Chapter Twenty One

Danny felt his heart start to shatter, the only time he had ever seen that look was when he was in trouble and Steve was trying to save him. He knew that, that wasn't what the look was for this time, for he was perfectly safe in the hospital. Danny knew that Ryan had caused this and he just hoped that he was able to fix it.

Danny knew that Chin and Kono were right behind him but he needed to be alone with his man. He didn't want any interruptions or any chance for Steve to get out of facing the issue. He knew that, that was what he wanted considering as soon as Danny had walked into the room, Steve quickly turned his head to face the window. This was going to be hard when Steve wasn't even going to look at him and it was hurting Danny really bad.

He stepped further into the room wishing that Ryan had never done this to them and he knew that it was his entire fault. He should have just taken care of the whole problem back in Jersey, but things had happened back there. Things that made him think he himself was safe and his stalker was gone. He was so wrong and he should have made damn sure that he was safe. However for his stupid mistake it had put the man he loved in danger and now it had caused a huge rift between the two.

Danny made it to Steve's hospital bed pulling up a chair that was in the corner. He sat down on the opposite of the room which was across from the window. He knew that he had to let Steve have his window to look out. Steve could listen to Danny and make his own speculations' afterwards. He just hoped that Steve would understand and continue to love him.

Danny didn't know where to start but after a little thinking he figured at the beginning would do just fine, "Babe please listen to me."

Danny waited for several minutes not getting anything from the navy seal on the bed. He figured as much, honestly if their positions were reversed he wouldn't reply either.

"I am going to start from the beginning and tell you how this all began. It started when I just started working at the Jersey force. We arrested this guy for vandalizing a poor old ladies house. Once he was arrested we put him in the back of our car taking him down to the precinct. On the way there he kept his eyes on me the whole time. He saying little things about me like my nickname and stuff, things that only those close to me know."

"My partner and I thought it was nothing, we had heard many perps use things to try to get to us. When we got to the precinct we took him into the interrogation room and started questioning him. We went at him hard for hours for we knew that he had an accomplice in the act. Ryan wouldn't give up his accomplice. Ryan was guilty and he went to jail but only for several weeks, then he was released."

"We didn't hear from him again after that or so we thought. One day we were called due to a robbery in progress, so we raced over to the grocery store. When we got there my partner entered the store first, me following behind. As soon as we entered shots rang out and my partner lay on the grocery store floor dead. I barely got out of the way before more shots rang out but none of them were aimed for me, they were aimed for the backup that were coming in through the door. The guy shooting at us escaped and once again I thought nothing of it, of course I was devastated and pissed as hell that my partner had been killed."

"It was at my partner's funeral that I along with everybody else put it all together. We were standing there at his funeral and it was after the funeral that I turned to see the weirdest vehicle ever. I couldn't even tell what color it was for there were pictures all over it. The images on the car where of me and my family, my partner was on there as well. There was also an image of my partner being shot by my stalker. At the funeral he revealed who he was, rolling down the window he stuck his head out for a brief few seconds. I immediately recognized him as the one we arrested for the vandalizing of the home. He then left the funeral speeding off and I was too stunned and shocked to even think about getting his license plate. The others were too busy trying to make sure that I was safe and trying to protect me."

"Ryan then followed me nonstop everywhere I went, even to crime scenes. I knew that he was there and I could hear him taking pictures but there was nothing that I could do. It didn't matter how many people he hurt that were close to me he hadn't harmed me. He was smart; he knew that I couldn't do anything about him unless I was harmed by him. He would only ever call my cell phone, never calling my house phone or anything. Ryan always left Rachel and Grace alone, never harming or harassing them in any way. That was how I knew that they were safe, I knew that I would never have to worry about them being hurt and I never told them that I had a stalker."

"I never told anyone that I had a stalker until it was too late and the person got hurt. Just like with you, I never told you of my stalker because I knew that you would go and hunt him down. I knew that you would do something incredibly stupid and I didn't want you to get hurt. More however I didn't tell you of my stalker because I thought that you wouldn't love me or want to be with me anymore. You see for about a year before I came here I stopped hearing anything from my stalker. Even the others at the precinct hadn't heard from him so we all thought that he was gone, I thought that I and whoever I was going to be with here would be safe."

Danny paused after getting that all out in the open, he knew that his next speech was going to be the hardest and Steve still wasn't looking at him. "Babe, Ryan gave you a serum. I am not sure exactly what it was but he gave it to you in a shot. That serum made you see things; I never did anything to betray you. I never would I love you way too much." Danny stopped talking knowing that it was now up to Steve. He waited for several minutes that felt like hours before he spoke one last time. "Please talk to me babe."

Steve laid there silent taking everything in the Danny had said. He was glad that Danny had come clean to him but he knew that Danny didn't know just what he saw when he was under the serum. He really didn't want to tell him but he knew that if they were being honest then he should. He turned his head to look at Danny seeing the tears that he was trying not to let fall, the same was happening to him as well. He had the tears in his eyes long before Danny started his story.

Danny was glad that Steve decided to look at him, he didn't care that there were tears in his eyes. All he cared about was that Steve was going to talk to him and they could fix the broken pieces. He waited not wanting to rush Steve; he would talk soon that was for sure. Until then though Danny would let him have his silence.

Minutes passed by and finally Steve decided to speak to Danny, looking him in the eyes, "You didn't have to tell me the story."

Danny shook his head, "Babe you had to know."

Steve gave a slight nod knowing that Danny was right and also wondering why the hell Danny wasn't in his hospital bed, "I will tell you what I saw but you have to promise me that you will go back to your hospital bed."

"I am staying here."

Steve knew that there was no arguing with Danny at the moment. He didn't blame him, if the situation was reversed he wouldn't leave Danny either.

"I saw you and Ryan…" Steve started feeling many more tears coming. "I saw you and Ryan together. You were having sex with him and you two were in love."

There it was now out in the open for the both of them now. Danny had a feeling that it was something along those lines but he wasn't sure until he heard the words. He couldn't believe it; Steve had to go through almost how many days of that. No wonder his man was afraid and didn't know what to think. Steve didn't stop looking at Danny, he just wanted his man back and he couldn't help but let the tears fall. Danny as well let his tears fall and did the only thing that he knew to do, he got up and wrapped his arms around Steve.