One for Sorrow

Pairing: McRoll

Spoilers for season 10 - Episode 7

Chapter - 32

The two of them worked tirelessly throughout the afternoon to get some of the mountains of paperwork done that needed to be finalised. As Commander and team leader of five-o, Steve had to deal with a lot of paperwork and sign a lot of documents. It was also his job to do performance reviews on the rest of the team and deal with the pay slips each week.

Danny was the second in charge when Steve wasn't available and so Danny had to take a lot of it on in the last several weeks since he had been in Mexico, though since being home, he knew it wasn't fair on Danny to make him deal with it all so he wanted to get as much done himself as he could.

"I appreciate you helping me with the paperwork Cath, I know you hate it as much as I do", he looked up from the desk to where Catherine was sitting next to him and smiled as he spoke. "You know I'd do anything to help you Steve, and I know you. You don't want to be sitting here when you are officially back on duty doing paperwork all day, you want to be out there with everyone else doing what you do best, so anything I can help to get it finished quicker, I am happy to do".

She really did know him so well, and knew that he wanted to be out there in the thick of it all. All of his adult life, he had been working in some kind of law enforcement, with the Navy and now with the five-o taskforce. He sometimes felt guilty that he got this job with no real police credentials, and all he had was his skills as a Navy SEAL to back him up, but over the years, he had done training with HPD, sat in on some classes with the academy and learnt the finer skills of investigating.

Knowing his father and his grandfather was looking down on him, he knew they would be proud of him, of the man he turned out to be. His father never wanted him to become a cop, he never wanted that life for his son, but after joining the Navy, John McGarrett had always known that one day, his son would follow in his own footsteps.

It was nearly five oclock before they headed home for the day, some of the team had come back in and out of the offices but once it hit that magic five on the clock, he was ready to go leave this behind him for the day and head home. "I think we got this all done, there is only a few more things to handle and that is doing Tani, Junior and Quinn's performance assessments which are coming up, but I'll do those when I'm in the office officially".

Nodding her head and stifling a yawn, she nodded her head, "I think that is a good idea", she closed the folder on the paperwork she had been looking over and put it back on his desk in the finalised stack. "If you want my thoughts, Tani and Junior are really at home here now. Both of them are doing well and from what I have seen even the last couple of days, they are more then capable, and Quinn.. Well I love her already, she seems to be fitting in quite well here, you always seem to pick people who compliment you but also aren't afraid of a challenge".

It was always nice to hear Catherine's thoughts and opinions about anything and he really appreciated her candor, "Thank you, I am really glad you like them and approve, I was actually meaning to do this a little earlier, but I didn't have a spare". He opened his desk drawer and pulled out Catherine's five-o taskforce badge and ID for her tactical vest. "I know we are a little low on spaces here at the moment, but we can always work in here together, least till the governor signs off on expanding the room, I want you back here Cath".

He took a breath and held up his hand, knowing she was going to say something, "and before you say yes or no, it's not a handout, and I know you say it's my thing, but I hope now you plan on staying here more permanently that five-0 can become your thing as well". He loved that he had so many people in his corner and on his team, the team that he had assembled, he trusted each and every single one of them.

The Governor gave five-o as much support and as big a budget as she could to be able to support them as she believed in what they were doing, and so when it came to hiring, he was always happy to hire those that he trusted could do the job. He leant over and put the badge in her hand, looking into her eyes, watching her as her eyes misted over. When she needed an avenue to move on after Billy Harrington's death, this was it and he knew she wouldn't want to stay unemployed for long.

He loved the fact she wanted to still have a career and hopefully juggle family time with him once they settled down into life as a couple again and one day a family with children to raise together. "I don't know what to say Steve", she whispered those words, "All you need to say is yes Cath". His smile was reassuring and when she looked into his eyes, she could see only truth in his words. "

She nodded her head as she stood up and came over and walked to him, moving to sit on his lap, wrapping her arms around his neck, "There's nowhere else I'd rather work Steve then with five-o". She could have gotten a job with HPD or even worked as a civilian contractor to the Navy but when it all came down to it, she wanted to be at five-o.

He smiled that smile she loved so much and moved in closer, closing his eyes as he kissed her lips gently. "I'm glad to hear you say that, now how about we get out of here and go grab some dinner, Mary called while you were in the bathroom, she has been invited by Danny, Rachel and Charlie for her and Joan to stay there tonight, I think it's Danny's way of giving us some time alone".

She giggled softly, letting a soft blush fall on her cheeks as she whispered back against his lips, "He is a good friend, and I think having the house to ourselves would be a wonderful idea Sailor". To see the smile on his face, it made her feel that Steve would be able to get through this, it would be hard and while they had moments of happiness, she also knew there would be moments of sadness as well. He had lost so much, his best friend Freddie, his father, Billy, Joe, and now his mother and she was just glad that she was here now for him to show him that he could finally have his happy ever after.

Author's Notes

I have had so much inspiration today that I managed to turn two chapters into three. I also was able to use an idea I had a while back as well. I want to make this a romance but I also want to pay respect to the fact it does still need to be somber at moments because of his mother's death, so I am happy that the last chapter was really well received. Three chapters also allow me to get back on an even number of chapters. I have an aversion with odd numbers for some reason so when I am doing two chapters, I'd rather the second chapter I write ends on an even number. We are also getting a little closer to a chapter where Catherine and Steve can have grown up alone time as well.

SteveMcGarrettLover:

I am really happy you liked the last two chapters, I have always wondered how the rendition room would feel to a family member to visit rendition, and I love the idea from a Childs perspective. Aww thank you so much xx