Disclaimer: I don't know Hawaii 5-0 or any of the shows characters, I'm just having fun with them.
A/N: This chapter is based on the first episode, not every chapter will be episode related, some chapters will be between episodes as ideas and other things come to mind. I hope you enjoy, and please read and review it feeds the muse.
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Danny was sitting in the chair across from the chief of HPD. He's been in Hawaii for six months, he has an apartment, a job that's been disappointing to say the least, and a daughter he hasn't been allowed to see for more than school picks ups and drop offs in the last three months. While he loves being a detective, Hawaii and its people have not been accommodating, he's had five partners and the only cases he's managed to solve are cold cases that no one is working on anymore.
He's had some small cases with his latest partner, who has actually become his friend because he treats him like a solid detective, not an Omega who needs to be sheltered or a haole who should go back to the mainland and never show his face in Hawaii again. A sentiment Danny shares, in fact he hates these islands. They are surrounded by water, and infested with pineapple. It wouldn't be so damn bad if he could swim and didn't have an allergy to pineapples.
"Detective Williams, your partner is being assigned to a trainee for the next several weeks, you are on your own because no one else is willing to work with you. Frankly the attitude you hold towards this place hasn't helped your case." The chief barked at him, Danny stayed quite, knowing that trying to defend himself is a moot point after six months of constant harassment from his co-workers and all his partners being Alpha's trying to force him to submit is probably the biggest reason why none of them want to work with him. Because he refuses to submit to anyone, and he's not easy to subdue.
Even though Omegas are allowed to work as a detective they still don't have the respect from other officers, Betas and especially Alphas, in this line of work. If it wasn't for the fact that the Governor herself is an Omega, he doubts that any Omegas would be on the force in Oahu at all.
So, the over all population around the world is thus. 60% are Betas the biggest designation, leaving 30% Alphas, and coming in last place is 10% Omegas. Centuries ago, there had been an even split, but somewhere along the way Omega's have been dwindling. The scientist believe it has to do with the fact that only an Omega can birth Omegas, more often with an Alpha pair. Any other pairing, Alphas and Betas are most common, you will get a Beta or an Alpha. Hence the laws in place to protect them and keep them out of highly dangerous jobs. Any crime committed against an Omega get's double the jail time, or the death penalty, depending on the state, then any other crime out there, up to an including rape and murder.
It's only in recent years that Omegas have been making a comeback and fighting for their rights, that has given Danny this opportunity here in Hawaii of all places. He came out of his musings as the chief slapped a file on the desk in front of him. "You have a case, John McGarrett, he was a veteran of HPD. His funeral is today, we are all headed that way, you want to prove yourself, then solve his murder, then we'll discuss your future here. Fail, or lose this case and you are on permanent desk duty, and can work those cold cases to your hearts content." With that said, Danny was dismissed, he took the file and finally noticed the Chief was in his dress blues, which now makes perfect sense.
As he left the office, he saw the bullpen practically empty, and now knew why, they were going to pay their respects to a highly decorated cop, if his file was anything to go by. Danny got to work immediately, as he pulled his file and studied the Beta it was clear this man deserved respect, and how he was killed wasn't right. Danny vowed to make it right and find this man's killer, no matter who got in his way.
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Danny was sitting outside Rachel and Stan's house waiting for Grace the next day as he made a phone call. It grates on his nerves that Rachel got a judge here to change the stipulations from Jersey, giving her more control over Danny's visitation rights. Someone who's a friend to Stan, which frustrates him to no end.
He's had exactly 7 weekends with Grace in six months, he is now being allowed to drop her off on her first day at her new school, because in Rachel's words, he's been behaving himself and staying out of trouble. Danny's pretty sure that Rachel has done this to get back at him for beating her to the punch on moving to Hawaii. He knew that it had only been a matter of time before Rachel managed to convince the judge back home, so he made the arrangements and agreed, before she could pull any tricks to get them here anyway.
"Yeah, I'm still here." Danny answered as the man finally took him off hold. "I've been on hold so long, I forgot who I was talking to. I need a warrant write-up for a surveillance wire on a suspect in connection to the John McGarrett murder. Suspects name is Doran. Fred Doran. D-O-R-A-N." He heard the gate start to open, being his cue to leave the Camaro. "Yeah, that's terrific, thank you." Danny hung up.
"Mommy." Grace greeted as she ran up to him, Danny got on his good knee and hugged her tight, then noticed the small cage she was holding with a bunny inside.
"What's this?" Danny asked, having gotten his daughter a stuffed rabbit for show and tell today.
"Step-Stan got it for me for animal show and tell, isn't it cool? His names Mr. Hoppy." Grace informed Danny as she showed him the cage. Danny took her hand and started to lead her towards the passenger side of his Camaro.
"Mr. Hoppy is the coolest, Monkey." Danny agreed. "What's that." He pointed in another direction, she looked and he hid the stuffed animal in the back seat before getting her into the car. Then headed off to drop her at school
"You think the kids at the school will like him?" Grace asked, it was the first day of her new school, Danny could smell the anxiety on his baby girl. Reminds him of kindergarten, when he took her for the first time, she was five hanging onto his leg and begging, saying 'Mommy, mommy please don't leave me'.
Danny remembers vividly as he got down on his good knee, took her hands, looked her straight in the eyes and promised. 'Danno's not leaving forever, I will always come pick you up.' Danny kept that promise every day, a good portion of the time Rachel dropped her off at school, but Danny always managed to take time from work and pick his daughter up. He never forgot, and he never failed to do it either.
Until the separation and divorce, he's never been without his baby for so long and the mother inside him, has slowly been eating away at his soul, dying a little bit every day, every night he can't see or talk to Grace, is like being shot point blank in the chest where his heart resides.
"They are going to love Mr. Hoppy, Monkey, just like they are going to love you. You are going to make so many friends, that I'm gonna be begging you to spend time with your dear old mom rather than all your friends." Danny assured his daughter, which calmed her nerves and made her laugh.
"Danno, you aren't that old." She admonished. Danny laughed, they talked a little while longer as he pulled up to school, she gave him a quick kiss and then headed inside. Watching her go broke his heart. He took several deep breaths, as he felt the tears coming, he drove off towards the McGarrett Crime Scene.
He wiped his face, put his tough Jersey cop persona back in place just before he arrived. He got out and started checking the parameter, as he made his way to the garage at the back of the house. As he got closer, he noticed a very strong scent, it was clearly marked Alpha from the musk, it was fresh and from the recording device he was hearing as he got closer he realized whoever it was, was still here. The Alpha's scent was very…very…distracting to say the least.
He pulled out his gun as he approached around a car covered by an old dusty tarp. When they say first impressions are everything, they weren't kidding, because coming face to face with Steven McGarrett, guns drawn on each other, neither backing down there was something there. A strong magnetism that Danny had never felt for any one, much less an Alpha Navy Seal before.
"Hey, you, hands up don't move." Danny ordered, as the man contaminating his crime scene pulled a gun on him as he rounded the car in order to arrest this trespasser.
"Who are you?" The Alpha asked, his tone forceful, on being confronted. Something that would have worked on any other Omega and even some weak-willed Betas, but not this man. Steve was perplexed as to why his Alpha tone didn't work. From the smell, cinnamon and vanilla there was a distinct Omega scent, along with the smell of scent blockers that was being washed away, due to perspiration. Of course the mainlander was wearing a tie, button up shirt and slacks in the Hawaii heat, he was going to sweat and for an Omega it naturally smelled…delicious.
"I am Detective Danny Williams." Danny informed after a few moments of this star off-stand off they had going. The smell was intoxicating and if he wasn't the stubborn, head strong, independent Omega that he was, he might have bared his neck in submission, this Alpha had a presence to him that rivaled all, including Rachel, and frankly that scared him a bit, but he made sure not to show it.
"Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett. This is my father's house." Steve informed Danny, who overlapped him with the command that Steve put his weapon down immediately. Soon they were both shouting at each other to show I.D. So far, things between them were not going well. It didn't help that Steve found this Detective Omega very attractive, and his instincts were telling him to touch, taste, feel…mate.
It's said that when destiny has chosen your perfect mate you'll know when you first meet them, the desire of your natural born instincts will rise to the surface and beg you to claim that which was always meant to be yours. Steve believed in these, just like he believed in the Hawaii traditions and culture. Danny himself, believed this was a myth, but his instinct's crying out to be touched and held by this very powerful Alpha was bothering him deeply. He didn't want another Alpha trying to control him, he already had one of those, and he especially didn't want Alpha that wore cargo pants.
"I'm not putting my gun down." Steve informed Danny, who had the same exact sentiment. "Use your free hand, take out your I.D." Steve ordered, something that irked Danny to no end.
"Please, after you." Danny remarked, surprising Steve once again as his Alpha voice was not working on getting Danny to submit, though truth be told he really wasn't trying to force him into submission, it's not something he believes in doing. And in fact was taught not to force an Omega into submission, they need to submit of their own free will or a relationship with them, will never work.
Steve dropped the voice then and decided to try this another way. Clearly Danny was a remarkable Omega, as he saw a twitch to his head as he resisted giving into the Alpha's commands. "At the same time?" Steve suggested.
Danny was a bit relieved when Steve changed his tone, he hadn't known how much longer he could resist this Alpha's commanding voice, normally it's no problem. Of course, if this man is his destined mate that would explain his difficulties, it's one thing to resist any Alpha and their particular Alpha voice, it's another when that Alpha has been preordained for you specifically. Fate is funny that way.
"Alright fine, on the count of three." Danny agreed after a short debate. "One." Danny said as they both removed one hand from their guns.
"Two." Steve continued as they both reached into their pockets.
"Three." Danny finished just when they pulled out their I.D's and showed them, both sighed as they eased their guns down and holstered them. "Listen, I'm really sorry about your father, but you can't be here right now." Danny explained as he saw Steve with his hands on a red tool box with a single word on the front Champ. "This is an active crime scene."
Steve turned to look at Danny, his hand on the handle of the tool box his father had hinted at before he'd been killed. His father obviously wanted him to know about it, and have it, considering what he found in it, he needed to look into this. "Doesn't seem that active." Steve said a bit dismissively.
Danny had a feeling Steve was going to give him a hard time, which normally wouldn't be a problem…if he was allowed a partner, and if this case wasn't his last chance to finally do his job properly. "I can't share any information with you." Danny informed Steve, it was procedure, he felt sorry for the guy he just lost his dad, but that is the current situation when it comes to an open case.
"Hesse wasn't here alone when my father was murdered. Someone was sitting at the desk in the study, there was a space clear for a 13-inch laptop and my father hated computers." Steve informed Detective Williams, who had his hand on the work table as he listened patiently.
Something that Omegas are well known for, their patience and methodical nature, while Alpha's were impulsive and reckless. There was a balance between the two when brought together, especially a pair that were hand picked by destiny herself, to form an unstoppable bond.
"That's helpful, but, I'm gonna have to ask you again, you got to leave." Danny told him, sympathy in his voice, he was calm and understanding about Steve's situation. Omegas tended to have a higher empathy level towards victims and their family members, they were also better with kids as their scent had a calming effect even on Betas, who aren't able to pick up scent markers like Alphas and Omegas can.
"You got it." Steve said as he picked up the toolbox and headed past Danny, which stretched Danny's patients to its breaking point, much like his ex-wife could.
"And you can leave the box, that is evidence. You know that." Danny turned and faced him. Then Steve, had the gall to lie to him about coming with box. Danny quickly informed him on how that lie did not work for him. Because Danny is a good detective, and he notices these things.
Then Steve asked how long he'd been with HPD which pushed him over the edge, as he in no uncertain terms informed this nosy Alpha it was none of his business.
"It is my business if you're investigating my father's death." Steve accused and that was it.
"You know what, I don't have to answer to you McGarrett, this is my case, I'm going to solve this case. If you continue to obstruct my investigation and tamper with evidence, I will arrest your ass, Alpha or not." Danny informed Steve, because he was tired of the lack of respect, because he was an Omega and a haole on this god forsaken island.
Steve's back straightens at that in a very rigid posture. Clearly this Omega was having issues since arriving, to call him out on his designation and threaten him with an arrest. He sets the box down and calls the governor. He sees the shock, surprise and disbelief on Danny's face as he hears her voice on the other line, then resignation as he takes the pledge. Though what bothers him just a bit, is the anxiety he smells in the air as Danny's scent changes from sweet to sour. The despair that follows after he claims the crime scene before leaving bothers him to no end for the rest of the day.
Steve already knew the moment after he took on the governor's task force, that he wanted Chin Ho Kelly on board, he hadn't been sure about Williams, but there was something very intriguing about that Omega, it left him…feeling guilting about stealing this case away from him. He called HPD and requested Danny Williams' file and all of his case notes, he had some research to do, not just on his father's murder, but Detective Williams as well.
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To say Danny was depressed would be an understatement, he heads back to the precinct after watching McGarrett hijack his crime scene. Right before he can sit at his desk, the chief barks his name out in a heated Alpha tone, he is mad and Danny has a gut wrenching feeling that his career as a Detective is about to come to a crashing end, making for the perfect closure, to this hell of a day.
He took his seat as directed once he closed the door, not that the chief wasn't shouting loud enough or every Alpha outside the office to hear, the benefits of Alphas…is better hearing, it's the instinct to protect their mate and children, they have to be able to hear a threat coming. Especially now with scent blockers out there.
"You had one job Williams, solve the McGarrett case. Instead you put a gun in his son's face, threaten to arrest him, and if that wasn't enough the governor called. This case is now his, making the HPD look incompetent!" The chief was pacing, his face was turning red as his blood pressure was rising. "Now, he's requested your file. I'll be surprised if you have a job tomorrow, until then go home. If you do still have a job, expect to be chained to that desk, working on cold cases, parking tickets and domestic disputes the rest of your career, because Williams, that's all you're good for. Now get out!"
Danny stood up and quickly vacated the department, he could hear laughter behind him. The shame and embarrassment he felt was nothing compared to his Omega crying out for someone to hold him. Omegas are extremely tactile creatures; and emotional ones as well, Danny hasn't been properly touched or held in months leaving him a bit touch-starved and in need of attention that he's been denying himself. Not just for these past six months, but for years, and with all this stress, it's catching up to him.
He locks his apartment door behind him as he grabs his pills from kitchen table, heat suppressant pills, they help to keep an Omega from going into heat, but can also be used to ease the emotional pain when an Omega is touch-starved. He takes two with a glass of water before collapsing on the futon bed, he never put away that morning being in a rush to see Grace. His body his shaking with suppressed emotions, now in the privacy of his home he allows the mask to come off.
Danny sobs into his pillow as he holds himself in desperation, back in Jersey when these flair ups happened, and he needed comfort and the touch of another, his mother and/or father would take on the role to help his Omega side to cope. They would rub his arms, his wrists and neck where his scent glands were, or in his father's case, as his Alpha would hold him to help the shaking subside. Finally, after several hours the meds kicked in and Danny fell into an exhausted sleep for the rest of the day and night. That is until he heard knocking on his front door the next morning
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To say their new partnership was getting off to a rocky start would be an understatement, as the bust at Fred Doran's did not go according to plan, especially when Danny got shot and fell through a porch screen, onto the car below. He'd gotten up and went around the back as Steve was chasing Doran through the house and into another yard. The guy was about to shoot Steve with a hostage in his arms, when Danny put a couple of rounds in Fred Doran's back killing him.
Of course, Steve was pissed at this, because the guy didn't answer his questions, and the Omega that he forcibly recruited for several reasons, one of those being of a personal nature, his strong attraction being a big one, had killed him. They came to blows, he warned Danny not to point his finger at him, but he didn't listen. Then the gutsy Jersey native hit him, the fact that he didn't back down to Steve or his Alpha pheromones, and even hit him in the mouth were all signs to Steve that this partnership was going to work out great.
Danny wasn't so sure about that as they headed to their next destination, to locate the human traffickers on the island. "How's the arm?" Steve asked after a while of tense silence.
"Let's just not talk." Danny suggested, he knew that someone was probably reporting to Rachel right now about what happened, and there goes any chance of seeing his daughter this weekend as planned. Making this whole fiasco Steve's fault, to say he was pissed, wouldn't be too far off the mark.
"You mean right now or ever again?" Steve asked, Danny had to think on that one, because there was something about Steve's voice that actual put Danny's Omega in a state of ease. Though let's be honest, Steve is crazy, and when it comes to reckless Alphas Steve has to be the worst of them all. This guy probably lives off the adrenaline rush of nearly getting himself and others killed, and yet, driving his car with Steve in the passenger seat, gave him a calm he hasn't had since the separation from Rachel nearly two years ago.
"Just both, okay." Danny informed him, because admitting that he likes the sound of Steve's voice, even to himself is too much like submitting, something Danny has never done with an Alpha that wasn't his father.
"So, your wife, you leave her, or she left you?" Steve asked. "She was an Alpha right? I'm guessing you being oversensitive, and lack of submission probably did it."
Danny clinched his jaw at that and tightened his hands on the steering wheel. "For your information, I left her. As for being sensitive, when did you come to this conclusion, was it when you realized in your garage that I'm an Omega. Or, or, no wait, was it when a bullet was tearing through my flesh, is that when I seemed sensitive to you?" Danny asked his voice rising a bit as anger was getting to him, his patience has worn thin and he's ready to tear this Alpha a new one.
"I am really happy that you are not afraid of anything." Danny continued ranting. "Okay? I'm glad that you have that G.I Joe, Alpha top of his game, thousand-yard stare from chasing shoe-bombers around the world, okay? But in civilized society, we have rules, all right? It is the unspoken glue that separates us from jackals and hyenas, alright?" Danny paused taking a breath.
"Jackals and hyenas?" Steve asked about his metaphor here, which only seemed to ramp Danny up further, Steve was thoroughly enjoying this, an Omega that had a mouth on him and used it without hesitation. Steve liked him even more.
"Animal Planet, whatever. Okay? The point is, rule number one: If you get somebody shot, you apologize!" Danny shouted and continued to rant several minutes in as Steve kept trying to interrupt him with said apology.
"Hey, man, I'm sorry, okay? I said I'm sorry, sincerely sorry. That's what I was trying to tell you last year when this conversation first started." Steve said and he actually meant it, because while he is reckless, he was brought up on two basic facts. One: you treat Omegas with respect, they are people not incubators as they were once considered, so he has been treating Danny as a cop and a person. Rather then just an Omega, he was a good detective who was shafted in Jersey when he lost his job, due to no longer having an Alpha. Moving here and getting zero respect from HPD or anyone else while out on the job.
Steve knew that Danny's attitude about the island didn't help his case, and while he never answered Steve's question on whether he could swim or not, but he had clammed up on that. So, Steve's gut is telling him that Danny can't swim, and he has a serious distaste for pineapples, Steve hasn't figured out why yet.
As for that second thing: Omegas are rare, and need to be protected, more so in other parts of the country, Hawaii has quite a few so he grew up surrounded by them until he'd been placed on a plane by his father at fifteen after his mother died and sent elsewhere and then had very little contact with them. Due to that, the idea that he got one hurt, and even hurt one himself when he twisted Danny's arm behind his back to get his attention and bring him to heel so they could discuss things. It was making him feel incredibly guilty.
Steve hadn't actually been trying to get Danny to submit, because Danny's not his Omega, but his Alpha has been giving him nothing but grief over those two instances since they happened. In fact, he felt he deserved that punch for hurting Danny.
Danny looked at Steve, he could smell Steve's guilt hanging in the air between them, which told him that Steve was sorry for what happened. Danny wasn't going to let him off that easy though as he said with a hint of a smirk in his voice. "Your, uh…apology is noted. Acceptance is pending."
Steve was relieved as the tension between them broke and he just nodded his head and let him know to tell him whenever he decides to accept and with that having cleared the air, it was back to the case.
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Meeting Chin Ho Kelly, was an interesting example of a native with a firm distaste for mainlanders, he's an experienced cop who had been set up as a dirty one and lost his badge because of an IA investigation, he was also reluctant to take Steve up on his offer. Danny had heard about Chin in HPD, only rumors though, nothing concrete, but something about the whole thing didn't add up or feel right, and his nose is never wrong, so when Chin defends himself with an honesty that smells genuine in the air. Danny is pretty confident that he's on the up an up.
Chin led them to an ex-con turned informant, Kamekona, who is actually an Omega, though comes off defiantly as a Beta, between scent blockers and attitude, no one would have guessed at first. Except he looked at Danny when he had suggested they buy his shirts and shaved ice, saying. "It'll make you happier, my sad friend." He could smell Danny's despair, Betas can't scent others, they can't hear as far or well as an Alpha, what they do have is excellent eye sight. That's why 90% of trained snipes are Betas, they hardly if ever miss a shot.
They were leaning against Danny's Camaro waiting for Chin to come back with the information they needed, ridicules shirts on and shaved ice in their hands, Danny looked at Steve. "You can smell it?" Danny asked. Steve didn't say anything, he knew what was being asked, he gave a short nod for confirmation. "Cheap scent blockers." Danny grumbled. Though he hates putting those things on, because they not just block his scent from others, they can also mess with your sense of smell as well. Something Danny relies heavily on to do his job, so he buys cheap for that reason.
That also means Steve probably smelled the lie on him, when Danny told him that he doesn't like him after that punch to jaw. Truth is, Danny, wanted so bad to lean into the hold, while it wasn't tight and mostly hurt because of the bullet wound, he had forced himself to not give into the urge to be held by this strong, Alpha.
Danny was brought out of his reverie by a little Omega girl asking questions about Steve being a cop. Steve tried to give her one off the shaved ice, which she obviously didn't want, and unable to contain his Omega, Danny grabbed the stuffed rabbit he got for his daughter, which Stan ruined, handing it to child. She had been so happy to receive the gift that it made Danny smile, his Omega side practically preening as she ran off to show her mother, another male Omega, Danny noticed from the short distance. He looks at Steve who has an interesting expression that Danny can't quite figure out, but his scent has a hint of pride in it. "What?" Danny asked confused
Seeing Danny give his first genuine smile to that little girl had been a moment. Steve loved how it looked on him, though it didn't reach his eyes, it was enough for Steve to know that maybe the sadness that was like a heavy cloud surrounding Danny could be lifted, he just needed to figure out how to make that happen. Though he was rather proud when Danny made that child happy, something he's never felt for another person before. Not even Catharine and she had been his longest relationship, but Cath is an Alpha and most same designation relationships don't last very long, or end well. They are still really good friends and keep in touch, but after meeting Danny, the longing for a true Alpha/Omega bond will forever taint any other relationship he tries to have with another.
Chin returned shortly after with a name Sang Min, a Beta with attitude. "Came here from China eight years ago, and according to my man Kamekona, he runs the island's human export/import business. So, Hesse could've used him to get on or off the island. Side note, he makes it apparent never to deal in Omega trafficking, Betas and Alphas only. He obviously knows the law, that if he's ever caught, he'll have double jail time."
"So, let's say this guy's for real. Still got no reason to tell us where Hesse is." Danny informed them, seating at a table in the place that Steve has been given by the governor to turn into the HQ of his new task force.
"Well, we find some leverage, twist his arm." Steve said looking at Danny.
"Yeah, how well did that turn out for you last time." Danny snarked at him, seeing as when he twisted Danny's arm, Danny punched him in the jaw.
The topic turned towards a bait and trap, which was a problem when there was less then a million people on these islands and the bad guys knew who the good guys were, and besides. Chin screamed cop, Steve was a statement of top Alpha, he does not beg or ask for anything and would never be subdued unlike other Alphas whose body language and scent, said I know a thousand different ways to kill a person. Then there was Danny, who's an Omega and Sang Min doesn't deal with them for previously stated reasons, they needed a Beta, someone mostly unknown in the criminal element.
Chin then, had an idea. A Beta woman named Kono Kalakaua, she wasn't even out of the police academy, who loves to surf and was up for the pros until she busted her knee. Danny can relate, seeing as he was onto pro baseball until he tore his ACL in high school and that was it. Though he wasn't sure that a rookie, should go undercover in this human trafficking ring, he did relent, because they had no other option, in this case. Besides it was obvious that Steve wanted to see what Chin's cousin could do, Danny had a sinking suspicion that if she pulled this off, she'd have a place on Steve's task force once she graduated the academy.
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Back at John McGarrett's house, now Steve's home, Danny walked in with the surveillance equipment that Steve requested, and informed him that Chin was setting up the meet with Sang Min. Steve had some interesting information on the second man that had been here when his father had been killed. Danny informed Steve he had no idea who the man on the laptop was, so he told him. "Jovan Etienne. File says he worked for the Russians as a computer programmer in SVR. He was here when my father was murdered. I found his palm prints in the study, partial boot prints in here."
"Wait a minute, how do you know the boot print didn't belong to Hesse?" Danny asked curiously.
"Hesse wears a size 11, like me, except double-E. The prints I found were smaller, and Hesse gets his footwork custom-made. Direct-injected polyurethane mid-sole with a nitrile rubber outsole." Steve laid it down for Danny, who was impressed and curious about how he knows his shoe types.
"I just have to ask, you have a foot fetish?" Danny laughed with a shake of his head just as his phone went off.
"Smart-ass." Steve shot back as Danny picked up the phone.
"Rachel, now's not a good time, I'm working a case." Danny informed his ex-Alpha as he walked away from Steve.
Unable to help himself Steve used his enhanced hearing to catch the other end of the call, hoping to get information on the Alpha that is causing Danny's scent to change from mildly entertained to distressed.
"Danny, did you tell Grace she would be staying this weekend with you?" Rachel asked, her British accent coming through, her tone was displeased.
"Rachel you promised I could have her this weekend if I stayed out of trouble." Danny reminded her, and up until this morning he had been. He's been looking forward all week to seeing her.
"I just heard you got shot at, that doesn't sound like staying out of trouble, I can't allow my daughter to be in that kind of environment. You may come to the house and spend a few hours with her under my supervision but under no circumstances can she stay the night with you." Rachel told him rather harshly. Steve heard this, his eyes narrowed, as he looked back at the computer screen, but continued to listen. Some instinct inside Steve was telling him to protect Danny, who's scent was becoming more distressed with each passing moment he talked to this woman.
"Rachel that's not fair, I'm her mother, I haven't had the chance to have her for a full day in the last three months, since you got the judge here to change custody, leaving her in your primary care. Please Rachel, all I'm asking is one night." Danny practically begged, trying his hardest not to cry at the injustice of the situation, and especially not with Steve so close. The last thing he needs, is to lose any and all respect, just because he's an Omega. He's also a cop that can do this job under any circumstance.
"No, here's Grace." Rachel passed the phone, as she firmly put her foot down, Danny knows what Rachel is doing. She's trying to bend him towards her will, holding Grace hostage until he gives up and does whatever she wants.
"Hey, Monkey." Danny greeted putting on a smile trying to be happy, he sat down on the nearest chair. Steve turned his attention away deciding to give Danny his privacy with his daughter. Steve now had a burning desire to torture this Rachel, this Alpha that has the nerve to keep an Omega mother from their child.
"Hey Danno." Grace greeted cheerfully; Danny hated that he had to let her down now.
"I'm sorry Grace I won't be able to see you tonight, but I'm gonna be there tomorrow, Danno loves you." Danny informed his daughter, who got a bit upset at that, but understood after he explained his job and how he'd make it up to her when they got their few hours together. Then he hung up and went back to Steve, so they could get everything set up. Steve didn't mention the phone call, at least not yet. But he did put his hand on Danny's shoulder, his thumb rubbing the scent gland right along Danny's neck under his ear.
A shiver went up Danny's spin, he was going to brush him off, but it felt so good that he didn't resist or fight. Steve had a sinking feeling from Danny's reaction just now that he was touch-starved, there are Omega houses, for lonely Omegas that are touch-starved to get professional help when they don't want, or trust an Alpha to aid them with their needs. They also have rooms for heat week, a safe haven where Omegas can go through their heats undisturbed, and unmolested by Alphas as it's sound and scent proofed.
"Come on." Steve said as he led Danny out back to the private beach behind his father's house, he stopped at the fridge and grabbed two beers, then had Danny sit on the lanai over-looking the beach. "What does Danno mean?" Steve asked.
"What's in the tool box?" Danny asked in return as Steve took a seat next to him, cracking open his beer and taking a drink before putting his hand back on Danny's neck, which Danny had no protests to.
"Truth is, I don't know yet." Steve informed him, feeling some of the tension drain out of Danny the longer he continued to rub and massage his scent glands. "Danny, be honest with me on this one okay. Are you touch-starved?" Steve asked. Danny looked away, shame at this weakness coming into that cinnamon and vanilla scent that Steve was becoming addicted to.
Danny sighed. "Yes, I've been showing symptoms for months now, I've just been using suppressants to get by. I know a few Omega houses I could go to, but that would require a trust I just don't have any more." Danny informed Steve, the most open he's been with him since they met.
"I don't know about that; you're allowing me to touch you right now. That shows a trust." Steve's fingers slipped under the collar of Danny's shirt as he rubbed along his scent glands around his neck, Danny jerked away when he actually moaned at the feeling.
"No, no we can't do this." Danny said a bit defensively as he put some distance between them, beer in hand, which was now steady, unlike after the phone call with Rachel when he'd had the shakes of touch-starvation. "Steve, I don't know what's happening here between us, I appreciate you trying to help. But let's face it, I doubt I'll ever want to have another intimate relationship with an Alpha again. No offense, but the last time hasn't exactly worked out."
"Danny, I'm not trying to seduce you, or force you to submit, in fact I like the stubborn, hard headed, not afraid to punch my teeth in Omega that you are. Let's start, with being friends, partners. But let me help you, as a friend and your partner, we'll take things slow and at your pace, if you get any benefit from it then I've done my job as said partner. And yes, as an Alpha, but I'm not going to force you into anything." Steve promised.
Danny eased back as he finished his beer and allowed Steve to continue to touch and massage him, once Steve finished his own beer, he took his other hand and placed it on Danny's scent glands on his left wrist and rubbed. "That's it, just relax." Steve encouraged as Danny closed his eyes and allowed his Omega to do something it's never done before, submit to an Alpha.
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Steve's plan worked, not exactly as they wanted, but they got Sang Min. And the location of Victor Hesse, Kono was fantastic, and Steve knew she'd be perfect to round out the team. His hands were still a bit tingly after massaging and easing Danny's touch-starved symptoms, who was much calmer now, and his emotions were under better control. He wasn't as angry, or sad, as for the distress that has completely vanished before it was time to catch their guy.
Steve threatened Sang Min's wife and son with deportation and soon he gave up the location of Hesse and Etienna, they were on a cargo ship headed for China, The Emma Karl. Steve contacted the governor and got her to block the port to keep the ship from leaving. Steve's driving had Danny hanging onto the panic bar, it was erratic and completely out of control. Though Danny will say, this is the first time in months he's been calm and centered. The overwhelming desire last night to be touch and held has eased off, there was something about Steve's touch that his Omega liked. He hadn't fought him, he just went with it and for the first time felt more complete then ever before, though he still had an empty space that only his daughter could fill, but Rachel had never given him this before.
On top of that, Steve had asked for nothing in return, with Rachel there had always been a price, one he had never, and is still not willing to pay. Even though they were headed straight for danger, unlike last time with Doran, this time, Danny trusts Steve. His partner, his friend, and currently only in his Omega's mind…his Alpha.
Danny's phone went off, it was Rachel's screeching ring tone. Danny picked it up. "Rachel, I can't talk right now. What do you mean I can't see her tomorrow, you said I could…Stan wants to what…go to the beach as a family? Rachel he's not her family, I am, I'm her damn mother Rachel." Danny yelled at her in frustration. "We'll talk about this later, can you just tell Gra…" Danny looked at Steve and turned towards the window a bit, even though he knows Steve can hear him at a whisper. "Tell Grace Danno loves her, alright?" Danny hung up the phone.
Danny looked over and saw Steve give him a questioning look, and after what happened at Steve's house, he finally gave it up. "Okay. Gracie was three, she'd try to say my name, and all that would come out was Danno. Okay?"
"That's it?" Steve asked, Danny had acted like it was a big deal, Steve found it kind of cute.
"That's it." Danny confirmed, once again hanging onto the panic bar.
"That's cute."
"Shut up." Danny said, he had a feeling he knew where this was going to lead with Steve.
"What, why, why can't I think it's cute?" Steve asked.
"Because, I don't need you thinking anything about it, that's between me and my daughter." Danny informed him, it was a personal thing, something only Grace has ever called him. Steve finally stopped the police cruiser they had borrowed. Right in front of them was the Emma Karl. Danny got a bad feeling when Steve checked his gun and then told him to hold on. Like he hadn't been doing that this entire time.
Though, their sudden drive onto a cargo ship was not something he expected, and frankly he felt a little bit panicked as Steve plowed up the ramp between the cargo containers, basically crashing onto the ship, straight into gun fire, that had been a new and terrifying experience for Danny. "Cover me, I'm gonna go find Victor Hesse." Steve instructed. Danny slipped out of the car with gun in hands as he started shooting back.
Six months here not a single shoot out, one day with Steve and he's had to discharge his weapon twice, that's got to be a record somewhere. Soon Danny was out of bullets, he grabbed the machine gun off of one of the guys he shot and headed around as Steve was in the other direction searching for Hesse.
Fighting Victor Hesse was visceral, two powerful Alpha's going at it, hand to hand on top of a cargo container. The hits were strong, the anger of emotion between the two was overwhelming. Danny took down everyone else as Steve fought the man that killed his father, Danny panicked for a brief moment, when it looked like Victor was about to kill his Alpha, that thought brought Danny to a screeching halt, they've barely known each other for two days and already his Omega side was bonding to Steve, if he was thinking of Steve as his Alpha. Suddenly Steve grabbed his gun and shot Hesse several times in the chest and watched him fall into the water. Relief spread through Danny, to see Steve alive and well.
Danny was over his downed perp, he asked Steve what he wanted him to do with him, before he calls the Coast Guard to search for Hesse's body. "Book 'em, Danno." Steve said a smile on his face and Danny knew it, he knew that Steve would do that. The chill up his spine told him that he actually liked it, but he gave off a more irritated smell then he truly felt.
"What did I tell you about that?" Danny said, before addressing the man squirming under him.
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Steve was in the governor's office, after she had been briefed on what went down with Hesse. "Governor, I have a favor to ask."
"Steve, I gave you your own task force with immunity and means to find your father's killer. I think that's favor enough." She informed him. "I even looked the other way with a possible international incident, what more could you want?" She asked.
"Ma'am, my new partner for your task force, is an Omega. I want to make him my second in command, something never heard of before with an Omega, but I believe that he's being railroaded by his ex-Alpha and her husband Stan Edwards, who has a Judge for a friend that changed the custody of their daughter. He hasn't been allowed to spend much time with her in several months. I know you don't take kindly to Alphas who abuse their power over Omegas. Is there anyway you can change the custody to allow him this weekend with her?" Steve asked. He'd done his research on the situation while he'd gotten his arm checked out at the hospital, after Hesse had shot him.
"Give me the information you have on the judge and I will personally make sure that whatever arrangement had been made before this Edwards got his friend involved, will be put back into place." Governor Jameson assured him. Jameson saw the previous custody papers and the new ones and realized pretty quickly that Danny has been treated badly as this little girls mother, not having gotten a single weekend with her in over three months, when he's suppose to have every weekend with her.
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Danny was checking out his own office when Rachel called, he'd just gotten back from talking with the Coast Guard and handing their injured perp to HPD. "Rachel, I'm too tired to fight."
"Then lucky for you, I'm not calling to fight, I don't know how you managed to do it, but you get this weekend with Grace, and every weekend. I got a call from the Judge who has decided to overrule his previous revision of the custody of Grace. It's going back to how it was before, we're to reconvene in a few months, as ordered by the first Judge, to reevaluate the situation." Rachel informed Danny.
"What, that's great, but what changed his mind." Danny was ecstatic, even though it was obvious from her tone that Rachel was pissed off.
"The Governor, she made the order he followed it." Danny's head shot up at that, Steve was out debriefing the Governor, at the moment. Alphas and their hearing, he must have heard Rachel at his house. Danny thought, before finishing up with Rachel and hanging up the phone just as Steve walked in.
He placed something on Danny's desk, people were moving things and setting the place up for their new HQ. "What, uh…What is this?" Danny asked picking it up as Steve was about to leave.
"Three nights at the Kahala Hotel." Steve informed Danny as he turned back to him. "Look, I know you're going to say no."
"Yeah. You're right, I'm gonna say no." Danny confirmed. "What is it with you and my living arrangements. You know you're not my Alpha, you don't have to look out for me, or protect me, or whatever." Danny assured Steve that he didn't have to put that burden on himself.
"Gracie's coming over this weekend right, I mean I just heard you hang up with Rachel."
"I knew it, you talked to the Governor and she changed the custody back because you asked her to?" Danny asked, and accused at the same time some how.
"Yeah, I did. Yes, I over heard you talking at the house, and what she said to you and did, was wrong. No Alpha, should use and abuse their control over anyone, especially an Omega, weather you were married or not, that's your daughter. I don't like Alphas who try to force an Omega to submit, it's goes against everything I was taught." Steve explained, an anger there towards Rachel that both surprised and comforted Danny on a deeper level.
"Okay." Danny said, sending out a calming scent, which seemed to work as the anger left Steve and he smiled at Danny.
"So, I hear this place has a pool, you can swim with the dolphins. Just take it." Steve informed Danny, before he tried to leave again.
"Steve wait." Danny said, Steve walked up to him as Danny walked around his desk and sat on the edge of it. "You were right. I hate that I just said that. I can't swim, Grace is practically a fish, but I never learned, for reasons I don't want to get into at the moment. I have a feeling that being here with you, Chin and Kono, I'll probably get dragged off to the beach more often than not." Danny paused a bit embarrassed at what he was about to ask. Steve beat him to the punch.
"Yes Danny, I'll give you private swimming lessons at my house. If, you'll allow me to touch you, like I did earlier today, whenever you need help with your symptoms, my door is always open." Steve promised. Danny felt a bit choked up, he didn't know what to say and then Steve put his hand on the back of Danny's neck and pulled him into a hug. Danny was tense and rigid at first, then allowed his Omega to come out as he relaxed into the embrace. He even wrapped his arms around Steve, breathing in his scent as he just held him. Nothing more needed to be said.