DISCLAIMER: Don't own Hawaii 5-0 or the characters. I earn no money from the stories that I write though I would love to do an original work of fiction some day!

A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviewing, alerting and reading that is still going on! It's such a boost to know that others like what I write.

Gugen606 - no Steve whump I'm afraid. I'm not totally against it in my stories but Danny seems to just beg to be abused. I am sure that sounded better in my head than it looks written down!

- 5-0 -

Saturday had been a great day for everyone. Chin and Kono had joined Steve, Danny and Grace for lunch then, while Danny rested on a lounge chair on the decking, the others headed into the water.

Danny had fallen asleep listening to the laughter of his ohana, a smile on his face. Two hours later when Steve had come to check on him the smile was still there.

Once the water babies, as Danny had decided to call them, had cleaned up Steve cooked some steaks and hot dogs (for Grace) on his grill while Kono prepared a salad.

For Steve the highlight of the day was seeing Danny actually manage a reasonable sized portion of food, although not as much as he would normally eat it was a sure sign that things were getting better for the other man.

After the sun had started to set in a beautiful display of oranges, pinks and golds the team headed indoors to watch some movies that Grace had chosen. They started with The Little Mermaid, followed that up with Beauty and the Beast then the last one was Shrek.

At some point during the last DVD Danny's pain medication had been taken and he fell asleep not long after. Seeing this Grace had drawn the blanket that Steve had been keeping on the back of the couch around her Dad before snuggling up next to him. By the end of the film both Williams' were asleep.

"Now that is a cute sight," sighed Kono.

"Yeah, one that we nearly didn't get to see," pointed out Steve.

"Have you spoken to him about that yet?" asked Chin.

"No, I didn't want him to get angry or upset so soon after the procedure on his heart. He needs to spend time relaxing and getting well. Don't worry he hasn't gotten away with the fact he didn't tell us, even if he thinks he has!"

Chin nodded pleased that Steve, although uncomfortable with talking about things, wasn't going to let Danny's failure to tell them he was unwell slide. "Need a hand getting these two to bed?"

"Yeah, please."

Kono got up and gently slid her arms under the sleeping Grace, as she picked her up the child's eyes flickered open and she gave a soft smile before drifting back to sleep again. Steve and Chin manoeuvred their friend into a sitting position and were rewarded with bleary eyes peering back at them.

"What's going on?"

"Bed."

"Oh."

Chin and Steve chuckled as they helped the man to his feet and between them supported him up the stairs. They helped him lie down and get settled, Steve pulling the covers up over Danny's shoulders. He was back asleep before they'd even left the room.

Kono had put Grace to bed and Steve went in to check on her and give her a kiss goodnight, as did Chin. The little girl barely even knew they were there and snuggled into her Barbie duvet as her Uncles tucked her in.

- 5-0 -

Monday dawned sunny. The 5-0 team and Grace were extremely relaxed following their weekend together.

Sunday had gone as well as Saturday with Danny getting lots of rest. Chin and Kono had returned, the afternoon following the pattern of the previous day. The only difference was the food provided and the fact that they only watched one movie as Grace had to be in bed early as she had school the following morning.

This time Danny had still been awake to tuck his daughter in, read a chapter of The Secret Garden to her, kiss her forehead and tell her Danno loved her.

Danny stood in the front door waving as Steve drove off in his Camaro to drop his little girl at school. Once they were out of sight he turned around and sighed. The weekend had been great, but he was starting to feel closed in. This was the first time he had been left alone since before he had been shot, even in the hospital a member of his team or the nursing staff had been with him whenever he was awake. He needed to get some air and enjoy the solitude for a little while.

Decision made he went upstairs and changed out of the sweatpants that he slept in and pulled on a pair of board shorts and a t-shirt. Despite what Steve said he did own casual clothes! Forgoing any footwear he locked the front door, walked through the house to the patio doors and stepped onto the decking, taking in a deep breath. The twinge in his chest when he did this seemed to be ever present now, but it was getting easier.

He walked down to the water's edge and allowed the water to wash over his feet. The only sound he could hear was the faint sound of traffic in the distance, the song of the birds sitting in the nearby trees and the sound of the water ebbing and flowing as the small waves gently crashed onto the beach.

The others teased him about what they saw as his aversion to the ocean but he actually found it quite soothing under the right circumstances. Unfortunately being forced to move to Hawaii surrounded by the ocean just meant that he missed his family back in New Jersey more. He had spent many weekends at the beach with his parents, younger brother and sisters. All the ocean here did was remind him of the distance that separated him from his Jersey family.

Danny hadn't intended to wander down the beach away from Steve's place. His feet had started moving unconsciously as his mind started working through the events of the past week. He knew that he deserved a good bollocking (as Rachel's less than proper cousin would say) from his team for what he'd put them through. If he had known then what he knew now there is no way he'd have made the same decision, and would certainly not ever make the same mistake again.

He realised that he was going to need to speak to Steve and try to explain his actions and the reason behind his poor decisions. Danny was equally as sure that, although Steve, Chin and Kono would forgive him, he wasn't going to get away with just an apology to them. They needed, and deserved, an explanation. Once he told them his reasoning he thought they'd understand and they could put this whole fiasco behind them.

A pulling in his chest made him stop and he rested his hand on it where the small incision from the procedure still contained stitches. It was enough to pull him out of his thoughts and he took stock of his surroundings.

'Crap, Steve is gonna kill me!'

- 5-0 -

Steve had dropped Grace off at school and then swung by the 5-0 offices to pick up some paperwork. There was no point him staying at the office today since he would have to leave early to take Danny for his check-up that afternoon as he wasn't cleared to drive himself.

He left Chin and Kono working through their stack of paperwork and reviewing some cold cases that they thought were worth going over again. He left with promises that they'd be at Steve's for dinner again that night.

The Camaro purred like a kitten as he pulled up outside his house. He loved driving Danny's car. It was a smooth, fast ride. It wasn't that he didn't like driving his truck but it just didn't have the same responsiveness as Danny's car. Pulling the key from the ignition he headed to the front door, surprised to find it locked. Shrugging he unlocked the door before stepping inside.

"Danny?" he called before realising he could be disturbing his friend as he may have gone back to bed. Dropping his keys on the hall table he went upstairs and found Danny's room empty. He wasn't in the bathroom either. Pushing down a slight hint of concern he proceeded to check the whole house before noticing the door to the decking area was open. 'So much for my Super SEAL observation skills,' Steve thought to himself. Rolling his eyes and thinking Danny would never know he stepped out onto the decking. There was no sign of his partner anywhere. Not on the deck, on the lawn or on the beach. He strode down to the water's edge and looked out to sea in case Danny had some insane urge to go for a swim. Nothing. He stared to his left, then to his right. Nothing, nobody was moving as far as the eye could see.

"Danny!" Steve tried yelling in case he had missed something, he got not reply. "Where the hell has he gone?" He jogged back to the house pulling out his cell and pressing speed dial #2. As he entered the house he heard the phone ringing upstairs, it was coming from Danny's room, "Damn it!"

Steve stood in his living room taking a deep breath trying to calm down. He needed to take a moment and think about what he needed to do. There was no sign of a struggle so he didn't think someone had broken in and taken Danny against his will. Even in his weakened state there was no way that the Detective wouldn't have put up a fight.

Once again Steve pulled out his phone pressing speed dial #3, he didn't even wait for the person on the other end to speak. "Chin, you and Kono get over to my place now. Danny's missing."

To his credit Chin could be heard immediately getting up and grabbing his keys, "On our way."

Hanging up his cell Steve was debating whether to call HPD and put out an APB on his wayward partner, it would serve him right! Still it would be rather embarrassing if the commander of 5-0 had to put out that kind of request to find one of his team, especially given the fact he was staying at Steve's. No, Danny can't have gone far. When Chin and Kono arrived they'd come up with a plan to locate their missing member. Then Steve was going to kick his ass so hard he'd land back on the mainland and have to get a plane back to Hawaii!

- 5-0 -

Danny plonked down on the sand and ran his hand through his hair. He'd checked his pockets the moment he'd come out of his thought induced stupor intending to take out his cell and call Steve to come and get him, not having enough energy to walk back. Even though he didn't know how far he'd come he knew that Steve's place wasn't anywhere in sight. Unfortunately Danny had left his phone beside his bed.

Damn he hadn't meant to wander away from Steve's. He'd clearly managed to wander a fair distance down the beach as there wasn't a single house or person in sight. Only Danny could find the only beach in the whole of this pineapple infested hellhole that didn't have one single solitary person on it at that moment.

'Yep, Steve is going to dangle me from a building for this! Or maybe dump me in a shark cage. Crap!'

To make matters worse, if that was even possible, Danny's last dose of pain medication was wearing off and his chest was beginning to hurt. Not excessively but enough to let him know the distance he had walked wasn't in line with the discharge instructions Doctor Jenkins had given him that stated clearly, in capitals no less, no exertion. He laid back on the sand trying to ease the tightness.

'If Steve, Chin and Kono don't kill me, Doctor Jenkins will."

Danny dejectedly sat on the sand, hand rubbing his chest lightly and waited for either one of his team or perhaps HPD to find him or until he could gather the energy to start back towards Steve's.

He had no doubt that when Steve returned to his house and found the patio doors open and Danny gone with no sign of a struggle he'd put two and two together, realise Danny had wandered off and call for a search party. This day couldn't get any worse, could it?

- 5-0 -

A/N: I know right? Where did that come from? I had absolutely no intention of putting Danny through anything more then I looked at the page and saw what I had written and decided to go with it! There are 2 more chapters plus an epilogue to go.