A/N- This is my first story ever! So all mistakes are mine and please enjoy and go gentle on me! Oh by the way, CBS owns all but my own wild thoughts! Thank you for reading!
To say the least, the team was not having a good Monday. Between Chin fighting with the wife and Danny worried about Grace being ill with the flu, Steve had to keep reeling the guys focus back to their case. And Kono was being…more headstrong than usual, and not the good headstrong but the headstrong that was giving Steve a headache. Steve had to keep reminding her, he was the one with the big office for a reason.
But reminding her did not help at all; Steve realized when he sat in his office waiting for Kono to get back from the ER after she chased down the main suspected without follow the order he gave her to wait for back up. He sat with his eyes close remembering the fear he felt when his…girlfriend? - Wait, no, the term girlfriend was wrong but "friend with benefits" (the term Kono used to describe their relationship).- When his "friend" had a gun shoved against her head after the perp got the jump on her and managed to get her gun away from her, Steve swore his heart stopped for a beat. And then he could only feel fury against the man with a gun against Kono head. When Steve shot the man, he only felt pure relieve that it was his gun that went off not Kono's gun. Steve had no clue why she was so headstrong today, going against his orders and putting herself in danger. He could handle Kono questioning his ideas on a case; he could handle her not listening to him in front of the team. But he could not handle her going against his orders and measures to keep her safe and getting herself hurt.
Steve eyes flew open when he heard Kono footsteps walking into Hawaii-Five O headquarters. He knew it was her because he had been hearing her footsteps walking out of his bedroom after she thought he fell asleep from making love and going home for the last couple months. Steve had been on the edge in their relationship for awhile now but with today events and with Kono leaving during the night, he had finally fallen off the edge.
"You wanted to see me boss" Kono spoke as she walked into his office with a bright white bandaged wrapped around her forearm covering the knife wound she received from the perp. Steve had the urge to yell at her for being reckless and then try to shake some sense into her follow by a tight embrace expressing how glad he was to be able to hold her. Instead though, Steve stood up from his chair and walked to the front of his desk and standing face to face to Kono and forcing her to look up to make eye contact. "Kono…you are suspended from the task force and assign to desk duties until further notice" Steve said harshly.
Kono eyes filled with anger, "What? No! You cannot do this to me. I know you are upset about today but that gives you no right to take me off the streets"
Steve fired back, "Oh, yes it does give me the right to take you off the streets. You went against my orders of waiting for back up and ended up with you with a gun to your head"
Kono huffed "I had it under control Steve!"
"Really? Then explain if you had it under control then how you ended up with stitches in your arm."
Kono started to report back to him "It's only-" But then Steve interrupted her.
"Do NOT 'it's only' me! Fuck, Kono you had a gun to your head. I am done having this conversation because once again you aren't listening to me! I will see you on Monday at eight. You're dismissed officer"
They stood there, holding their grounds with coldness in Steve eyes and anger in Kono eyes.
"Don't expect me to come over later Steve" Kono said as she walked to his office door.
"I wasn't expecting you to, even if you did I wasn't expecting you to stay" Steve reported back with hurt in his voice as she walked out of his office.
It was not a good Monday to say the least.