Lindsay had never been so happy in her entire life. Being with Danny just felt so right that she could hardly think of anything else. Although they hadn't gotten any further than kissing, Danny held her in his arms nearly every night, warding off all nightmares that had once plagued her.

They had told Mac about their relationship, and he was ok with it – he had seen it coming, just like the rest of the team – as long as they kept it out of the office. They had agreed, and tried their best to act like they were nothing more than partners, although they cheated every now and then and stole a chaste kiss in the locker room.

They were walking towards the subway station, hand in hand, as was their daily custom when a strange look crossed Danny's face.

"What's wrong?"

Danny didn't answer her, eyeing a man in the crowd, not sure if he was who he thought he was. He had only met the guy twice, but was pretty sure of who it was. "Lindsay, get behind me," he ordered her, his voice sounding harsher and more protective than she had ever heard it before.

"Danny, what's going on?" she stepped back so that she was slightly behind him, but it was too late.

Vince spotted her and began to advance closer to where they were standing. Lindsay saw him, and grew very scared, even though she knew that Danny was there and was going to protect her.

"Get your hands off of my girl," Vince demanded when he was right in front of them.

"Lindsay stopped being your girl the first time you hit her," Danny shot back.

"Lindsay, baby, come on. Let's get out of here and leave this loser to have a pity party."

"You nearly killed me, Vince! If it weren't for this 'loser' I might be dead right now. I am not going anywhere with you."

Vince made like he was going to try and grab Lindsay, but Danny was too quick. He easily took Vince down, and resisted the strong urge to beat the living crap out of him. He did, however, do enough damage to make him feel like he accomplished something, and to get Vince lying down on his stomach on the sidewalk. He pulled out his trust handcuffs. "Vincent Marino, you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. If you choose to ignore this right, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law." With that, he marched him off in the direction in which he came, Lindsay trailing behind him.


"You know, you don't need me here anymore," Danny told Lindsay that night as they crawled into bed.

"Are you saying that you want me to leave?" Lindsay asked, a horrified expression on her face.

"No! No, I'm just saying that Vince is locked up now, you don't have any reason to worry."

"I know, but you're wrong. I do need you still. I'll always need you."

"I like the sound of that," Danny rolled over so that he was on top of her. "I really like the sound of that," he kissed her then, long and deep and slow. Lindsay sighed. Danny really was the best kisser. She allowed him to trail kisses down her neck, loving the feeling of Danny all around her. Just the way he smelled turned her on. "Are you sure about this?" Danny asked, knowing that if she didn't stop him now he wouldn't be able to.

"I've never been more sure of anything in my life."

A/N This one is a little bit longer. Sorta. And, I've gotten lots of reviews asking about this, so I just thought I'd mention that that thing about being her Person in the chapter called War was inspired by Grey's Anatomy. Thank you Cristina Yang! Lol I'm pretty sure she's the one who said it first.

xoxo

Lia