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Just go.
"Go home Steve. Take a shower. Change those clothes. Sleep" Lou insisted again, this time not longer as an optional request but definitely more like an order. The previous three times he had asked he obtained negative answers or directly nearly null reaction from the Five-0 leader, just a slight shake of the head. Steve had not wanted yet, under any circumstance, to leave his partner´s side, especially while Danny was still fighting the fever.
The day had been a constant and tiring struggle, not only for the ailing man but also for his friends and the medical staff dealing with his fragile and demanding condition. The doctors trying to find a way of lowering his temperature; the nurses one to maintain him dry and comfortable.
But now, the fever, although still present, had loosened its grip a little bit, allowing Danny an exhausted but somehow peaceful sleep, helped by the necessary painkillers and a slight sedative the doctor had considered relevant, but that he had carefully provided in a well measured and not harmful amount, due to the weak and delicate physical condition of his patient.
At least now Lou got another reaction. Steve stood up and walked to the bed. He could see he was considering it, behind the doubts and tiredness the Commander´s face showed. Lou had the moment he was looking for. His searching eyes caught his friend´s by just one second, but it was all the time he needed to give him al confident and determined gaze. When Steve´s eyes looked for this partner again, and his hands grabbed with force the railings of the bed, Lou was done with this topic.
"Go. I´ll stay with him. If he even just twitches, I´ll call you."
"I´ll go to talk to Rachel. She came by when he was in surgery. And also I want to talk to Grace and Charlie personally."
Lou nodded his head. He knew Steve needed another reason to leave Danny´s side apart from himself. But if with that the final purpose was fulfilled, welcomed it was. Seing no movement, he advanced towards the bed and clasped Steve´s shoulder with his big hand.
"Just go, man. I promise."
Upon the reassurance of the promise of being notified and kept up to date, and after a long and deep sigh, Steve let go of the railings, grabbed and pressed Lou´s forearm affectionately, and left.