H50 drabble

Drabble following on from Living on a prayer.

Denial

No. If he doesn't listen then it won't be true. If he doesn't acknowledge the doctor when he tells him to prepare himself for the very real possibility that Steve will never wake up then it won't happen that way. If he doesn't hear when the doctor uses words like infection and high-grade antibiotics then they can't possibly refer to Steve. Because this isn't happening, Danny won't let it be happening, it's all wrong. The doctor's talking as though there's no hope, and Danny won't have that, because none of this can be real and Steve is going to live.

H50 drabble

Drabble following on from Denial.

Drowning

Danny sloshes another three fingers of scotch into the glass and swallows it down. "Maybe you're not as alone here as you think, Danno." He can hear Steve as clearly as if it was yesterday, and it's a bitter memory because now Steve's fucking well going to die and leave Danny alone again, and Danny's going to end up as miserable as he was before Steve came along with his goofy smiles and warm heart and it's not fucking fair of Steve to do this to him.

At this moment Danny hates Steve almost as much as he hates himself.