Thanks to the one who helped me in the process of writing it Dine7184 and Teungawaka2003( aka Snowbear96).Thanks for the beta my bear.
Thanks to the reviewers who support me and make me want to add more and more chapters and to continue the story even when the bunnies have disappeared…
I don't Own them .. blablabla … just playing with them ( specially Danny and Hawkes)
New Chapter, new Hints, and new couple … going more general I think… and development of each Characters
Hope you enjoy it and don't forget to tell me what you think about it in reviews
"Danny, sorry for stealing the show" she said cautiously touching the wound which had been taken care of by the nurse.
"Don't say something so stupid Lindsay. We're both fine now." He said touching her cheek Lindsay let her head fall back onto Danny's shoulder, careful not to hurt his injured belly.
"I have been sick and tired of watching you in that coma, I thought that you might never …"
"Shhh , Lindsay don't think about that now, I'm here awake and alive" he said kissing her temple
"Danny, there's something I have to tell you" she said, turning to face him much as she possible.
"Shhh, don't worry Lindsay, you don't need to say anything, we both need to rest right now. Relax." he said putting his arms around her shoulder.
"Yeah" she said cuddling against him, Danny had given her an easy exit and she was once again free to not tell him.
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"What do you wanted to know Sheldon" Mac asked in a very serious tone.
"I'm afraid of Lindsay's behaviour, Mac, I think … I think she is suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder."
"What make you think so sure? Yes she is distraught but what make you think she is suffering PTSD?" Mac asked with a frown, he knew all too well what PTSD was, he had seen many war veterans suffer from it.
"She told me something, while she was having an attack, that she lost people that she loved. She is blaming herself, depriving herself of sleep to stop the dreams. I know I shouldn't ask because it's her private life, but it's Lindsay, she's our friend and colleague, this is suffering is very serious and I need to know the reason."
"Sheldon, I know you're worried but I can't tell you that. I can't talk about what's in her file."
"So there is something written in it?"
"Sheldon." Mac said in a warning tone
"Mac, you have to understand me" Sheldon said his tone more firm now, pointing with his finger to the table as to though his point and endorse his opinion. "She is having attacks to the point where she is hysteric. She is hurting herself both mentally and physically and could aggravate her wounds. I. Will. Not. Stand by and watch her going crazy. I. Must. Do. Something." He said through clenched teeth.
"No. If I tell someone it will be her doctor. I don't think she wants her co-workers to know about it or she would have already told you herself. End of the discussion." Mac said arguing with the former ME.
"You know what Mac, I will find either way, but I though that as a team, a family we would help each other, have each other's back and that's exactly what I'm doing. To stop Lindsay from doing something that you won't be able to undo with your "so called" respect for her private life." He yelled in the room.
Mac left the room, throwing one last dark look at Sheldon, if looks could kill. Sheldon left, he was definitely full of anger he couldn't believe the behaviour of his boss. He headed back toward Lindsay's and Danny's hospital room, his phone rang and when he saw the ID he smiled even thought he was still angry.
"Hey, il mio bella."
"Sheldon, where are you? Are you still at the hospital?"
"Yeah but I'm on my way home. I'm just checking on Lindsay one last time. I'll be back soon and I will explain everything."
"OK. Don't be too long, I miss you and dinner is ready."
As he hung up he entered his co-worker's hospital room. He found Don Flack talking to a wide-awake Danny Messer, Lindsay cuddled against Danny's side.
"Hey" he said to Don and Danny "I came here to check on Lindsay but I see you're awake too, that's great bro." He said approaching the end of Danny's bed, then picked up his friend's medical chart and looking through it.
"How you feeling?" Sheldon asked.
"I'm good, well I'm OK …not like I could run the marathon but I'm OK. I think that's the pain killers talking though."
"How's Lindsay?" he asked, looking at the still pale woman who was still sleeping.
"She is OK, but I don't know she is not quite the same… plus the fact that she fell earlier and hurt her forehead."
Sheldon didn't say anything he just went to Lindsay and examine at her cut, which had been treated by the nurse.
"She's physically fine. I'm going home now, take good care of her Danny. I think she is suffering a shock from what happened, try to talk to her, make her talk to you. OK?"
"Yeah Doc, will do." He said waving him out of the room.
Sheldon hurried to reach his apartment, this day had been hell; he had first noticed that Lindsay was doing not as fine as she claimed. Followed by his fight with Mac, he was still so angry with him.
He finally reached his apartment where his co-worker and lover was waiting. When he entered the apartment, he threw his keys on the nearby table. Stella came out of the kitchen drying her hands.
"Hey, you look tired." She said kissing his cheek.
"I really am! This day had been hell in more ways than one. I will tell you later because I smell something good and I'd prefer to eat before going through it all again," he said putting his arms around her waist and kissing her lightly on the lips.
"I hear Danny woke up, Don called me." She said.
"Yep, he's awake." He said a shy smile on his face
They ate almost in silence; Stella chatted about her day while Sheldon listened, and debating if he should ask Stella about Lindsay's past. When dinner was over they sat on the couch, Stella cuddled in Sheldon's arms.
"Sheldon you've been silent throughout dinner and I can clearly see that something is bothering you. Talk to me."
"Lindsay is acting strangely. I'm pretty sure she is suffering a severe case of PTSD. She's …I don't know … it seems to me that it's not just what happened in the past few days. I think there's something in her past, that she has already lost people. I need to know for her sake, she needs to tell people about it before it eats her alive."
"Did you ask her? If she needs to talk to someone that someone is you Shel, you're best person on earth you can help her."
"One of the symptom of PTSD is that the victim avoid talking about it, she will deny the possibility. I think that she's used to blaming herself for what happened. She is used to feeling numb and so won't admit it. Stella, I need to know so that I can help break down the wall that she has built in her mind. The shooting may have cracked or shattered the wall thus triggering a stronger PTSD attack due to whatever is haunting her from her past. I don't think she is able to control the nightmares, but the daytime flashbacks are driving her crazy."
"You remember she told me she survived a horrible crime?" she asked and he nodded.
"What can we do for her? We can't sit back that and watch her be hurt, watch our friend in pain. However, we can't force her to talk."
"That's what I said to Mac he doesn't want me to look in her files … he just simply doesn't understand the severity of the situation! I have to know what her past is, so I will understand her reactions. We know that she survived a crime but I need more, I need to know if she was injured, if something happened to her. "
"I'll do it" Stella said
"What do you mean?" asked Sheldon
"I will look at her files. I will search through her personal information, I'm a level three CSI and I'm co-running the lab I can look at the files without having to answer for it."
"Stella, I don't want you to get in trouble with Mac."
"I won't sweetie." She said to him kissing him on the lips.
Reviews please ... ideas about further development of each characters... thoughts about the new relationship ?
