It's just a break Steven

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

None of the characters mentioned in the below piece of work belong to me in any form. I'm just using them for fun.

Author Note

So here's the next chapter

I didn't quite expect the response this story has received so thank you very much for it!

This is going to be a fluffy story so there will be no angst! Yay for Fluff

It's probably only going to be about four chapters but we'll see

Anyway please enjoy

Overall summary

Danny thought that breaking his ankle was bad enough but he hadn't quite counted on the whirlwind that was Steve. (Hurt Danny and protective Steve. McDanno)

Chapter Summary

Steve finds out about what has happened to Danny

Overall romance

Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams


Chapter One

I leave you for half a day…


"I mean it McGarrett" Governor Denning stated firmly, his dark eyes narrowing as they met Steve McGarrett's gaze over the desk, one finger jabbing down hard on the pile of papers in front of him. "I need you to start doing things a bit more by the handbook, and by the handbook I mean the police handbook not the Navy SEAL handbook. Do we understand each other Commander?"

Steve nodded, gritting his teeth together forcing his face to remain expressionless. This meeting had dragged on far too long for his liking. Losing an entire morning while in the middle of a case just wasn't on but the Governor had been insistent that they held this meeting so Steve could talk the Governor through their latest cases, trying to explain some of their over the top methods of getting the job done. Personally Steve couldn't see what the problem was, they were closing every case in a quick manner. The Streets of Hawaii were safer and still it wasn't enough for the Governor. For a moment Steve almost missed Governor Jameson until the sharp memory of her betrayal reminded him of why exactly she was no longer in the chair behind the desk.

"Commander?" The Governor said, an undertone of impatience to his voice.

"I understand Governor" Steve answered, Denning nodded at him.

"We'll make this meeting a monthly thing" He announced, "I'll have Cynthia contact you nearer the time to arrange the next one. Have a good day Commander."

"Thank you Sir" Steve said, pushing himself to his feet and turning, opening the door and leaving before the Governor found something else that he wanted to discuss. He nodded at the receptionist, ignoring the way she looked at him as he headed down the corridor towards the elevator fishing out his mobile from his pocket. His eyebrow raising when he saw that he had three miscalls from Chin.

Calling the elevator, he stepped into it, hitting the button for the ground floor and waited, reigning in the impulse to phone Chin until he was out of the building. Phone calls in the elevator tended to cut out he had found.

Minutes later he was out in the sunshine, hitting the connect button and bringing the handset to his ear listening to the ringing sound as he lightly ran down the stairs, eyes flickering around everything until they landed on the silver Camaro belonging to his partner Danny. He turned his attention back to the phone when it was picked up.

"Hey Chin, what's up?" He asked, moving round to the driver's side of the Camaro.

"We've wrapped up the case" Chin announced "The warehouse we went to check out earlier turned out to be their actual base of operations so we took them down."

"Good work" Steve said, a grin coming to his face as he realised that their afternoon was suddenly free, they had the reports to write but that could easily wait until the next day to get done. "Was there any problems?" He questioned, opening the door and getting into the front seat, sticking the key into the ignition before he slammed the door shut behind him. "Any injuries"

"Yeah" Chin said slowly "Danny was injured Steve."

Steve froze, the inside of the car suddenly seeming too small as though it was closing in on him. He swallowed hard.

"What happened?" He demanded.

"We're still trying to work it out" Chin admitted. "He wasn't shot or anything Steve but it looks like he's broken his ankle and foot. At least that's what we think. Kono's taken him in her car to Kings to have it checked out to make sure it's not a compound fracture of anything like that. He didn't look good though, pale as a ghost, eyes out of it and he couldn't put any weight on it at all. We had to support him when we were moving him."

Steve closed his eyes, his grip tightening on the handset so he could feel it biting hard into his skin. He should have brought Danny with him to the god damn meeting, at least he would have been okay. He'd probably have bitched the entire way there, been polite and respectful in the meeting, and then let loose again with the bitching the minute they were back out the door but Steve was used to that. Hell if he was being honest with himself then Steve actually enjoyed that side of their partnership. He should have been there for Danny, he should have been covering his back the same way that Danny always covered his back

"Hey Steve, you still there?"

Steve blinked, focusing back on Chin's voice.

"Yeah I'm here. I'm going to Kings now. I need you to deal with everything in the office. I'll send Kono to help you with the paperwork and reports when I get there." He told Chin, hanging up before he threw the mobile onto the passenger seat and pressed his foot down on the pedal, peeling away from his parking space and towards the hospital.

He growled in frustration when he hit the afternoon traffic, eyes narrowing before he cursed out loud, shaking his head as he reached forward hitting the sirens and light watching as the cars and trucks in front of him instantly split leaving him a free route. Danny would lecture him to death if he found out but in Steve's eyes this was an emergency.

Within minutes he pulled up outside the hospital, pushing the door open and hurrying into the reception area. He headed instantly to the desk, bypassing the other people waited and flashed his badge at the flustered nurse on the other side of the desk.

"Commander McGarrett with 50, I'm looking for Detective Danny Williams, he was brought in a short time ago with a suspected broken ankle"

The nurse blinked at him, mouth hanging open slightly before she visibly pulled herself together.

"Detective Danny Williams" She repeated, dropping her eyes and looking towards her computer screen, Steve waited, cursing in his mind waiting for her to hurry up and give him the information which he needed.

"Boss?" Steve turned at the sound of Kono's voice, moving over to her and ignoring the nurse who was called after him.

"Where is he?" He demanded instantly bypassing the usual small talk.

"He's in with the Doctor now Steve" Kono told him soothingly, looking towards him with a cautious look as though she was expecting him to fly off the handle any minute.

"Tell me what happened to him?" Steve questioned, following Kono down one of the hallways which led towards the wards and single observation rooms.

"I don't know exactly, we were in the middle of a gun fight, and there was a loud cracking sound and Danny staggered, he carried on shooting though and providing cover for us the same as always. After the fight he sank to the floor, his foot and ankle had doubled in size so I brought him here" She told him "They brought him into a room and he waited for about twenty minutes and then the Doctor arrived and sent me out while he examined him" She explained coming to a stop.

"In this room?" Steve asked waving his hand towards the close door to the side of them.

"Yeah that's the one, but Boss you can't…" Her voice trailed off as Steve threw open the door and stormed in, looking around him, his eyes moving between the Doctor and Danny. His eyes narrowing when he saw that Danny was wearing just a shirt, a sheet covering his groin and thighs while the Doctor worked on his ankle.

"Can I help you?" The man demanded looking up at Steve.

"That's Steve" Danny said, his voice slurred, tilting his head on the pillow.

"You can wait outside" The Doctor said.

"Not happening" Steve said moving to the bed and looking down at Danny. "I leave you for half a morning and look what happens to you" He stated hiding his concern at how pale Danny looked beneath their usual banter.

"It's not so bad" Danny said "At least I wasn't shot."

"I'll be shooting you at this rate" Steve told him before he looked at the Doctor who was looking between the two of them. "What happened?"

The doctor looked at him, before he consulted his notes.

"What's your surname?" He asked abruptly, Steve frowned in confusion before he answered.

"McGarrett"

"Right" The Doctor said "You're listed as Detective Williams next of kin so I can discuss the case with you. Detective Williams has broken his ankle and foot. We've done an x-ray and it's a straight break so it should heal without lasting damage if he follows my instructions. We need to plaster it and he'll be on crutches for a while, but for the next few weeks he should try and take it easy and keep the weight off of it as much as possible. He'll be in a great deal of pain for the next few days so we've provided him with strong painkillers which should help with it. They will however make him drowsy and disorientated."

"Okay then" Steve said slowly.

"See, I'm fine" Danny said, tilting his head back and grinning at Steve. Steve rolled his eyes at the dopey smile, ignoring the way his heart warm at the sight.

"Yeah fine or not you're coming to stay with me for the next few days" Steve replied.

"See" Danny repeated looking towards the Doctor and grinning "What did I tell you? He always insists I stay at his when I'm injured or sick. I think he just likes my pancakes"

"Well they are better than your eggs" Steve responded, reaching out and patting Danny on the shoulder. "When can I take him home?" He asked the Doctor who glanced at the clock at the wall.

"Within the hour" He answered. "You are welcome to wait outside while I plaster the Detective's leg" He suggested, raising an eyebrow when Steve dropped into the chair next to Danny's bed, crossing his arms over his chest and shooting him a challenging look.

"He ain't going nowhere Doc" Danny replied "So you might as well just get on with it so I can go home and sleep" He told him.

Steve smirked when the Doctor simply rolled his eyes and continued what he was doing before he tilted his head to the side, keeping his eyes on Danny.

There was no way he was letting the younger man out of his sight.

Danny might complain about it but he would just have to stick it.

After all Steve knew best.


Author Note

Thanks for taking the time to read, the next chapter will be up within the week. An especially big thank you if you've left me a review or made this a favourite or decided to follow it.