Aloha
By
Landon Richardson
Official Disclaimer
The characters of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Mary McGarrett and Max Bergman do not belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes.
The characters of Danielle 'Danni' Richardson, Caitlin 'Cait' Richardson, Simon Ferron, Tess Walker, The Richardson Family, Michael Landon and Karen Landon do however belong to me so please do not use without first asking permission.
Any other character who might pop up who you don't instantly recognise will probably belong to me as well. I'll hopefully catch them in time to put above though.
Author Note
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Please enjoy!
Official Summary
All Steve McGarrett wants is to settle down with Danni and enjoy the rest of their lives together peacefully however life seems determined to get in the way; between his job, his best friend's relationship and planning a wedding, things were never going to be peaceful however much he wanted them to be. (Sequel to Snippets – The Model saga, McDanni, featuring a male Danny as well)
Chapter Summary
Danielle sighed happily as she picked up her mug of green tea and the mug of black coffee from the counter top, glancing round her to make sure that she had everything which she needed before she turned and. headed out of the kitchen and out onto the lanai.
Official Romances for the story
Steve McGarrett / Danielle 'Danni' Richardson (McDanni)
Danny Williams / Caitlin 'Cait' Richardson (Danlin)
Mentions of past Danielle 'Danni' Richardson / Simon Ferron
Mentions of past Steve McGarrett / Catherine Rollins (McRollins)
Mentions of past Danny Williams / Rachel Edwards
Mentions of past Caitlin Richardson / Thomas Jacobs (Caitmas)
Romances mentioned during the chapter
Steve McGarrett / Danielle 'Danni' Richardson (McDanni)
Another note
Please keep in mind that I don't have a Beta for this story so the odd mistake may creep in without me meaning it to. I have also never been to Hawaii so all locations are either from the show, google or made up in my own mind.
Chapter Twenty
She was ready to deny the existence of space and time rather than
Admit that love might not be eternal.
Danielle sighed happily as she picked up her mug of green tea and the mug of black coffee from the counter top, glancing round her to make sure that she had everything which she needed before she turned and. headed out of the kitchen and out onto the lanai.
She heading down the steps towards the two chairs which were placed out on the back-porch area.
The previous day had ended up being a write off just like Steve had predicted. They had ended up spending the rest of the day in bed with each other, watching Netflix and cuddling just as Steve had wanted, the only time either of them had left was for a toilet break and when Steve had disappeared downstairs only to reappear five minutes later someone how holding two mugs of coffee and a plate filled with sandwiches. Once those had been consumed Steve, who had obviously recovered from his hangover and proceeded to make love to her tenderly.
All in all, it had been the perfect lazy Saturday for them to experience though it also meant that they were now behind in the plans which she had in place for the weekend. Plans which had been important like her getting a new car so she could have access to the rest of the island and what it offered without her having to rely either on public transport or her other half having to leave what he was doing to pick her up in his truck or Danny's car which she noticed that he often seemed to have with him.
She placed the mug of coffee on the little table between the chairs before she sat down on the chair which she seemed to favour, stretching her legs out in front of her and casually rearranging her dress with one hand, her eyes fixed on the ocean in front of her. She could just about make out the figure of Steve cutting through the waves as he swam against the current, the familiar sight making her smile as she finally looked down and blew on the hot liquid, cradling the mug in her hand again.
He had left their bed at what had felt like the crack of dawn, kissing her softly before he had rolled off of the mattress and headed over to the drawers and pulling one open. He pulled out a pair of his swimming and left the room, leaving her behind in the bed.
How exactly he had the energy to go for a stream after the night they had shared with each other was beyond her, she could only assume that the rare jokes she had heard when she had been modelling about military men and their stamina was actually based in fact rather than an exaggeration like she had initially thought.
Danielle shook her head at the thought, a small smile coming to her mouth before she took a sip of her tea, her eyes drawn upwards to the sky as she leaned her head back with a contented sigh, watching as the pale blue slowly gave away to a bright, almost blinding blue. She had to admit that Hawaii was certainly one of the most beautiful places which she had been in her travels.
She looked back towards the ocean just as Steve emerged from the waves. He paused for a second, his eyes landing on her before he headed across the golden sand towards where she was sitting. Danielle's eyes lowered, automatically tracking a drop of sea water which slid its way slowly down his torso, resisting the urge to lean forward and lick it off and instead forcing herself to look up, rolling her eyes when she realised he was watching her with a half loving, half smug expression which somehow managed to look stupidly attractive on his face and which told her that he had seen where her eyes had been and had no doubt managed to read her mind.
"Do you like what you see?" He asked her huskily with a wink before he leaned across to the other chair and grabbed the towel which he had thrown over the top of the chair using it to scrub at his hair.
"It's not bad I guess" Danielle replied casually with a shrug of her shoulders as she took another sip of her tea in an effort to hide the smile which was threatening to break out at the sight of his affronted expression as he turned to look at her.
"It's not bad?" Steve repeated with a raised eyebrow, his eyes wide in disbelief before they narrowed slightly as he tilted his head to the side, giving her a considering look. "Remind me to quote you on how you consider my body to be just not bad the next time your hands are all over me." He grumbled before he leaned down over her, his hands braced against the arms of the chair as his mouth found hers, kissing her softly before he slowly moved back with a look of reluctance with caused her to smile. Throwing the towel back onto the free chair he looked towards the second mug. "Is that for me?" He queried, glancing around as though he suddenly expected someone to appear from around the corner or from within the house
Danielle moved her head to the right, looking towards the waiting mug before she nodded, looking back at him.
"A black filtered coffee with a lump of that special butter you like in it which goes against everything I believe by the way, milk or sugar belongs in coffee, butter belongs on toast" She told him, unable to stop her nose from wrinkling up in disgust when he picked it up and downed half of it, smacking his lips together with a look of satisfaction before he turned to her and held the mug out to her.
"Try it" He urged. "You may just like it"
Danielle stared at the mug for a moment before she set her shoulders and placed her own tea back on the table. She turned back to him and gingerly took the mug from it, looking down at the drink before she looked back up at Steve and sighed, bringing the mug to her lips and taking a sip.
"Wow… that's… that is really not for me" She said with a shake of her head, thrusting the mug back towards him and ignoring his laughter as he took it back and grabbing her own tea again, taking a sip to try and cleanse her pallet.
"Well you've done better than Danno has, he's always refused point blank to try it, at least you have." Steve remarked, leaning down and kissing her again, his free hand cupping her cheek for a moment. "Have you started making us breakfast yet because if you hadn't I was thinking of whipping us up some granola and yoghurt to eat?" He offered, Danielle considered the suggestion for a moment before she nodded.
"That sounds pretty good to me." She agreed as she moved to the age of the chair and stood up, smiling at Steve before she turned and headed back towards the kitchen aware of him right behind her. She breathed out a sigh of relief when she found that the kitchen area was still empty. She had already begun to lose count of the number of times where someone had turned up during their morning, normally when they were just considering breakfast, to see Steve and discuss something with him.
"So, what do you want us to do today?" Steve asked, his large hand trailing across her back as he moved passed her towards the cupboards
"Well there are a few things we could do" Danielle remarked, her voice easing away for a moment as she gave the question some thought before continuing again. "I was thinking that we could go out to some of the DIY stores around the island and start looking at what we need to get to start doing the house up."
"We can do that" He agreed, glancing back over his shoulder at her with a smile. "We need to get you a car as well but that shouldn't be too hard to do." He turned to her, leaning back against the counter behind him with a sudden serious look on her face which left her feeling concerned.
"What is it?" She queried, tilting her head to the side.
He stared silent for a moment, looking away from her to look around the kitchen with a critical look before he spoke, a thoughtful tone to his voice which eased her concern away.
"I was just thinking that we do have permission to make expansions to the house, or rather my parents got the permissions before…" he stopped abruptly, taking a deep breathe before he started. "Well they never got the chance to do it but we do have the chance to and I think we should. We could bring in some designers and actually design a home based around what we want."
"The house is a fairly good sized one at the moment." Danielle pointed out to him as she moved towards him, coming to a stop beside him and wrapping her arms around him.
"The house is okay size for a newly married couple" Steve agreed, dropping his head and brushing a kiss over the top of her head. "But we need to think to the future because we'll need to extra space when we start our own family. There are only three bedrooms at the moment, our bedroom and two spare rooms. We could extend the main bedroom further, use one of the spare rooms for our first child and the second for our second child and then on top of that we'll need a Danno room because he always ends up staying around when we watch games together and I don't want to hear him bitching at me because he had to sleep on the sofa. Then we'll need another spare room for when family come around to stay and we can make the kitchen bigger for you as well" He added with another glance around him.
"It sounds like you have put a lot of thought into this Steve" Danielle remarked as she leaned her head back so she could see his face clearly.
"I have" He admitted with a shrug at her. "This place is going to be our home here in Hawaii for as long as we stay here so I want to make sure that it feels as though it is our place and not my parents old place which we just happen to live in. I want it to be a combination of our different styles coming together to create the home of our dreams where we can be happy."
"Why haven't you done any work on the place before now?" Danielle asked him curiously.
"Something always stopped me, the truth is Danni that I was always waiting for something, I just didn't realise I was until I found you." He told her seriously, pulling her closer to him.
Danielle remained quiet for a moment before she went up on her tiptoes, waiting until be bent down towards her to kiss him, nipping at her lower lip before she pulled back and smiled at him.
"Have I mentioned to you today just how much I love you?" She asked him, her smile widening when he grinned down at her.
"You haven't mentioned it today yet but you certainly told me a lot yesterday afternoon and during the night" he replied as he wrapped his arms around her, nuzzling his nose into her hair as he hugged her tightly, feeling more content then he could ever remember feeling.
"Well it's the truth, I love you" She replied, kissing his chest before she took a step back from him, forcing him to let go of her. "So, what exactly do you plan to do with the house then? If this will be our home then…"
"It will be, it's a great property and we have the ocean right outside as well, there aren't too many places around here which have that" He commented, waving his hand towards the door they had just come through. "As to what I have planned, well my only plan at the moment is to bring in some local architects to sit down and discuss what they can do so we can decide between the two of us how we want this to go."
"Okay then" Danielle said with a nod at him. "Let's do it then, but the first thing we have to do is go and get dressed and find me that car" She stated, laughing when he saluted her with a wink.
"Your wish is my commander my Lady"
Author Note
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