Just a normal day
By
Landon Richardson
Disclaimer
The character of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles, Jenna Kaye and Catherine Rollins do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes
The characters of Danni Richardson and Jack O'Connor do however belong to me. I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well
Author Note
Here's another new story for you…
I'd like to say now that the reason why you're getting so many new stories, updates and different AUs because I'm going through my hard drive trying to clear it and I figure that since so many of these are already written and finished or with enough of a plan involved that I can easily finish them so I might as well put them up.
This does not mean that I am not going to update my other stories because I certainly will be! In fact I'm planning on doing some writing today so you might get lucky today and have updates galore.
This is another story which features both Danny and Danni which I know is confusing lol! If it helps Danni is normally written as Danielle unless someone is talking directly to her. Also due to the fact that Danno obviously retains the surname Williams, Danni's surname becomes Richardson but she is still the same character as before just minus Grace (who belongs to Danno).
In this one they are both in 50 but female Danni is partnered with Jack and Danno with Steve… it's safe to say that Steve has a major crush on Danni as you'll see and might go overboard in his usual adorably goofy fashion…
Anyway please enjoy!
Overall summary
It was just meant to be a simple case, just interview some suspects about some robberies and close the case. It wasn't meant to turn into a gun fight, ending up with a bomb explosion and a further bomb scare… still all in a day's work for 50 (Part of the 50 saga – Part of the Danni world saga)
Chapter Summary
Danni Richardson sighed, taking the final sip of her lukewarm coffee as she wondered why her ride was only late on days when she really needed him to be on time.
Overall romance
Steve McGarrett/Danni Richardson (McDanni)
Eventual mentions of other romances as we go.
Chapter Romance
Steve McGarrett / Danni Richardson (McDanni)
Chapter One
8.15 AM
Danielle Richardson sighed, taking the final sip of her lukewarm coffee as she wondered why her ride was only late on days when she really needed him to be on time.
She and her partner Special Agent Jack O'Connor regularly took it in turns to drive to work and today unfortunately was Jack's go. Normally she didn't care too much. They were never late. Their boss Steve McGarrett has made it clear that everyone had to be in at nine by the very latest and they always were in by then, it's was just that she needed to be in work on a Monday by seven thirty if she was to get all her work done in time for the weekly meeting at ten.
Steve had put her in charge of selecting their cases and creating files which she would then present to Steve and his second in command Danny Williams. They would then pick the case they felt needed 50's attention and that would be the case the team worked on. Danielle loved her job she really did. She hadn't expected to find a place where she would be happy when she moved to Hawaii with her twin brother to help him raise his new born daughter. HPD had been a nightmare, if it hadn't have been for Danny and Meka and her own partner Rory then she didn't know what she would have done. Probably have quit and opened up a bakery or something. She had been close to it until Steve McGarrett had swept in and stolen Danny from them who then in turn told McGarrett that he wouldn't come unless Danielle came as well. Steve had agreed and a week later Danielle had transferred from HPD to 50 and been partnered with Jack who was an active NSA agent and was someone who she got on with like a house on fire.
She had been surprised when Steve had called her into his office three weeks after she joined and told her what her new job was. She had thrived in it and she knew she was extremely good at it. The only problem she had that she found herself desk bound most days. Between making the files up, manning her overflowing inbox and fax tray there was little time for her to go and interview people which she knew was her other big strength. Most time the team who would go out to investigate would be Steve and Danny and also Chin Ho Kelly and Kono Kalakaua. More often than not Jack and Danielle were left behind with Jenna Kaye and Adam Charles who were their computer experts and who seemed to answer to her and Jack.
Jack who became the liaison between the brain squad as they were affectionately called and the rest of the team while Danielle dealt with getting the team their warrants and dealing with the DA and smoothing out the way with them.
She wasn't quite sure what was happening. She had mentioned it once to Danny who had shrugged a strange look on his face before he had given her a quick hug, telling her to stick it out and that she was sure to be in the field again soon.
The only problem was that Danielle was getting the impression that Steve didn't want her in the field and she didn't know why, not when her record was spotless and she was good at her job, no scrap that she was amazing at her job. Anyone who managed to be a Detective in a city like New Orleans and still be alive to tell the tale was amazing at it.
She shook her head, pushing the thought away from her mind. Danny had told her to be patient and that was what she would do. She would be patient and hope that she could go and interview people. Danielle headed out of her living room and down the hallway stepping into her large bright kitchen. She glanced at her watch, dropping her wrist with a sigh of relief when she heard a car horn beep from outside indicating that Jack had finally arrived.
She placed her empty mug by the side of the sink and turned heading out the kitchen towards the front door. She bent down, picking up her large hand bag, slipped her small feet into her ankle boots and straightened the skirt of her dress before she opened the door and waved to Jack who lifted his own hand in acknowledgment that he had seen her. She twisted on the spot setting the alarm system which Steve had installed for her and closed the door behind her, heading down the garden path and out of the small gate at the bottom. She opened the passenger door and climbed into Jack's black lotus.
"Morning Jack" She said to him, raising an eyebrow when he passed her a large McDonald's bag. "McDonalds? Really?" She asked accepting the coffee cup that came with it.
"Sometimes a McDonald is needed" He told her. "I got you a sausage and egg Mcmuffin meal with an extra hash brown and a large latte" Danielle's face lit up as she dug into the bag and pulled it out. "Pass me mine" He asked, Danni nodded, passing him a double bacon and sausage Mcmuffin.
"Not a word of this to anyone" She told him as she bit into it with a moan of pleasure.
"Don't you mean not a word about this to Steve?" Jack responded with a grin.
"Steve?" Danielle said, feeling her face redden when Jack laughed.
"The guy is one step away from making you lunch every day. He is obsessed with what you eat each day making sure you eat. I mean I know he's the boss but since when was monitoring your diet part of that job."
"He does the same to the other Danny" She pointed out.
"Yeah the other Danny, who is his partner and his best friend and his brother in everything but blood. That makes sense, but doing it to you does not make sense. It would make sense if it was the other Danny who was doing it because you've been friends since HPD but you don't have much to do with Steve and yet the man still watches you when it comes to that. Does he think you're wasting away or something? I mean you're slim but you're not skin and bones."
"Thanks I think" Danielle said with a raised eyebrow. "I'm sure Steve does the same with the other girls in the team as well" She said, rolling her eyes and focusing on her food when he snorted.
"Nope" He stated "I've watched him, Steve doesn't give a rat's ass about what anyone else is eating. He only cares about what you and Danny are eating and more so you and then there's the alarm system."
Danielle winced, wishing not for the first time that she hadn't mentioned that to Jack.
"Alarm system" she repeated, taking a sip of her coffee.
"Danielle, Steve broke into your place when you were in New Orleans for a week to prove to you it could be done, he then had installed a state of the art alarm system without asking your permission, changed all your locks so they were dead bolts and then forgot to tell you about it so when you came home, exhausted and tired, you were locked out of your own house and when you broke in you were confronted by an alarm system that not only bought HPD to your door but 50 as well."
Danielle felt her face flush in embarrassment at the memory.
"I've hardly forgotten" She replied dryly "Besides I've heard him tell the others about getting security systems" She told him "I've heard him discussing it with you."
"Yeah there's a difference between suggesting it and talking about the best on the market and actually doing it behind someone's back and having it installed and then when you confronted him he acted like it was no big deal and what did he do to apologise to you?" Jack said, hitting the indicator and pulling into the road which would bring them to their headquarters "He bought you a Huskie puppy for added protection. That's going above and beyond the call of duty."
"He just wants his team safe" She said, her mind going back to Steve arriving in her office late one afternoon holding a small box with air holes in it which he had placed on her desk before turning and walking back out again without a word. When Danielle had opened it she had found herself confronted with a tiny huskie puppy, curled up asleep in the bottom of the box and had fallen head over heels in love with it. How Steve had known that Danielle loved Huskies only when it came to dogs was beyond her.
"Yeah" Jack said "If it wasn't for the fact he's dating Catherine I would have thought he was sweet on you"
"Nope" Danielle said lightly, ignoring the slight stab of pain at the thought. She would have more luck dating Danny then she would Steve. Danielle was cute but she was well aware that she wasn't the type of girl who men wanted to date; instead she was the type of girl men befriended. "I probably remind him of his sister or something!" She said finishing her breakfast just as Jack pulled into their reserve spot. "Do you think Steve will know I had a McDonald breakfast?" She asked nervously, already picturing the twenty minute lecture in her mind about how she needed to look after her health.
"How could he know?" Jack asked curiously.
"I don't know but he does seem to just know," Jack laughed, patting her on top of the head before they climbed out of the car, slamming their doors closed at the same time.
"You're paranoid" He told her as they moved side by side towards the entrance.
"It's not paranoid if it's true" She responded, entering the cool reception and flashing her badge at the guard who waved them both through. They headed to the elevator, getting in and waiting until it closed before Danielle spoke, popping a mint into her mouth. "I bet you that within five minutes of me entering -that room he'll know that I had McDonalds for breakfast."
"What are we betting?" Jack asked curiously.
"If he asks me then you pay for lunch, if he doesn't then I pay for lunch. Deal?" She asked. Jack considered it for a moment before nodding just as the doors opened.
"Deal babe" He responded, stepping into the hallway. Danielle shouldered her bag, following him out of the elevator and quickly swallowed her mint before they moved down the corridor and into the large spacious room which made up their headquarters.
She glanced round her unsurprised to see the rest of the team gathered around the tech table. A glance at the wall showed that it was five to nine, they had just made it by the skin of their teeth.
"Morning guys" Jack called out, moving past them and lightly punching Toast in the arm. "That was for your stunt last night" He told the other man who merely grinned back.
"Worth it" Toast said gleefully before he looked at Danielle. "Morning blondie."
"Morning Toast, morning guys" Danielle said with a smile, her eyes landing on Steve as he moved around the table away from Danny and gave her a suspicious look.
"You're late" Steve commented, crossing his arms over his chest
"Actually we're here five minutes early, work doesn't begin until nine" She remarked lightly, turning to look at Jack who looked torn between amusement and disbelief. Steve watched her for a second before his eyes widened before narrowing.
"You ate McDonalds for breakfast didn't you? Damn it Danielle, you know how bad they are for you. What will tomorrow's breakfast be? A complete BBQ? I know I have to constantly deal with Danno's bad eating habits every day but you… you know if you had just waited then you would have seen that I had bought you a grilled cheese sandwich on wholemeal bread and… and forget it" Steve said. "Since our case finder has only just bothered to come in I'll go and see HPD and see whether they have any cases we can take so the rest of us aren't standing by waiting. Danno you're in charge while I'm gone" Steve stated before he turned and left the office leaving Danielle feeling about an inch tall.
She looked back at Jack who was staring after Steve with his mouth open and forced herself to speak breaking the silence which had fallen after Steve's departure.
"Well at least you owe me lunch now" She commented. "I'm feeling like something expensive to eat after that but somewhere which does salad as well" Jack nodded slowly as Danielle turned her attention to Danny who was watching her. "How does he always know?" She demanded lightly.
"God knows blondie, he just spent the last twenty minutes ranting at me for having a double cheeseburger last night so trust me you aren't alone. He's on a health kick day again it would seem" Danny told her, taking the seat beside Kono. Danielle sank into the seat next to Chin with a sigh.
"Great" She said glumly "I guess he's mad with me yet again?" She asked, her shoulders dropping. She hated when Steve was annoyed with her.
"He's not mad" Danny assured her. "He's more disappointed probably with us as a group. Sometimes I think he forgets we're not his SEAL team and that we actually eat junk food. As soon as he makes something explode or shoots a bad guy he'll be back to his usual lovable self." Danny said before he tilted his head back and looked at Jack. "You were blatantly the one who dropped off at McDonalds so where's mine?"
"You've got your own partner to buy you breakfast" Jack retorted. "So get him to buy it for you. I buy for Danni or occasionally Jenna and Toast. Not you Dan" He remarked messing up Danny's hair do.
"I'd better crack on and find a case for the team before Steve comes back and fires me for just sitting around" Danielle said, ignoring the little fighting match that had broken out between Jack and Danny. She waited a second until Jack gave up and ran her hand over Danny's do, smoothing the hairs back down before she headed towards the office leaving, Danny, Chin and Kono together.
"You know Steve is hard on her Brah. I don't know why, she's good at what she does,"
Danny waited until Danielle had entered her office and Jack, Jenna and Toast entered the kitchen before he looked at the other two, deciding abruptly to confide in them.
"He can't help it" He told them simply. "He's head over heels for her and he has no idea how to show her. His whole world is slowly realigning and she's at the centre of it and she doesn't even know it"
"I knew it" Kono shrieked before she lowered her voice. "I knew he loved her, I could tell by the way he looks at her, especially at our weekly drinks. It was the eyes man, the eyes gave him away" She turned to Chin. "I believe you owe me a twenty Cuz, pay up because all this talk of McDonalds has made me want one" Chin sighed.
"I thought Steve was with Catherine" Chin said, pulling out a twenty from his wallet and passing it to his cousin who took it gleefully from him.
"He swears that she is just his friend with benefits, someone he uses to scratch an itch. No strings attached apparently exactly how he likes it or rather how he did like it." Danny clarified with a wave of his hand as though Catherine was unimportant in the large scale of things.
"Okay" Kono said, slipping the twenty into her pocket. "If Steve fancies her, like head over heels then why is he all…?" Kono's words faded off as she instead pulled a fierce face which looked remarkably like the expression Steve often pulled when he was speaking to the younger woman.
"All of what exactly?" Chin asked "Because I've got to tell you, that look you just pulled just makes you look constipated." Kono twisted his head round to glare at him before she looked at Danny.
"Goes all Super SEAL on her" she clarified.
"Because she set off every possessive, protective bone the guy has in his body and she has done since day one. He literally can't help it. It's the same with me and food, it's like he sees it as his life mission to keep me with him as long as possible by trying to extend my life through food, it seems to escape his notice that by constantly getting me shot my chances are low but what can you do. The man is obsessed with Grace's safety, he has plans for his back up plans when it comes to her and with Danni" Danny stopped speaking and blew out some air noisily.
"And with Danni?" Kono prompted.
"And with Danni Steve will move heaven and hell to keep her safe. I think he's built this plan in his head where Danni will be his wife and the mother of his children and therefore he is protecting her as such. It's built into his DNA, I don't think he even realises half the time that he's doing it. Everything he does for me and Grace he doubles for her. If he told me he had read her medical records then it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. I mean the dude found out somehow that Danni only like Huskies when it comes to dogs and got her a Huskie puppy to keep her safe."
"That's not head over heels Brah that's a man deeply in love" Chin said softly. Danny nodded.
"A man who doesn't realise he's deeply in love or even in love." He corrected.
"I bet the boss has already read her medical records, memorised her family and friends and even knows what grades she got in school" Kono remarked with a shake of her head, looking to the entrance door when it opened and Steve walked back in. "Hey Boss" She called out, sitting up from her slouching position. "We thought you gone to HPD"
Steve veered towards them, a frown on his face as he looked around. Kono raised an eyebrow when she spotted a large green drink which looked almost like a smoothie in his hand.
"I changed my mind" He said absently. "Where's Danni? In her office?"
"Where else would she be?" Danny remarked "Oh and babe?" He said, continuing when Steve looked back over his shoulder. "Actually try and be nice to her, you've already chewed her out once in front of everyone. She doesn't deserve a round two, hell she didn't even deserve a round one but there's nothing we can do about that now."
Steve had the grace to look ashamed.
"I've got this Danno" He replied, moving across the floor and toward the end of the room where Danielle's office was situated. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door, waiting until he heard her distracted come in before he entered, closing the door behind her. He headed to her large desk and stopped in front of her, placing the drink by her.
"I'm sorry for this morning Danni" He said quietly.
Danielle froze for a split second at the sound of his voice before she slowly looked up from her screen, focusing on his face for a moment before she lowered her eyes to the smoothie.
"Because nothing says you're sorry like green juice made up from god only knows what" She replied lightly, looking back towards the email she was reading.
"It's healthy and besides you did say that you liked the taste of pineapples so this is pineapple with mint. It's good at keeping the body hydrated. It's hot outside already and you often forget to eat or drink when you get going with your work." He pointed out softly to her.
"Thank you Steve" Danielle said after a pause, looking up at him and allowing a small smile to come to her face when she caught the sheepish look on his. He looked like a big kid standing there, waiting to be scolded. "I think I've found you a case" She said, glancing up when the door opened and Danny entered. She looked away, used to the other man coming in and pulled out one of the files from one of the large stacks on the surface of her desk and opening it. "Take a look" She said.
Steve held his hand out to Danny telling him to remain there as he moved around the desk and stopped by Danielle, leaning over her shoulder so he could see the report and subtly smelling her.
"A Bank Robbery over the weekend" He read, "Why would this be a case for us. A bank robbery seems like something HPD would deal with."
"Normally I'd agree but this is the third one within a three week period" Danielle explained. "And each time the crew hit they are becoming more confident and more violent. The first time was a hit and grab. The second time was planned. The third one they got away with a lot of money and they beat the security man until he was unconscious. The guy is still in hospital. With this rate of escalation they are only going to get worse and more violent. There's only one way forward for them and that's to kill someone." She told him, tilting her head back and looking at him with large grey eyes. "If you're not sure then me and Jack could always go and speak to the security guard and check out the scene that way if it is something then we could call you rather than you wasting the whole teams' time." She suggested hopefully.
Steve stood straight.
"You and Jack going to the crime scene? No Danni, you've got work here to do" He stated, patting a hand on one of the stacks of files to prove his point.
Danielle let out a frustrated sigh, pushing her chair back and getting to her feet, jabbing her finger in Steve's chest.
"Listen McGarrett, I am a Detective. I've trained extremely hard and gone through a hell of a lot of shit to become a Detective and I became a damn good one who cut her teeth in New Orleans for God sake. I can manage interviewing a witness, which for the record if you bothered to read my files you would know is my forte, and check out a crime scene. I am not just here to sit behind my desk in my office and go through emails and faxes dealing with cases. I am not a damn PA Steven so stop treating me like one and let me do my job which is why I'm assuming you hired me in the first place." She snapped at him. Eyes flashing grey fire at him.
Steve turned and looked at Danny who was watching Danielle with an impressed look on his face. He glanced a Steve, their eyes locking as they has one of their silent conversations.
'She has a point Steven' Danny's eyebrow told him when it quirked up slightly.
'It's too dangerous' the stubborn set of Steve's jaw answered.
'I've seen her in action, she is good Steve. She had been trained by the best and she can protect herself'. Danny's answered with a tilt of his head to the side
'What if something happened to her Danno? I couldn't…' Steve shook his head slightly as though trying to wipe out the thought.
'What do you think Jack is? Swiss cheese? The man might be chilled but he is deadly. He's a trained NSA special agent. They probably train their men and women to be assassins and he loves Danni, not like that before you stress out, but like a sister. He would never allow anything to happen to her' Danny said with the straightening of his body and the hint of a frown.
'But' Steve's head reared back.
'Steven' Danny's frown became more pronounced.
'Okay, okay you win but if anything happens to her I'm holding you responsible'. The look in Steve's eyes made Danny shiver though he hid it. They both turned to Danni who was watching them.
"That" She said pointing between them. "Is pretty freaky, how long have you both been married for?" She asked with a smirk.
"I'm too much of a man for Steve to handle" Danny replied casually
"You can go" Steve said, attracting her attention. "You and Jack can go to the hospital and then the crime scene, just keep in contact throughout and let us know whether the rest of us should head down or not. Have I made myself clear?" He demanded.
"Crystal" She replied happily, fixing him with a wide smile which made his heart skip a beat. "We've got this all covered, thank you Steve" She stated, hurrying past him and out of the room clearly expecting him to change his mind. He watched through the glass as she called to Jack explaining the situation to him. An identical wide smile came to Jack's face making a small bloom of guilt blossom in Steve's stomach as he realised that maybe he hadn't been playing fair with either of them. He looked towards Danny when the other man shifted.
"They grow up so fast" Danny said, rolling his eyes when Steve grabbed his arm and dragged him out of Danielle's office and towards his own.
"TOAST!" Steve yelled attracting the man's attention. "I want the GPS on Danni's and Jack's phone activated right now and on the screen in my office, keep them up until I say to stop understood" He said waiting until the other man nodded at him "Jenna, hack into all the cameras where they will be. I want to be able to see them at all times" He stated.
"Really Steven" Danny said crossly, rubbing at his arm when Steve let go of him and closed the door to his office, heading straight to his desk and turning the screen on. "I can walk around the place without you manhandling me to places. I have a bad knee remember, a bad knee which doesn't like being jerked around the place by an animal.
"This wasn't a good idea" Steve said looking up at him. "Danni was an expert in cases concerning children. This… this is a case concerning a robbery with a group of men who she thinks are a few steps away from killing someone. What if…" his voice trailed off.
"What if what?" Danny questioned. "I worked with her Steve and she did a lot more than just Children cases. She was easily one of the best Detective there. Is this why you gave her the job on team that you did? To keep her here? That's not who she is"
"Okay" Steve said, throwing his arms into the air. "I get it Danno, I'll give her a chance."
Author Note
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