Disclaimer: see chapter one

Author's Note: First things first, thank you so much for those that have reviewed for this story and those that have subscribed to alerts for this story (they mean a lot too). I can't tell you how much your support for this story means to me. Secondly, I had planned on getting this chapter up sooner, like yesterday, but I just couldn't get it right so I apologize for the small delay in this chapter. Thirdly, there is a mention of sex just to warn you, but I kept it somewhat PG. Those two things aside, enjoy!

Just like Steve had predicted, the peace that Steve and Danny felt while in Jersey with his family only lasted until they're third day home. That's when the proverbial shit hit the fan.

Their first morning back, there was an attempt on Senator Morris' life, whose family was vacationing from Vermont. As if the people who wanted him dead didn't think that just attempting to kill him was enough, they were also stalking this four children and wife making threats against their lives. So it was Five-0's utmost priority to make sure that they kept the Senator and his family alive but they also had to catch the people behind this before it got out of hand, which was the stern lecture that Steve had gotten from Governor Denning within minutes of being back at work, which didn't make Steve happy to be around in the least.

To make an even more hectic situation worse, Rachel's lawyer Harold had finally met with Chris and gave Rachel the news that Danny and Steve were going for joint custody of Grace. Of course Rachel was not happy about this in the least and didn't hesitate to call Danny to let him know how unhappy she is about their wishes of joint custody. So not only is Steve unpleasant to be around with the Governor and media breathing down his neck, but now Danny gets his own version of aneurysm face every time his phone rings. Kono's also had to physically restrain Danny to prevent him from throwing his phone out of anger every time Rachel's name flashes across the screen, which doesn't help them solve the case any sooner. It gets to the point where every time Steve and Danny are together they trade phones because Steve is not willing to let Rachel screw with his partner's head right now, and he looks forward to telling Rachel off once they've been able to sleep for more than twenty minutes and actually think straight.

So really Steve knows that Danny's not in any mind space to take anything stupid or reckless that Steve might be prone to do to solve this case, but that doesn't mean that Steve isn't going to do something reckless because he's tired and he just wants to solve this case because he's not sure how much more he can take from the media and the Governor before he snaps.

In laments terms Steve's the fire and Danny's the gasoline and when these two meet they're going to blow. And it's not going to be pretty in the least.

Danny manages to keep his cool until they finally catch a break in the case when they finally get a picture of their man on a security tape at a nearby gas station after another threatening letter was dropped off. Of course when they arrive at the no tell motel that their guy is staying at, they soon realize the type of crazy their dealing with, when they're not even two steps out of the car and they're being fired at. Danny can't help but curse loudly as he ducks behind his still open door and watches Steve become Navy Seal Joe, because really he doesn't need his partner in the hospital on top of everything else he's got going on. Steve takes off after the guy after he stops firing and begins running away from them, yelling at Danny to cut him off with the car.

Danny arrives in just enough time to see Steve hop over a moving car and take two bullets in his vest before tackling their scumbag to the ground. Danny's heart stopped when Steve took the two bullets to the vest, even though he knew his vest would protect him, it didn't matter he was still shot at. Plus he's pretty sure that Steve didn't even think before pulling his dumbass stunt and yeah they got the guy. But Steve needs to think about the consequences that his actions have because he has people now that would be extremely upset that he was gone. Danny's pretty sure that he wouldn't get by nearly as well as he does without Steve around. Add that to his anger over Rachel calling him almost every hour on the hour and bitching to his voicemail about his selfishness with Grace (yes he's the selfish one for wanting just a little bit more time with his daughter, it's not like he gets to see her every day). So Steve has struck the match and Danny's about to blow in the most epic of ways.

Chin and Kono know the moment they reach where Steve and Danny have their guy that Danny is not happy. Danny's eerily quiet with his arms crossed and his knee digging into the back of Joe Hendricks, the guy that has completely ran their lives for the past six days. Watching Steve get checked out by the paramedics while Danny shoves Joe into the back of an HPD car, Kono actually wants to try and defuse Danny before he gets his hands on Steve but even she thinks that Steve needs to really think about his crazy antics because he has not only Danny and the team to worry about, but Grace would be devastated if something were to happen to her Steve. So Kono keeps her mouth shut and just hopes that maybe just maybe Steve finally gets the hint.

Steve knows the moment they get home that Danny's not happy. Well actually, Steve has known that Danny's not happy from the third time that Rachel called him almost a week ago leaving him a very nasty voicemail. Steve took a chance before they left to check Danny's phone records and Rachel's called well over seventy times the past week and add in Steve's stunts today, Steve's prepared for the worst Danno rant to date.

"Are you hungry?" Steve finally asked as they walked into the house. Danny looked at him and shook his head before turning to go up the stairs. "Come on Danny, you haven't eaten much today." Steve tries again, though in hindsight he should've just let Danny go up the stairs.

"I'm not hungry Steven, okay?" Danny snaps turning on the bottom stair to glare at him. "I've had a fucking shitty week with my ex-wife blowing up my phone like I'm a drug dealer and she's looking for a fix leaving countless of nasty angry voicemails and I had to watch you get shot twice in the chest, which thank God I made you put your vest on before we left. I mean thankfully you actually listened to me about being safe!"

"I'm sorry." Steve tries hoping that he can get Danny away from their bust today and back towards Rachel, because Steve thinks that he's really angry at her not him.

"No you're not, because if you were sorry you wouldn't constantly do stupid things that could get you seriously hurt! No you have this lack of a fear gene that allows you to do stupid things without worrying about what's going to happen. Things are different now Steve, you have people that care about you and don't want to see you hurt. Forget about Kono, Chin, and me; what am I supposed to tell Grace when you finally do something stupid during a bust that gets you killed huh? When are you going to learn that your reckless behavior has consequences? Yeah you got lucky today and I'm extremely thankful for that, but are you going to be as lucky next time?"

"I'm not reckless Danny. I've been trained to do whatever it takes to get our guy. The government has taken a lot of time and money to make sure that I know how to survive in any situation. So I'm not doing recklessly stupid stunts Danny." Steve snaps back his exhaustion not allowing him to think straight. He's just as tired as Danny from their case and the drama with Rachel, and he's really tired of his same rant.

"Of course how could I forget about your Super SEAL training? That training means nothing when you're in a body bag and I have to tell my daughter that you didn't care enough about her or me for that matter to actually think about your actions beforehand. So you can take your stupid training and shove it up your ass because it doesn't mean anything to me!" Danny screamed inches away from Steve's face now.

"How could you ever think that I don't care about you and Grace? I do everything I do to protect this island for you and Grace! I'm sorry that your ex-wife is such a bitch that so much control over you that you can't see it when someone actually does give a shit about you! I'm so tired of hearing the same shit from you every time that I do something!"

"I'm sorry that I got married and had a kid. I'm sorry that she turned out to be such a bitch that she has to play keep away with my daughter. So I'm sorry if that's too much for you to handle and that I'm burdening you with this bullshit. Maybe you should find someone else that doesn't have my baggage and you won't to hear this bullshit anymore!" Danny screamed turning away from Steve and storming up the stairs. Steve shook his head and stormed towards the door slamming it open and slamming it shut. The loud bang echoed throughout the house as Danny slammed the bedroom door shut behind him.

Three hours later Danny finally came out of the bedroom. As he made his way through the dark quiet house he hoped that maybe Steve had come back and was sleeping on the couch, but his hopes were dashed when the couch was empty as was the rest of the house. Steve wasn't even on the beach watching the tide, which he was prone to do when they had a rough case. Danny sighed and went into the kitchen looking for something to eat. It had only taken him a half hour after Steve had left to realize that he was an asshole. He knew that he was taking his anger for Rachel out on Steve. Yeah he was upset about Steve's stunt but he knew that Steve wouldn't do something deliberately stupid to get hurt, he cared too much about Grace and Danny to leave them like that. And of course, Danny just had to put his foot in his mouth and potentially set them back to the very beginning of their relationship. As Danny sits at the table eating alone, he just hopes that Steve comes back and accepts Danny's apology.

Danny waits on the sofa until the wee hours of the morning for Steve to come back. Finally has the clock chimes two am, Danny gives up and heads to bed hoping that he'll wake up from this horrible nightmare. Setting the alarm, Danny watches out the darkened windows for a couple of minutes for any sign of Steve before finally slowly making his way up the stairs hoping that sleep will come easily for him.

Steve finally comes home about twenty minutes after Danny finally goes to bed. He quietly enters the house and sighs as he disarms and rearms the alarm. He knows now that their fight should've have happened. They were both in no mood to even talk about anything that's been going on this week. Steve should've just let Danny have some time to himself before even broaching not only the Rachel issue but their bust earlier in the day. But of course, Steve just couldn't leave well enough alone and just had to poke the bear. Steve feels like an ass for the things he said to Danny. He knows that Danny rants about his actions because he cares about him and probably gets a little scared when he does things like jumping from buildings. He just hopes that Danny won't make him sleep on the couch.

When Steve pushes the door open he's surprised to see Danny sitting up in bed watching the door, yet he's not really all that surprised. They have a brief staring match before Danny's up from the bed and throwing himself into Steve's arms. "I'm sorry." He whispers wrapping his arms tightly around Steve's neck.

"I'm sorry too Danno." Steve murmurs, pulling back enough so he can kiss Danny. "I should've just let you cool off before trying to talk to you."

"I shouldn't have snapped at you. I know that you care about Grace and me. I'm just an asshole that can't help but put his foot in his mouth."

"We were both in the wrong, it's been a rough couple of days and emotions were running high. So it's both our faults." Danny nods pulling Steve into a hot kiss his hands slipping under his t-shirt to feel his skin. Steve moans into the kiss pushing his body harder against Danny's.

"Ya know it's customary after a fight such as the one we had to engage in a hot round of makeup sex." Danny whispered his hands slowly massaging Steve's lower back. Steve melts into Danny's hands.

"Are you sure about this?" Steve has to ask because in their journey to take it slow, they haven't ventured this far and he wants to make sure that they are completely sure they both really want it.

"I love you and want to show you how sorry I am for earlier. So yes Steven I'm one hundred percent sure." Steve growls roughly pulling Danny's shirt off at the same time that Danny pulls at his.

"Should've known the first time would be make up sex." Steve joked as he pushed Danny back onto the bed content to show Danny just how much he does love and care about him.

A/N 2: You have no idea how hard it was to write the fight. I hope that it sounds believable; because I had to literally fight with one of my best guy friends to make sure that it sounded right (it was a hilarious sight I promise you). So let me know what you guys thought (good, bad, etc) I love hearing from you guys. ~thatredheadgirl~