Disclaimer: I own nothing related to Hawaii Five-0. I'm just having a little fun with Steve and Danny. No harm intended.
THIRTY HUES OF PINK
By: Vanessa Sgroi
"Hey, Steve-o, do you have that report from…"
McGarrett quickly closed the book he was reading and shoved it under a small stack of papers when his partner, Danny Williams, barreled into his office unannounced. He quickly adopted a nonchalant posture.
Noticing Steve's somewhat furtive movements, Danny quirked a brow. "What was that?"
"What was what?" McGarrett shifted in his chair and gestured to the sandwich and soda sitting in front of him. "This? This is my lunch."
"Not that," the detective grumbled, sauntering further into the room. "What was that you just hid?"
"Hid?"
"Yes, hid. Under all those papers there." Danny's hands punctuated his observation.
"Oh. Um, that…that was nothing. Just…uhhhh...a-a how-to manual."
"A how-to manual? On what?"
"Uhh…um…How to Fix…" Steve's eyes cast around for something plausible. "How to Fix Your…uh…Stapler." Under Danny's witheringly skeptical gaze, he quickly corrected, "Computer! How to Fix Your Computer!"
"Uh huh. Try that again o' not-so-silver-tongued Seal." In a surprisingly lightning fast move, the detective's arm shot out and he seized the book from underneath the papers. Flipping it over to see the cover, Danny's eyes widened rather comically while his chin dipped briefly toward the floor. "Fifty Shades of Grey? You're reading Fifty Shades of Grey? Seriously?" He waved the black- and silver-covered book at the Commander.
McGarrett felt a warm tinge of pink crest on his cheeks. He reached for the book, only to have Danny pull it back out of his reach. Steve sighed and offered a defeated shrug. He rubbed a hand down his face, soothing away some of the heat. "So I wanted to see what all the buzz was about."
"The big, bad Commander Steven McGarrett went out and bought an erotic novel just so he could see what the buzz was about? I think I would've paid money to see that."
"I didn't buy it!" exclaimed Steve. "If you must know, Catherine accidently left it at my house the last time she was home on leave. I came across it the other day and," Steve shrugged again, looking sheepish, "well, I thought I'd look."
A sly grin suddenly crossed McGarrett's face. "Hey, now that I think about it, that…" he pointed at the book, "that explains quite a few things about Catherine's last visit and some of the stuff she…"
Danny threw up his hands. "Whoa, whoa, whoa…TMI…way too much!" Danny eased a hip down on the corner of Steve's desk and started to thumb through the novel, pausing now and again to peruse a paragraph or two. After a minute, he slammed the book shut, red tiptoeing across his own cheeks. "Whoa. Women really like this stuff?"
"Uh…yeah…apparently so."
"Okay." Danny dropped the book down next to Steve's sandwich. He stood and headed for the door.
"Hey, Danno, what'd you come in here for again?"
"Ah, never mind. I'll get it later." Danny pulled the door open, stopped, and turned. "Hey, McGarrett?"
"Yeah?"
"When you're done with that book, can I borrow it?"
FIN
Author's Note: *Fifty Shades of Grey - written by E. L. James - Not necessarily a shout out to the book as I haven't read it yet but I know it's all the rage right now, and when this plot bunny popped into my head, I couldn't help but be totally amused by it.