Snippets – The AU style
By
Landon Richardson
Disclaimer
The character of Steve McGarrett and Mary McGarrett do not belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes
The character of Danni Richardson does belong to me however so please do not use her or anyone else who you may not be a hundred percent sure on without asking me first.
I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well
Author Note
Here's another snippet for you all!
I should really, really apologise to you all about how quiet I've been recently when it's come to updating. It hasn't been my intention but I was ill at the beginning of the month which took a lot out of me and now that I'm actually well again, the joy of real life work has struck. I literally wake up, work, come home, eat and then I'm off to bed. It will be like this until at least Christmas Eve but the good news is that after that I'm off until the 4th January so I'm hoping to update daily between the 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th of December and then on the 2nd – 3rd January which hopefully should give me enough time to finish 'One night was all it took' and start on the next one.
This snippet is part of a larger story, I may end up splitting all of these snippets into their actual sagas and put them in order but I'm unsure at the moment. We'll have to see what happens and how much time I have. I have a lot of WIPs to finish after all.
A big thank you to people who have kept with me and supported me and the Danni sagas, it means more to me than you can know and it keeps me writing!
Anyway please enjoy
Overall Summary
A glimpse into the McDanni world featuring lots of romance, drama, and gun fights, babies and a whole lot more. Based on the A/U Danni world.
Chapter Summary
"Who was that?" Steve McGarrett asked when his bedroom door opened admitting his younger sister Mary. He felt awful, like his head was going to explode.
Overall Romance
A hell of a lot but always with Steve and Danni ending up together…. It's better to look at the chapter romance to gather which one is which…
Chapter Romance
Steve McGarrett/Danielle Richardson (McDanni)
Other note
Nearly all the places I have stated are either made up or I've got from the internet so I'm sorry in advance if I get an address wrong or anything. My geography on Hawaii is very poor having never been there before!
Other, other note
Plenty of Ohana moments… just maybe not the Ohana moments you were expecting. Also I don't have a beta so I apologise for any mistakes I make, these are not intension.
Saga
The brain squad saga
Snippet number Nine
"Who was that?" Steve McGarrett asked when his bedroom door opened admitting his younger sister Mary. He felt awful, like his head was going to explode.
"What? You mean at the door just now?" Mary asked, moving to the windows and opening the curtains, it was already beginning to get dark outside, Steve tilted his head to the side, squinting at her as she opened the window allowing fresh air into the stuffy room. Steve shivered slightly as it hit his bare skin but remained quiet about it. The air felt surprisingly good.
"Yeah" He stated, coughing slightly as his eyes drifted shut again.
"A girl" Mary said, perching herself on the edge of his bed looking at him curiously.
"A girl?" Steve replied, frowning slightly trying to figure out who could come of visited him.
"Yeah" Mary answered, Steve rolled his eyes, forcing them open as he looked towards his sister, glaring weakly at her.
"Care to give me more detail other than a girl? Half the island is made up of girls" He pointed out. Mary snorted at him.
"Small, like smaller than me, slim, great figure, long blond hair, grey looking eyes, stupidly pretty like she should be a supermodel rather than walking around the streets of Hawaii, she said she worked with you at 50?" Mary said.
Steve froze for a moment, before he sat up quickly in bed, grabbing his sister's arm and ignoring her startled look at him.
"Did she say she was called Danni?" He demanded fiercely.
"Danni? Yeah that was it, Danni Richardson. She came to give you some soup she had made to make you feel better. I told her to come in but she said she didn't want to intrude, she seemed a bit sad but she told me how to heat up the soup and then she left. I think she must have walked here because I couldn't see a car."
Steve stared at his sister, not seeing her as his heart melted in his chest at the thought of Danni walking to his house just to bring him soup. He let go of Mary's arm looking around him frantically.
"What are you looking for?" She asked.
"My cell phones, where is it? I know I had it with me here" He told her
"It's here" Mary said, getting to her feet and walking over to the dresser, picking up the phone and passing it to him. Steve looked down at it.
"Why the hell is it off?" He demanded, hitting the power button.
"Because you need rest dumbass" Mary retorted "In case you haven't noticed superman you're actually sick and you need to sleep it off, you can't do that if you have your phone next to you, disturbing you every two seconds or so."
"I appreciate it Mary but do me a favour and never turn this phone off again" He told her, searching through his phone book and pressing the contact details for Danni bringing the phone to his ear, it rang four times before it clicked and she spoke.
"Hello?"
"Hey Danni" He said breathlessly, ignoring Mary as she turned and left the room.
"Steve? I thought you'd be sleeping, are you okay?" She asked him sounding concerned. He could hear the tell, tale signs of movement meaning that Mary had been right and Danni had walked to his house, considering he lived twenty five minutes away in the car from where her house was meant that she still had quite the walk ahead of her.
"I've been better but I've been worse" He assured her "My sister told me that you stopped by, why didn't you come in?" He asked her, leaning back down on his pillow when the room started spinning around him. He focused on her soft voice, using it to steady him.
"You mean the girl at the door was your sister?" she asked sounding surprised.
"Yeah, Mary. Who did you think it was?" He asked her curiously.
"Well… well I thought it must have been Catherine coming for a visit so I didn't want to intrude on the pair of you."
"Catherine's on a ship somewhere overseas but even if it had been her you would never be considered an intruder Danni, you're welcome in my home anytime regardless of who else is here. Any time you want to visit you can. I'd like you to." He admitted. Danni remained silent for a moment.
"So your sister is staying with you?" She asked him.
"For a month or so, she normally lives in LA but she felt like a change of pace. There's no point in her staying at a hotel so…" his voice trailed off into a cough, he took a sip of water before he spoke again "I'm sorry I didn't see you. Where are you?"
"I'm walking down Waikiki avenue on my way back home, it was a nice evening so I thought I'd take the chance to get some exercise" she told him, he could picture the smile on her face in his mind.
"Mary said you brought some soup, you could always come back and share it with me? Mary could drive you home when we've eaten. You shouldn't be walking alone when it gets dark Danni, it's not like we don't know what happens out there."
"I best not Steve" Danni responded, an undercurrent of regret to her voice. "I'd only be in the way, you're sick and you need to rest. I hope you like the soup though, it's my own recipe."
Steve froze again, blinking.
"Danni" He said barely able to get the words out. "Did you make the soup from scratch?"
"Of course" She responded as though it was the obvious answer. "I've made it loads of time when people I know have been sick and they've all said it was nice so when Dan said you were sick I'd thought I'd make you some to help."
Steve swallowed, closing his eyes briefly.
No one had ever made his homemade soup before. Danni must have gone home and started making it straight away for him to make sure it would be ready for him. She then walked forty minutes plus just to deliver it to his door.
He opened his eyes, his heart turning over in his chest and realised with a bolt of shock that he could easily fall in love with the girl on the other end of the phone.
"Steve? Are you still there?" Danni asked him, sounding concerned.
Steve brought up a mental picture of Danni in his mind, studying it before he made the decision that had been plaguing him longer than he realised.
He would make a play for her and pray that his feelings were returned.
"I'm here" He told her, a soft tone coming to his voice. "I'm just touched that you would go to that effort for me."
"Steve it was nothing it…"
"It was something Danni" Steve cut across her "And I appreciate it, you know there's an unspoken rule in Hawaii that if you make someone something to eat, especially if it's something from scratch then you need to be there to eat it with them."
"Is that so?" Danni said sounding amused.
"It is, we could both be cursed if you don't come back to mine and neither of us want that do we" he commented.
"Cursed" Danni repeated.
"Cursed" Steve confirmed "Besides you would be doing me a massive favour. My sister is driving me mad, I need someone to save me and you're the nearest person to me."
"Your sister seemed nice enough to me" Danni remarked, her footsteps slowing down as though she was considering what Steve was saying,
"That's because you were a stranger at the door and she was on her best behaviour. All she keeps talking about is all her dates and her life and it's making my head ache, she won't leave me alone. She keeps trying to feed me chicken soup from a can Danni, a can. Save me. I thought we were friends and you loved me so save me."
"Fine but only because you're sick and you need some rest" She said, "I'll be round in about ten minutes, stay in bed Steve and let your sister know that I'll prepare the soup for you if she hasn't done so already. You're going to owe me for this McGarrett."
"Sure" He said unable to keep the grin from his face. "Anything you want babe, you just name it and it's yours."
He heard Danni laugh before she hung up on him, he dropped his phone beside him and looked to the door to see Mary leaning against the frame looking partly annoyed, partly amused at him.
"She's coming back to heat the soup up" Steve told her "So if you've started then stop right now." Mary snorted.
"What makes you think I was going to give you any in the first place, the stuff smells amazing Steve, I was going to eat it all myself" she answered "And for the record the next time you ask me to stay with you because you're dying you're on your own."
"I need to shower" Steve said, "I smell like a sick person" He said, looking towards his en-suite.
"News flash for you big bro, you are sick. I doubt this Danni girl is expecting you to smell of roses, she knows you're sick."
"I still need to look respectable for her" Steve answered kicking off the covers and scooting over to the edge of the bed staying there for a moment. Mary remained silent for a moment before she spoke.
"This girl? This Danni, she's important to you?" She asked. Steve nodded, looking up at her.
"More than even I realised until right now." He admitted, Mary nodded.
"She must care for you, I don't know many people who would do what she's just done for you. She's clearly a special person."
"That she is sis that she is"
Author Note
Thanks for taking the time to read, I really appreciate it. A massive thank you if you've left a review, followed or made this story a favourite. It means the world to me.
