Broken

Beep… Beep… Beep…

´Would someone please turn off the annoying beeping? Seriously, people are trying to sleep! … Wait, sleep? I fell asleep? That's not right.'

Steve felt himself wake slowly, he couldn't see anything, and all he could hear was the annoying beeping. Somehow he knew it wasn't his alarm clock.

Then he remembered. Kono, Chris, he was in his house, he needed to help Kono. His eyes shot open and he tried to get up, being hindered by something.

'Steve, No! Calm down, you're in the hospital.'

He heard Danny's voice but couldn't yet make sense of what he was saying. All he could think about was Kono.

'Kono! I have to get to her.'

Danny grabbed Steve by the shoulders and forcefully pushed him down to the hospital bed.

'Steve, Kono is safe, she's fine. She shot Chris, he's dead Steve. You have to calm down.'

Something finally seemed to make it through his drug induced haze.

'Chris is dead?'

'Dead?' Steve's voice was croaked and sore and Danny could barely hear it.

'Yes, he's dead.'

'Kono?'

'She ok, she's been incredibly worried about you though, and she'll be back in a few minutes.'

Steve sighed at the news and closed his eyes. Though he wanted to stay awake he couldn't fight the drugs that made him sleepy. By the time Kono came back a minute later he was fast asleep.

Kono stood at the coffee machine; she was beyond tired or exhausted. She had big bags under her eyes and her eyes were weary. She'd been having nightmares for the past two days, when she finally did fall asleep that is.

She hadn't left Steve's side since the second she found him on the floor, that knife sticking out of his chest. She shuddered at the thought. She thought her heart would stop beating as she had frantically searched for a pulse. Finding it there, but weakly she quickly dialed 911 and waited for the ambulance to arrive. The entire time she sat waiting she had whispered of her love for him, to hold on. She had never spared a glance at Chris.

She was startled out of her thoughts by a nurse that walked by. She quickly drew her negative thoughts of that evening back and moved back to Steve's room. The governor had made sure he had his own room and that his team was allowed to stay the entire time. When Kono had heard that she seriously wanted to hug the woman.

Flashback

There was a lot of chaos as Steve was quickly rushed to the ER. Kono, Danny and Chin never more than a few steps behind of the gurney. They got to the ER and were directed to the waiting room, where they spent an agonizing four hours until they finally saw a doctor coming out of the ER telling them that Steve had been saved and was being wheeled out of surgery at that moment.

'Can we see him?'

Danny was eager to see for himself that Steve was still breathing.

'No sorry, only relatives are allowed.'

'They are relatives, or at least as close to the real thing.'

The doctor automatically straightened as he saw the governor of Hawaii approaching them.

'These three people are allowed to visit at any time they want, and they will be provided for doctor.'

It wasn't a request, and the doctor nodded, realizing he did not have a say in the matter.

'How is he?'

'He was lucky, the knife missed his aorta. The damage was minimal and relatively easy to fix. Some bruising but nothing serious. He was lucky, one inch to the right and I'm afraid we would not be able to save him.'

Kono's gasp did not go unnoticed by the others and the governor squeezed her shoulder in silent support.

'Thank you doctor.'

Then she turned to the Hawaii five 0 team.

'Let me know as soon as he wakes up.'

They nodded, and as swift had she had arrived the governor left.

Kono had not left the hospital since; instead she spent every second watching over Steve. She quickly moved back to the room and noticed that Danny had a concerned look on his face.

'What's wrong?'

Danny looked up into Kono's frantic eyes. She looked haggard and shouldn't even really be here, but he didn't have the heart to send her home to rest.

'Steve was conscious for a second there.'

Danny nearly smiled when he saw her face light up.

'He was asking about you, then promptly fell back asleep when I assured him you were ok. You know if I didn't know any better, I'd say he has a crush on you.'

Kono blinked, then blushed at his suggestive comment. Then as she thought about it, she was sure that Steve did have a crush on her, as she did with him. So she lifted her head back up, smiled at Danny, then sat back down at Steve's bedside.

Danny could only smile. Finally!

Kono was alone in the room, it was the middle of the night but she couldn't sleep. Every time she was once more bombarded with images of that night. It was the reason she could not leave Steve's side, she had to convince herself he was still there, that she had really saved him, that he would be ok.

She looked at his face as he slept, so roguishly handsome and masculine. His hair intrigued her, and she wondered if it was as soft as it looked.

Without consciously ordering her hand to move her fingers gently ran through his hair. She giggled a little as it was just as soft as she had imagined. During their little make out session she had of course ran her hand through his hair, but now she really focused on the sensations in her fingers. She was surprised when his head minutely moved, seeking out her touch.

She traced her fingers down his face to his cheek, cupping him and slowly turning his head. Her heart nearly stopped as she finally saw those piercing blue eyes staring back at her.

'That feels nice.'

He said it so softly she nearly missed it; she continued stroking his face as she smiled while a lone tear slid down her cheek.

'Are you ok?'

She snorted at that.

'I should be asking you that. You're a real idiot you know.'

He looked at her with a confused look in his eyes.

'Why didn't you call for help? You could've been killed Steve, I don't know what I…'

Steve lifted his arm to her hip and squeezed it gently.

'I'm right here, and trust me when I say, I am not going anywhere.'

She saw the honesty there and she flashed back to the morning they heard Chris had escaped.

Flashback

'Who says I'm going to deny anything?'

Kono looked at him and saw that he wasn't kidding. He quickly sobered up and pulled away a bit, but kept looking her in the eye.

'I know that you're probably not ready for this, but I really like you Kono, and not in the 'atta girl' kind of way. I want to be with you, and that's probably the last thing you need right now, for me to complicate matters. But I'll wait, for as long as I have to, unless you don't want this?'

She had told him she wanted it, and she did, more than anything. Somehow, though that morning seemed so far away, her feelings had only grown.

She leaned over and kissed him, giving into her desire and meeting his. They kissed for a little while until Kono realized his breathing changed. She pulled back and he couldn't hide the small wince of pain at their position.

'Alright sailor, that's enough excitement for tonight you need your beauty sleep.'

Steve looked at her incredulously.

'Are you saying I'm not beautiful? That hurts!'

'Suck it up and be a man McGarrett.'

They smiled goofily at each other for a long time, knowing they would be all right. The stress of the last few weeks slowly dissipated leaving hope for the future.

As Kono moved to sit back down in the chair he pulled her back.

´Stay, lie with me.´ I need to feel you, have to know you´re alive.

Kono saw everything he didn´t say in his eyes and she nodded.

Soon they were spooned together facing each other. Two minutes later they were fast asleep. Dreaming of their future, together.

AN: I'll do an epilogue, something a bit lighter than all the drama. Ideas anyone? I hate to ask, but I really love reviews, so if you can spare a minute… Review please!