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iluvroadrunner6) wrote2007-11-21 05:29 pm
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Flack - Land on His Own Two Feet
Fandom: CSI:NY
Title: Land on His Own Two Feet
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Rating: FRT
Characters: Don Flack, Aiden Burn, mentions of Danny Messer
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csi50 Prompt: 034. Victims
realmofthemuse Prompt: 1.81.2f
Content Warning: Spoilers for "Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Summary: Flack and Aiden talk about Danny's blowout with Mac.
Author's Note: The prompt was "misdemeanors." Whenever anyone says "misdemeanors" with regards to CSI:NY I always think Danny and Mac's nice blow out at the end of the episode.
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.
He played with his coffee cup as he listened to Aiden talk about the case she and Danny had been working, and how it had ended with Mac blowing up at Danny right in front of the rest of the lab. True, Danny had it coming, considering that he had deliberately gone against what Mac had told him to do with the case, but Mac’s way of dealing with things like that—it was loud and right out there in front of everyone. As if he needed an audience to prove his point. While he was sure it would work, that wasn’t how Flack would do things. But then again, Flack wasn’t Mac.
He just wasn’t sure why Aiden wanted to drag him into all of this. He wasn’t on the case at hand, he didn’t have any knowledge of it whatsoever, and true, while he was Danny’s best friend, that wasn’t exactly a guarantee that Danny would listen. Once he had made up his mind, Danny didn’t listen to anyone. He was a real stubborn sonuvabitch when he wanted to be, and just because it was Flack he wasn’t talking to probably wasn’t going to mean jack in the end.
It wasn’t that Danny was a bad cop. He had been doing his job—nothing wrong with that. He knew that, and everyone else knew it. He also knew that when the charge of the crime had turned from a felony to a misdemeanor, he was supposed to kick it down to the uniforms and have them take care of it. He worked homicides, murders—not natural causes.
When he looked up, Aiden was staring at him, and he realized that she had finished. He stared back at her for a minute, almost saying, ‘Well? What do you want me to say?’ and she rolled her eyes.
“Will you do it or not?”
“Do what?”
“Talk to him.”
“And say what exactly?”
“Flack—you’re his best friend. He’s gonna lose this promotion if he keeps going like this.”
“Aid, if I knew exactly how to get through to him, I would. But—you and I both know he won’t listen.”
“He will.”
“If he won’t listen to Mac, he won’t listen.”
“He’ll listen to you.”
“He’ll listen to you, too,” he pointed out, studying her face for a minute. “He’ll listen to you and you were on the case. Why don’t you talk to him? Hell, why didn’t you say something to Mac?”
“He was the primary, Flack,” she sighed. “And if I had gone over his head—”
“What? What would have happened, other than him getting into trouble?”
“That’s it, Flack—I would have gotten him in trouble. He’s going to lose this promotion—”
“Maybe losing the promotion is what he needs,” Flack said. “Maybe that’s what he needs to do to get his head on straight.”
“But it’s not like he’s doing anything wrong, Flack,” she sighed. “We got a vic, we followed it through to the arrest. What else were we supposed to do?”
“Wrong is relative,” he said simply. The second half of that being ‘Vic gets trumped when your boss says to kick it down’ but he knew she knew what he meant. He took a deep breath before reaching for his wallet to pay for his coffee. “The only way Danny learns is to learn on his own. We can’t teach him that.”
“You don’t—”
“Aiden.” He just cut her off. Because she knew he was right and protesting the matter was only going to make things worse for her in the end. “Danny needs someone to let him fall for once. Just to see if he can land on his own two feet.”
Everyone did, at some point or other. But Danny more than most. And they both knew it.
Title: Land on His Own Two Feet
Author:
iluvroadrunner6Rating: FRT
Characters: Don Flack, Aiden Burn, mentions of Danny Messer
csi50 Prompt: 034. Victimsrealmofthemuse Prompt: 1.81.2fContent Warning: Spoilers for "Crimes and Misdemeanors."
Summary: Flack and Aiden talk about Danny's blowout with Mac.
Author's Note: The prompt was "misdemeanors." Whenever anyone says "misdemeanors" with regards to CSI:NY I always think Danny and Mac's nice blow out at the end of the episode.
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.
He played with his coffee cup as he listened to Aiden talk about the case she and Danny had been working, and how it had ended with Mac blowing up at Danny right in front of the rest of the lab. True, Danny had it coming, considering that he had deliberately gone against what Mac had told him to do with the case, but Mac’s way of dealing with things like that—it was loud and right out there in front of everyone. As if he needed an audience to prove his point. While he was sure it would work, that wasn’t how Flack would do things. But then again, Flack wasn’t Mac.
He just wasn’t sure why Aiden wanted to drag him into all of this. He wasn’t on the case at hand, he didn’t have any knowledge of it whatsoever, and true, while he was Danny’s best friend, that wasn’t exactly a guarantee that Danny would listen. Once he had made up his mind, Danny didn’t listen to anyone. He was a real stubborn sonuvabitch when he wanted to be, and just because it was Flack he wasn’t talking to probably wasn’t going to mean jack in the end.
It wasn’t that Danny was a bad cop. He had been doing his job—nothing wrong with that. He knew that, and everyone else knew it. He also knew that when the charge of the crime had turned from a felony to a misdemeanor, he was supposed to kick it down to the uniforms and have them take care of it. He worked homicides, murders—not natural causes.
When he looked up, Aiden was staring at him, and he realized that she had finished. He stared back at her for a minute, almost saying, ‘Well? What do you want me to say?’ and she rolled her eyes.
“Will you do it or not?”
“Do what?”
“Talk to him.”
“And say what exactly?”
“Flack—you’re his best friend. He’s gonna lose this promotion if he keeps going like this.”
“Aid, if I knew exactly how to get through to him, I would. But—you and I both know he won’t listen.”
“He will.”
“If he won’t listen to Mac, he won’t listen.”
“He’ll listen to you.”
“He’ll listen to you, too,” he pointed out, studying her face for a minute. “He’ll listen to you and you were on the case. Why don’t you talk to him? Hell, why didn’t you say something to Mac?”
“He was the primary, Flack,” she sighed. “And if I had gone over his head—”
“What? What would have happened, other than him getting into trouble?”
“That’s it, Flack—I would have gotten him in trouble. He’s going to lose this promotion—”
“Maybe losing the promotion is what he needs,” Flack said. “Maybe that’s what he needs to do to get his head on straight.”
“But it’s not like he’s doing anything wrong, Flack,” she sighed. “We got a vic, we followed it through to the arrest. What else were we supposed to do?”
“Wrong is relative,” he said simply. The second half of that being ‘Vic gets trumped when your boss says to kick it down’ but he knew she knew what he meant. He took a deep breath before reaching for his wallet to pay for his coffee. “The only way Danny learns is to learn on his own. We can’t teach him that.”
“You don’t—”
“Aiden.” He just cut her off. Because she knew he was right and protesting the matter was only going to make things worse for her in the end. “Danny needs someone to let him fall for once. Just to see if he can land on his own two feet.”
Everyone did, at some point or other. But Danny more than most. And they both knew it.