Drowning

[Deleted]

[attr=class,sarabande]

[attr=class,sleepdance]honey i forgot to duck

[attr=class,metersara]@dannyreagan

[attr=class,threesara]replace this with notes

[attr=class,threemeter]isn't that a little overzealous

[attr=class,symphony]linda

[attr=class,symphony]linda

"You leave taking care of you up to me." Right now there was no arguing him. The last thing she wanted to do was wake up her sister in law's family. They needed as much rest as they could get. She just kept messaging with her hands. It was hard to lose a sibling, she was used to this. This was the hard part. The angry at everything part. Linda was facing it herself but that didn't matter right now. Danny was going to take this harder. Linda was known to fall apart after the fact.

"Get your head out of the gutter" she teased. "That wasn't where I was going with that" she mused as she hugged him close to her. There were more ways than one to get drunk off someone. Though leave it to her husband to toss that one right out the window and into the farthest gutter he could reach. It was kind of funny though.

"It's almost four in the morning." She pointed out. Why was she still awake? Though it didn't help that he was feeding her sugar. Then again if he was going to stay up, she was because she knew that she wouldn't sleep well otherwise. Wondering what he got into trouble doing. Linda always slept better when she didn't have to worry about everyone.

"Try and rest?" she offered as she kissed him lightly "I'm not going to go anywhere" she replied as he eyes threatened to close. No. She wasn't going to sleep until he managed to get to sleep. Even a nap at this point... a nap would be nice.

°r

[newclass=".sarabande"]width: 350px; border-bottom: 5px solid #a22520; overflow: hidden; margin-top: 10px; position: relative; height: 100px;[/newclass][newclass=".symphony"]font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 43px; color: #a22520; padding-right: 10px; margin-top: 53px; letter-spacing: -4px; margin-bottom: -4px; transition: all ease 0.4s; position: absolute; margin-left: 100px; transition-delay: 1.1s;[/newclass][newclass=".sleepdance"]font-family: arial; font-weight: 600; text-align: right; text-transform: lowercase; font-size: 20px; color: #a22520; letter-spacing: -2px; margin-top: 73px; position: absolute; left: 30px; transition: all ease 0.5s; margin-bottom: 0px; transition: all ease 0.7s; opacity: 0;[/newclass][newclass=".threemeter"]width: 242px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center; color: #ffffff; background-color: #a22520; position: absolute; margin-left: 360px; margin-top: 55px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.4s; [/newclass][newclass=".threesara"]width: 242px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center; color: #252525; background-color: #c2c2c2; position: absolute; margin-left: 360px; margin-top: 32px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.3s; [/newclass][newclass=".metersara"]width: 242px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center; color: #252525; background-color: #c2c2c2; position: absolute; margin-left: 360px; margin-top: 9px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.2s; [/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .symphony"]margin-left: 390px; transition: all ease 0.4s; position: absolute;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .sleepdance"]width: auto; opacity: 1; left: 120px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.1s; margin-top: 73px;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .threemeter"]transition: all ease 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.2s; margin-left: 100px;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .threesara"]transition: all ease 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.3s; margin-left: 100px;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .metersara"]transition: all ease 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.4s; margin-left: 100px;[/newclass]

[Deleted]

"Hmmm you always take such good care of me." he hummed in contentment and closed his eyes as she continued massaging. "You always have...it's one of the many...many things I love about you."

"But you like it when my head's in the gutter," He mentioned, before chuckling softly. When Linda pointed out the time, he looked at his watch to confirm what she had just said he couldn't believe it. Where had the night gone? It had all been such a blur, and now he felt even worse for keeping her up so late.

"I am so sorry for keeping you up, and you're so tired that you're almost falling asleep sitting up how about we rest together." He says setting the uneaten ice cream on the side table, he knows he'll hear about it in the morning but he can deal with his sister when that time comes. Right now he sees how exhausted his wife is and all he wants to do is hold on to her and never let go.

Grabbing the pillow off the back of the sofa where he had placed it earlier he lays down on the sofa gently tugging on Linda trying to get her to lay with him. While he doubted that he'd be doing much sleeping, there was no reason that she shouldn't be able to. He rubbed his hands gently up and down her arms. "Come here and lay your head down," He said patting his chest. "I'm not going anywhere either...I promise. I'll be right here when you wake up. I see all those wheels turning in your head, but there is nothing so important that it needs to be discussed right now...well with it being four AM and all. All of your concerns will still be there when everyone wakes us in the morning."

[Deleted]

[attr=class,sarabande]

[attr=class,sleepdance]honey i forgot to duck

[attr=class,metersara]@dannyreagan

[attr=class,threesara]replace this with notes

[attr=class,threemeter]isn't that a little overzealous

[attr=class,symphony]linda

[attr=class,symphony]linda

Linda never rested well when Danny wasn't having a great night. There were some nights when he wasn't home that she simply tossed and turned. She nodded and yawned. "I love you too" she whispered. Kissing his forehead Linda smiled softly. Rubbing her head on his shoulder it wouldn't be long until she was asleep in his lap.

"I always wait up for you" She pointed out. Though there was no objection to snuggling up on him. As long as he was right there, she knew he was safe. There was a soft sigh as she yawned again. Linda had a feeling that Danny wasn't going to sleep. Though there was no sense in arguing with him. There wasn't enough sleep for that. "Promise me you will try and sleep?" Maybe if he tried.

Though as soon as she laid her head down on his chest she was already half asleep. Linda readily persisted that she didn't like Danny being overprotective but at the end of the day, it melted away. There was no arguing just her falling asleep hoping he could get some rest.

°r

[newclass=".sarabande"]width: 350px; border-bottom: 5px solid #a22520; overflow: hidden; margin-top: 10px; position: relative; height: 100px;[/newclass][newclass=".symphony"]font-family: arial; font-weight: 700; font-style: italic; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 43px; color: #a22520; padding-right: 10px; margin-top: 53px; letter-spacing: -4px; margin-bottom: -4px; transition: all ease 0.4s; position: absolute; margin-left: 100px; transition-delay: 1.1s;[/newclass][newclass=".sleepdance"]font-family: arial; font-weight: 600; text-align: right; text-transform: lowercase; font-size: 20px; color: #a22520; letter-spacing: -2px; margin-top: 73px; position: absolute; left: 30px; transition: all ease 0.5s; margin-bottom: 0px; transition: all ease 0.7s; opacity: 0;[/newclass][newclass=".threemeter"]width: 242px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center; color: #ffffff; background-color: #a22520; position: absolute; margin-left: 360px; margin-top: 55px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.4s; [/newclass][newclass=".threesara"]width: 242px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center; color: #252525; background-color: #c2c2c2; position: absolute; margin-left: 360px; margin-top: 32px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.3s; [/newclass][newclass=".metersara"]width: 242px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-top: 3px; text-align: center; color: #252525; background-color: #c2c2c2; position: absolute; margin-left: 360px; margin-top: 9px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.2s; [/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .symphony"]margin-left: 390px; transition: all ease 0.4s; position: absolute;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .sleepdance"]width: auto; opacity: 1; left: 120px; transition: all ease 0.7s; transition-delay: 0.1s; margin-top: 73px;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .threemeter"]transition: all ease 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.2s; margin-left: 100px;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .threesara"]transition: all ease 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.3s; margin-left: 100px;[/newclass][newclass=".sarabande:hover .metersara"]transition: all ease 0.8s; transition-delay: 0.4s; margin-left: 100px;[/newclass]

[Deleted]

"I know you do." He said in response to her saying that she always waited up for him. "Means a lot." He just pulled her close and held her, "I promise I'll try. Now rest please." He felt her lay her head on his chest and could tell that she was asleep almost before she was fully settled. He ran his hands over her back in gentle reassuring circles, and stared at the ceiling.

He knew that he had promised her that he would try and sleep; and he would eventually when he couldn't keep his eyes open any longer, but right now any time he closed his eyes he kept seeing things that he didn't want to see and reliving things that he wished he'd never had to live the first time. So he settled for laying there gently rubbing Linda's back and watching her sleep.

He really was a lucky man, he knew he'd have to answer to his actions from earlier today at some point, but for right now he was grateful that Linda wasn't pushing the issue. He didn't really have any answers for her anyway, he honestly didn't know why he hadn't gone home to her in the first place and instead had chosen to drive the streets of Chicago in a daze. Danny had a habit of reacting first, and thinking later. He hadn't even considered the fact that his family would be worried about him until after the fact, he just knew that they didn't need to see him in the state he was in after he'd first found out. He was supposed to be the strong one, and he had been anything but strong at that point.