Here's another Holding on for you to enjoy and don't worry even though he isn't in this chapter I haven't forgotten about Flack and his pretty nails ;) Thank you all for your lovely reviews! :D

The sun was just coming up as Mac drove into the hospital car park, he knew it was too early for him to be visiting but he hoped with a flash of his badge that the hospital staff would let him in to visit Danny and Lindsay. He was only arriving this early as he had a worried phone call the night before from Flack explaining how Danny had opened his eyes and as no one had been there Lindsay now refused to leave Danny's side. Mac knew that Lindsay would need breaks at some point and how she would also need to spend time with Lucy so he had come down to speak to her hoping to talk some sense into her before he had to head into work.

He parked his car and made his way up to Danny's room. He was right, a quick flash of his badge had worked. He slowly pushed open the door and smiled at the sight of Lindsay curled up on the couch, a member of staff must have come and laid a blanket over her at some point in the night and she was using Danny's hoodie as a cushion for her head. Mac decided not to disturb her, she obviously needed the sleep.

He took a seat in the chair next to Danny's bed and held the younger man's hand. "Hey Danny" he said in a low voice "It's me, Mac. I hear from Flack that you've woken up, that's good progress. I know what it's like in your position, I remember when I was shot and lying in the hospital bed was the hardest thing, you know why? Because I could hear you all, I don't remember everything you all said to me but I remember all your voices and at the time even though it was hard to hear and not answer, it was still a huge comfort to know you were all there for me, spurring me on to get better. I'm hoping that this is what we are now doing for you.

Danny you are like the son I never had and I know I've not always felt like that. Back when you started with me everyone told me not to take you on as you were a risk, a loose cannon but I went against them, went with my gut, do you remember? Back at the beginning with had our ups and downs with the Minhas shooting, John Hawkins the human statue and everything that happened with Louie and Aiden. But I came to realise Danny you were a good cop and better than that you were a great friend. You showed that not only when I got shot but also the time that Flack got hurt and when Lindsay had to go back to Montana when you flew all that way just to support her.

I love that over the past 15 years or so I've been able to watch you grow, you started out as that loose cannon who wouldn't even think about love and now look at you, you've settled down, you've turned into a brilliant cop and CSI, you even took the sergeants exam and if it wasn't for those rookies and what they did to you then I truly believe you would still be a sergeant and doing a great job of it as well. You've also found love, got married and had a child.

I'm so glad you and Lindsay came together, I like to think I had a part to play in that. When Aiden left us I had to find someone to take her place, I looked through hundreds of application forms Danny but I knew whoever I picked had to work with you so it had to be someone who would balance you out, someone who would stand up to you, tell you when you shouldn't be doing something and that's when I came across a certain Lindsay Monroe" Mac looked up and smiled at his young female CSI who was still sleeping soundly. "She had gone through a lot, I knew that by reading through her application form but I thought it would help the both of you out, she seemed a strong character, well she had to be to have gone what she went through with her friends and come out the other side, but then again I could see she still needed a little help to come out of her shell which I knew you would do. You've got that way about you, you get people talking, interacting with you and soon they completely forget they've only known you five minutes. I think Lucy gets a lot of that from you.

Little Lucy, she is truly the most wonderful thing you have ever achieved Danny. She is definitely something you and Lindsay should be very proud of. She's polite, kind, caring and just so loveable. I still can't believe how well she coped with the Shane Casey incident, I know she was only tiny at the time but it didn't really affect her like we thought it might, she never suffered from nightmares or anything like that. She is a tough little cookie like her Mother.

Lindsay is something special to Danny, don't you ever let her go, the way she is coping right now with everything is so amazing. It reminds me how she was a few years back when you got shot at the bar. She had a new born and she still managed to visit you every day In the hospital and even when you got out of hospital she still was able to juggle the two of you. You are very lucky to have found her Danny."

"I'm the lucky one"

Mac looked up at the sound of Lindsay's voice "Hey, how long have you been awake for?"

"Only a couple of seconds" she replied smiling sleepily. She rubbed her eyes "has he done anything?"

"No, not while I've been here he hasn't"

"Oh, well hopefully he will soon" she said as she sat up.

"I'm sure he will" Mac replied standing up and coming over to join her on the couch "I've spoke to Flack this morning he said to tell you Lucy was a little angel last night"

"I'm pleased to hear that"

"I also spoke to Stella and she said she would pick Lucy up from Pre-school today then watch her tonight at yours if you wanted her too"

Lindsay nodded "Yeah that would be great, I'll ring her in a bit and thank her"

"You can't stay here permanently though Lindsay" Mac told her with a serious look on his face.

"I'm not... well I... I just don't want him to wake up and be alone" she sighed.

"He won't, they'll always be one of us in the room, I can promise you that"

"I know, but even then people don't tell me, look at the first time he mumbled, I had to hear that from a doctor"

Mac gasped "Oh Lindsay, that was me In the room then"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't know, it all happened so fast and you were at home with Lucy and I think I got called into work and I just never got the chance. I'm truly sorry"

"It's okay, I just don't want to miss anything else"

"You won't, I promise if anything happens while you're not in the room then I'll get whoever is in here to write it down so they can't forget to tell you"

"I guess that could work, I'm just scared"

"It's okay to be scared Lindsay" Mac told her. "Look, I just need to pop to the toilet but I'll be back okay and then maybe you can pop down there and freshen yourself up"

"That would be great, thank you" she smiled watching him leave. She stood up and made her way over to the chair, sitting down she once again took Danny's hand. "Hey babe" she kissed the back of his hand "We are so lucky to have a boss like Mac aren't we? He is so understanding. I'm glad we choose him as Lucy's godfather" She laughed to herself "Sorry you probably don't want to hear me talking about Mac" she leant over and planted a kiss to his lips "I've missed kissing you, I couldn't before with that tube you had in your mouth. Although it's still weird now not feeling you kiss me back" she sat back down and squeezed his hand "I love you"

"Tana" Danny murmured.