Steve was sitting on the couch when she walked in and leaned over kissing him, "How your meeting go?"
She shrugged and decided wanted it to be a surprise so not to worry him, "How you feeling? Do anything while gone?"
Matt looked up from his coloring, "Uncle Danny took us to get some lunch at Kamekono and then came back and played in the sand all day."
She smiled and brushed sand from his light brown hair, "I can see least kept each other out of trouble."
Danny and Grace came outside, "No but the kids did it instead."
Gracie and Matt looked innocent before giggling, "He did it!" they said in unison pointing to their dads.
She rolled her eyes at them, "I believe the kids more than the pair of you."
Danny chuckled, "Come on monkey have to go."
Gracie ran over frowning, "But haven't been here that long."
"Yes, but uncle Steve needs his rest and we can come back tomorrow if want to."
Steve hugged the little girl as Catherine came back out with some dinner and after eating they all headed inside where she put in Spy Kids. Matt yawned but moved to lay against his father's side and she didn't miss the groan coming from him, "You good sailor?" she whispered.
He pecked her on the lips, "I am fine just moved the wrong way."
After the movie was over she put both boys to bed and saw that he was ready to fall asleep right there on the couch, "I know you need to take a shower after that day and was hoping to help."
He raised an eyebrow, "Would love for you to play nurse but to sore."
She kissed him again, "Well, if you get you change your mind will be taking a shower upstairs but might be more than a navy one."
He watched her walk upstairs and disappear into the master bedroom and come back out headed for the bathroom and he was exhausted and sore from spending the day with the two kids and baby but had missed spending time with his wife so he followed her up stripping before climbing in behind her but against his protests she washed his back and massaged him the best she could without hurting him. After more than ten minutes she wrapped a towel around her body and headed to their room and he soon followed. He found her in one of his t-shirts that looked 3x her size but she handed him his medicine, "Lay on your stomach."
He did as she said and soon she was once again massaging the tense and sore muscles of his back, "So good."
She continues down his back and soon is rewarded with a soft snoring so she kisses him again before heading downstairs to turn on the alarm and checking on all three of the boys before joining him not surprised he was still asleep where left him and soon she was asleep.
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Over the weekend rest of the team made sure to check-in on their seemingly content boss who for once seemed to be following doctors orders about staying at home. Danny walked in Monday morning to the office with Steve on the phone with someone in a heated discussion so he stood in the doorway as the cousins joined him, "What's with the boss?" Kono asked.
Danny shrugged, "That have caught something about not needing a babysitter."
Chin and Kono share a look, "The last time we ended up with a watchdog look what happened."
Steve hung up sighing, "Denning and the new person will here at 9."
Danny looks at the clock, "So any minute?"
Catherine stopped in the doorway, "Actually that would be now," she saw the looks they shot her. "Governor discovered after the last time you had asked someone- not me, from Naval Intelligence for hep on a case became issue that it would be much easier having someone hear to help with that on cases since Pearl is right there."
Kono grinned as she got the idea and pulled Danny and Chin out of the office, "Why you do that?" Danny whined.
She shot him a glare, "Because he will want to know why she didn't tell him and not sure want to hear it."
"I didn't tell you because I had some orders to wait til this morning for any of you to know what was happening."