Moving In

After his apartment complex burned down, Danny stays at Steve's house.

They slip into a domestic routine so easily, that Steve doesn't realize how much time has passed until Kono asks him about it.

It was supposed to be just one night, two at most, partly because Danny doesn't currently have anywhere to live and it's nice to go/come home with/to someone else. Someone who understands, someone who feels the same. It's simple and it's easy, and it's nice. It's warm, like home.

So when two weeks pass and Danny makes no move to leave - Steve's glad. The spare room in his house is Danny's room now. It smells like him, and his clothes hang in the closet. Steve likes the little touches of Danny that he sees around the house. The blonde's shoes by the front door, his jacket on the rack, his toothbrush beneath his own in the glass he keeps by the sink, the way the bathroom always smells of Danny's after shave every morning when he goes in.

Danny shouldn't be a good roommate. All of the blonde's quirks should annoy him. But they don't.

And despite all odds, they live well together. They have movie marathons and pizza nights and evenings where they trade embarrassing childhood stories over some bottles of beer. Danny cook while he helps, following the blonde's instructions. And Danny knows that some evenings, he needs to be left alone with his thoughts.

Their little habits and details fit together like puzzle pieces. It just works. Whatever it is.

Two months into their new living arrangement, they're sitting on the couch eating Pizza and watching a late night talk show, when Steve turns to Danny and says; "I cleared out some space yesterday. So you can get the rest of your stuff from that storage place if you want."

Danny looks at him, and the blonde's eyes softening with affection. They don't need to talk about it. Danny's simple "Thanks babe" is words enough.

But a few days later when he's all moved in, officially this time, Danny catches Steve by the wrist as he passes him and kisses him softly.

"Thanks babe." There's more weight to his words this time around. And Steve understands what the blonde means. Everything Danny's thanking him for.

So he smiles at Danny, squeezes his hand and says; "Always. So what's for dinner tonight?"