Pairing: Danny/Aiden.
Disclaimer: CBS and the creators/producers of CSI still own CSI:NY and all related characters/settings. All I have is the concept.
A/N: This second part is not related to the first chapter (ie. They are not working on the same case). You can read them as two stand-alones.
Danny sat in the one of the offices and sighed. After three nights of barely sleeping, he had finally cracked his case today. He wanted nothing but to go home and sleep, but since he hadn't written his final report, he was forced to stay in late yet again.
Eyes blurring, he pushed his glasses up with one hand and pinched the bridge of his nose with the other, closing his eyes and enjoying a few minutes of serene darkness.
He heard the door opening and felt someone walking up to stand behind his chair.
He opened his eyes to see a mug of steaming coffee on the desk in front of him and craned his head to see Aiden grinning down at him.
Smiling gratefully, Danny took a sip of the warm liquid, taking care not to burn his tongue. He felt even more appreciative of her when he realized that Aiden had made his coffee exactly how he liked it: strong black, two sugars, no cream.
He met her eyes again and squeezed her arm lightly to convey his thanks.
Aiden nodded her head and leaned forward to look at his case notes, resting one hand on the table and one hand on the back of his chair. She made sure not to shuffle the papers too much, knowing that Danny probably had a system.
She glanced at him from the corner of her eyes. The deep bags under his eyes and the five o'clock shadow were proofs of his dedication to this case. She saw him taking off his glasses and rubbing his eyes with both palms.
Aiden sighed and reached over to stop him from savaging his eyes. Danny looked at her questioningly as she straightened up and took her place behind his chair. Wordlessly, she placed her hands on his shoulders and started giving him a little massage.
Danny closed his eyes as Aiden kneaded her hands through the tense muscles on his back. Neither of them said a word as her fingers rubbed tiny circles up and down the back of his neck, finally making their way back to his shoulders. Relaxing a great deal, Danny leaned his head back, resting it against Aiden's stomach.
After a few minutes, he tilted his head up to look at her and gave her his most genuinely grateful smile. Aiden smirked back at him, stilling her kneading fingers as Danny placed one hand over hers.
With a grin, Danny broke the moment by giving her hand a little pat and leaning back forward onto the desk, putting his glasses on and picking up his pen to signal that he was ready to go back to work.
Mirroring his action, Aiden gave his shoulders a little pat before removing her hands. As she was leaving though, she brought a hand back to his head and casually tousled his-already messy blonde hair. Lightly chuckling, Danny turned to see her waved from over her shoulder.
He returned the gesture and found himself watching her departing figure absolutely longer than he should've had.
Snapping back, he turned his concentration back to the paperwork in front of him and started writing.
A/N: Thank you so much for all your lovely reviews. 'Good to know you enjoyed the Flack scene; I added it just at the last minute. Well, this one is not as funny as the first chapter. I hope you don't find this dialogue-less scene tiring and my descriptions too meticulous. And to AshCarroll, I actually marvel at people who can write quick, witty, true-to-character D/A banters because they are just so difficult for me!
A/N2: I forgot to mention it in the previous chapter, but I wrote this in response to all those who say that D/A is NON-romantic (even 'sibling-like') because they see a lack of tension between them. Well, I just want to say that I actually LOVE the fact that they're so comfortable with each other! Have you ever heard the saying that 'you know you love someone when you can be in a comfortable silence with them'? Well that's the basic inspiration for this fic.
A/N2: Hmm, I'm not sure if this could actually happen (though I'd pay to see CBS put something like this on screen) because I think I made Aiden way too sweet. But then again, she always does show a softer side toward Danny… Well, I've already got an idea for my next installment, but I want to know what you think.
