Chapter 2:
"You look tired, Boss." Danny said as Mac strode past him,
"Just tired, that's it, I'm back to not sleeping." He put it off quickly.
"Linds told me about you and Christine. Are you going to be alright?" Mac nodded, and Danny just offered him what he could, "Well, you know if you need anything at all, Lindsay and I would be more than willing to give you anything you need."
"I know, but that won't be necessary. Thank you though." He tried to move the topic of him off the table.
"I know it's rough, breakups always are." Danny tried to comfort, Mac responded in accidental bitterness,
"I lost a wife in 9/11, this is nothing." He shook it off easily, he was hurting, but it wasn't near as bad as he'd imagined. He corrected his behavior abruptly, "I'm sorry, I-"
"Did you see that chick that was strutting about, she was probably a little older than I and younger than you…" Danny changed the subject again after nodding that he accepted his boss's apology.
"Thanks." Mac smiled, ignoring the jab about his age.
"She was a pretty one…" Mac grinned at what Danny was insinuating,
"That she was," He admitted, "But I found out, there's nobody for me but Claire." He twisted his wedding band; he should've known his proposal to Christine would end badly when he couldn't bear to take off his wedding ring from Claire. "I thought I could move on, truly I did, but no… Claire's the only one for me and… I'm good with that. We'll be together again… Someday…" He shook his head, realizing how dreamlike and unprofessional he was getting, "Get back to work, Danny! You want to hear about my personal life, come over after work!" He shooed, and Danny laughed.