Gone
By
Landon Richardson
Official Disclaimer
The characters of Lieutenant Commander Steven 'Steve' McGarrett, Detective Chin Ho Kelly, Officer Kono Kalakaua and Adam 'Toast' Charles do not belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.
The character of Detective Sergeant Danielle 'Danni' Williams probably can be considered to be mine by now. Although she was originally based on male Danny, she soon evolved becoming her own person. She has her own background, her own family, her own history and her own distinct personality. This isn't to say that the Danny Williams we all know and love is completely gone, he still emerges through her at times. I like to think of female Danni as what Danny could have been if everything in his life had gone his way. As in full custody of Grace and a decent relationship with his ex.
The character of Grace has also changed slightly due to the change in Danni. Her surname is Taylor as this is her father's surname and was Danni's married name (Danni reverted back to her maiden name when she was divorced). Her parents also are amicable which has also impacted Grace but never fear, she's still the sweetheart we know and love, if anything she's more a sweetheart now.
The character of Supervisory Special Agent Jack O'Connor also belong to me as does any other character who you do not recognise from the show. Please do not use them, or my version of Danni and Grace without first asking for my permission to do so.
Thank you.
Author Note
Welcome to the story 'Gone'.
This is the second segment of the 'Matthew Clare saga' which began with the story 'This is a bad idea' so if you haven't read that story yet then it might be an idea to do so. The story is only four chapters long so it won't take as long.
This story starts off as an angsty one but it should hopefully turn into a slightly happier one as we move on into the story. There will be a third story in the saga though I'm not sure yet when that will come out. This third story will tie up any seemingly loose ends which may be left.
The story will mainly be from Steve's point of view though there may be some chapters from other characters at a later date.
This story will also feature Catherine but it will be my version of Catherine who is better than the series Catherine who got destroyed pretty early on in my opinion. She could have been an amazing character but instead the writers ruined her though that is just my take on things.
Anyway, please enjoy the story.
Official Summary
Steve McGarrett thought he had all the time in the world to build a relationship with Danni Williams but when she begins dating someone else he realises that he may be too late. Maybe everything which he wanted is gone from him… or is it? (Part two of the Matthew Clare saga, features a female Danni (OC) )
Chapter Summary
Steve McGarrett tapped his pen against the open file in front of him staring unseeingly at the random pattern moving across his computer screen. He was meant to be reading through his teams reports and signing them off so they could be sent off to the Governor to be stored but instead his mind could only focus on trying to pinpoint the exact moment his life went to shit.
Official Romances for the story
Steven 'Steve' McGarrett/Danielle 'Danni' Williams (McDanni)
Steven 'Steve' McGarrett/Catherine 'Cath' Rollins (McRollins)
Matthew 'Matt' Clare/Danielle 'Danni' Williams (Mattelle)
Romances mentioned during this chapter
One sided Steven 'Steve' McGarrett/Danielle 'Danni' Williams (McDanni)
Matthew 'Matt' Clare/Danielle 'Danni' Williams (Mattelle)
Other notes
I do not have a Beta so please forgive any mistakes which may creep in, I always do my best to edit the story and check it but sometimes mistakes do creep in.
The places I've mentioned in Hawaii are ones which come from google, including the addresses. I've never been to Hawaii myself in person so I apologise for any mistakes which I may make, these are not intentional.
Chapter One
An awkward conversation
Steve McGarrett tapped his pen against the open file in front of him staring unseeingly at the random pattern moving across his computer screen. He was meant to be reading through his teams reports and signing them off so they could be sent off to the Governor to be stored but instead his mind could only focus on trying to pinpoint the exact moment his life went to shit.
He had thought that he had finally began to have everything in his life planned out. He loved his job as the head of the Governor's taskforce better known to people as Five-0, he loved the team which he had painstakingly spent time putting together, even though two of the members had originally been foisted on him. His relationship with his family was improving, even the one with his sister Mary which had always been fraught with tension even when they had been kids growing up together in the same household. He was even beginning to turn his old family home into his own home.
All of the changes could be down to the courses which his life had taken and the decisions he had made, especially since coming back to Hawaii but Steve knew the truth deep down. Every choice he had made had been directly influenced by his partner Danni Williams.
She had been the reason he had accepted the job as the head of Five-0 in the first place, she had been the reason he had hired Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua because she had given him her blessing and agreed with his decision when it had come to their hiring. She had been the reason he had given Jack O'Connor a chance when he had been placed on their team by the NSA Director who Jack worked for and their own Governor and she was certainly responsible for Adam Charles's place on their team. The fact that the man's nickname was Toast indicated the type of life he used to lead but still Danni had believed in him and so Steve had hired him to make her happy.
Danni had encouraged him to reach out to Mary and begin to mend bridges with her, she had reminded him how important family was and how much he needed not just his sister in his life but also his Aunt and Uncle who had raised him since he was fifteen and the cousins who he had grown up with and who had become like siblings in their own rights to him. An Aunt and Uncle and cousins whose absence had caused a constant ache in him which refused to go.
Danni was the one helping him rebuild his home, spending the weekends when her daughter Grace was with her father, sitting with him, going over colour charts, going to DIY stores with him as well and trying to help him pin down the style he wanted for his home.
Everything had been because of her which was why the news that she had a boyfriend had hit him like a ton of bricks, completely blindsiding him.
Danni had been his, maybe not officially, but they had always had a strong connection with each other which everyone who had encountered them had seen and acknowledged. There was a reason why people jokingly referred to her as his work wife because when it came down to it, she was. He had wanted more than a work partnership with her for a long time but had stupidly decided the best way to go about it was to take it slowly and ease her into the idea of them being partners out of work as well as in.
That plan was now blown out of the water.
Steve breathed out, leaning back against his chair and dropping his pen on the file, his eyes flickering away from the screen. He tilted his head to the side, his attention focusing on Danni's office which was next to his.
She was in there, seated behind her desk, typing away at her keyboard, her attention fixed on her computer screen. Knowing her the way he did, he had no doubt that she was probably typing up a report which would either go straight to the DA's office or directly to him, adding yet another one to the pile for him to sign off. Danni's blonde hair, which he knew fell down her back when loose, was done up in the same complicated hairstyle which she favoured while she was working, ensuring that every strand was neatly in place. Steve still remembered near the beginning of the taskforce, Kono asking Danni why she never wore her hair down while at work and Danni had answered, pointing out that she was a Detective, who went after criminals every day. Having her hair down, especially when it was long like Danni's was, wasn't practical in their line of work, especially since it meant that someone they were chasing or fighting with could grab it. Steve had noticed that Kono had began to wear her own shoulder length hair in a bun from that day on.
He watched as Danni pushed her chair back and came to her feet, moving round the desk, for a moment he thought that she was coming to see him but instead she stopped just short of her door and instead began sorting out the coffee machine she had seated on top of the set of drawers in her office. He shook his head, a soft smile coming to her face as she watched her work. If there was anyone on their team who was addicted to coffee than it was Danni. It was why he had bought her the coffee machine to be kept in her office in the first place, so she would always have access to some.
His eyes dropped taking in the knee length dress she was wearing. It was pretty; a blue and white gingham dress with sleeves that came to her elbows which she had paired with a pair of matching blue high heels which she had already kicked off, switching to a pair of red sling backs with a slight heel which she must have kept in her office.
A knock on the door caught his attention and he looked towards it, raising a hand and waving Chin into the room. The older man pushed the door open and stepped in, making sure the door closed behind him before he moved towards the desk.
"I've got the Russell file for you like you asked." Chin commented in response to Steve's questioning look, holding it out to Steve who took it from him with a nod.
"Thanks for that, I'll add it to the pile and get to it shortly." Steve replied, lifting up the other files and slipping the one Chin had given to him to the bottom of the pile before placing the others back on top. A pile he knew he needed to start tackling eventually. "Is there something else you wanted to talk about Chin?" He asked when Chin made no effort to head back to his own office, instead seemingly content to stand in front of Steve's desk, his arms held at his side in a deceptively relaxed hold.
"There is actually" Chin said.
Steve nodded, waving his hand towards the empty seat next to Chin. He waited until Chin lowered himself into it before he spoke.
"What can I do for you Chin? Is this something to do with the Russell case?" He queried, breathing out a sigh of relief when Chin shook his head at him.
"Its nothing to do with that, last time I checked both Danni and Jack were working the same magic they always work when we finish a case up." Chin assured him, shifting in his seat slightly. He was silent for a moment as though he was trying to find the right words to use before he finally spoke. "I wanted to make sure that everything was okay with you? You've been… well different since…" He stopped for a moment, clearly choosing his words before he continued speaking again. "Well since you went on that double date with Danni and her boyfriend last week."
Steve frowned at the reminder, his mind jumping back to the night which Chin was referring to. He had known when he had suggested that they went on the double date that it would be a difficult evening to endure but he had gone ahead with it because he had wanted to meet Matthew Clare in person to get a feel for the guy dating his partner. He just hadn't factored in just how difficult it would be to sit opposite Danni at a restaurant and watch her flirt with another man.
The fact that Matthew Clare had seemed like a good guy hadn't endeared him towards Steve.
The night had cemented the one thought in his mind which he had always known deep down but which he had tried his best to ignore.
That somewhere along the way he had fallen in love with Danni.
"No, everything is fine Chin" Steve assured the other man with a shrug at him, hiding his thoughts behind the emotionless expressions which he knew the team liked to refer to as his SEAL mask.
"No offence Steve but that is bullshit and we both know it." Chin told him bluntly, the comment taking Steve aback for a moment. Normally Chin was considered the subtle one when it came to approaching problems, he would ease into it, finding out what the issue was before the person even realised they were under interrogation, and providing them with a solution. This sort of blunt confrontation was more Kono's style. He focused as Chin continued. "You're not fine in the least and everyone in the team can tell, even Toast knows something is up and we all know that he's not exactly the most observant of people when it comes to face to face interactions. The issue here is between you and Danni."
"What about Danni and me?" Steve countered.
"Something is off between the two of you and the rest of us can see it and if we are able to see it then you can guarantee that Danni certainly can see it as well and probably knows already that something is wrong with you even if she hasn't approached you about it yet. You've been quiet and focused more than usual and you've been pairing Danni up with everyone bar yourself since that evening out which is fine in the short term but not fine in the long term.
"So, you're basing this on the fact that I've been mixing up the partnerships for a week? All the partnerships I should point out, not just Danni and mine." Steve remarked, biting the inside of his mouth when Chin shot him an unimpressed look.
"What I'm basing it on is the fact that you're punishing Danni for having a relationship outside of you. Steve, I know how you feel about Danni but treating her this way isn't going to help you, it's only going to make you feel worse in the long run. You need her in your life and in her own way she needs you just as much. You never made a move on her so you can't blame her for dating someone else.
"I'm not punishing Danni for anything" Steve denied with a shake of his head.
"Really? So, you've been driving in with her to work the same as usual or going to lunch with her or heading into her office just to have a random talk, the same way as you normally do?"
"I…" Steve began to say, stopping when his words failed him.
"Look you're thirty-three years old, what you get up to is your business, all I'm saying is don't ruin one of the best things in your life because you're jealous. If you feel that strongly for her than you need to fight for her. Prove to her that you're the better choice for her to be with because at this moment in time all you are doing is pushing him further into Matthew's arms and making him appear as the better prospect for her." Chin told him, a firm, almost stern, note to his voice which belied the look of sympathy which came to his eyes.
Steve opened his mouth to respond when there was another knock on his door.
"Come in" Steve called out, watching as the door opened slightly and Danni's head appearing round the frame of the doorway. Her large grey eyes flickering between the two of them, clearly picking up the residual tension in the room if the slight frown which came to her face was any indication to go by though she didn't mention anything.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting but we've got a case." She told them with a nod at them both, her eyes briefly lingering on Steve before she withdrew her head, leaving the door open. Steve watched as she headed across the main area of the room towards where Kono's and Jack's offices were situation, clearly planning on alerting them in to the new case.
"We have work to do" Steve said as he came to his feet, moving round his desk and headed out of his office towards the computer table where their briefings tended to take place, his thoughts whirling from his conversation with Chin until he forced himself to push them to the side.
There would be time to think about them later.
Author Note
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