Danny sat across from Mary and grinned, Mary smiled at her brother partner.
"You want to know how they're doing." Danny nodded sheepishly.
"I'd ask him but he just tells me he loves her and that I should know that" Mary laughed. The last few weeks had been an experience for her, she had spent most of her time with her daughter, who was now playing with Grace but had observed her brother in the meantime. She took a deep breath
"It's weird I mean I never really knew my brother after he turned sixteen and I was sent to the mainland. I mean yeah after dad's funeral we kept in contact and I visited but Steve he's… he's-"
"Closed off, like a good super seal?" Mary gave him a look but smiled all the same.
"You know what he's like but I've always felt like I couldn't relate and then he came to me about Kono, even though I didn't know it was about her at first. He was really lost about how to approach it which was kind of funny to be honest because he's Steven Mcgarrett and if he's lost we're all screwed. Yet since Kono turned up and turned him slightly less hardened he seems like the big brother I lost after he was in the NAVY. He's a good man and I'm proud of him but it was like he lost his ability to smile and yes I know he's seen horrors but she brought back his… his sense of humanity. She makes him smile more and laugh and my god Danny he loves her and I never thought I'd see the day I saw my brother willing to share himself with someone completely." Danny smiled broadly, remembering Steve when they first met and how he broke up with Catherine a year before he and Kono fell for each other. He smiled because he could tell that they wanted to be professional and respect Chin but all the while their eyes trailed after one another. Their hands linger next to each other like they weren't sure how to proceed. It was like they were high schoolers and that amused Detective Danny Williams to no end. It was also humbling to see his partner, who was wound tighter than a coil willing to share the stuff he couldn't share with Danny with Kono, to see the ex-navy seal fall for the woman who wouldn't take nothing from him.

When Steve and Chin ended up back home after two hours of sorting through files for their current murder suspect they found everyone asleep on the couches or in Mary's case in her bed with Grace and Joan. Chin woke up Danny and Steve put Joan in her cot, picked up Grace and pulled the covers over Mary. Chin offered to drive the sleepy Williams home and Steve nodded saying night to chin. He then locked the front door and shook Kono awake.
"Steve?" she asked sleepily. Steve smiled and pushed the hair out of her eyes. He laughed as she said if he had gotten her up for work he would be sleeping on the couch.
"Nah babe, you fell asleep on the couch and I thought you may want to go to bed" when she didn't answer he looked down to find her asleep, he sighed and grabbed the throw off the chair and draped it on her and placed a pillow under her head then kissed her nose which she subconsciously wrinkled and then went to bed.

The next morning Steve woke up to someone banging on his door, he opened it to find Chin.
"Steve, our suspect hit two more convenience store and killed the clerk, I'd get Danny but he has grace, HPD is heading him off." Steve didn't say anything he just grabbed his gun and badge.

Kono felt her heart stop as she pulled up to the crime scene, she got out with Danny and ran up to chin.
"When you said he chased a murder suspect without backup and you couldn't go because you hadn't even realised he'd gone till he'd gone please tell me you were lying" Chin looked sheepish and Kono threw her hands into the air
"I'm going to kill him, I'm going to actually kill him, Danny you have my full authority to kill and I'll say it was an accident. He's chasing a murder suspect whose armed god does he think he's invincible or something!" Danny was about to answer when a shot rang out across the sky. Kono took off after her boyfriend, her team in pursuit. They found him lying in a small pool of blood, HPD ran over to the suspect who had a hole in his chest. Kono placed pressure on Steve's wound and cursed as she realised he wasn't a vest.
"I'm going to kill you Mcgarrett why the hell would you chase an armed suspect without a vest!" Danny began calling for an ambulance and turned to his best friend.
"Especially when you have this lovely lady to come home to, for gods sakes Steve wear a vest!" Chin saw Steve's eyes close and slapped him.
"You will not go to sleep" he told his boss. Kono scoffed whilst she held back tears
"Especially when I'm not done yelling you idiot" Steve coughed and made Kono lean closer.
"M-marry me" he asked. Everyone stood still for a moment.
"You are not fucking proposing to me on your death bed" She screamed. Steve laughed and reached into his pocket and pulled out a blue box. Chin laughed
"For god's sake when I agreed that you could marry her I didn't mean when you were shot in the chest!" Steve just glared and Danny looked bemused.
"I love you Kono" and then his eyes rolled backwards as Kono cried. The paramedics reached them before Steve stopped breathing and hauled him off to the hospital as Kono screamed out a yes.