Rachel and Stan had clearly not experienced any bad behaviour with Grace, which made Danny's stomach sink – it was about him. Of course it was, he wasn't spending enough time with her, he was doing something wrong, somehow despite all his hard work he was failing.
“So Steve...” said Rachel after stirring her tea.
“Steve? He's got nothing to do with this - “ Danny found himself getting defensive, which was never a good sign with Rachel.
“He does seem to be the common denominator.”
“Coincidence, I'm always with Steve, ergo - “ Danny waved his hands around. “Its not Steve.”
Rachel looked like she wanted to say something but instead sighed and told him she'd talk to Grace.
That resulted in a too bright voice mail about 'therapy' and 'bring Steve' that made Danny's heart skip. They’d tried counselling before – he and Rachel – and it hadn’t worked. All it had done was make Danny feel like shit as the counsellor seemed to validate every awful thing Rachel said about him, his job and their relationship.
He was willing to write that off as a bad experience, if they could find someone (less biased) to help Grace.
Steve hadn't demurred about being dragged along to a child psychologist, and if he had Danny would have clubbed him over the head and brought him unwillingly.
The office didn't look like any child pysch's office Danny'd ever seen, but they settled themselves on the couch across from a no nonsense looking woman. Grace and Rachel were nowhere to be seen, though Danny could only assume she wanted to talk to them first before discussing Grace.
“Now I understand that you two have quite a fraught relationship?”
It wasn’t the opening that Danny had been expected but well if Rachel was paying for it why shouldn’t he be allowed to vent a little. Of course Danny had never been able to vent a little so it turned into a long shopping list of complaints; complaints that Steve of course wouldn’t take lying down.
He’d marginally enjoyed himself although they’d wandered so far off topic, that is until he’d seen the psychologists eyes. And she could tell that she was about to start that thing that he dreaded; She was about to tell him that the partnership was toxic, that it was unsaveable, that it was damaging to both of them. He'd been through that with Rachel and he wasn't about to go through that again. Because while Steve drove him mad, he'd never felt more alive, or more understood and it became important that this woman knew this too and then he’d turn back to the matter at hand.
“So I hope that’s clear,” Danny finished with a florish of his hands, “Now can we talk about Grace?”
“Are you finding that your daughter is having problems with your relationship?”
Danny blinked, “I don’t think she’s having trouble with the relationship I think she’s having problems with me, or someone has hurt her. I don’t know that is why I’m here.”
“Well I can offer the name of a very good child psychologist..”
Re: Untitled Locked in Closet/Grace made them do it Fic Part 3
“So Steve...” said Rachel after stirring her tea.
“Steve? He's got nothing to do with this - “ Danny found himself getting defensive, which was never a good sign with Rachel.
“He does seem to be the common denominator.”
“Coincidence, I'm always with Steve, ergo - “ Danny waved his hands around. “Its not Steve.”
Rachel looked like she wanted to say something but instead sighed and told him she'd talk to Grace.
That resulted in a too bright voice mail about 'therapy' and 'bring Steve' that made Danny's heart skip. They’d tried counselling before – he and Rachel – and it hadn’t worked. All it had done was make Danny feel like shit as the counsellor seemed to validate every awful thing Rachel said about him, his job and their relationship.
He was willing to write that off as a bad experience, if they could find someone (less biased) to help Grace.
Steve hadn't demurred about being dragged along to a child psychologist, and if he had Danny would have clubbed him over the head and brought him unwillingly.
The office didn't look like any child pysch's office Danny'd ever seen, but they settled themselves on the couch across from a no nonsense looking woman. Grace and Rachel were nowhere to be seen, though Danny could only assume she wanted to talk to them first before discussing Grace.
“Now I understand that you two have quite a fraught relationship?”
It wasn’t the opening that Danny had been expected but well if Rachel was paying for it why shouldn’t he be allowed to vent a little. Of course Danny had never been able to vent a little so it turned into a long shopping list of complaints; complaints that Steve of course wouldn’t take lying down.
He’d marginally enjoyed himself although they’d wandered so far off topic, that is until he’d seen the psychologists eyes. And she could tell that she was about to start that thing that he dreaded; She was about to tell him that the partnership was toxic, that it was unsaveable, that it was damaging to both of them. He'd been through that with Rachel and he wasn't about to go through that again. Because while Steve drove him mad, he'd never felt more alive, or more understood and it became important that this woman knew this too and then he’d turn back to the matter at hand.
“So I hope that’s clear,” Danny finished with a florish of his hands, “Now can we talk about Grace?”
“Are you finding that your daughter is having problems with your relationship?”
Danny blinked, “I don’t think she’s having trouble with the relationship I think she’s having problems with me, or someone has hurt her. I don’t know that is why I’m here.”
“Well I can offer the name of a very good child psychologist..”
“Wait what?”