by: mandi

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Danny unlocked the door to his apartment and opened it. It had been a very long day for him, being a suspect in a cold murder case, Louie being beaten and in acoma, and a reference back to Tanglewood a name he thought he had forgotten after last year. His feet dragged slightly as he walked in. His parents had forced him to go back to his apartment. His dad had actually hailed a cab, told the driver where to go, paid the driver, and put Danny into the cab.

"Danny?" A woman questioned as he tossed his keys on the coffee table. He looked up to see the shilouette coming out of his small kitchen and into the main area. Her presence took his breath away and he slightly smiled.

"Montana, how did you get in here?" he asked as Lindsay shyly smiled.

"Perks of checking up on your partner." she told him as she slowly walked towards him. "How is Louie?"

"In acoma, doctors don't think he'll come out of it." Danny told her pinching the bridge of his nose.

She was now standing right infront of him, her head tilted slightly up to look at him. "How are you holdin' up?" she asked him, her face smitthened with worry.

"I'm doing the best to hold up. I never told you thanks for showing the results to me and no one else." he replied.

"Your welcome, I was lookin out for you."

"Why?" he asked curiously.

"Because your my partner and because..." she said and then looked at the ground.

"Because what?" Danny asked. He gently took his hand, and put it under her chin and titled her head back up to look at him.

"because I care about." she answered looking straight into his eyes with a smile.

So many thought and things to say back to Lindsay raced through Danny's mind, he ignored all and started to kiss her. Lindsay, defensive at first, relaxe and took in his kisses. She kissed back and wrapped her arms around his neck. In between kisses she moaned his name and eventually pulled off his shirt. Danny, with Lindsay's help, unbottened her top as they continued to kiss. She ran her hands up and down his spine as he tried to undo her bra. After fidgeting with it for a second or two he picked her and carried her to his room. And that night they ran together.