A rainy night
Summary: Danny is called back to serve in Iraq and has to explain to Jack that hre has to go.
AN: Jack McCoy is Danny and Delinda's first child, he was my own creation.
Chapter 2: Movie time
Danny arrived at the Montecito, like any other day. He had dropped Jack off at daycare and made his way to the casino. But today was diferent; because he had told his wife that they needed him back with the marines for an strategic mission. Of course he was used to this like any marine; including Cooper would the only thing was that he had children and a wife now and leaving them felt like crap.
"moirning man" Mike greeted him
"hey" Danny said quietly not really on the mood
"so?" Mike asked anxiously "did you tell her?"
"yeah" Danny said taking a deep breath and focusing his eyes on the cameras
"how did she…?" Mike asked leaning closer to him so no one could hear him
"take it?" the marine asked louder. Mike nodded
"how do you think?" Danny asked anoyed
"morning" Mitch called behind Danny
"hey" both said in unison
Suddenly Danny's cell rang "Danny McCoy?"
"Danny it's Cooper could you come for a second?" the wyoming native asked
"sure. I'll be right up" he hanged up and headed to Cooper's office
"coop?" he asked knocking on the door
"come in" the owner said and Danny entered the extensive room
"what's up?" the marine asked his superior
"how are you?" Cooper asked offering him to sit down
"fine. Great" Danny lied sitting
"I don't believe that" cooper said and Danny nodded
"what do you mean?" Danny asked confused
"a friend of mine told me about your letter" Cooper informed him
"what letter?" Danny asked
"your marine's letter, it said you have 48 hours from today to be back at the base here in Vegas"
Danny nodded slowly "so you know"
"yes I do. The question here is does Delinda?" Cooper asked. After all these years he had began to care about Delinda and the kids
"yes sir" Danny said simply
"I see" Cooper stood up from his chair and Danny did the same
"go home Danny" the cowboy told him "have a good time with Delinda and the kids"
"what?" Danny asked confused
"I know what can happen if you don't go home right now and I think you do too" Cooper said placing a hand on the marine's shoulder "just go"
30 minutes later…
"excuse me Miss Wide?" the principal of the school headed to the daycare area
"yes?" the young lady glanced at her students and then headed to the door
"Jack McCoy's father is here to pick him up, he says it's important" the principal said pointing to the marine who was watching the kids play
"sure, just a sec" Amanda Wide excused herself and the principal nodded in Danny's direction
"thanks" the marine told Miss Wide
Jack had finally spotted Danny who was just staring tenderly at him "Daddy!" he ran towards him and Danny kneeled down to pick him up
"hey scout " Danny McCoy hugged his son and he responded laughing "you wanna go home bud?"
Jack nodded and his father headed to the door with a smile on his face. God he sure was gonna miss him
When they got home Delinda was already dressed and ready to go to work. Since she had a baby who needed a lot of attention cooper had allowed to arrive after the others
"what in the world?" the blonde asked when she spotted the two men of her life
"hey mummy!" Jack said happily as Danny sat him on the counter
"hey!" Dee answered in excitement
"what's up babe" Danny said in a very seductive voice
"hey you" she offered him a kiss which he answered happily "what are you boys doing here?"
"well, I got off earlier" McCoy said holdng her close
"and Jack?" Delinda glanced at her little boy
"he did too" Danny said sharing a mischiveous grin with his son
"can we do something fun?" Jack asked his parents inocently. Danny picked him up from the counter and the 3 of them headed to the main room
"okay scout what do you want to do?" Danny asked the boy who was now waiting for his parents to decide
"wanna watch The Lion King!" he said amused by the fact that he had the last word
"The Lion King it is" Delinda reaffirmed and Jack hurried to look for it
"how many times have we watched that thing already?" Danny asked his wife as the two took palces on the bed
"here daddy!" Jack launched himself to the bed with the DVD in hand
"okay let's see scout" Danny put the movie on the player and returned to the bed
"I'll go chek on Jen" Delinda glanced at the crib next door
"she's okay mummy come and watch!" Jack demanded
Delinda groaned and didn't move
For the next 95 minutes Danny enjoyed laughs tears and a good family time that kept him away from his worries. His services could wait
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