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Episode coda for 8x09, precursor for episode 8x10. A bridge fic, if you will.
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Five and a half days in quarantine. Cabin fever. Card games. Revelations.
This is Steve and Danny facing up to what it really means when they say 'I love you'.Tani glanced between them, reading the room a little more and worrying slightly. "Wait, you guys are both… because I kind of assumed you were right off the bat. Then Grover said I was wrong and I figured, well he's known you longer. But Junior and I were talking and he mentioned that the walls were kind of thin at your house…" Junior was wide-eyed at being brought into it and seemed to move his hands as if to shush Tani but it was too late.
"Steven?" Danny asked almost sweetly, which was an indicator that Steve should be wary. " The walls are thin?"
"I forgot about that," Steve said, contrite.
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- Part 1 of Couldn't
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Related to episodes 8x10 (chapter 1) and 8x11 (chapter 2).
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"When I was shot," Danny went on to explain. "I was trying to hold on, like you were asking me to do. And I knew I needed to fight for something. So I was thinking about all the great things I'd miss if I wasn't around - like the restaurant being a success, Charlie's graduation, walking Grace down the aisle. Grand kids…. growing old with you."
A smile blossomed wider on Steve's face, realization dawning. "You dreamed about us?"
"Well, it came up a lot in conversations we had while stuck in quarantine. I figure I had it on my brain already but yeah we were together," Danny nodded.Series
- Part 2 of Couldn't