Thinking Out Loud

by Blossomangel85

Having been back on the island for around 3 months now, Catherine enjoys a full uninterrupted 24 hours with Steve on Valentines Day, starting from 5am on February 14th 2020, till 5am on February 15th 2020. Continuation of my other works Winds of change, Right here Waiting, One for Sorrow.

2. Chapter 2

Thinking out loud
Pairing: McRoll
Chapter - 2

Part of the Wind of change, One for Sorrow series..
24 hours in the life of McRoll - Valentines Day edition.

8:30am
Rollins-McGarrett Family Home.

Time had rolled along and by now it was nearly eight thirty in the morning.. It felt as though no time had passed at all. Taking a breath, he smiled softly, moving to pull the box out of his back pocket.. This was it, this was moment when he would ask her to be his officially. Fiddling with the box for a moment, he made eye contact with her and nearly forgot how to breath.. It seemed with that box, even though it was still closed for the moment, she sensed something important coming.

"We fit", he took another breath, and Catherine took his hand and squeezed his hand encouragingly, smiling at him, "I knew from the first moment I met you that I was meant to love you.. I never believed in love at first sight till I saw you.. so we fit perfectly like the pieces of a puzzle.. The gift you gave me, for someone who says I am hard to buy for, that was the most perfect gift and you know I'll always cherish it.. that is how I know we are right for each other".

Eyes flickering from the tags on his chest to the ring box and then back to Catherine, "Some may say it's too soon to be doing this, we've only been back together in the same place at the same time for three months but then others and I know who they or more specifically he will say 'it's about time you animal'. I say we have known each other for around twenty years and we have taken the long way of getting here. We first met in 2000, and you quickly became one of my best friends.. but I always knew my feelings went deeper then just friendship for you".

The love he felt for Catherine was like nothing he had ever felt before, twenty years of knowing someone and he had never met a woman that he wanted to settle down with other than the woman laying next to him now. "Even before we began dating in 2002, I just knew you were the one I wanted to share my life with, and have a family with Cath.. We may have those off periods where we weren't together but you were never far from my mind". Collecting himself and clearing his throat, he smiled. "It's why I could never make it work with anyone else, they weren't you".

He opened the ring box, and he could hear the audible gasp from Catherine, and he looked up in time to see her cheeks already beginning to be stained with tears, and her hand shakily moving to her mouth, "After the couple of years I have had lately, life is too short and I can't go another minute without asking you this question.. I can't imagine my life without you in it, so Catherine Jane Rollins, will you do me the honour of making me the happiest man on earth and making me your husband and you my wife.. please, will you marry me?"

8:40am
Rollins-McGarrett Family Home

The whole morning felt like a dream to her, it was the most romantic morning she had ever had and though the clouds were threatening to ruin their morning with heavy rain and possible storms, there was nothing that could wipe the smile from her face. This was her home, since resigning from the CIA and coming home to Hawaii, she really enjoyed being back on the island with Steve and her loved ones.

Her parents were back in Savannah, Georgia where she spend a lot of her childhood when her father wasn't being moved around in the Navy, but they had made talks of possibly moving to the island to be close to their daughter and hopefully one day son in law. They really liked Steve and knew that he would make a good husband for their daughter.. He was a Navy man as well so her father knew he could trust him.

From the moment when Steve called her about Joe White's death, they had been slowly getting back to where they needed to be, calling and texting, FaceTiming, and even meeting each other half way, and so when Danny called her about Doris's death, she knew where her place was.. When she came to Hawaii when Grace had her accident, she told Steve she had a year left with the CIA on her current contract..

When Doris died, she had only a month or so more to go, and had decided that enough was enough and that she was coming home with Steve and this time was staying there. She had been back in Hawaii now for three months and it felt like she had never left. She was back in the taskforce and she loved working with the girls, Tani, Quinn, Noelani, Abby and Kono had only just gotten back, and Mary and Joanie were here..

Nobody treated her like the bad guy, she had explained everything to them, how she was forced to go into the CIA to keep Steve and the rest of five-o safe, and she had a good working relationship and personal friendship with them all. She even got on well with that private eye that the taskforce worked with, Magnum and his associates as well.

She knew her gift would be well received, what she didn't realise was he had a gift of his own.. The breakfast and just making sure they both had the day off was enough for her, and so when he got the box from his pocket and opened it, she just knew what it was and couldn't help but gasp, holding her hand to her mouth and feeling tears fall from her eyes.

She listened to his every word and at times nearly forgot to breathe, people might say they hadn't been together for long enough to do this, and yet Steve was right..

They had known each other for twenty years, and had been in love practically all of those twenty years, eighteen years on and off dating and twenty of knowing each other, some could say 'it's about time' and she knew it would be Danny who would lead that chant.

Her brain was fried right now, she wanted to say something as elegant as he had, but all that came out was a simple teary, "Yes", repeated over and over, "Yes, Yes, Yes, of course I'll marry you". The ring was the same one he originally brought to propose to her a few years before and he had it made to fit her finger and he just hoped it would still fit.. Looking at her slender fingers, it looked right, but he was still a tiny bit nervous when he took it from the box and then took her hand, smiling softly, his lips pressing over her hand and her ring finger, his eyes never leaving hers when he slowly put it on her, sliding it up her finger. "I love you Steven John McGarrett", her eyes gleaming with love and hope for the future. "As do I Catherine Jane Rollins".

10:00am
Rollins-McGarrett Family Home.

The two of them had lost track of time, It was nearly an hour and a half later and they were still laying on the blanket out on the sand, making out like teenagers, though they didn't' want to go too far seeing as how it was a Friday morning, and yet making out felt like enough for now. "We finally got that breakfast by the beach we wanted.. Remember that day when we both had a day off, then you got called into work".

Steve smirked and nodded, he had made up for that by giving her dinner by the beach, but he had never gotten to give her that breakfast by the beach he had been wanting to do before he got called in to work.. "Mmm I remember that, and it was more than worth the wait".

Leaning into kiss him again, she snuggled in closer.. The clouds were getting blacker and the wind was hitching up, and she was a little cold, "How about we go inside and I make you a cup of tea and we go watch those movies you love so much, Dirty Dancing and snuggle up under the covers in bed and I get you all nice and warmed up", he whispered huskily, his finger trailing down from her hip bone to her thigh.

They both knew little movie watching would go on, but it actually did sound nice.. They had the whole day to themselves, and watching a movie while eating popcorn and drinking a nice hot beverage snuggled up sounded perfect. She shivered at his touch and nodded, smiling softly, "I like the sound of that Commander".

They made it back inside just as it started pouring down, Eddie trailing in behind them not wanting to be left out on the cold and wet lanai. "I think it is a good day to be home from work", not that Catherine didn't love her job, but their jobs did require them to be out in the weather elements a lot, and so it was nice for a change to be able to be home to enjoy the rain and the storm.

Starting to make the tea while Catherine made sure that Eddie's food and water bowls were filled and then he watched as she began to organise the popcorn for the movie, he nodded his head and smirked, "I can see Danny now, he will be filthy that we get to be at home while he has to be out there in the bad weather". He loved Danny, but they joked and played around with each other because they could.

This was their normal now.. It was surreal but this was his life and he was really enjoying it.. He thought he couldn't balance his love life with his work life but that was because any other woman would never understand where he came from, what he had been dealt with whereas Catherine understood him completely and understood the job, it was nice to be able to have a nice Valentines Day story to tell the guys though instead of the crappy ones he had in the past with Lynn.

10:30am
Rollins-McGarrett Family Home.

By ten thirty am, they had tidied up the house, cleaned the dishes up from breakfast and now were heading upstairs to put a movie on. They could stay downstairs on the couch but he had recently put a flat screen up on the wall in the bedroom. They didn't watch television much, but it was a nice addition to the bedroom for when one of them wasn't feeling the best and didn't want to go downstairs to watch the box.

Taking a sip of her hot tea, she smiled softly. After all these years, he still knew just how to make her tea. Deciding to surprise him, she didn't put a rom con on like he expected to her, but instead put Top Gun on. They both loved that movie and could recite every characters lines by heart now after the obscene amount of times they had seen it.

Mid movie, just when the love scene was taking place between Charlie and Maverick, the popcorn half gone, she couldn't help starting at the ring on her finger and sighing happily, her head tucked in under Steve's, her head resting on his shoulder, his arms wrapped around her body protectively.

Moving carefully, not wanting to disturb Steve, she slowly began to unbutton his shirt, her lips kissing her way down his chest, and he moved to rest on his back more, letting out a moan when her hands reached his jeans, her fingers slowly unzipping the zipper, his own hands moving to remove her flannel shirt, hands moving up under her white top, his hips lifting up so she could remove his jeans, and then he stat up a little to get rid of his own shirt, laying back down to feel her lips on his while her hand ran along the growing bludge in his underwear.

The movie became abandoned as things heated up, lifting her shirt up over her head, noticing she hadn't worried about wearing a bra, one hand moving to squeeze her breast, Catherine letting out a small gasp of pleasure, his other hand moving down to her denim shorts, and quickly getting rid of them as well.

Tugging his briefs down, her heart racing inside her chest as she looked at him, she moved down the bed and took him in her mouth, her panties developing a rather big wet patch indicating her own arousal. She had done this before, but it had been a long time since she had him in her mouth, her teeth grazing along the length, her tongue trailing along the head, his hand moving to the back of her head to keep her hair out of the way, his breathing getting heavier, moaning softly at the way her tongue and mouth were devouring him like she was starving.

"Ohh Cath, god yess", he was so close.. He hadn't let anyone else be this intimate with him besides Catherine. Even when he was with Lynn, she never gave him head before. His hips were rocking back and forth, his free hand reaching out to grip the sheets, his breathing laboured, her movements quickening, using her hands to play with his balls, then all of a sudden he came hard, hearing Catherine swallowing him all down made him all the more aroused, using her tongue to clean him up before taking him out of her mouth with a pop noise..

Not saying a word, just looking at him, she pushed off her panties and tossed them to the side of the bed before climbing on him and straddling him, using one hand to guide him to her entrance, breathing heavily and moaning out, hissing softly at the feel of his head grazing against her swallow clit. Slowly she let herself push down, his erection entering her inch by inch, her knees on either side of his hips, her hands pressing on his chest to balance herself..

Once he was fully inside her, he began moving his hips up, thrusting upwards, her engagement ring shining in the soft light of the tv, both of them not even aware the movie was still playing anymore as they moved with each other, her hips setting the rhythm, building it up slowly, "Mmm Steve", she hissed, feeling him drive himself deeper inside her, pounding into her cervix, "Ohh god baby, you feel so good".

It was amazing seeing her on top of him this way, he loved and worshipped her body and seeing her move with ease, riding him, it made him feel so breathless. The sex was always so phenomenal between them, and it was always about feeling a connection rather then just sexual gratification, his hands sliding over her body, fingers tracing over her hips and then her back before he finally used his strength to roll them over, smirking at the way she automatically let him take control.

Her legs locked around his back, and they moved fast, both feeling close to the edge, his lips finding hers and kissing her deeply, skin to skin, and his right hand found her left hand, interlocking their fingers, loving the feeling of the ring against his own hand. "Steve, god not gonna last much longer". He was pounding into her now, rougher then usual, he loved making love to her which is why he loved her on top, because she controlled those movements, and it was always slow, building up to the something more and intense, and then when he took over, he found he couldn't control himself.

"Ohh god, Cath, yess that's it baby, cum for me sweetheart", he whispered softly, his free hand moving to her entrance and rubbing her clit as he continued pounding into her. His muscles were tensing up, and his body beginning to sweat, lips on her neck, coaxing her to her climax, "Ohh god, ohh god, Steve, yess god, ohh fuck baby". Her own muscles tightening, her walls tensing and clenching around him, her head tilting to the side, and her body shuddered when she released her climax, feeling like her body was on fire and exploding around her.

At her release, Steve knew he couldn't last much longer either, he was already on a high from his first orgasm, thrusting inside her deeper, and harder, his teeth grazing against her pulsating neck, tongue licking around the area, his movements getting more shorter and harder, nearly panting, feeling her grip his body to hold on tight as she experienced more mini orgasms, and then it happened, he spilled his seed inside her, moaning and breathing heavily against her neck, "Ohh god Cath, yess".

The movie was now running through the credits and both were breathing hard, catching their breath, Catherine leaning up to kiss him, "I'll never get tired of doing that with you". Steve chuckled and slowly withdrew himself from her, and moved to lay next to her, letting her snuggle into him, "Neither will I, I just hope I'll always have the stamina to keep up with you Lieutenant". Laying there in her post orgasmic bliss, she smiled, "I have no concerns about that what so ever, Commander".

Author's Notes:
Happy Happy Valentines Day.

This is my Valentines Day gift to all your supportive and amazing followers who keep reading, liking, reviewing and messaging me words of support and just being my cheerleader, I think you know who you are so this story is dedicated to you SteveMcGarrettLover.

I was beginning to write the next chapter for One for sorrow, and it occurred to me do this short little story. It's all in keeping in with the Winds of Change, Right here waiting and One for sorrow stories, just following on. I really hope you enjoy this story. It is only going to be 4 chapters long, and I have worked out very very rough ideas for chapters 3 and 4. It is based around 24 hours with McRoll on Valentines Day where they don't work or have to go out at all.