By NamanKAL
See header and warnings from part 1.
A/N: Mention of past physical child abuse, nothing graphic. This story has nothing to do with real life or persons. This is pure out of my imagination and it's not meant to make fun out of real person, law enforcement or physical/mental health or anything else.
I hope you all had a happy Holiday. I wish you all a Happy New Year. Thanks for reading this story of mine and giving me reviews. This part will be the last one this year. I'll try and write part 3 of Father and son; the undercover story of Danny and Mac before New Year but I can't promise you I'll succeed posting it this year. I'll try my best though.
This part is for you LoganSunshine. Looking forward to read the next chapters of your CSI NY story 'I'm NOT useless', hope you'll get lots of reviews in the year 2009 for this story of yours.
Mac was woken up by screams from a young child. Mac was confused at first as to whom the screams came from but then remembered what happened to Danny. Danny! Mac ran as fast as he could to the five-year-old, terrified to what he would find in the boy's room where the screams came from.
What he found was Danny bundled up in a corner of his room screaming.
"No! Don't hurt me please! It was an accident. I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Don't hurt me!"
It was heartbreaking for Mac hearing Danny screaming like that. There was no doubt for Mac that the boy was terrified. Mac thought of several scenarios to what could have happened to Danny. Mac looked around the room there were no signs of an intruder.
"Danny. It's okay. No one is going to hurt you. I promise. Come here."
"No! You always say that and when I come, you always hurt me, daddy. It was an accident honest. Please, don't hurt me!" Danny said between sobs and tried to get further into the corner while covering his body with his arms, like he's afraid of a beating.
Mac was wondering if he should call Sheldon for help. He decided if he couldn't get the boy to calm down, he would. "Danny. It's me Mac, your friend. I won't hurt you I promise."
"M-Mac? Is that r-really y-you?"
"Yes it's me Danny."
Danny went slowly out of the corner and into Mac's arms. He buried his head in Mac's shoulder and cried his heart out. Mac wrapped his arms around Danny and stood up. When he got one arm under Danny's backside he could feel dampness and then he looked at the boy's bed and he could see the sheet was wet. Now he knew what Danny meant about 'it was an accident'. Mac got very angry at Danny's father, what had he done to his kid? Just because he'd wet his bed.
Mac was happy that he'd bought two sets of pajamas, underwear and bed sheets for Danny. Mac went to the bathroom with Danny. Once in the bathroom Mac noticed that the boy was asleep. He sat himself on the closed toilet lid and got Danny on his lap, undressed him and put clean underwear and pajamas on the boy. He knew that the boy really needed a bath now but again he didn't have the heart to wake him up.
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Mac lay Danny in his own bed till he had put some clean sheets on Danny's but as he was about to leave him, Danny grabbed Mac's left hand with his small right hand. "Please don't leave me."
Mac lay beside him and got the boy in his arms. It didn't take long before both of them were sound asleep.
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In the morning Mac woke up before Danny. Mac smiled at the sight of the sleeping boy, he was happy to see that there were no signs of distress from the boy who'd been terrified last night. He hurried out of bed to change the sheets on Danny's bed then went to get Danny and tucked him in his bed. Mac didn't want Danny to be embarrassed about what had happened last night and that's why he'd decided not to mention it to Danny and put him back in his own bed.
Mac went to the kitchen, to make some breakfast for both of them.
He wondered what child Danny liked for breakfast. So he made some of everything pancakes, scrambled eggs, muffins etc.
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Danny started to stir. When he finally woke up he was confused at first. He looked around the room and he didn't recognize his surroundings. He wondered how he'd ended up here. He decided he'd must have had too much to drink last night and ended in a wrong room. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and nearly got a heart attack when he noticed his small hands and then he remembered everything, but still he wondered how he'd ended up in pajamas and in the bed. Last he remembered was him sitting on Mac's lap, then he blushed. That was very embarrassing for Danny that he'd been on his boss' lap not only once but several times. Danny hated being that childish that he'd needed the physical contact with an 'adult', like a normal kid.
"Oh man, I wish it was only a bad dream," Danny said out loud.
Danny went out of bed and then looked around the room to find some clothes to wear for the day. He found some in a drawer. He found a pair of jeans, socks and a t-shirt but he wondered why he couldn't find any clean underwear. O well that had to wait till he had bought some at the mall today.
He grabbed the clothes and went out to search for a bathroom to take a shower. Just as he walked out of the room he could smell the food. Danny got very hungry from the smell and his stomach started to growl. He could also smell coffee too; he was so looking forward to a cup but first a shower.
Danny went to Mac. "Hey Mac. Where can I find the bathroom?"
"Good morning Danny. Sorry I haven't shown you the bathroom sooner. So it isn't your fault when you didn't get to the bathroom in time it's mine."
Danny looked confused at Mac. "What are you talking about, Mac? I only want to go to the bathroom to take a shower."
"Breakfast first Danny and then I'll help you with a bath."
Danny looked at Mac with opened mouth in shock from what he just heard from Mac. "Oh, no, Mac. You're not going to help me with a bath. I can take a shower on my own."
"Sorry, Danny. No showers for you while you're so small. You're going to take baths in a bathtub from now on at least till you're older. "
"I do showers not baths in a bathtub, period."
Mac closed his eyes for a few seconds. He had a feeling that this day was going to feel very, very long.
"We'll discuss that later. First I'll show you the bathroom so that you can use the head before breakfast and then we can discuss how you do your personal hygiene after breakfast."
"Whatever," Danny said annoyed while planning on getting his own way.
As soon as Mac had shown Danny the bathroom he hurried inside and locked the door before Mac had a chance to get in there too. Just to lock the door was hard work for Danny now, he had to stand on his toes to reach the key.
"Danny. Open the door!" Mac said while knocking on the bathroom door.
"Not before I've done my business in here including a shower!" Danny yelled back.
"Daniel! Open, now! It's too dangerous for you to take a shower on your own at the moment."
"Don't worry Mac I'll be fine. Don't be a worrywart."
"Please, Danny, open the door."
"No," Danny said while undressing himself."
Danny started to remember how hard it was to be a five-year-old. Just peeing standing up was hard work so he was forced to climb on the toilet, so he could sit while doing his business. Danny went to the shower after he'd peed. Danny got disappointed when he noticed he couldn't reach the handle to turn the water on, not even on his toes. He looked around the room and found a chair; he went to it and dragged it to the shower stall. He couldn't believe how heavy that chair was. He so hated being a kid again.
He climbed up on the chair and he almost fell down but luckily he got his balance before it happened. It was hard for him to both keep his balance and get the right temperature of the water. He almost slipped more than once.
Finally, he got the right temperature. He climbed back down and pushed the chair away. When he finally got under the water stream he found out that he'd forgotten all about soap and shampoo. He looked around and couldn't see any so he knew that they must be in the cabinet but, that would be hopeless for him to get to even with the chair. Oh well, Danny thought, he could manage without it just this once promising himself to take a thorough shower the next day with soap and shampoo. So he went back in the shower while ignoring the yelling that came from Mac on the other side of the bathroom door.
After he was finished he was about to walk out of the stall to get the chair back and slipped because of the wet floor. He fell hard on his bare backside. He cried out in pain. The cries turned into sobs.
Mac heard the bumping sound and then Danny's cries. He got worried that something serious had happened to his kid.
"Danny, are you okay? What happened?" Mac asked worriedly. When Danny didn't answer, Mac didn't care about breaking the bathroom door so he walked a few steps back and then ran against the door with his right shoulder as hard as he could. It was, luckily, enough to break the door.
He found Danny lying on his right side with his arms around his legs and Danny was sobbing while water was running on him. Mac hurried to Danny's side. He wanted to get the boy on his lap but was afraid to move him, not wanting to hurt him more if he was already hurt. He hurried to turn off the shower while getting wet himself.
He carefully studied Danny for injuries. Luckily there weren't any signs of it. Though he was afraid that Danny would get an ugly bruise on his backside. As soon as Mac was sure there wasn't any broken bone Mac picked Danny up in his arms and then grabbed a towel and wrapped it around Danny.
"Danny. Please, talk to me. Where do you feel pain?" Mac said while knowing very well that the boy's backside hurt but he wanted to make sure that he didn't feel pain elsewhere.
"I-I slipped and landed on my butt. It's hurt so b-bad," Danny said between sobs.
"I was afraid something like that would happen, Danny, that's why I don't want you to take showers or baths on your own while you're so small. You know most accidents at home happen in the bathroom. I care too much about you and I hate it when you get hurt."
Mac sat himself on the toilet just as he did last night and got Danny on his lap, the boy winced when his backside touched his lap. Poor kid, Mac thought. Mac changed Danny's position so that his sore backside didn't touch anything.
"I'm afraid it's going to hurt for a few days maybe even a week. Hawkes had better take a look at it today and make sure everything is alright."
"Noo, please," Danny whimpered.
"Sorry, but it's for the best."
Danny didn't have any energy left to argue more about it at the moment.
"So were you able to finish your shower?"
"Yes, but I didn't use any soap or shampoo. I couldn't reach any."
Mac wondered how thorough Danny had been with the shower since Danny needed one after his accident last night.
"Okay you can get a thorough bath this evening or tomorrow morning. Let's get you dried off and dressed."
Mac helped him with it, he was waiting for an argument from the boy but it never came and that worried Mac. He was afraid that Danny was in too much pain to argue. Mac was more determined to let Hawkes check the boy over. He hoped that he could give him some pain medication.
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Danny was sitting on a very soft pillow while they were sitting at the kitchen table eating their breakfast.
Mac had poured some milk and juice for Danny. Danny had made a face when he saw the glass of milk.
"Can't I get a cup of coffee instead of this gross glass of milk?"
"Danny. Watch your tone, please. Sorry, coffee isn't good for your growth," Mac warned.
"I'm not gonna drink the milk," Danny protested.
"You can drink the juice then."
"Can I please get a half cup of coffee?"
Mac thought about it for a while and then decided to give him just a little.
"Okay but not more than that today. Understand?"
"Yes, boss," Danny said with a smile. He was just glad that he was allowed to get some. The pain was forgotten for a while, while he enjoyed his coffee.
"Oh, by the way, I better remember to give you the vitamins that the pediatrician recommended to give you."
Danny looked disappointed at Mac, "no thank you, Mac. I don't want any vitamins."
"I'm not asking you, Danny. You'll have to take them. I bought some vitamins for adults, for myself. I thought when I'm going to force vitamins on you I'll have to take some too. What's fair is fair."
"Really? You're not just saying that to make me take them?"
"Yes, really and no, I'm not. We're going to take them together."
Mac went to the medicine cabinet and took the vitamins.
"You first," Danny said. Mac complied and Danny took his right after.
"Mac, how did I end up in pajamas and in bed?"
"You fell asleep on my lap and I didn't have the heart to wake you up so I changed you and tucked you in for the night. Danny…how did you sleep?"
Danny blushed at that statement. "Fine, I think."
Mac studied Danny. It looked like Danny didn't remember what had happened last night.
"What did you dream about?"
"I can't remember what I dreamt. The only thing I remember is first being terrified later safe for some reason."
"Did you wake up during the night?"
"No, I slept whole night through."
"G-good. Happy to hear that."
After breakfast Mac called Hawkes and told him about what had happened last night and this morning in the bathroom. Hawkes promised Mac to come over.
"Thanks Sheldon. I'll be calmer when I know that a doctor made sure that he's really okay. Do you mind visiting some daycares with me? I want to find the perfect place for Danny."
"Sure Mac, I'd love to. I want Danny to be well taken care of too while you're at work."
"Please, don't mention it to Danny. He doesn't know yet. I need to find the right time to tell him. I'm afraid that he's not gonna take it well."
"Don't worry Mac I won't. I'm afraid of that myself."
"That poor boy has a hard time walking and sitting comfortably after the fall on his butt. I have a feeling that he feels worse than he would after a spanking. Can I give him something for the pain?"
"I'll take some child Tylenol with me."
"Thanks Hawkes. See you soon then."
After he was finished talking to Hawkes Mac called Stella and asked her if she wanted to join them on their shopping at the mall. He was very happy when she told him that she was happy to.