Danny didn't stir at all on the way back to Steve's house. He'd already messaged Rachel and asked her to look after Charlie and Grace for the week and she had happily agreed. Steve had gone along with Danny's lie, that he was going undercover for a case. He didn't like lying to her, but he knew he had to. Steve managed to get Danny into the house, without waking him, as he placed him gently into his bed. He peeled off his jeans and changed him into some sweatpants and a top, changing himself and climbing into bed next to him. It was only 7pm but he needed to stay close to Danny. He moved closer to Danny, who shifted in his sleep, so his head was rested once again, on his chest. They often found themselves asleep like this, and Steve was fine with it. They both needed the contact to keep the nightmares at bay. Steve put his arm around Danny and pulled him tight, not wanting to lose him. He knew they needed to talk about the events of the day, but that could wait. Right now, Steve had Danny and he was safe.

Danny woke up when Steve began to move out from underneath him. "Don't. You. Dare. Move." He muttered, grabbing Steve's shirt harder. He was comfortable, and he wasn't about to let his pillow move away from him. Steve sighed, looking at the clock, it was nearly 11am, the next day and he didn't think Danny would be waking any time soon, so he was going to make some coffee for himself. When Steve stopped moving, Danny sighed, happily. "You know we need to talk about yesterday" Steve said, causing Danny to bury his face further into his shoulder. "I don't really want to" Danny's words were muffled by Steve's shirt. "If you don't want to talk to me about it, that's fine. I know a great therapist you could talk to" Steve said, teasing slightly. He knew Danny hated therapists and his words earned him a gentle slap on the chest. Danny moved again, and Steve sat up in the bed, Danny was now tucked under Steve's chin and into his neck. Danny sighed again, and told Steve everything. He told him how it started after he was shot in the hospital and how he feared they'd go after his kids. He told him about his fears of being with Steve, no matter how much he loved him. He told him about how breaking up with Melissa, devastated him. He told him about the times he had climbed into a bottle when he was alone. He told him about the times before when he had held the blade of a knife to his wrist and put it down, deciding against it. He told him about when he slept alone, he was plagued by nightmares and how his decision to resign and go, was because of the girl's death. He felt like he had failed, not only as an officer of the law, but as a father. The whole thing had brought back memories of when Rick Peterson, took Grace and he couldn't live with the guilt anymore. He told him how he feared his daughter growing up, because it meant she wasn't his little girl anymore. He told him about the hallucinations he experienced when he was shot and how no matter how much he wanted all that, he couldn't deal with his life anymore. He told Steve how much he loved him, and how grateful he was that he was in his life. Steve said nothing, simply held him as he sobbed, rubbed circles on his back and kissed his head. Danny's tears eventually stopped falling and Steve looked down and realised that he had fallen asleep. He had been talking for almost 3 hours. Steve tried to cry himself, he had to be strong for Danny. He'd need him more than ever over this next few weeks, and Steve would be there for him.