One | Attention
Steve had never realised how fun Danny could be after getting a few drinks into him. Proper drinks, not that one, buddy sort of drink. He was joking, laughing and turned the sniping at Steve to flirting. ...Well, sniping with a less harsh tone, at least.
"All right, another toast to a job well done! Here, here!" Chin toasted, raising a glass from the new round of drinks the team had just ordered. The team were at a local bar celebrating the success of shutting down a large drug ring that was run by one of the most notorious gangs on the island, The Lionas. They successfully managed to arrest the criminals at the scene, taking off the street what they thought was the whole gang.
"Here, here!" jeered Steve and Danny.
Danny downed the drink and ran his hands through his hair, his smile never leaving his face. He had been grinning the whole night and so had Steve, just seeing the smile on his partner's face. That and it was entertaining him for the information and secret confessions he could get out of Danny now that he was nearing proper drunk.
"Having fun?" Steve asked as he leaned his face in his hand, his arm resting on the bar.
Danny turned to look at him and grinned, "Yeah, this is...this is fun. Well, it's a nice change and there's no chance of you getting me shot, which is great!"
"Oh, come on, you make it sound like I intend to do that."
"You know, sometimes I wonder."
Steve rolled his eyes, smirking. "So, Danno-,"
"What have I told you about that?" Danny asked, raising his hand.
"...That you like it?"
Danny laughed. "That's right, so you don't have to stop it."
Steve laughed, hiding his face on his arm. He definitely liked drunk Danny.
"Can I just say that you're really much more...enjoyable, drunk?" Steve said, slightly wary of even drunk Danny's response.
Danny looked at him. "Are you trying to say that I'm not enjoyable sober? After everything we've been through, I thought you'd love me just that little bit more." Suddenly, Danny's eyes turned sad. Wide and puppy-like.
"Wh—Danno – I didn't mean-,"
"No, no, no. I know what you t-think of me-," And the slurring had begun, "Y-you think that I'm frigid and uptight and I have a daughter and I don't like the w-water or surfing...or throwing guys into shark cages..."
Steve started to smile again. "I don't 'think' that you have a daughter or that you don't like the water...you do have a daughter and you don't like the water, so..."
Danny waved a hand. "Psh, that's all just pointless specifics. I like the water!"
"Really?"
"Yeah, I like drinking it. I like showering in it...I like hoping that you'll drown in it when you try to drag me in it...see? I don't hate the w-water," he hiccoughed.
Steve laughed and shook his head. "You're such a drama queen."
Danny grinned and swigged another shot and slammed the shot glass back onto the bar. A small trickle of the alcohol slid down the side of Danny's mouth and he didn't seem to notice.
Steve smirked and said, "Stop, Danno..." He lifted his arm and lightly wiped away the droplet and smiled his hand still on Danny's cheek.
Danny looked at Steve, not shocked or surprised, but just looked. His eyes were glossy and he was finally silent for once.
"Are you all right, Danno?" Steve asked. He slightly feared that he had made him completely sober up by bringing him back to his senses by doing what he just did and that Danny was about to react and leave, making things awkward between them.
Danny nodded, a small smile cracking across his lips. Steve's hand fell from Danny's face and Steve automatically regretted moving it away. It surprised him more than anything that Danny didn't have anything to say about it which, in his opinion, was better than worse since he didn't seem to object at all. Steve himself didn't even know where it came from. His hand just acted on its own.
"Aww, that's so cute!" Chin said loudly behind Steve, as Steve had his back to him and Kono as he faced Danny.
"They're in love!" cooed Kono.
Steve and Danny laughed nervously, Steve's cheeks reddening, as they tried to ignore it as if nothing had happened. They had completely forgotten that they weren't alone in the bar and that there were other people around them. It often happened to Steve and Danny – they often became so wrapped up in what the other was saying and each other, basically, that they failed to realised the world outside of their partnership.
"Can we have another round?" Chin asked.
Steve raised a hand and looked at Danny. "Wait, Danno, don't you-,"
"Are we celebrating gentlemen? The next round is on me, I could do with a bit of a drink myself," said a man in a suit, sitting down on the chair next to Danny at the bar. He had on a suit and definitely didn't look native. He looked like he was there on business.
The team eyed him and Chin was more than happy to let him take the tab this time. Kono and Chin glanced at each other, grinning, whereas Danny and Steve stared at him.
Danny then grinned and turned to Steve, "Look! He's in Hawaii and he's wearing a tie!"
Steve gave a short nod, a fake smile for Danny, only, already feeling slightly jealous at the fact that someone else was about to take the attention that Danny was paying to him, away.
Danny turned back to the man and extended his hand, "Detective Danny Williams."
"Detective?" said the man, looking impressed. "I didn't realise I was drinking with the law – I'll take a cab back to my hotel, I promise," he quipped.
Danny laughed, "Well I'm off duty, but you know...that's probably a good idea."
The man grinned and they had to admit that he was handsome. He was clean-shaven and had light auburn hair. He had bright green eyes and looked more like a Brazilian model than he did a businessman.
They got their drinks and Danny took a sip of his, his back now turned to Steve. Steve wasn't very fond of this new arrangement.
"So are you here on business?" Danny asked. He liked the fact that he wasn't the outsider for once and had someone to compare himself to.
"Yeah," the man nodded. "I was here to close up a business deal but the meeting was...unfortunately cancelled."
"Ah, well how long are you staying?"
"Not very, my flight is supposed to leave tomorrow morning and I've only been doing business since I got here. I decided to treat myself at least a little bit."
"Well this place definitely has the best drinks, I can tell you that. And what was your name? I, uhh, didn't catch it."
"That's because I didn't give it," the man chuckled. "And besides, if I told you, then I'd have to kill you."
Danny laughed and Steve rolled his eyes, groaning audibly as he left the bar.
"Hey, where are you going?" Danny asked as he noticed his partner leaving.
"I'm going to the bathroom; would you like to come, Danno?" It was beyond obvious that he was annoyed. Steve, like Danny, didn't do too well when ignored.
"Hey, what's your problem? Just go, I was only asking." Danny shook his head and pulled his attention away from Steve again and back to the man that he happily thought that he could relate to, for however short period of a time before the night was over.
Steve went to the bathroom but he didn't actually need to go. He lingered in there and after a few men started noticing him just standing there, leaning against the wall next to the hot air blower, he decided that he might as well look like he was doing something, so he washed his hands at an incredibly slow pace.
He didn't want to go back out there to see his best friend and partner flirting with some other random guy. It was usually in Danny's nature to be jealous of Steve's friends but Steve half-heartedly accepted that this was one of the consequences that came with getting Danny so damned drunk and happy. That and Danny had found someone that he could relate to, he knew how homesick he was recently. Steve wished that he could do more but he couldn't considering the fact that Danny was the outsidernow. He hadn't been one since his family made the move when he was a kid.
"You know, just because we're surrounded by water, doesn't mean that you have to waste it all," came a calm voice from next to Steve.
He turned to see Chin standing there, grinning at him in the reflection of the mirror.
"Oh, hey," Steve smiled. He turned off the water and flicked his fingers into the basin, shaking his hands to dry them.
"So what are you doing in here for so long? Because I'm sure that had you something important to do, you wouldn't have been washing your hands for over five minutes."
"Chin, how long have you been watching? Are you trying to creep me out with this new stalker identity?" Steve laughed.
Chin grinned and shook his head. "I just came to check on you. That and Danny's getting pretty drunk out there. I think it's time that someone took the glass away from him so that we could get him home. And you've been in here for about twenty minutes so..."
"Why can't you or Kono get him out of here? I don't like the look of the guy that he's sitting with."
"Yeah, that, too," Chin said. "He's pretty chummy with that guy and Danny doesn't seem to be paying attention to how many drinks he's downing. And trust me, if you thought he was drunk before, you should go and see him now."
"Yeah, that's one of the reasons I don't want to go out there," Steve mumbled.
"Aw, jealous are we?" Chin teased.
There was a knock on the door of the men's room. "Guys, can you please get out here before I have to bust in there pretending to be on a raid? You two left me with them out there and I look like a loner," came Kono's voice from outside the door.
Chin laughed and exited the men's room, "What's happening, young one?" he asked his cousin.
Kono ran her hand through her thick, dark hair and sighed, putting her hands on her hips as she looked back over to Danny and Mr. Nameless.
"He's getting just slightly too drunk," she said. "I enjoy drunk Danny as much as the next person but tomorrow's Saturday. Doesn't he have Gracie tomorrow?"
"I tried telling him that," Steve said. "But Mr. Mysterious over there interrupted and I suddenly became invisible."
"Aw," Kono cooed, patting him on the cheek. "Then go and get your partner away from that haole and get him home."
Steve sighed. "You guys heading off?"
"Yeah, boss," said Chin, "Take care, eh." Chin and Kono left Steve standing in the small hallway that led to the bathrooms, watching Danny and the man who still remained nameless to him laugh and talk with Danny. They started singing at one point – that was when Steve decided to intervene. Neither men could sing and people around were starting to stare.
"Danno, it's time for us to go," Steve said, cutting in and stepping in between the two, pushing the nameless man back.
"Wh—why? We were just s-starting to h-have fun!" Danny slurred.
"Danno, come on. Stop fooling around," Steve said, placing his hands firmly on Danny's arms, steadying the man who had begun to teeter to the side. He turned to the man and said, "Sorry, to interrupt your little party but we have to get going. Early day tomorrow."
The man didn't look bothered to let them go. "That's fine."
Steve narrowed his eyes at him for a moment, wondering why he wasn't slurring or didn't look very drunk, but was pulled out of his reverie when Danny grabbed his arms and turned Steve around again. "B-but we were just starting to have fuuuuun!" He was whispering to Steve as if it was a secret. Steve had to lean down to hear everything he was saying because not only was Danny slurring, but he was also whispering now as if he were a child. His eyes were wide and glossy and he was pouting. Steve couldn't believe it.
"Lieutenant Majorrrr Doctor Commander S-Sergeant and whatever else y-you are Steve Mc-McGarrett, have another drink, I wanna s-stay and we can just stay out a little bit longer, we've worked s-so hard and, pleaseeeeeee?"
Steve rolled his eyes and turned to the man, "Congratulations on getting him as hammered as possible. He has a kid that he has to get to, you know?"
"Hey, he was more than happy to have as many drinks as I offered, not my problem-,"
Danny gasped loudly, "Gracie! I forgot about her! W-Where is she now?"
"Danno, she's fine, she's with her mother, now come on, you have her tomorrow. You don't want her coming home to a drunk or hung over Dad, let's go. Danno come on."
Danny yanked his arm away from Steve and got up himself but teetered and almost fell over. "I can do it!" he insisted angrily, saying it slightly too loudly, making the noise of the bar quieten down slightly.
He heard the guy that Danny was having so much fun with snort, trying to suppress laughter.
Steve spun around. "You think is funny?" He grabbed the man's shirt by the collar, his fist wrapped up in the material.
The man put his drink down calmly and said, avoiding Steve's eyes, "Let go of me."
"Yeah? Or what?"
"You don't want to know," he threatened darkly.
"Yeah? Try me."
The man stood up and matched Steve's height, looking at him eye to eye. Steve could feel the anger pulsing and bubbling in his veins, his adrenaline beginning to spike.
Danny grabbed Steve's hand and Steve's heart felt as if it had dropped. He pulled Steve backwards and stepped in between the two men.
"L-Let's get out of here, I don't want either of you k-killin' each other. Come on," he hiccoughed.
"Yeah. Go," said the man.
"You're lucky that you're leaving tomorrow morning," said Steve. "Count your damn blessings that you're leaving tomorrow."
Steve angrily turned around, Danny still holding his hand and trying to pull him out of the bar while swaying from side to side as he walked, muttering something about an earthquake.
Once the two were outside, it was pretty quiet. There was the distant chatter of the bar as they walked further away from it and the gentle crash of the waves onto the shore, but other than that, it was pretty calm and quiet outside. Nothing compared to the loud ambience inside the bar.
Danny pulled his hand away from Steve's, Steve just realising that they had walked out of the bar holding hands. "What w-were you trying to do in there?" asked Danny.
"What was I trying to do? What were you trying to do? Danno, you have Gracie tomorrow. Your daughter. How do you think she's going to feel? Seeing her father like this or with a pounding headache early in the morning when she wants to spend time with him?"
"Don't you say a thing about my daughter or our relationship. That's none of your business!" Danny exclaimed, shoving Steve. Steve probably could have pushed him harder and to the floor considering Danny's state, but didn't. Steve was never the one to lose his cool – that was Danny's job. He always watched and listened, often trying as hard as possible to taunt his partner.
Steve sighed and placed his hand on his face, rubbing his temples. "All right, you know what? Whatever, I'm taking you home—are you okay?"
Danny was turned away from him, swaying slightly, his arms folded.
"Danno…"
Danny rubbed his face as he faced the direction of the ocean. Steve went and stood next to him. "Are you all right? You're like a rollercoaster when drunk, seriously. I thought this was a good idea at first…" he mumbled.
Danny didn't seem to have heard anything after 'are you all right?' because he replied, "I'm such a bad f-father."
"What? No you're not. Don't say that. Come on," said Steve, throwing his arm around Danny's shoulder and pulling him towards his torso.
"I a-am," he stammered. "I'm out here, getting drunk, fighting with you…and I have Gracie tomorrow… I'm such an idiot." He shook his head and covered his face.
Steve nudged him and said, "You're a great father. You're just an idiot for fighting with and ignoring me. That, I'm not going to argue."
Danny was silent for a moment but then chuckled slightly and lifted his face out of his hands and folded his arms again, still staring out into the direction of the ocean, Steve's arms still around him. Danny leaned his head back on Steve's arm and eventually onto his chest, Steve pulling him in for a hug and resting the top of his chin onto the shorter man's head.
"Thanks," Danny mumbled into Steve's shirt.
For a moment Danny seemed to have fallen asleep to the sound of the light waves crashing and Steve felt his heart beat more audibly the warmer Danny's presence became on his chest.
"Danno…" Steve whispered after a few minutes.
Danny murmured something incoherent into Steve's shirt but then raised his head and looked his partner in the eye.
"I thought you fell asleep there for a second," Steve chuckled.
"I think I did too…" mumbled Danny. "Steve…" he said, one of the clearest words he had said the whole night. He was looking Steve in the eye, his eyes glossy as if far away but still right there, wrapped up in Steve, both literally and figuratively. Steve looked down at him and glanced at his lips.
Danny didn't seem to be looking away and wasn't planning on it whereas Steve was deliberating his next move. It couldn't hurt, could it? He leaned down and placed a soft kiss on his partner's lips wary. Danny didn't move. It lasted a few moments and when Steve pulled away to look Danny in the eyes for his reaction saw that he had done something right because seconds later, Danny turned around and pulled Steve down again to continue the kiss, now more vigorous and heated. It was passionate and needy, all hints of carefulness disappearing for that moment. There was a clash of teeth and tongues and Steve could taste the sweet taste of alcohol in Danny's mouth, his stomach feeling as if it was doing flips. He didn't remember the last time a kiss had made him feel like this. He certainly didn't feel this excited when he was kissing a woman but then again, he had never kissed a man before.
Maybe it was just Danny.
"We have to—we have to g-get out of this parking lot," Steve gulped when he finally managed to pull away for air.
Danny nodded enthusiastically, "Yeah, let's do that, now. Right n-now."
Steve had no idea how the two had actually managed to get to his place without jumping each other in his car. He also didn't know how he managed to drive straight after the couple of drinks he had had (he wouldn't have done it, usually, if it wasn't of the utmost importance) and the fact that he was getting more and more excited every time he glanced at Danny. It was all a real mystery how nothing happened in his back seat, basically.
The second that Steve's front door was unlocked Danny tackled him and kicked the door shut behind them. Steve threw his keys somewhere in the living room and proceeded to back into his bedroom, connected to Danny the whole way there. Danny began tugging at Steve's shirt, still slightly tipsy and teetering as they walked, but happy. At least he was happy, thought Steve.
Steve pulled away for a second and pulled his shirt off and threw it onto the bedroom floor and then proceeded to unbutton Danny's shirt. He inwardly cursed Danny at actually wearing collared shirts firstly because it was Hawaii and nobody wore collared shirts the same way that nobody wore ties and because it was freaking impossible to get them off quickly and easily when he wanted access to his partner's chest. He ripped the shirt open when he got to the final three buttons and then slid it off his partner's muscular arms, it falling to the floor as if it belonged there and not on Danny's torso.
Steve felt his bed behind the backs of his knees and fell backwards onto it, Danny falling on top of him. A few moments of kissing proved unsatisfactory for Steve as he didn't like to be on the bottom. He flipped Danny over and rested his body on top of his partners and proceeded to hungrily attack his mouth.
Steve then began trailing his lips down the side of Danny's neck as Danny bucked into Steve's hips, moaning.
"You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this…you have no idea how jealous I was of that guy," Steve muttered into Danny's neck, his tone slightly muffled by the flesh and Danny's moaning.
"Mhmmm," Danny moaned.
Danny began unbuckling his pants as he became hard, then pulling at the button of Steve's pants as he continued to work on Danny's neck. With his feet, Danny managed to somehow push down Steve's pants so that they hung around his ankles, Steve now only in his boxers. Steve slowly trailed the palm of his hand down Danny's flat stomach and then into his boxers. Danny gasped and bucked his hips.
They went silent for a moment when Steve stopped.
"W-What is it?" Danny asked, short of breath.
"Are we really going to do this?" he asked. He couldn't believe that he had stopped a moment like that to ask a question as stupid as this was but he didn't want tonight to rebound on him in the morning like he was some sort of monster that took advantage of his partner when he was drunk.
Danny looked at Steve, giving him another one of those glossy-eyed looks and nodded.
Steve felt a smile pull at the edges of his lips and he covered Danny's mouth with his again, the rest of the night filled with passionate pleasure and climactic love, the two partners finally admitting to each other what they felt through the act. Steve had been waiting for this since he had met Danny but despite still being worried about whether or not this was happening purely because they were both intoxicated, he wanted to savour the moment, no matter how long the night lasted and being well aware of the fact that all good things had to come to an end.