H50 drabble

Drabble following on from Drowning.

Stasis

Every day Danny crosses over from the world of the living to the world of… whatever it is that Steve's doing now.

Outside the world is full of sunshine and color and life: busy people with work to do and places to go; an endless, vital rush of traffic and chatter and noise; Grace falling for some boy band and giving Danny even more grey hairs.

Inside it's all muted shades and hushed sounds; a stillness that's not peace; and Steve lying silent and unmoving in a hospital bed.

Outside, life rolls on, everything changes, and Steve's getting left behind.

H50 drabble

Drabble following on from Stasis.

Missing in action

Danny starts to skip visits. Just the occasional one at first, and always with a good reason: Grace has a school play; an investigation takes him off-island; an old friend blows into town and calls Danny up for a beer… And then one day he's too tired, he just can't face it, and it's not like Steve even knows he's there. He has to look after his own health, right?

The doctor frowns disapprovingly at him. "He called for you before the end, Detective Williams, but you weren't there."

And Danny wakes in a cold sweat, vowing to try harder.