Holding Hands

By

Landon Richardson

Official Disclaimer

The characters of Steve McGarrett, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Adam 'Toast' Charles and anyone else within the story who might sound familiar do not belong to me in any shape or form, I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.

The character of Danni Williams could probably be considered mine by now. Although the character was originally based on male Danny Williams I think it's probably to say that she is now her own individual character. She has her own story and her own individual background now, a background and story which is different from male Danny's story. This also means that Grace is different as well since not only does she live full time with her mother but also because Danni and Duncan have a fairly civil relationship with each other. Grace's surname is also Taylor in this saga as Williams is Danni's maiden name while Taylor was her married name.

The characters of Special Agent Jack O'Connor, Doctor Landon Clayton, Nyla Leon, Hunter Leon and Duncan Taylor do belong to me though.

I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you don't recognise from the show then they probably belong to me as well.

Author Note

Welcome to the Fourth chapter of Holding Hands

This chapter is done from Chin's point of view.

I've always liked the thought that Chin who is one of the most Zen men you'll meet actually turns the opposite when he is placed on pain killers. Steve and Kono also needed a strong talking to so Chin seemed to be the best option for that! He may be harsh towards them in this chapter but somethings have to be said!

Anyway, please enjoy this chapter.

Overall Summary

He should have listened to Chin and Danni when they had warned him to step back and look at the situation at hand carefully, instead he hadn't and now both of them were in hospital and it was his fault.

Chapter Summary

Chin Ho Kelly wasn't in the most fantastic of moods.

Overall Romance

Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Nyla Leon / Hunter Leon (Hunla)

Past Danni Williams / Duncan Taylor (Dunni)

Chapter Romance

Hints of Steve McGarrett / Danni Williams (McDanni)

Nyla Leon / Hunter Leon (Hunla)

Past Danni Williams / Duncan Taylor (Dunni)

Other note

Nearly all the places I have stated within this story are either made up or have been gotten from google so I'm sorry in advance if I've got anything wrong or anything.

Other, other note

There are plenty of other McDanni stories exploring different saga and different ways of how things happened. If you're interest in any of them then please check them out. I'm regularly updating so you shouldn't be waiting too long


Chapter Four


Chin Ho Kelly wasn't in the most fantastic of moods.

He was exhausted, he was drugged up on strong painkillers and everything around him in the room he had been placed in had taken on a dream like quality which instead of soothing him actually left him feeling frustrated and annoyed. He liked being in control of himself and his emotions. Feeling like this, his left leg wrapped in plaster and held above him in a contraption which reminded him of some old torture device, wasn't exactly how he had planned either his day or his evening to go.

What he had wanted was to spend the evening with his new girlfriend but now that plan was out the window since he doubted they would allow him out until at least the next day if not longer.

He shifted on the bed, grumbling to himself about how uncomfortable the whole situation was. He wanted to be in his own bed, a bed which he had spent a long time getting completely right. This bed was not his own bed and he hated it. He breathed out nosily, bringing his hand to his face and pinched his nose trying desperately to hold onto the Zen which he was famous in the team for but he was finding it extremely hard to do.

Everything came down to the fact that he was beyond frustrated,

Frustrated with McGarrett, frustrated with Kono, he was even frustrated with Jack which he had thought wouldn't be possible since the younger man was normally on the same wavelength as him. He was frustrated with his team's inability to step back from their own desires to be in the thick of battle to actually use their heads for once.

It was frustrating because none of them were stupid and they were all good at their jobs. They all worked well as a team, normally bouncing ideas off of each other and listening to what everyone had to say and their opinions on things but there had been something about this case which had sent McGarrett to the way he used to be when his reactions had been the reaction of a Navy Seal and the others had followed and the results had been that two of their team were now stuck in hospital with injuries which could have been prevented if the team had only just listened before reacting.

He shifted again, glaring out of the window thankful that he had at least been placed in a room by himself. The last thing he wanted at that moment in time was to have to make small talk with a stranger. He glanced towards the door when it opened and Kono and Steve walked in, the looks of concern on their face quickly morphing into looks of relief when they saw that he was wide awake and focusing on them.

"How is Danni doing? Is she okay?" Chin demanded before either of them could get a word in edge ways. There must have been a sharp tone to his voice because he noticed the quick looks they both shot each other as they looked back at him, the look making his teeth grind together. He crossed his arms over his chest and raised an eyebrow. "I'm waiting for an answer" He stated bluntly. "How is Danni?"

"She's still unconscious Chin" Steve answered, his body stiff as he crossed his own arms over his chest. "She's had a CT scan and there doesn't appear to be any damage or swelling to her brain. Her Doctor believe that she's still unconscious because her body is healing itself but that she'll be awake in a few hours or so though she won't be allowed to leave the hospital for a few days" He said, a shuttered look coming over his face.

For a moment Chin pitied the younger man, wishing for not for the first time, that Steve would just acknowledge his feelings for his partner and just do something about it instead of always skirting the issues. He always seemed to take one step forward and three steps back. He pushed the thought away as unimportant at that one moment in time.

"It's good that there's no damage to her brain" He said in relief, leaning his head against the pillow behind her. "Who is with her now while you're both here? Jack?" He questioned.

"No Duncan and Grace are currently with her, they arrived about five minutes ago" Steve answered flatly, a flare of anger coming to his eyes which made Chin raise an eyebrow at him wondering what had happened before he shrugged.

"Well it makes sense that they are with her" He said, his eyes narrowing slightly as he focused his full attention on the younger man. "So you've finally met Danni's ex-husband then? What is he like?" He asked.

Steve shrugged, remaining silent as he focused on the window instead, tension radiating off of his body. Chin turned his attention to Kono who after a quick glance at Steve, answered him.

"As much as I hate to admit it Cuz the man is surprisingly hot" Kono told him. "He's about the same height as Steve and Jack are and he shared the same dark hair and eyes as Grace. He seems really worried about Danni so I guess…" she hesitated for a moment shooting Steve another quick glance before she continued. "Well I guess that he still cares a great deal about her. I didn't expect him to be here."

"Why not?" Chin questioned curiously. "Grace would want to see her mother to make sure that she was okay with her own eyes and with Danni here in the hospital it makes complete sense that she would go straight to her father. As for him caring for her well Danni is his ex-wife and the mother of his only child. Their lives are always going to be entwined and it doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell that they actually still get on and clearly view the other as a friend. For whatever reason they divorced, them not liking each other wasn't the reason for it" He commented, ignoring the pointed look which Kono shot him.

"I guess so" Steve said before he straightened and looked back at Chin. "Look Chin, I'm glad that you're okay, we-"

"Stop" Steve interrupted, holding up his hand at the younger man. "I really don't want to do this right now. I've just had surgery, I'm tired, I'm drugged to the gills and I really don't want to say something which I don't want to say." He stated on a sigh. "The fact is you made a mistake, you should have listened to me and Danni and saw the wisdom in what we were trying to say to you instead of brushing our valid concerns beneath the carpet as though they were unimportant and didn't matter. If we had taken the time to come up with a better plan then perhaps this whole mess could have been averted in the first place." He stated, noting the flash of pain which crossed Steve's face before his expression became stoic again.

"Chin, that's a bit…" Kono began to say, a surprised tone to her voice but Steve merely held his hand up, stopping her from saying whatever it was which she was going to say.

"Its fine Kono" He said, his voice void of any emotions. "Your cousin is right. What happened here was my fault. I'm the one in charge of the team and therefore everything which happens when we're active in the field is my responsibility and mine alone. I should have listened to both Chin and Danni but I didn't and this was the result. Your cousin has every right to be pissed off at me. I deserve it." He told her.

Chin nodded, ignoring the trickle of guilt he felt at Steve's response. He felt as though he was kicking a puppy when they were already down for the count. He forced himself to continue though, knowing that as much as Steve didn't want to hear what he had to say, he had to if only to stop something like this happening in the future, something which may end with them in the morgue instead of in the hospital.

"I know that you're the leader of Five-0 Steve and that you're a damn good leader, there is no one on the team who is doubting or disputing that fact but when Danni and I tell you something you have to stop and listen to us because when it comes to the policing side of the job then the two of us are the most qualified people you have working for you. We have been trained for it and we've been using that training in similar situations for years. I have never known someone as gifted as Danni when it comes to the background work which occurs on cases and I'm not too shabby at it either even if you take into account my break from the job."

Steve remained silent, his gaze coming up to meet Chin's, searching his eyes for a moment with an intense look which made Chin want to look away from him though he forced himself not to. Whatever Steve saw caused him to sigh silently even as he nodded.

"You're right Chin, I'll work on the points you've given me" He stated simply, his gaze moving to Kono briefly before focusing back on Chin, "Regardless of everything that happened I'm glad you're okay Chin. Take as much time as you need to recover. I need to go back to Danni but I'll come and see you again in a few hours' time. I'm assuming the Doctors are keeping you in overnight?" He queried, the comment causing Chin to sigh.

"So they tell me, apparently its standard procedure" He grumbled unhappily, the tone of his voice bringing a faint smile to Steve's face. Chin raised a questioning eyebrow at him when he caught sight of it. "What are you smiling at McGarrett?" He queried mildly. The tone taking away any heat to his words.

"I just never took you of all people to be a bad patient Chin that's all" Steve remarked lightly before he nodded at the pair of them and left the room, closing the door behind him and leaving Chin and Kono alone with each other.

"Don't you think you were a bit harsh on the boss man Cuz? He's already feeling bad enough about what happened today without you rubbing his mistakes in his face." Kono remarked as she moved across the room and took the free seat which was position beside his bed. She leaned back, stretching her long legs out in front of her as she shot him a disapproving look which he would have found amusing at any other time.

"They may have been harsh Kono but they were the truth and he had to hear them." Chin told her as he leaned back against the pillow again, watching as Kono reached forward and snagged a few of the grapes from the tray of food which he had been slowly picking out, popping one of them into her mouth. She chewed at it slowly, a thoughtful look in her eyes before she swallowed and spoke.

"I think I would have made the same call as the Boss man did" She told him, her eyes widening as Chin growled slightly and turned his head to look at her.

"Then you would have made the wrong call as well" He told her angrily. "Listen to me Kono and listen well for once. Steve is a Navy Seal through and through which makes him an amazing leader. There is no better man to have covering your ass in the middle of a battle because he'll keep you safe no matter what the cost may be but he will never ever be a cop like the rest of us are" He remarked truthfully." He can learn and he is slowly learning because Danni is taking the time to teach him but his instincts will always be the instincts of a Seal. Danni and I are cops and Jack is a Special Agent. The three of us know what we're talking about because we've been here countless of times before. Being a good leader Kono means listening to everything everyone on your team has to say. It does not mean you brush aside their opinion because it goes against the one you believe. We were all frustrated with that case and the things that guy seemed to know about us but that's no excuse to jump into battle without thinking things through first."

"There wasn't enough time to think Chin" Kono pointed out.

"There is always enough time to think Kono" He countered. "We didn't do half of the usual checks we do for every other case. If we had used the CTV footage from outside the building then perhaps we would have seen exactly how many people entered the house. We would have known it was a trap and called in the SWAT team to back us up. Instead we rushed in there and as a result Danni and I are now in hospital. We were lucky to make it out of there alive with all the members of our team relatively intact" He pointed out to her. "What if Danni's head injury had been more serious and she had died? What then? What would you tell the Daughter then?" He said watching as Kono's eyes widened even as she shook her head as though she was trying to banish the thought from her mind.

"Danni didn't die though and the Doctors say she will make a full recover" Kono stated.

"She's going to be okay this time but what's to say she will be as lucky the next time? What if the next time you or Jack or Steve are the one injured? What if one of us dies as a result?" He pressed "We're a good team Kono but we've still got our weakness and this reckless desire to run into battle is one of them and it's one that you suffer from as well. You will be an amazing Detective one day but not if you carry on the route you're going down. There is a reason why I keep telling you to make the most of having Danni nearby as a mentor and it's not only because she's a girl like you. It's also because she has the balance right. Danni know when the right time to jump into battle is and when it's not. Steve is still in the mentality of jumping into battle at the first chance he gets to eliminate the threat because that is what he has been trained to do. If you want to have that same mentality then you should quit being a cop and join the military instead because an attitude like that won't get you far as a Cop" He told her bluntly.

"I want to be a cop" Kono said quietly after a moment of silence.

"Then learn to be one by listening to the members of the team who are actually cops" He told her, his heart softening when he saw her down expression. He picked up one of the grapes from his tray, squeezing it lightly between the tips of his fingers. "Though saying that, if you keep taking and eating my grapes then you might not be around enough to learn. You more than anyone should know that I don't share my grapes" He teased, throwing the grape at her and grinning when it hit her on the head, producing a squawk from her.

"Oh it's on now Cuz" she remarked with a wide grin of her own as she made a dive for the tray and the rest of the grapes, throwing them at Chin who returned them with interest. His mood already feeling better now that he had said what he needed to say.

He just hoped that both Steve and Kono would actually listen to what he had to say before something happened to the team that they couldn't recover from.


Author Note

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