Dandyfeels

This is a short ficlet based on a deleted scene from season 1 episode bunk bed it contains dialogue from that scene plus my own little twist at the end, for the sake of this story, Mindy is not currently dating anyone. I wish I had been able to contribute more to fanfic this summer but nursing school life has a habit of getting in the way, I wanted to have this done and posted for yall in anticipation of the new season enjoy. -MG

“Morgan was the only person that could put together my bunk bed, Danny.” Mindy explained to Danny about why she’d had Morgan leave work to help her.

“Why do you need a bunk bed? So you can lure marines in here to hook up with them?” Danny said not being able to resist throwing a crack at her.

“Okay, that’s gross! No I’m not. “

“Okay, good.” Danny said slightly relieved that this wasn’t one of  Mind’s schemes and that she wasn’t seeing anyone.

“The only way to get my best friend to come into the city was to make a bunk bed for her daughter.”

“Well, this doesn’t look that hard. I mean, I could finish this in a half an hour.” “Wait, are you serious?” Mindy said surprised that Danny wanted to help her.

“Sure. It’s a certain pride you get building something with your own two hands. We lost that as a country.”

“ Okay, I don’t know about all that, but , Danny, thank you so much . This is awesome.”  Mindy said grateful.

“ No problem, but first, how about a tour of your apartment? “ Danny said

“Uh, no. There’s no time. “

“ Come on, there’s time. Let’s do it. “ Danny said with a smirk.

“No. Danny! Okay, fine, but just , please don’t make any, like, little remarks all right? “Mindy said giving in as Danny was already walking around her apartment.

“Hey, if I got something to say, I’m gonna say it. “

“Alright, um, this is my bathroom. Uh, over here is my closet. And that is the tour.” Mindy said suddenly getting uncomfortable having Danny in her intimate spaces.

“Why do you need so many moisturizers?” Danny said looking into her bathroom.

“Well, Danny, I have dark skin. Dark skin people need moisturizers or we get ashy.  Didn’t you know that? “

“ No, it’s actually pretty interesting. “

“Do you not have any dark skinned friends?”

“Of course I do. Anthony.”

“ Danny…” Mindy said as Danny made his way toward her bedroom, she could feel herself blush as he walked toward it, she quickly shrugged it off.

“What have we got in here?”

“That’s my bedroom! It’s not ready for people to see it yet… Come on!” Mindy said but Danny had already walked into her bedroom, she scrambled to pick up her undergarments of the bed as Danny plopped down.

“Oh… Who’s this little bastard?” Danny said picking up a pink stuffed octopus off her bed.

“Oh that’s Inky. He’s a first edition beanie baby.  Still has his tag on it. Kind of an investment. “ Mindy said proudly.

“Ah, Warren Buffet over here. “

“Okay, just…. Can you please get off my bed? Go make my bunk bed, make it look like I did and leave. Just , can you…  This is weird, Danny! “

“Why, why is it weird?” Danny said still lying on her bed.

“ Cause, it, it just is. “

“No, now I’m curious, why is it weird. “ Danny said a smirk on his face, he was clearly enjoying the fact that he was making her all flustered.

“Cause  if there’s a hot guy lying on my bed like you’re doing right  now, he usually doesn’t have any clothes on. “ Mindy said then immediately regretted it, why did she just say that.

“You think I’m hot?”   Danny said with a smirk.

“No, no, that’s, that’s not what I meant.” Mindy said sure that her face was betraying her.

“What did you mean then?”

“I, I don’t know, Danny seriously can you just go make the bunk bed.”

“Ok, but I gotta tell you something first.”

“Ok, fine.”

You were right.” Danny said.

“Right about what?” Mindy asked confused.

“A few months ago, when you said that thing about me having personal feelings for you, you were right. I did, well I do.  I just didn’t want to admit to myself or you, cause haven’t felt like this about anyone since my ex.“

“Danny, what are you saying? What is happening right now?”

“I think you’re great , that you shouldn’t keep wasting your time with these idiots that don’t deserve you that you should be with me.” Danny said.

“Danny, I…” Mindy said but before she could say another word Danny quickly got up and was suddenly standing right in front of her.

Before she even knew what was happening, Danny’s hands had cupped her face, his lips on hers kissing her, and she was kissing him back. Bunk bed forgotten and the kiss grew deeper and one of Danny’s hands made its way to her ass.

Mindy couldn’t believe this was happening, she was making out with Danny Castellano in her bedroom and he was a really good kisser.

Danny walked back toward the bed lying down again this time with Mindy on top of him. Mindy let out a small squeal as Danny flipped them over and quickly unbuckled her shirt and worked to remove her bra and Mindy’s hands found her way to his jeans.

She was enjoying his gyrating movements against her, but she wanted to feel him without his jeans being in the way. She worked to remove his pants and soon both of them were naked.

Afterwards Mindy lay wrapped up in Danny’s arms.

“So that just happened.” Mindy said with a smirk.

“Yeah.” Danny said with a grin.

“Danny…”

“Hmm.” Danny said laying a soft kiss on her temple.

“ Did you really mean it?”

“Mean what?”

“That you wanted me to  be with you, cause I don’t want what I had with Jeremy.  I don’t want that with you, I want something real. If having sex with me, is  all this was then we can forgot this ever happened.”

“Yes, I meant it, and how I feel about you is real.” Danny said cupping her face and leaning in and kissing her.

There was a sudden knock on the door interrupting their moment.

“ Crap, that’s probably Gwen, Danny, the bunk bed!” Mindy said . As much as she had enjoyed her time with Danny, she couldn’t blow off her best friend.

“ I’ll get dressed while you answer the door. I’ll put together the bunk bed, you enjoy your weekend with your best friend and we’ll pick up where we left off, after I take you to dinner, Monday?” Danny said.

“I would love that.” Mindy said with a smile as she threw on some clothes.

Hey y’all here is the latest chapter for my fic st barths, sorry for the delay , life has a habit of getting in the way but my muse always prevails. I’ll be wrapping this story up pretty soon, I’d say about two more chapters. This is unbetaed, so all mistakes are mine, and will be posted to the respective sites when its been edited. Enjoy, I’ve included the links for the first three chapts on ff.net and Ao3 if you haven’t read them .

Ao3 : http://archiveofourown.org/works/1810579/chapters/3885559

ffnet: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10495248/1/St-Barth-s

-MG

IM ON A BOAT

Mindy awoke again to her phone ringing , glancing at it she saw it was Gwen.

"Ugh, Gwen, can we cancel this stupid boat tour thing,I'm so exhausted." Mindy said answering the phone, her head still resting on her pillow.

"Are you seriously still in bed , the boat leaves in an hour. Anyway, I've got some bad news , Carl had the shrimp last night, even though it never agrees with him, something I reminded him about last night. He decided to eat it anyway, and now hes got food poisoning. So its just gonna be you and Danny on the boat."

"Come on Gwen, you're making me get up early and go on some boring boat tour and you're not going to be there."

"Yeah, but Danny still is, It'll give you two another full day to spend together, which I'm sure you're happy about."

"Well, yeah, but you're still ditching me, is Carl even sick, or is this some ploy for you to get Danny and me closer together."

"Yes, he is, that gagging in the background you hear, no one could fake that. And you two got together on your own without my help. You like this guy Mindy, don't self sabotage, I know you, make sure you give him a real chance."

"What's that supposed to mean, I am giving him a real chance. He's sweet, hes hot as hell, he’s smart and succesful.

"But? There's always a but either you think you're not good enough for a guy or hes not good enough for you, or he's secretly a loser who's gonna cheat on you like Tom, Josh and Cliff."

"But,nothing."

" Come on Mindy, we've been best friends forever ,I know you, you're never this sure about a guy."

"I know. There's just something different about Danny. I know I've only known him for like four days but they're aren't any but's, unless you count his cute little white butt...sorry. The point is, I like him and so far things have been really great." Mindy said.

"Alright, well go get ready, Danny is meeting you in the lobby in thirty minutes."

"Ok, I'm getting up as we speak."

"No you're not, you're still laying in bed."

"OK, fine, I'm actually getting up." Mindy said dragging herself out of bed.

"There you go. I gotta get back to Carl, have fun today."

"Ok, yeah, bye." Mindy said hanging up and dragging herself to the bathroom.

"Our plan is working even better than I thought. Great job on the fake gagging." Gwen said hanging up the phone and turning to face  Carl who was sitting next to her on the bed.

" I just hope it all turns out better than it did the last time you tried to set one of my friends with Mindy. Lest I remind you of the Dennis situation."

" First of all it was your idea to set them up, and Dennis wasn't exactly the worlds greatest catch. Second, I think Mindy really likes Danny, I haven't heard her talk about a guy this way since Casey. "

"Yeah, you're right, Danny seems to be pretty into her. His ex-wife messed him up pretty bad, I could tell he wasn't really happy with her the times that I had dinner with them."

"See, perfect match. " Gwen said with a smirk.

Mindy showered, got dressed and headed down into the lobby to meet Danny. She felt nervous, which was weird because she was only ever nervous on first dates. This would technically be her and Danny's second date, now that it was just going to be the two of them on the boat tour. She thought about her chat with Gwen and decided she would just go with the flow, no sabotaging. They'd already slept with each other, gone on a first date and he still wanted to hang with her, that was a good start.

"Hey." Danny said walking up to her.

"Hi." Mindy said back.

Again they weren't sure how to greet each other. Mindy took the initiative and kissed him on the cheek.

"So, Carl told me the boats leaving from the dock off the beach here at this hotel. We should probably head over there."

"Right, yeah." Mindy said .

"So how'd you sleep?" Danny asked as they made their way toward the dock.

"Good, I could of used a few extra hours, didn't get much sleep the night before." Mindy said with a smirk.

" I usually get up early, get a workout in at the gym before work then head into work. But yeah the other night exhausted me too, in the good way." Danny said then added the last part when he realized Mindy was flirting. Things were so easy yesterday, today he sounded like a mook.

"Right, yeah, me too." Mindy said, wondering how they got to this forced small talk. Things were more natural between them last night, this morning, they were just weird. She wondered if it was because she hadn't let him in her room after their date, was he no longer interested in her.

"How about you?" Danny said. Asking Mindy a question about something she clearly missed.

"What? Sorry , I got distracted by the beauty of the island, the uh trees and fresh air." Mindy said.

"Uh, that's ok, I was just asking if you'd ever been on one of these tours, it'll be my first." Danny said.

"Um yeah same here, unless you count the ferry to the statue of Liberty.Or the couple of booze cruises, not that I've been on a lot it, was basically two, ok three and half. " Mindy said, she mentally face palmed herself.

They were both silent the rest of the way to the dock , they spotted a sign for the tour Gwen and Carl had signed them up for and were greeted as they walked up.

"Welcome to Le Nageoire boat tour, I'm your capitaine Jacques Monsignor." A man dressed in a white uniform with the hotels logo on the breast pocket said.

A woman wearing a similar uniform checked off their names and motioned for them to help themselves to coffee and pastries. Danny grabbed a coffee and Mindy resisted the urge to pile her plate with food, choosing instead to grab two large pastries before taking a seat next to Danny.

" We'll be leaving the dock momentarily, please enjoy the complimentary refreshments." A voice said through overhead speakers.

"You sure you don't want anything to eat, they've got a ton of variety." Mindy said to break the silence.

"Nah, I'm more of a corn muffin kinda guy,everything else is too sweet." Danny said.

" Oh."Mindy said then focused her attention on her bear claws.

They sat there neither saying a word ,Danny sipping his coffee and Mindy eating.The boat disembarked from the dock and the tour began. The tour guide wasn't very charismatic and as Mindy looked around, she noticed that though the boat was sizable the amount of passengers was small. It made sense once the guide  started talking about seaweed and the other type of creatures local to the waters.

Leave it to Carl to book an educational boat tour. Mindy thought it was gonna be a whale watching type thing. She turned and saw that Danny looked equally bored.

"How lame is this tour." Mindy said.

"Yeah, a whole twenty minutes on seaweed, he's no Ken Burns."

"Who? I don't think anyone is listening. Like look at those two, Dick and Mary, Mary clearly dragged him here and Dick's interest clearly lies down the shirt of the chick sitting next to him and every other chick on this boat."  Mindy whispered.

"You know them?" Danny asked.

"No, you idiot, its called people watching. You know when you go to a public place and make up stories about the strangers you see based on your observations of them."

"Oh, yeah, that sounds stupid and a waste of time."

"Says the person who probably has never tried it. What about those two ?" Mindy said pointing to a couple sitting in the seats in front and to the right of them.

"Ok, um, do I gotta give them names?" Danny said.

"You can, but It's not like a rule." Mindy said with a smirk.

"Um, well the guy is in trouble with the girl, they probably had some kind of argument the other night or maybe this morning, you can tell by the distance between them, shes sitting at least a foot away, and every time he tries to get closer she moves away. The guy probably has no idea what he did wrong. How was that?"

"Terrible and depressing, the story is supposed to be funny. You're kinda bad at this but A for effort." Mindy said.

"Uh, thanks I guess."

"Let me show you how its done." Mindy said then singled out a passenger who was by himself.

The two continued on with the game, bantering back and forth and the tension and awkwardness just melted away. Mindy even got a couple of crooked smiles out of Danny. By the end of the tour, they couldn't stop laughing. The other people on the boat probably thought they were insane and the boat crew that they were extremely rude. Mindy and Danny didn't care though.

They boat docked and they walked off grinning. They then walked back to the hotel, standing outside the main doors.

"You wanna grab an early lunch?" Danny asked as they stood in the lobby.

"Yeah, sounds good I am starving."

" Really? You had like three bear claws on the boat."

"It was two and a half and it's rude to comment on how much a woman eats, not that I care cause I'm a dainty bird with hips of an eleven year old boy." Mindy said proudly.

"I'm gonna brush right past that. How about the buffet, and I promise not to comment on your food intake." Danny said with a smirk. Mindy playfully slapped his arm before following him inside.

They ate lunch and after taking a short stroll, they decided to hit the pool. Danny bought a pair of trunks from the hotel boutique, after he went into a rant about why borrowing a pair from Carl was unhygienic.

After a couple hours swimming and sun bathing, they moved to the jacuzzi. Luckily for them no one else was around so they had the jacuzzi to themselves, benefits of traveling to the island in a non-summer month.

"Danny?"

"Hmm."

"Can I admit something to you?"

" We're the same age, I know."

"How dare you, we are not even in the same generation." Mindy said splashing him.

"Hey, that got in my mouth!"

" Serves you right, I'm trying to have a serious moment with you.."

" Sorry, what did you want to admit."

"Well I'm usually like this super confident person when it comes to men, dating etc, I have no problem slaying dudes and taking numbers. But you, I don't know how to act around you. I know things were a little awkward this morning, you're probably wondering why after things got all hot and heavy I didn't invite you in. This connection or whatever we have after almost four days, it scares the crap out of me. This trip is half way done and, I don't want this to just be about sex. A wise friend of mine reminded me that I can sometimes sabotage my relationships,not that I'm saying that's what this is , but I don't want to screw this up, cause I really like you.  Ok, shutting up now, just forget everything I just said." Mindy said when she couldn't read Danny's expression.

"You're kind of cute when you rant. "

"That's all you're gonna say."

No, there's more if you'll give me a chance to talk."

"Oh, ok, sorry, talk." Mindy said.

"I admit I was disappointed you didn't invite me in last night, but I meant it when I said I wanted to get to know you. I really like you too, and this, isn't just about sex. I don't want to screw this, whatever it is, up either. "

" Good ,I'm glad we're on the same page."

"Yeah."

"So I think this calls for drink."

"it's 2 o'clock in the afternoon."

"If this is going to work Danny, you'll have to get used to my rock and roll lifestyle."

"I could get used to that."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Danny said, then kissed her.

That's all the confirmation Mindy needed, the drinks were forgotten as they made their way to Mindy's hotel room.

Later they lay on the bed in Mindy's hotel room, Mindy curled against him, sleeping soundly. Danny's phone buzzed and he hit ignore. His phone dinged signaling a message 'We Need to Talk ' followed by 'You can't avoid me forever' 'It's Important' and 'Call me back '. Danny turned off his phone and wrapped his arms around Mindy.

"Everything, ok?" Mindy said feeling him tense.

"Everything's perfect." Danny said, he only hoped it would stay that way .

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My apologies for the slight angst, but I’ll make it up to yall , if you’re familiar with my writing, you know my muse lives in romantic angst with a fluffy ending. Thanks for reading, xoxo

This little piece of fluff is dedicated to my amazing beta redrobin2175, a belated bday gift(Sorry its so late), this was also written in celebration of Hulu picking up TMP and for my lovely friend/fellow mindian and loyal reader evmlove who wanted some fluff, it was inspired by Ed Sheeran’s thinking out loud , hence the name, its short but sweet, enjoy!

Thinking Out Loud

This was it , what they'd been waiting for, nay looking forward to the past 9 months, baby boy Castellano was ready to meet the world. Incidentally Danny and Mindy were arguing about baby names when she went into labor.

" What's wrong with Ashton?" Mindy said as she lay on their couch munching on sour straws. Danny sat next to her, Mindy's feet on his lap as he massaged them.

" For the last time we're not naming our kid after some movie star. " Danny said.

"Fine, what about Christopher?" Mindy said pouting as she realized the candy package was now empty.

" I'll grab you another package, and Christopher, I like it." Danny said getting up.

"Wait, really?" Mindy asked sitting up.

"Yeah, Anthony Christopher, like the saint." Danny said.

"Yeah, the saint, and definitely not the hunk that plays Thor in the avengers." Mindy said mumbling the last part.

"What was that babe?" Danny said returning as promised with an unopened package of sour straws.

"Nothing sweet...ow. Danny, don't panic.." Mindy said once the pain subsided.

"Panic, why would I panic, did you accidentally delete all my ken burns documentaries on the DVR again ? Danny said using air quotes when he said accidentally.

"No,, and it was an accident, that's besides the point, I'm pretty sure I'm going into labor."

"The baby, hes coming now?!" Danny said immediately starting to sweat.

"Yup." Mindy said gritting her teeth as another contraction hit.

Danny stood there in shock for a second before something snapped and he jumped to action. After holding Mindy's hand during the current contraction he ran to their bedroom grabbing his keys, wallet and their hospital bag. He helped Mindy down the stairs of their brownstone and into his car before speeding to the hospital.

"Alright Mindy, you're dilated 6 centimeters."

"Six, only six you've gotta be kidding me." Mindy said breathing rapidly as the latest contraction subsided.

"You're doing great babe." Danny said wiping her forehead.

"Danny, Danny what if the baby hates me, what if we aren't ready."

"What, Min, of course he isn't going to hate you, and no ones really ready to be a parent."

"Thanks for trying babe,but doesn't make me feel better."

" Hey, I wasn't finished, no ones really ready to be a parent, but Min, this baby is going to love you as much as I do, and we're in this together ." Danny said kissing her forehead.

"I love you." Mindy said with a smile.

"I love you too." Danny said kissing her lips.

After twelve hours of labor, the first loud cries of baby boy Castellano were heard.

"You did it Min." Danny said as the doctors cleaned the baby up, and examined him before handing him to Mindy.

"Danny, he's so beautiful." Mindy said looking down at the little person that was part her, part Danny.

" He's perfect."

"Welcome to the world Anthony Christopher Lahiri-Castelllano."

 Love has a way of creeping up on you, sometimes you try to fight it, but ultimately you accept it, mind, body and soul and the outcome makes all the pain, doubt, indecision along the way, all worth it when you look into your new born child's eyes as the love of your life holds him.

  I've been stupid and reckless with her heart. There was a time where I broke up with her, although I secretly wanted to be with her. I've been all in, terrified to move in with her, blind to the fact that she was family. I've hurt her more times than I could count with my words. I've tried to walk away, but couldn't. Mindy, she's loved me through it all ,and one month ago she gave me the greatest gift a man could ever receive, you kid.  

" I love your mom, more than I've ever loved anyone. I thought I could never imagine being married again, I didn't think I deserved it. I thought we'd fail a, that I'd fail her. That it would be like it was with Christina, but I was wrong. " Danny said as he sat in the nursery Anthony in his arms, the baby starring up at his father with his brown eyes so like his mothers.

" I realized I was wrong kid after talking to your Grandma Annette, so I ran and found your other grandparents, I asked your grandfather, not your grandfather Alan, but your other grandfather, your mom's dad, for his permission to marry your mom. He said no and slammed the door in my face, but I wasn't going to give up so easily. " Danny said and the baby yawned as if saying get to the point dad.

" Long story short kid, I  got him to say yes. I'd never admit this to her, but I can be as stubborn as your mother. I wanted you to know we were a family before you were born and we'll always be one, I will never leave you or your mother. I also know she likes to eavesdrop on the baby monitor when I'm in here with you, which means she'll be making her way in here right about, now." Danny said with a smirk and looked at the door and there was Mindy shock on her face.

"So you admit it you're stubborn." Mindy said with a smirk. Danny smiled at her, placed Anthony into his crib and walked closer to Mindy.

"Min, you are the love of my life, my best friend, the mother of my son, I fall in love with you every single day ,and I'm going to love you til the day I die. I want to spend the rest of my life with you, so Mindy Kuhel Lahiri will you marry me?" Danny said taking out his grandmothers ring and kneeling in front of Mindy.

Mindy looked at Danny , at the ring and over to the crib where her son was laying down and she knew her answer.

" I love you and yes, Daniel Alan Castellano, I will marry you." Mindy said.

Danny slipped the ring on her finger , then stood up. They kissed, a kiss that was interrupted by the cry of their son.

Thinking Out loud

This is a story  created as a response to a prompt by

snarkysara

: a fanfic wherein Mindy is a serial killer who killed Shauna and Betsy for being attracted to Danny.  This fic is AU with violent deaths, you've been warned.

                Special thanks to evmlove, snarkysara for putting the prompt out there and Nata, Ally and Neo for their feedback and suggestions. This is slightly AU so it will not follow the path of the show but it will include some bits from canon storyline. This is unbetaed so apologies for any errors, a betaed version will  eventually be posted on AO3.  I don't usually write this dark but I enjoyed the challenge, enjoy!

           Mindy stood in the shadows stalking her prey, this part was always her favorite. She loved being able to watch them going about their day, not knowing that soon they would be drawing their last breath. She ran her hand up and down the smooth yet sharp knife in her hand, relishing in the cold sensation. Mindy was a serial killer, but not like the ones you see on dateline or that you read about in the newspaper. Mindy didn't have some traumatizing childhood, she wasn't a sociopath, she hadn't tortured or dissected small animals or anything gross like that, outside of biology courses anyway.

You could say she fell into the whole thing on accident. Mindy hunted a particular type of prey, females that had the audacity to insert themselves in Danny Castellano's life. Her first kill had been Shauna Dicanio , she only meant to talk to the receptionist about her inappropriate behavior toward Danny , behavior which Danny was completely oblivious to. Mindy didn't want the chance of Danny walking in on her talk with Shauna, so she made plans to meet up outside of the office.

Mindy expressed her concerns, and Shauna seemed to be listening but at the end of the conversation, the receptionist had said something that made Mindy snap. " No offense Dr. L but, how I feel or don't feel about Dr. Castellano is none of your business. Oh my god are you jealous or something, that is hilarious. Like he would ever have any interest in you. I wont let you ruin my chance to marry a rich doctor ." Shauna said before getting up and leaving.

Mindy fumed, not only did Shauna disrespect her, she admitted her interest in Danny was purely monetary. Danny was her best friend and the thought of anyone hurting him or using him made her blood boil. She paid the check then headed to find Shauna, she wasn't done talking to her yet. Mindy spotted Shauna walking down the street, she followed her, making sure to stay far back enough that she wouldn't be spotted but close enough not to lose her in a crowd.

Mindy watched as Shauna made her way to the Schulman and associates building, she made her way outside to the balcony over looking the outside patio, pulling out her cell phone " Hey Dr. C, its Shauna, I know you're surgery but I wanted to leave a message, I was hoping you'd want to grab coffee..." Shauna began, but before she could finish her sentence, Mindy snatched the phone out of her hand, ending the phone call before the message could save .

"What the hell!" Shauna said shocked.

"  I thought I told you to stay away from him!"

"Give me the phone back!" Shauna said reaching for it. Mindy shoved her away hard and Shauna went over the balcony landing with a thud against the concrete floor.

Mindy looked down at a twitching Shauna on the ground, there was blood pooling underneath her and her mouth was gasping for air, then her eyes were blank and staring, she was dead. Mindy thought she'd feel guilty but all she felt was a rush of endorphins, Shauna was no longer a problem, Danny's heart would be safe, that was all that mattered . Mindy wiped her prints off the phone and after donning gloves and emptying Shauna's wallet, she crushed the phone placing it next to the body before heading home.

The next day Betsy found the body and called the police. Mindy played the grieving boss. After questioning the staff and learning about the drifters they sometimes got and with Morgan alibiing her, which he did without question, the cops ruled it a mugging. They investigated for weeks, but eventually the case ran cold. The same endorphins Mindy felt when she'd looked down at Shauna's lifeless body resurfaced when she realized she'd gotten away with murder.

Mindy didn't feel the urge to kill again until eye-patch aka Jillian came along. This girl didn't know Danny at all, he was changing himself to appear to like certain things that weren't him just because the girl was young. Mindy knew she wasn't good enough for Danny and she could see clearly  where things were going. Danny would end up hurt, and she couldn't allow that. Not to mention the fact that she'd spotted eye-patch in the not so friendly embrace of a man that wasn't Danny.

According to her research she knew cops always suspected the boyfriend, so she knew this kill would take some planning if she wanted to make sure Danny wouldn't be a suspect. She got Danny to agree to take one of her scheduled surgeries. She'd been studying up on forensics and with some lock picking lessons from Morgan she was ready. She broke into Eye-patch's apartment and waited.

Jillian entered her home fifteen minutes later, unaware that Mindy was lying in wait. Mindy watched her, her hands tightening on the knife in her hand as she heard Jillian make plans with her lover. Once Jillian got off the phone Mindy sneaked up behind her slicing the knife across her neck in one fell swoop. Eye-patch didn't know what hit her as she grabbed her neck and fell to the floor. Mindy bent down and looked at her.

" Take that you stupid bitch!" Mindy said as she watched Jillian bleed out. She emptied Jillian's wallet and grabbed a couple pieces of her jewelery. She knew a smart thief knew better than to take a persons credit card, especially after they'd murdered said person. She also destroyed her phone.

Mindy washed off her knife in the sink , then made her way down the fire escape and into an alley. She made sure no one was around before taking off the surgical gear she had on which included gloves, gown, hair net and booties . She stuffed them into a plastic bag along with the jewelery then placed that bag into her handbag , later she would burn the items.

A smile crossed her face as she replayed the look of shock and surprise on Jillian's face. No doubt the women had thought Mindy was joking when she had stated she'd kill her and all her friends when she'd made a back handed comment about Mindy's outfit the last time she'd come in to see Danny. Mindy then headed toward the subway, whistling MIA's 'Bad girls'.

Mindy's need to kill was sated as she dated a bunch of rando's and Danny did too, but none of them were worthy to be her prey, that is till Alex came around. Yes, Mindy and Alex were friends, but Alex should have known better than to break the girl code. Plus again she was trying to change Danny. Mindy warned her that she shouldn't force Danny to change so quickly. Mindy also didn't like the fact that Danny was spending all his time with Alex. When Alex managed to break Danny's heart and almost destroy her friendship with Danny, Mindy felt the familiar need to kill.

Again she would make sure Danny had an alibi, with the help of Morgan.

Mindy knew Alex liked to go out to the local clubs before she was set to travel for work. She also knew that Alex had picked up a dirty little habit from Danny, smoking. So she stalked her prey watching her dance, drink and flirt with anyone with balls, then followed her outside into an alley. Mindy had invested in one of those clean suits, hiding it under a large trench coat that she'd taken off once she entered the alley. It was raining so there wasn't anyone else currently in the alley and she'd made sure no one would be joining them by barring the door behind her.

"Hello Alex." Mindy said .

"Whoa , Mindy you scared me half to death. What are you doing here?" Alex said.

"Death, yes you've got that part right." Mindy said advancing on Alex.

"What, you're not making any sense, are you drunk?"

"You shouldn't have broken his heart Alex, bad things happen to people who hurt my Danny." Mindy said getting even closer to Alex forcing the brunette to back up against the wall, at the same time she pulled out her knife.

" Mind..." Alex started to say when but stopped when Mindy promptly stabbed her in the gut, causing her to fall to the ground.

" He deserved better than you, you break his heart, Its only fair I stab yours." Mindy said and before Alex could scream for help Mindy pulled out the knife and stabbed her in the heart. She put her hand over Alex's mouth watching as the blood poured out of her wounds . Mindy waited for Alex's eyes to glass over and to see the vacant stare of death, accompanied by her feeling of satisfaction. Mindy emptied Alex's wallet of cash and smashed her phone.

Alex's body was discovered the next morning, Gwen called her crying. Her co-workers had mocked Mindy's acting, little did they know she was a greater actress then they thought. She cried her eyes out over the phone and at the funeral, again the case was deemed a mugging gone wrong, and again Mindy got away with it. An added plus was that she got to console Danny and he got to be there for her too, Alex's murder had brought them closer in their friendship.

Though Mindy hadn't left any traces at any of the scenes a detective started to connect the cases together, one by the name of Charlie Lang, and some how the suspicion that there was a serial killer mugger in Manhattan got into the newspaper. The media and the detective blamed a man for the killings. The profile made Mindy angry, how dare they assume that a women couldn't have managed to get away with not one but three murders, though they only suspected that Jillian and Alex were the 'Manhattan Slayers" victims. She also wasn't a big fan of the name, but it wasn't like she could ring up the police and media and tell them to come up with something better more glitzy and less America's most wanted.

That's when she decided she should have a signature, all the great serial killers had a signature, she needed something that would scream femininity,but couldn't be traced back to her. Thinking back to  a compliment she once received. from her old boss and mentor, she knew the perfect signature, that's when she started leaving fishing lures on her victims, bright shiny colorful lures.

There were a few other women after Alex, some she killed because she was bored, others for just glancing at Danny. They were too insignificant to remember their names, alI she remembered was the look in their eyes as the life left their bodies.

If someone wrote a book about Mindy and her killings they'd probably find it ironic that someone who brought new life into the world, could also so easily take it away. Unlike the women she killed the babies she brought into the world were innocent, at least that's the way Mindy saw it.

Her latest prey the one she currently stalked not only had an interest in Danny but was a very dangerous one. Betsey Putch had been their medical secretary for three years now. Until recently Betsy had a secret that no one knew about, she was obsessed and in love with one Danny Castellano. Not obsessed in the protective way that Mindy was, but crazy obsessed.

Mindy had started to notice how vocal Betsy had been about her feelings for Danny. This was problematic because Mindy and Danny were slowly moving from the friend stage to something more, neither ready yet to take that next step. Mindy had broken into her apartment and that's when she discovered Betsy's shrine, there were photographs , personal items such as tooth brushes, towels and Danny's missing talc from his gym bag.

The last straw was Betsy's journal, it was pages and pages of Danny's full name followed by 'Betsy Castellano' and on one page she found a photograph of Danny and Mindy at the previous years Christmas party, Mindy's face was scratched out. So Betsy saw her as a threat, though at that time the picture was taken she'd started dating Cliff and had continued to date him till about a two weeks ago. Cliff had broken up with her, then gotten himself killed, beaten to death, presumably by his ex-girlfriend Heather, bitch was crazy.

Mindy would have to take care of Betsy. It would be too easy to connect Betsy to the practice, especially since Shauna had already been killed, and she didn't want Charlie Lang to look back into that case. So for this particular murder she'd have to deviate from her regular methods.

Using a prison connection of Morgan's, his cousin Lou, she obtained what she needed. A week later Betsy was found dead in her apartment. Apparently the poor delusional girl had killed herself, evidenced by the poison in her coffee, and the suicide note located on her 'Danny' shrine. Police accepted the evidence and once again Mindy was in the clear.

Mindy and Danny were finally ready to face their feelings, crossing the line when Danny kissed her on top of the empire state building on valentines day. Mindy was happy and the urge to kill faded until one last obstacle to their love and Danny's life appeared, in the form of his ex wife Christina.

Mindy could feel her blood boil ,when the vixen who'd broken Danny's heart twice, reappeared wanting to get him back. Mindy and Danny were keeping their relationship a secret and though Danny told her , he'd moved on and wasn't interested, she kept on trying.

Christina's big mistake though was reaching out to Mindy, creating the perfect opportunity.for the ‘Manhattan Slayer’ to strike again.

"You should stay away from Danny, he doesn't want you, I don't know why you would think he'd take you back after all the hurt you put him through." Mindy said as the sat in the same cafe she'd sat in with Shauna.

" I get it , it's you, you're the reason Danny wont take me back." Christina said.

" No, you're the reason, because you're a cheating bitch."

" I was right the first time, you do have a think for Danny. I don't care what you think I will get him back, Danny never could resist me for long." With that Christina walked away heading into a local park. Mindy followed her.

" I warned you." Mindy said then shoved Christina to the ground. It was dark and there was no one else around.

"Mindy , what are you doing?" Christina said trembling on the ground.

"Making sure you never get a chance to hurt him again." Mindy said before kneeling down pulling out her pocket knife and gutting Christina  like a fish.

Out of all her kills this one was the most rewarding for Mindy. To kill the woman that had hurt Danny the most, the one who had not only broken his heart but hardened it . She took the money out of Christina's wallet smashed her phone and dropped the fishing lure in the stab wound.

Sensing someone behind her, she turned knife still in hand, her clean suit covered in blood and was shocked to see Danny standing behind her.

"Danny, this...this isn't what it looks like!" Mindy said though she knew it was exactly what it looked like.

She moved towards Danny, but he didn't flinch. He didn't yell at her, or scramble to call the police. He didn't do anything that she expected him to do if he every found out her secret, that she murdered people, that she loved it.

"You're the Manhattan Slayer..." Danny said, it wasn’t a question, it was a statement.

"How did you know?" Mindy asked.

"I found your box of fishing lures behind your box of sour straws this morning,  I followed you." Danny said.

"Why didn't you turn me in. I just killed your ex wife Danny, why are you just standing there."

"Because I'm relieved. I can finally tell you my secret, and know that you'd understand."

"Your secret?"

"Heather didn't kill Cliff, I did, he hurt you and I had to make him pay, just like the others." Danny said and Mindy saw the same blood thirst in his eyes that she saw in her own after each kill. Danny was like her, he was a serial killer.

"Others?" Mindy asked moving closer to him.

"Yeah, Tom was my first, the police think it was the Ukrainian mob, it was me. We were having a beer, and he got to talking, the things he said about you, something just snapped he made..."

"Your blood boil." Mindy said finishing the sentence for him.

"Yes, so I punched him, then I punched him again, till he stopped moving." Danny said a smirk on his face.

"As much as I want to jump your bones right now, we should probably get out of here before someone stumbles upon us and the body." Mindy said quickly removing her gear and going through her normal routine.

They casually walked out of the park and took a cab back to her place. Mindy's lips were on Danny's the minute they walked into her apartment, she discarded the bag containing the bloody garments, she'd burned them later, and worked on removing Danny's clothing.

Here is my fic for the fic exchange, written from nakedmonkey prompt, I hope you like what I did with your prompt, its got a bit of drama, comedy, romance and smut, enjoy! This is unbetaed and I will be reposting it on AO3/ffnet once its betaed. Ive included the prompt at the end.

-MG

Coitus Interruptus

Mindy fidgeted on the plane as it descended onto the runway, some passengers clapped after the plane landed, which made Mindy think of a different plane ride with a certain handsome jerk.Speaking of Danny, he was the reason she was so fidgety, and impatient. Jeremy had sent Mindy solo to a medical conference in Seattle, a conference that had lasted five days. Five days away from her apartment, bed, and the sexy little Italian man that shared it with her.

Those five days were the first the couple had spent apart since they’d moved in together four months ago, following their engagement.

Although they face timed every night, Mindy had given him a tutorial before she left, it wasn’t the same as being able to sit curled up next to him on their couch, or waking up next to him in person, instead of the knife she used to keep under her pillow to protect herself.

She made her way off the plane and over to baggage claim to grab the rest of her luggage. She smiled as her phone began to ring and the caller ID flashed with a picture of Danny in an A-shirt and briefs.

“Hey Babe, I just got my bags are you here?” Mindy asked. Danny had insisted on picking her up from the airport, and the plan was to head straight to their apartment for dinner, wine and sexy times.

“Hey Min, Sorry, something came up with Ma, but I’ll meet you at home in about an hour.” Danny said.

“Oh come on, Danny, it’s been five days since we’ve seen each other…I’m not wearing any underwear!” Mindy said whispering the last part; though not low enough because an old woman standing next to her gave her look.

“Oh come on, don’t tell me you’ve never not worn underwear in anticipation of seeing your fiancée after being apart for basically a whole week, you’re lying If you haven't .” "You're killing me Min, I'll  try to hurry with Ma, Peter should be there to pick you up  I'm really sorry babe, ill see you soon, love you." "Fine,ok, love you too." Mindy said hanging up. Peter showed up a few minutes later. After making fun of all her luggage, he led her to his car. "Oh my god Peter what died in here?!" Mindy said upon entering his car . "What are you talking about, you're probably still smelling all the reefer from Seattle ,Louann smells fine." "You can't be serious , how can you not smell it and, wait a minute, you  named your car Louann?" Mindy said with laugh. "Yeah,doesn't everybody name their car?" "No. You name things like your favorite stuffed animal or your favorite vibrator,not your car." "Don't listen to her Louann, cars are totally worthy of having a name.Wait, women own more than one vibrator, how’s a guy supposed to compete with that?" "Whatever, Peter just drive me home, I'm jet lagged, I missed my bed and  I’m hungry." Mindy said changing the subject. "Hungry for some peen?" Peter said with an eyebrow raised. "Eww, no, Peter you perve. And though I am hungry for food, I've missed the other comforts of home like my handsome fiancée and his mouth."

Mindy and Peter high-fived, before he started the car. Mindy arrived at her and Danny’s apartment and once inside she noticed Danny’s  keys on the counter, she started to strip as she walked into the apartment.

“Danny, I’m home, oh my god you will not believe the hell that  was my ride with.. Annette!” Mindy said shocked to see her future mother in law, not to mention the fact that she’d stripped down to a bra and skirt, by the time she noticed Annette Castellano sitting on the couch.

“Min, you’re home. Why are you half naked?” Danny asked appearing and giving her a quick kiss hello.

“I, what is your mother doing here?” Mindy said quickly picking up her tossed shirt and draping it over her exposed chest.

“Well hello to you too Mindy, barely back an hour and you’re already trying to seduce my son, and in front of his mother, you should be ashamed of yourself.” Annette said shaking her head and  giving Mindy a disapproving look.

“First of all, I’m his fiancée so clearly I succeeded in seducing him long ago, and second, I wasn’t expecting you to be here. Danny , can I talk to you for a second?.” Mindy said dragging him into their bedroom before he could say a word.

“Danny, what the hell, why is your mother here?” Mindy said hands on her hips.

“Babe, I’m sorry but Ma got into a fight with her boyfriend and Dot is out of town till tomorrow. I couldn’t leave her alone in Staten she’s really heartbroken, I had to bring her here. It’s only one night ,I promise tomorrow night it’ll be just you and me. I’ll cook your favorite, Steak ,and apple pie. We’ll have some wine, and later we’ll make up for lost time.” Danny said encircling her waist and pushing her flush against him, his right hand cupping her ass.

“Ok fine, she can stay, but I also want some cannoli’s.” Mindy said breathing heavily.

“You got it babe, and you should probably put on some underwear, you’re dripping wet.” Danny said giving her a sensual kiss before breaking away and rejoining his mother in the living room.

“Yeah, you're right.” Mindy said then proceeded to head to the bathroom to cool down.

Danny made dinner and after settling his Ma in the guest bedroom, the couple headed to bed, Mindy immediately curling into Danny after they’d both done their nightly rituals. With his mother there in the next room over, sex was a no go but cuddling was still appropriate.

“I missed this.” Mindy said as she inhaled the scent that was uniquely his.

“Mmm, me too” Danny said wrapping his arm around her waist and kissing her forehead.

The next morning.

Mindy awoke to the smell of bacon, eggs and pancakes, which she quickly gobbled up before heading into work, Danny had the day off.

The day seemed to take forever as she saw patient after patient, but finally the end of the day came and she arrived home to a waiting Danny and a bottle of wine chilling in the fridge. He grilled up some steaks and just when they were about to eat, Mindy’s cell phone went off.

“Damn, Mrs. Jones just went into labor, I gotta go babe, I’ll be back as soon as I can.” Mindy said  giving Danny a quick kiss before booking a cab to the hospital.

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Mindy took a seat in the doctor’s lounge, the delivery had been a rough one, and right after another of her patients had come in. Then Jeremy had called to remind her that she had to cover one of his patient in about an hour that she had promised to cover about a week ago.

So it was going to be awhile before she got to go home. She had ranted to Danny about how the universe, or his god via Annette, was trying to make it so they remained celibate till their wedding day. Danny had just laughed and told her she was being dramatic.

“Hey.” Danny said suddenly appearing.

“Hey, what are you doing here?” Mindy asked.

“I packed up dinner since you didn’t get to eat.” Danny said walking in with a bag full of various sizes of Tupperware.

“Oh my god, I’m starving, thank you babe!” Mindy said grabbing the bag from him and immediately digging into the contents of the first container, steak, followed by some baked potatoes, before turning to look at a smiling Danny sitting next to her.

“What?” Mindy asked wiping her mouth.

“Nothing, I just love you. You want dessert?” Danny said with a grin.

“Yeah, I could go for some dessert right about now.” Mindy said with a smirk before taking Danny’s hand and leading him toward the pantry.

“Where are we going, the apple pie is in the bag.” Danny said confused.

“I’m going to have desert in the pantry with you.” Mindy said raising an eyebrow.

“But we’re walking away from the dessert.” Danny said still not getting.

“The desert is sex with you, you idiot.” Mindy said pulling him into the pantry and attacking his lips with hers.

“Oh.” Danny said breaking the kiss and grabbing her ass, before proceeding to kiss her neck, nibbling along her collar bone, before reclaiming her lips.

Mindy ran her hands through his hair, moaning as he sucked at her pulse points, while his hands moved from her ass to her waist, pulling at the draw strings of her scrubs, while her hands moved to his abdomen and chest.

Danny lowered her scrub pants and slipped a finger into her panties, Mindy gasped as his finger entered her folds, god she missed this.

As he pumped in and out of her with his fingers, his tongue battled with hers as he kissed her. Mindy’s orgasm built quickly, all her sexual build up from the past five days exploded and she actually saw stars as her muscle contracted around his fingers during her release.

“Maybe I should go away more often.” Mindy said with a smirk as she breathed heavily, her head resting on his chest.

“Oh, I’m not finished with you yet.” Danny said with a smirk. Pressing her against the food shelf, he entered her in one fell swoop.

“Whoa, Nelly!”

On second thought, there was no way she could be away that long from Danny again, next time she’d just threaten  Jeremy into sending them both.

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