Flack - One Day at a Time

[iluvroadrunner6]

Fandom: CSI:NY
Title: One Day at a Time
Author: iluvroadrunner6
Rating: FRT
Characters: Don Flack
csi50 Prompt: 029. Day
realmofthemuse Prompt: 1.74.1
Content Warning: Spoilers for "Charge of this Post."
Summary: Flack's thoughts on trying to get better after the bombing.
Author's Note: Short little thing. Not very long.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of CSI:NY. They're owned by CBS. However, any and all original characters are mine, so please do not use them without my permission.



People told him to take it one day at a time.

Every time they did, he wanted to bite their heads off and tell them when they’d had a huge chunk blown out of their side, they could tell him to take it one day at a time.

It wasn’t the rehabilitation that bothered him so much. Physical therapy wasn’t that bad—the doctor was cute enough, and if she was having a good day, she might actually flirt back when he flirted with her—but the rest of the time when he had to sit in a hospital room, or on his couch at home, bored out of his skull, was pure torture. He wasn’t used to something like this, and while everyone knew it, they also should know him well enough to know that telling him to take it easy wasn’t exactly going to help.

But he didn’t tell them that. On the days when his temper was shorter, he tried to fight the urge to snap back at them, and just took a deep breath before forcing the smile, with the usual nod and ‘yeah, I know.’ On the better days, he just shrugged it off. And on the really good days, they wouldn’t say anything, and just grab a beer from his fridge and plop down in his living room to watch the game. Those were the days he favored over everything else, because those were the days that felt most normal, and least out of place. Those were the days where he didn’t have to think about what he had been through, and what he could or couldn’t remember.

Those were the days when people actually let him forget.

Comments

[afteriwake.livejournal.com]

This was very good. A nice glimpse into how he coped.

[iluvroadrunner6.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it.

[tanzensiemit.livejournal.com]

I'm completely in love with how you characterize Flack because it just seems so much more human, real. It's refreshing to see this side of him since we don't get to see it all that much.

Love it; love them all.

[iluvroadrunner6.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I really enjoy writing him; he's a lot of fun.

I'm glad you liked it.

[tanzensiemit.livejournal.com]

So very welcome. I'm so glad that he got major focus attention in the series; he's a joy to watch. . .and can you not be enthralled by him when his face just lights up on screen. He's quite animated and solid. ^_^;

[iluvroadrunner6.livejournal.com]

And it doesn't hurt that he's pretty. ;)

I think what I love the most about him is his snark. I've always been drawn to really snarky characters, and he's such a good guy deep down, which makes him even more fun to write. Most guys who are snarky are usually half-jerk (or all-jerk, in the case of House) but not so much with Flack.

[tanzensiemit.livejournal.com]

Completely agree with you on both accounts. Snark = Sexie

[iluvroadrunner6.livejournal.com]

Very much so.

[buffyangellvr23.livejournal.com]

nicely done :)

[iluvroadrunner6.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.