab they atmosphere was heavy and dull like it had been since the incident. Mac hardly came out his office and Jo mostly dwelled in there with him. Both of them were desperate to know of Don's condition. Lindsey worked moodily in her lab, with everyone avoiding being shouted at. And Sheldon was constantly in the morgue with Sid. There was only one room that had a little bit of a smile to it and that was Adam's. It wasn't that he wasn't upset, some moments he felt he could collapse to the floor and break down; it was because he was good at pretending. Adam was trying to cope and not really succeeding but he felt that someone had to be optimistic. So, he constantly listened to upbeat music on his IPod.
Danny entered the lab. Well more like dragged himself into the lab. The first room he went to was Mac's office to apologise for not being in.
"Hey Mac I'm sorry for not being in ...it's just" Danny said before he even got fully into the room, not noticing Jo in the room. Mac shook his head at Danny's apology.
" You do not need to apologise but I do think you need to go home and sleep" Mac empathised.
Danny sat on the sofa and put his head in his hands.
"I can't" He mumbled as a reply. "I've got to keep my mind on something that isn't...Don" Jo patted his shoulder in comfort. Mac just frowned, he understood what Danny was dealing with and he didn't want to push him or it could end badly.
"Mac I'm superman, I just got a piece of evidence that will fly the case wide open" Adam sang as he walked in waving the paper results around. But he dropped it when he noticed Danny. Adams arms then wrapped around Danny's muscular body.
"Hey Buddy I missed you too" Danny chuckled hugging the young lab tech back. 'I'm starting to hate hugging people'
Next on Danny's list was to apologise to Lindsey. He could see this not ending well.
" Hey Monroe, you look beautiful today" He grinned as he wrapped his arms around her waist. Lindsey smiled but pushed him gently off of her.
" A hug and a compliment won't fix its Messer" She announced with her arms crossed. "I'm joking" She giggled. Danny smirked falsely. 'What's she hiding? She doesn't normally get over this so easily especially when she is pregnant'They embraced each other, but Danny felt very insecure about their relationship. Throughout the day his insecurity grew. Lindsey announced to him at lunch time that a friend from Montana is staying over...a guy friend, named Leroy, has been staying over his house with his fiancée. This was obviously some sort of payback. Danny just nodded and hummed to pretend he was listening but he was just wondering what had happened?
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"Help me" Don screamed as he fell out of the bed, some of the wires tearing out as he did. The white room was nearly empty , he didn't see or hear anyone. The once purple flowers next to his bed were brown, drooping. Decaying petals scattered on the floor and on the side table. 'How long was I out?'
"Nurse I need help" Don whimpered as he tried to stand up, falling back down as soon as he did. He grunted in frustration, trying again. This time he got up, his legs shaking, arms nearly unable to hold him. The detective used the wall to help him walk about. As he got out of his hospital room he noticed no one was here. The place looked like a bomb went off. Wires hanging from the ceiling, paper everywhere and nothing in its place.
"Where is everyone? Did they all decide to take a break at the same time?" Flack choked a chuckle trying to calm him. He decided the only thing he could do was look for help...and clothes. There is nothing modest about walking round in a hospital gown and boxer shorts. As he walked through the dark hospital bar a few flickering lights he noticed a door that look like it led outside. When he reached the door he looked down and noticed drops of blood leading outside. He hesitantly opened the door and was met by an extremely bright light. 'God the suns bright' But when he eyes adjusted to the light he wished he could get the image that was now burnt in his head out. Hundreds of dead bodies scattered the car park of the hospital and the surrounding area. 'Be strong. Be strong'
Everywhere Don walked the was a dead body. Still he kept going towards the lab praying everyone was okay. When he got there it was silent just like everywhere else but he felt a presence. He searched the lab trying not to stand on any of the broken glass because he still had not got clothes or shoes.
"Don? Is that you?" A very familiar male voice asked with a tearful tone. Don spun around.
" Danny!" He bellowed as they embraced each other.
"I thought you were dead" Danny cried.
" So did I" Don chuckled as tears fell down his face. They both started a journey to Don's apartment to get him clothes. Danny was explaining what had happened and how a disease had spread that made people go mad and kill each other. He also explained that he thought he was the only one left out of their team. Don was shocked; it was a lot to handle. But what happened next made everything worse. There was a loud bang and then Danny was falling to the ground, blood cover his white wifebeater as he fell lifelessly.
'No' And then Danny was dead and Don was alone. Again. Suddenly the bright light that blinded Don like the first time reappeared and he couldn't readjust his eyes this time.
All Danny was looking at was the heart monitor and he was questioning why it was fluctuating so much. Then there was a loud gasp coming from the bed.
"Don?"Danny questioning quietly as the body in front of him opened its eyes and stared at him for a moment before he tried to pull the tube out of his throat.
"Don, Don. Leave that don't pull at that. Nurse!" Danny yelled as he grabbed Don's hands to stop him from hurting himself. 'It was a dream. A horrible dream'
So what do you think?
Thank you for reading please R and R. Sorry for the randomness, also for those who did not understand the bit with Don waking up from the coma alone ,it was sorta a dream he had whilst in the coma.(don't know if I explained it enough)
A cookie for whoever guess's what the dream and 'Did they all decide to take a break at the same time? 'Quote was from. I hope you enjoyed it and thank you to all who reviewed the last one. And the reason Samantha is in it so much is because I love her character(the actress as well) so how can I not write her? 3 love you readers x