Disclaimer If I owned him I wouldn't spend my time writing about him believe me! As for the rest of the CSI:NY cast they of course belong to whomever they belong to, and it sure as heck ain't me. I'm just borrowing them...however all the originals are mine.

Old Friends

Danny closed his eyes and sighed, "I think I'm in over my head." He was starting to get that familiar feeling and he hated it.

"It's too domestic for you isn't it?"

"Is that it? I can't even tell, I just all of a sudden feel like I can't breathe. Just you know, all of a sudden."

"Just like that?"

"We're going on a double date." He said flatly.

"With who?"

"Flack and her friend, Tegan."

"You're kidding me Flack is involved now? I thought nobody knew about the theatre."

"Yeah well Flack doesn't really know that I go to that theatre just that Nix works there. Now frankly I don't think I want to go to the theatre any more."

"So you don't like this girl any more?"

"I wish," He sighed, "then it'd be easy to just sever ties."

"Ah, so you're falling in…"

"Don't even say it!"

"Fine, you just like her a lot."

"Yeah, yeah, that."

"So then what's wrong?"

"She's ruining my perfect set up! I liked the anonymity! Nobody at my building knew me, nobody at work knew I went to the theatre, Niles is the only person I'm in contact with that knows anything about my past…"

"Except me."

"Well, yeah, there's you, but you're completely removed from that now."

"Maybe, but did telling me throw you off like this?"

"No but I'm not in…uh…I'm not sleeping with you."

"It's true, and let me just throw in a, thank God for that. But hear me out, is it really so bad? So you can't be as anonymous as before, so what, weren't you lonely all the time then?"

"My heart was safe though."

"No it wasn't, you were feeling everything as it happened that's what you do. This is just a different way for your heart to feel."

"I can't believe I'm having this conversation."

"Me neither, maybe I should have been fired months ago."

"Shut up Burn," He smiled at her, "The lab ain't the same without you."

"I hear you have a new girl in there from Montana."

"Oh yeah and she's a fireball, don't call her Montana, she'll bite your damn head off."

Aiden laughed, "You've been teasing her haven't you?"

He shrugged, "How else was I supposed to initiate her?"

She reached across the table and took his hand, "You know if you just trust Nix you might find that you don't feel so claustrophobic. Does she know anything about…" She trialed off, still coming to terms with some of the things her former partner had shared with her.

He looked down, "She saw the tattoo and asked about the dates, but that's the last we've talked about it. She says its okay for me to have secrets but…well this seems like a pretty big secret to have."

"I don't know what to say about that Danny. I worked with you for a long time and you never told me anything."

He squeezed her hand, "I'm sorry, I really am, I just don't really know how to talk about it without feeling…"

"Shame?"

He nodded, "I don't do this emotional crap well you know that."

"Hell yeah, you still won't talk about…"

"Don't start Aiden, one big ass problem in my life at a time okay?"

She held up her hands in defence, "I'm just sayin'."

"Why is it I still talk to you?" He asked with a shake of his head.

"Cause," She smiled, "I'm the only family you've got."

AN So how many of you guessed that he was talking to Aiden before it was revealed? LoL I had to bring her into this story, I like her too much. :)