Sometime during the night Matt had crawled into bed with them laying on his father's chest and Catherine just smiled at the two each time had to wake him up. Steve woke up slowly and didn't miss the mop of little brown hair right under his nose but groaned at the light streaming through the windows so he slowly sat up leaving the toddler on the bed headed downstairs to find her sitting at the kitchen table reading some paper as he grabbed some coffee, "Morning lieutenant."
"Morning commander," she frowned as he sat down kissing her, "Thought would sleep all morning."
He said something under his breath as sipped his coffee, "Am sure you did. How he end up in the bed this morning?"
She shrugged, "Not sure woke up sometime during the night and he was there so left him. How you feeling?"
"Cath, I am feeling just fine."
She shot him a look, "Sure, but someone said that hard head of yours took a good knock and so did your shoulder."
"Danny and you smoother me to much."
She walked off and came back handing him some painkillers and something for nausea, "Take them as see if the room stops spinning," he did as she told him and hoped that his headache would go away so could see and think straight. "How's that?"
"Nothing a few of those pills wont cure."
She rolled her eyes at him, "Danny told me what happened last night and your under doctors orders to take the next three days off and that means no work."
"I have work that needs to be done and I-"
"I know your lying about being fine because you can't seem to focus on anything more than one second."
Matt ran into the room with Tyson behind him, "Morning Cat and daddy."
She leaned down setting him in his chair, "Actually its early afternoon and seems that both of you wanted to sleep into today."
"I had a nightmare so sleep with you," he said digging into his cereal.
"You can help me keep daddy busy today and out of trouble."
He looked between the two, "Did uncle Danny hurt you again?"
Catherine didn't the look between father and son, "No, he hurt his shoulder while at work so can't use it."
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A while later, Danny came by the house and glad when saw his truck was still there and headed around back where could hear laughter. Matt spied his uncle and ran over, "Danno, daddy is hurt so taking care of him while Cat ran out for a minute."
Steve didn't open his eyes as his partner stood next to him, "This is a surprise."
He shot him a look, "What is?"
"That for once your listening to doctor's orders. Thought would have to tie you down to do that."
Matt went back to building something with Tyson next to him, "I am fine but Cath needed to leave so why are you here?"
Danny shook his head, "Wouldn't be a surprise to her if you took the kids to work again."
"She said no trapped in a fox hole for him if he went to work," Matt called out. "Whatever that means."
Danny started laughing and went inside to grab the now crying baby before making a bottle and coming back out, "Now if only could always be that simple with you."
"How about we get out of here and find some lunch?" Danny asked.
Matt ran over grinning, "But she said would kill daddy."
Steve sat up slowly mindful of his headache, "If thought of going to work but not leaving to get something to eat. How's Kamekono sound?" Danny wrote a note leaving it on the counter as they left. He knew not what she had meant but thought was best to get his partner out of the house.
Kono and Chin grinned as saw them pull up to the shrimp truck and wander over, "Hey boss," Kono said hugging Matt.
Danny had mentioned to the big man he was bringing them by for lunch so was ready with plates of food, "Jersey said was coming by with big and little kahuna."
"Am surprised you didn't show up this morning," Danny told his partner. "Usually give a big fight to go to work."
Steve glared at him but Matt answered for him, "Cat said no trapped in a fox hole for him if he went to work before she left."
Everyone started to laugh except him, "Thanks for telling everyone that kiddo."
"But what's so funny about that?"
Danny pat him to top of the head, "Nothing just a joke between the two of them."
