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Lindsay was unable to watch as the doctor tried to shock Danny's heart back into beating, so instead she buried her tear drenched face into Flack's chest, who had his arms protectively around her, the way an elder brother might for a younger sister. Both Stella and Sheldon stared, unblinking at the scene unfolding in front of them.
They saw a nurse push some sort of drug into his morphine drip, probably more morphine. The other nurse was stood behind the doctor who was currently on his second attempt with the electrical paddles. Stella broke into muffled sobs; Hawkes took this as his cue to give her a much needed hug.
Suddenly there was silence from the room where Danny lay. Each CSI's breath was caught in their throats until the heart monitor broke into a rhythmical beep that filled the room.
One by one, each person slowly lifted their heads in the direction of the window, as if moving too quickly might break the peace the room was currently in.

The doctor turned to walk out the room, leaving the nurses to clean up and rewrite Danny's charts. He looked at the four friends, each staring at them with questions in their eyes, waiting for an answer.
"He's stable now, it could have been a lot worse, in this case it was just a minor complication that caused the heart to stop, however everything is better now, and his prognosis is very good, it's a lot more likely he will wake up than it was yesterday. That much I can tell you."
Everyone let out the breath they had been holding and sobbed with relief.
"I'll go call Mac at the lab" Sheldon said as he walked towards a payphone.
Lindsay didn't wait for anyone to give her permission, she walked slowly back into the room and took up her position in the chair by Danny's bed, and once again placed his hand in hers.

Stella and Flack were sitting alone in the corridor. Stella was holding her knees to her chest as she rested her head on Flacks shoulder. Flack looked down on her and saw that her eyes were shut and she was breathing steadily. She was asleep.
"Stell, I've wanted to say this for a while now, but the time never felt right. And honestly I was afraid that you might not feel the same. I do plan on telling you this when you're awake as well but, I guess I wanted to hear myself say it first. What I'm trying to say is, I guess I love you."
Flack heard Stella take a sharp intake of breath.
"I love you too Flack, I wanted to tell you yesterday but then, this happened and everything just seemed too chaotic. But when I see Lindsay and how her heart is breaking over Danny, I don't want to waste time playing games anymore."
"I thought you were asleep!" Flack scolded.
"I know." Stella smiled "But I'm glad I wasn't, I didn't want to miss this."
The couple looked at each other for a moment or two until the space between them closed and their lips met.
Once they had broken apart Stella took hold of Flacks hand and held it as she rested her head back on his shoulder and fell into a bittersweet sleep.
Flack kissed her head and in turn closed his eyes.

Hawkes rounded the corner back into the corridor. He smiled at the sleeping couple to his left. He then turned to look through the window and felt his eyes prick at the sight of Lindsay, who had moved from the chair to next to Danny on the bed. He was in the presence of two couples so much in love, all connected by a grasped hand. They needed each other, and Hawkes couldn't help but feel warmed by this fact. He took a seat opposite Flack and Stella and promptly fell asleep.



The next morning Lindsay woke up to the sound of a nurse checking on Danny. The nurse smiled at her.
"We're not meant to let you on the patient's bed," upon seeing the look of worry on Lindsay's face she continued "But in your case, I haven't seen anything." And with that she left the room.
Lindsay turned so that she could face Danny on the pillow. She didn't say anything; she merely looked at his face, willing his eyes to open.

Throughout the rest of the next few days, the whole team took it in turns to go home, to the lab and the hospital. The only person who didn't move from where they were was Lindsay. She wouldn't even leave Danny's room for a coffee in the fear that when she returned he would have worsened. So instead, whoever was at the hospital would join her in the room for some company.
Sometimes Lindsay would sit in the chair and talk to everyone who was there, and sometimes she would lie down by Danny's side in silence.
It was one of the silent days; Mac was sitting outside the room with Flack.
"I don't know if I ever told you this, but I want to thank you for everything you did for me, that day of the explosion." Stated Flack.
Mac was taken aback "It's okay; I couldn't have had you dying on me now could I?"
Flack smiled "I guess then Gerrard would really hate you."
Both laughed at this quietly.
"I'm going to go in and check on her." Flack stood up.

"Linds?" he whispered as he walked in the room.
"Hey Flack" Lindsay replied.
"How're you doing?"
"I've been better"
"How is he?"
"The same." The conversation ended there and Flack took a seat on the other side of the room.
That was the routine every "silent day" Lindsay had, except today, something happened to make it every different.

Lindsay was once again curled up on Danny's bed; Flack was almost certain she hadn't let go of Danny's hand since she walked in there after his heart stopped.
Out of nowhere a mummer came from where Danny was.
Flack shot up out of his chair and rushed out the room to tell Mac.
"Danny, baby? Are you awake?" Lindsay stammered.
Very slowly Danny opened his eyes until he was squinting at his fiancées face.
"Lindsay?" he croaked.
Lindsay burst into a fresh bout of tears, and for the first time in a long time they were tears of joy.
"Shh, shh, baby, don't cry, I'm okay." Danny brought his free hand over to stroke Lindsay's face.
Struggling through the tears Lindsay managed to speak "I missed you."
Danny smiled as best he could. "I missed you too Linds."
Just then Flack came rushing back into the room, closely followed by Mac and a doctor.

"It's nice of you to join us Detective." Said the doctor cheerfully.
Danny nodded in reply.


The doctor checked Danny's vitals, drips and wrote some things on his chart and explained to Danny what had happened.
"You were shot a week ago, you had some pretty major surgery on admittance to the ICU, but other than a few minor complications, you were doing great, it was just a matter of you deciding when to join us." He smiled "Do you have any questions?"
Danny shook his head.
"Okay then I'll leave you to reacquaint yourself to your friends, who by the way have not left this hospital since you got in. You're a blessed man."
"I know" rasped Danny.
The doctor left just as Mac spoke up.
"Good to see you back in the land of the living Danny."
"Yeah mate it's good to see ya" agreed Flack. "The others are at the lab, but they're gonna come and see you as soon as they solve this case they got."
"Thank You." Was all that Danny could say in response.

After catching Danny up to speed with all the latest news around the lab, Don and Mac left Lindsay alone with her fiancée.

"So, what did the doctor mean by minor complications?" Danny asked.
"Oh it was nothing." Lindsay shrugged. "Your heart just stopped a couple of times, it was no big deal."
"Is that right? So you weren't worried about me at all then?"
"You see this?" Lindsay held up hers and Danny's still entwined hands.
Danny nodded.
"I haven't let go of this since that minor complication."
Danny looked at her questioningly, upon seeing she was serious, Danny's eyes filled with tears.
"I'm so sorry Lindsay, I didn't want you hurting."
"It's okay, you're okay now, everything's okay." Lindsay responded as a few tears trailed down her cheeks. She leant down and placed a kiss on Danny's lips.
"I missed you so much Linds." Danny looked at Lindsay, who he saw was shivering "Come on, it's freezing in here, get under the blanket."
Lindsay nodded "If you stop calling me that."
"Stop calling you wha..." Danny stopped, understanding what she meant; he gave out a small chuckle "Get in here Montana!"
Lindsay smiled a smile that warmed Danny's heart. Lindsay snuggled up against Danny's chest as Danny brought the blanket up around them both.
"I love you cowboy"
"I love you Montana"


Wow, who totally didn't see that coming?:POkay so for those of you who read my last fic, I hope you got the reference to early in my last story, if not, then I guess I didn't make it clear!:PUpdate in process of being written!:)
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