One for Sorrow

Pairing: McRoll

Spoilers for season 10 - Episode 7

Chapter - 20

There was one small detail about Catherine coming back to Hawaii with Steve to escort Doris back that no one was aware of yet, no one except the Director of the CIA. It was the fact that Catherine Rollins had put in her resignation before getting on that plane to go home to Hawaii. She had a copy of it in her bag and she was planning on showing it to Steve when they were back on Oahu and after they had the funeral service for Doris.

Her father had been in the service as well and she knew all to well about moving around and feeling unsettled many years before she even joined the service. The only time she had ever truly felt settled and at home and belonging somewhere was when she was in Hawaii with Steve. She had been thinking about it ever since Joe White had been killed, but knowing Steve had just lost someone else important to him, it was time she put her feelings into action and did something about it.

Steve was the only man she had ever truly loved, the only man that she could see herself marrying and having a family with. It was time to come home and be the woman that could make him happy like he really deserved to be. She was sure he would be happy about her decision, they had been getting close ever since she helped him get justice for Joe White and being with him now, it did feel like they were like a regular couple again.

The flight had been a long one, and despite trying her hardest, she couldn't seem to sleep during it. It was going to be a painful and hard journey for Steve to go through and that made her worry. Steve was a man that always held his feelings close to his chest, and though Catherine could usually get him to open up, she was still worried that he might close up and not allow himself the time to grieve. He had thrown himself into work when his father and Freddie Hart had died, and same thing when Joe White died, and this time she wanted him to slow down and take the time to grieve with his family by his side.

Their flight had just landed at the joint pearl Harbour-Hickam military base and they had just gotten off the plane. Stepping off the plane and feeling the Hawaiian breeze on her face, it made her feel like she was home. As they got off the plane, Steve had linked his hand in hers, intertwining their fingers together and squeezing softly. With that gesture, she knew that he was grateful that she was there beside him during this difficult time. Squeezing his hand back, she rested her head on his chest, smiling softly when she noticed the whole five-o Ohana standing down on the Tarmac waiting for them.

"You have something to do with this?", Steve asked curiously, his head tilting to the side to get a glimpse of Catherine's face. "Well, maybe.. All I mentioned was what time we were getting in to Danny and that it might be nice for our boy to see some familiar faces when we got in". He stopped for a moment, pulling her into his arms and kissed her softly. "Thank you Cath". Pulling away, their hands still entwined, he began to walk towards everyone, smiling though his heart was aching at what a lucky man he was to have his Ohana with him during this time.

He noticed out of the corner of his eye, as soon as Mary put down a blearly eyed Joan, she ran straight over to her Uncle Danno and cousins Grace and Charlie, the thought of Joan missing Danny and the kids made his heart soar even though the pain. It was sweet and special that his best friend and partner was also the kind of man that would welcome his partner's family into his life as well. Joan was just as much infatuated with her other Uncles and Aunts as she was with Steve and Catherine and it was nice to see they thought of her as family as well.

Danny was the first to step up to Steve to give him a great big bear hug, pulling away so he could look his best friend and partner in the eye, "I'm sorry about your Mom Steve.. We got you though, you know that right? We got your back". Steve offered Danny a smile and nodded, "I know buddy, thanks". As each member of five-o came over to greet Steve, Cath, Mary and Joan, there was one that was notably absent which was Jerry Ortega and there was also a new person there that Catherine hadn't seen before.

Catherine had met Tani Rey and Junior, and she quite liked them, though this new girl, she could instantly tell she was going to get along with her too. There was no arrogance at all. Once she had hugged Steve and offered her condolences, she turned to Catherine and smiled, holding out her hand, "Hi, I'm Sergeant Quinn Liu, I'm with five-o now, used to work for Army CID", Catherine smiled and shook her hand, nodding, "Nice to meet you Sergeant, I'm Lieutenant Catherine Rollins, formally of the US Navy and five-o". She didn't really want to mention the CIA at the moment, mainly because she had already put in her resignation and didn't want to give it away that she had done it till she told Steve.

It was going to be hopefully a nice surprise for him when she finally did tell him and show him the copy of the letter. It was a long time coming and she had to admit she was jealous of Lynn when she first met her, mainly because it seemed she could give him the kind of life that Steve deserved when she couldn't, but now she was getting out of the CIA and coming home.. She could give him the kind go love and life he deserved and while he was grieving right now, she knew it would hopefully bring him a little bit of piece in his life right now knowing she would be here with him.

Author Notes.

I can not say it enough, thank you all for all your support, love and just for giving me the inspiration to keep going with this. Even the ones that don't review, I still get email notifications when someone follows the story or adds this to their favourite stories or favourite authors and it really makes me feel so happy to know my work is appreciated and loved. This here is my happy place right now, it is where I feel at home being and it makes it more enjoyable knowing people are reading my work. I don't really have a certain amount of chapters to hit before I call time on this, I didn't really expect to hit 21 chapters in such a short span of time so I hope you are all happy to hang in with me for as long as it takes to ride out this journey.

SteveMcGarrettLover

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, it means so much to me that you individually review each chapter. I think you are my number one supporter and possibly number 1 fan on here. I am glad you enjoyed your belated Christmas gift, and hope you enjoy these next two chapters as we ring in the New Year. I love seeing whenever he interacts with kids on the show, even Grace when she was little, Charlie and even little Sara as well so I always will try to make a point of having him interact with Joanie as well. I was always a little annoyed to be honest that one of the cards they read out after Steve and Danny had surgery didn't include Catherine. I am sure she would have heard about it somehow so I wanted to include that in there, her thanking Danny. As for Mary and Joan moving to Hawaii, I do hope they do in the show, but as for my story, the clues are there, they will be moving, it is just a matter of it all happening and being offical, as will Catherine as well. I always try to take things from the show and kind of revisit it in a way for continuity purposes. I'd really love that, to have Joan and Charlie hanging out together. It means a lot you share your thoughts and ideas with me and I feel honoured to try to include them as much as I can into my story.