Title: Still the Song

Summary: A song on the radio throws Steve's world off its axis.

Disclaimer: Hawaii Five-0 is not mine. I'm just borrowing the concepts and characters for a little while.

Spoilers: Only if you've not seen passed episode 1.12 Hana'a'a Mekehewa

A/N: I just wanted to warn you that this is the shortest chapter of the story.

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Chapter Four: Ignoring What Happened

Steve blinks once, twice, and finally takes a deep breath. He then looks at Danny who has this sort of relieved expression on his face.

"Huh, what?" are the first words that not so intelligently come out of his mouth.

He clears his throat and takes a quick look out the windshield. Somehow they'd reached HQ without him being cognizant of over half the trip back. The car is parked and the radio is silent. It's a little unnerving that he doesn't remember the ride back, but he's also very thankful that he was able to shut himself down enough to not have to hear the rest of that song.

Then his brain rewinds the last minute or so. Why did Danny yell and punch him? Suddenly, he realizes that he must have zoned out so completely that it took Danny to help him come back to the present. Not good. Not good at all.

He wants to smooth out the current awkwardness between them and the worry in Danny's eyes but can't for the life of him think what to say. There really wasn't anything he could say without going back to the places in his head he'd rather not visit ever again if he can help it.

So, instead he chooses to ignore what happened.

He says a quiet "thanks" and gets out of the car, careful to avoid bumping or using his injured arm. On the way into the building Danny makes an attempt to ask him what had happened, but he interrupts it by cutting his partner off with a clipped, "Nothing. Drop it, Williams."

The unusual use of Danny's last name along with his tone of voice seems to stun the guy so much that it actually does stop his partner from engaging Steve in further conversation.

Steve spends the remainder of the time on the way up to their offices reminding himself of his training in order to help him ignore the pain he's still feeling. He's almost completely got it locked back away to how it was before he got into the Camaro – to the way it was just after the EMTs saw to his arm following the bust – by the time he walks into their area. He can feel the concern radiating from Danny, that he wants to say something, wants to ask questions, but for once his partner remains silent.

Chin and Kono are already back in the office because he'd asked them to get a head start on the paperwork and not wait for him to get stitched up. He deliberately strides right passed their offices without acknowledging them, and heads straight to his own determined to get his share of the dreaded paperwork done so he can leave. All he wants to do now is put this hellish day behind him.

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To be continued.

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A/N: No chapter tomorrow, but hopefully I will have time to post one on Sunday… No guarantees though.

Thanks for reading!