January 27, 2008
"Hey Danny, random question," Don started.
"Random answer," Danny immediately replied.
Don scowled and asked, "What's your middle name?"
"Will you tell me yours if I tell you mine?" Danny retorted.
"Would if I had one," Don answered.
"Weird, anyway, mine's Ailin," Danny replied.
"Allen?" Don asked, confused.
"No, Ailin, say it right," Danny said, exasperated.
"Say it wrong," Don continued with a laugh.
"Since when do you listen to Nelly Furtado?" Danny asked curiously.
"Since you started plugging your iPod into the stereo when you get home. Kind of hard to miss, Danno."
"Good point. So why'd you wanna know what my middle name is?"
"Just curious, I didn't even know if you had one, I don't as you already know. Wait a minute, if your middle name is Ailin, you'll have to explain where that came from, by the way, then doesn't that make your initials dam?"
"Yes, and my mom's grandparents were Irish, and her grandfather's name was Ailin. It means handsome in Gaelic."
"Well, they got the handsome part right," Don said with a grin.
Danny actually blushed at the compliment. Even after they'd been going out for two years he still wasn't used to it. Don did it more often than Mac, but neither man had much of a penchant for them. Danny really didn't either though, but they knew that they loved each other and that's what mattered to them.
Mac chose that moment to walk in.
"Why does Danny look like a tomato?" he asked.
"I called him handsome. It's what his middle name means apparently," Don answered.
"Really, and that would be?" Mac trailed off.
"Ailin, it's Irish, after his mom's grandpa."
"I'm right here you know," Danny finally spoke up.
"Well, you weren't tellin' him," Danny retorted.
"So Don," Mac interrupted, "while we're on the subject, what's your middle name?"
"Don't have one, what's yours?" Don replied.
"Ironically, Daniel," Mac answered with a smirk.
"Really?" Danny asked.
"After my uncle," Mac explained.
"Ok, fun as this is, we all have to be up early, and I'm tired," Don stated.
"It was your idea in the first place!" Danny exclaimed.
"So, I'm still tired, can we go to bed now?"
Danny rolled his eyes, but followed the other man into the bedroom. Mac took a moment to smile to himself before following. His boys never ceased to amuse and amaze him.
(A/N The idea for uncle Dan came from another story, I can't think of the name, but I liked it, and honestly, Gary Sinise just had to play two characters with the last name Taylor, like I could resist!)
