Hey guys! Sorry for the delay, kinda busy week.

This one is related to episode 6x06, the Halloween one. I hope you enjoy it and c'mon, hit the review button and let me know your thoughts ;)

Danny leaned his forehead on the steering wheel and sighed. What a hellish…day? He was so exhausted he didn't even know how much time had passed since they had been called because 'body parts' had appeared in the woods. The call had sounded bad enough with that description of the case, but the reality was even worse. The scene seemed taken from a bad horror movie and the fact that it was real made Danny's stomach churn convulsively.

Then the call from Rachel gave him cold sweats. His baby girl had been somewhere across the island in a party, probably surrounded by boys and wearing what Danny had hoped wasn't a very small costume.

So he had gone to find her even if the idea of not being with Steve to work the case hadn't sat well with his instincts, and finally, an indeterminate number of hours and an endless ride in that truck later, Danny made it to the hospital and to his son, Grace already safe with her less than pleased mother.

He ended spending the morning with Charlie, enjoying the warm innocence of his baby, trying not to think too much about the time he had missed with him because it always made him sad and angry and Danny didn't want those feelings to taint the time they spent together.

By afternoon Danny was fighting his own sleep and since Rachel was back anyway, he called a cab and went to retrieve his car from the garage, which led him to his actual position on the steering wheel, letting out an exhausted sigh.

He had called Steve a couple of hours ago to make sure he was okay – which Steve had assured him but Danny reserved the right to believe it when he saw it for himself – and apparently his partner hadn't slept either that night so he was heading to a mid-day nap after they talked. Danny was more than ready to do the same, and after another deep sigh he lifted his head and started the car, thinking about his very comfortable bed all the way home.

He had just opened the front door when he heard something coming from the kitchen and instinctively reached for his gun, but he froze mid-motion when the sound came buzzing across the house again. He knew that giggle, and the deeper rumble of laughter that followed. A smile appeared immediately on his face and he quietly closed the door and sneaked around the kitchen.

The image before him was more revitalizing than any amount of coffee and Danny couldn't stop grinning. There they were, his beautiful daughter and his ridiculously hot partner, preparing a big pizza, hands covered in flour and no pineapple on sight.

Steve looked up, noticing Danny's presence on the doorway and throwing his way one of those lopsided smiles that made Danny want to kiss him hard and not stop until they needed to break for oxygen. He returned the smile but had to look away into his daughter's direction if he wanted to stop that line of – very inappropriate at the moment – thought.

"Hey Danno! Finally, we were starting to think we would have to eat all this by ourselves." Steve was still smiling, and Danny noticed now the various scrapes on his face, making a mental note to explain later the meaning of 'I'm good – really, I'm fine Danno' to Steve.

"What's going on here guys? Not that I'm complaining at all, you know."

Grace was looking at him a little sheepishly, so Danny opened his arms and motioned for her to come closer, which she did beaming at him, stepping into her father's arms and sliding her arms around his waist.

"I'm sorry Danno…I wanted to go to that party but I don't want you to think I don't enjoy when I'm with you so…I thought we could prepare the pizza we always had for dinner on Halloween since we…well didn't exactly celebrate it this year."

Grace had said it all fast and had her head buried on his shirt now, and Danny couldn't help but feel very fortunate. Yes, his daughter was a teen now and he was sure it was going to give him many sleepless nights, but she was a good kid and had a very strong sense of right and wrong. Danny gently hugged her a little tighter, looking at Steve over her shoulder and seeing his soft expression reflected on his lover's eyes.

"It's okay baby. I knew the day you'd want to go to parties would arrive, I just was hoping it wouldn't happen in…I don't know, twenty years?" But this is great, really. How did you convince your mom anyway? She was very mad, didn't she ground you?" Danny had agreed with Rachel on the phone that they needed to ground her for this, but with the craziness of the day he didn't think about discussing it when they met on the hospital earlier.

Grace frowned a little at the question. "Yeah…but I told her I really wanted to come here for a while today and uncle Steve helped me convince her."

"He did?"

"Yes! He picked me up and we went together to the store to get the ingredients for the pizza." Grace sounded really happy to have gotten herself such a good partner in crime, and Danny looked back at Steve who was purposely focused on putting bacon slices in a symmetrical fashion and not looking at them.

Danny had to smile wider at his big lug of a partner, feeling uncomfortable with genuine compliments.

"So you helped plan this little op, huh babe?" That got Steve to look at him again, the corner of his mouth arching a little upwards.

"Well, I wasn't going to miss the Williams' special you've been talking about for years now. Speaking of which, this is almost ready. You two want to give it your final family touch?"

Grace and Danny joined Steve, putting the last ingredients on the pizza and preparing the rest of the food while it was in the oven. Soon they were having dinner and Danny couldn't stop grinning at the entire situation – the unexpected great dinner, extra time with his beloved daughter and the priceless sight of his tough as nails SEAL all but melted down around his adopted niece.

But even if they were having a great time, the recent crazy events were taking a toll on them. Grace seemed about to fall asleep right there on the table and Steve's dark circles looked more intense by the minute. Danny reluctantly accepted they needed to call it a night.

"Okay guys, I officially declare this the best delayed Halloween dinner ever. Thank you so much." He smiled widely at Steve and hugged his daughter from behind. "But sadly we need to get going before your mom gets impatient. Let's take all this to the kitchen and I'll deal with it later."

"No Danny, you go take Gracie to Rachel's, I'll take care of things here, okay?"

"Are you sure babe? You look pretty tired too."

"Yeah sure, I'm fine don't worry." He motioned for Grace to step into his embrace. "Bye kiddo, thanks for inviting me".

"Thank you uncle Steve, this was great."

She hugged him tightly and Danny wished he could take a photo of the adorable scene before his eyes.

The trip to Rachel's was quick but on his way back home Danny could feel the tiredness settling deeply in his bones. He parked the Camaro and opened his front door, already about to let Steve know he was back when he spotted dark hair poking out from the couch. He quietly approached it, putting his hands on the back on the couch and leaning forward to observe the face of his asleep partner.

Danny gave him a gentle kiss on the forehead and Steve startled a little, his surprised expression quickly replaced by a soft smile once he realized who was with him.

"Hey Danno, back already? That was fast." Steve stretched his arms while Danny went around the couch, straddling Steve's thighs.

"Enough for you to fall asleep, babe." Danny cupped his cheek. "You haven't slept a lot, huh? Grace woke you up?"

Steve put his hands around Danny's waist, pulling him closer. "Yeah when she called I had only slept about two hours, but I wasn't going to miss this, c'mon. I also knew you would love it." He gave Danny another one of his sweet half smiles.

"I did love it, babe. Thank you so much for helping her and convincing Rachel. I really needed something like this after yesterday." He leaned on and kissed him softly, slowly, until Steve let out a low moan followed by a sigh.

"You're welcome, babe. To be honest I needed it too. This case was…unsettling to say the least."

Danny pulled back a little to observe Steve's face better, following with his thumb the scratches on his left side and gently probing at the puffy skin, trying to make sure there weren't any bumps underneath. Steve gasped lightly when he pressed on a particularly sore point but otherwise left him do as he wished, probably knowing Danny needed to make sure for himself he was really okay.

"Sorry babe. Are you okay? Have you had these taken care of?"

"Yeah there was an ambulance at the crime scene and they cleaned the cuts and gave me an anti-inflammatory. It's nothing babe, really. I just need to sleep it off."

Danny continued to stroke his cheek softly with his thumb, avoiding the damaged areas. "I'm sorry I wasn't there with you, Steve. Do you want to tell me more about what happened?" Steve had told him the general facts, but he knew this had shaken him and even if he could read it on the reports later, his lover would want to explain it to him first.

"Yeah, but not now. Now I think we both need to sleep, preferably snuggling up tightly, what do you think?" Steve planted little kisses across Danny's lips, and Danny smiled and got up and off Steve's legs, pulling him up by his hand.

"That's one of the best ideas you've ever had. C'mon, we'll take care of those gashes again and then sleep it is."

Danny led them to the bedroom and turned Steve so he could sit on the bed before going to the bathroom to retrieve the first aid kit. When he came back Steve was taking off his jeans and socks, and Danny couldn't help but admire his muscular legs flexing with the movement. He sat down by his partner's side and gently passed an antiseptic wipe on all the cuts before applying some anti-inflammatory cream on a nasty bruise forming on his temple.

"Anything else I should know about? Or maybe I should do a body search…"

"Just some bruises on my back and side." Steve said it smiling, since Danny was already lifting the hem of his t-shirt. That monster had pushed him against the ladder roughly and he knew there would be already bruising there, so no point in trying to hide it from his very thorough detective.

Steve knew he was right about the bruising as soon as he heard Danny's sharp intake of air. "Lie down on your stomach, babe. I'll put some ointment on you."

Steve obeyed, knowing how to choose his battles, and was rewarded with very gentle fingers rubbing the cool substance across his sore muscles, followed by a trail of soft kisses along his spine. He couldn't help the moan that escaped his lips in response to the caring ministrations.

"Turn around, please. I'm not done with you yet."

Steve turned to lie on his back and Danny treated the bruises across his ribs with the same reverential care, kissing them lightly before smearing ointment on them carefully.

"Are you sure any of these are cracked, babe? These bruises look nasty just after a few hours."

Danny was frowning a little and Steve could see the worry on his eyes, so he cupped his face and brought him closer, making Danny straddle him to follow the movement. "Hey, they're not cracked it's just some bruising, and I'm alright. Stop worrying, would you?"

Danny sighed heavily. "Okay, I'm just sorry I wasn't with you. This could have ended badly…"

Steve moved a hand to reach the back of Danny's head and bring him closer enough to kiss him. "It didn't, and you're here now." He kissed him again, more demanding this time, hoping to convey the message clearly with the kiss.

"I'm here, yeah." Danny smiled at him before throwing an attack at Steve's jaw, kissing and nipping his way down to his neck, pausing to suck lightly at his Adam's apple until Steve moaned and then continuing his wet trail along his collarbone and down his lover's taut abs, lips raising goosebumps on their wake.

Danny's hands reached the waistband of Steve's boxers – the only piece of clothing he was wearing – and suddenly his lover found extremely unacceptable the amount of fabric covering Danny's body. He quickly and insistently tugged off Danny's shirt and helped him get rid of his trousers until they were both wrestling each other's boxers out of the way.

Danny settled down again on top of Steve, intent on covering all of his body with kisses and nibbles, sucking slightly reddened patches on sensitive skin like his inner thighs and reveling in the sounds his lover was regaling him with. He started his way back up Steve's body, sliding his flat palms along the muscular thighs to plant them on his partner's narrow hips before licking up the underside of his cock and lay a wet kiss on the head. Steve writhed under his arms in response, letting out a sound that was close to a whimper and made Danny react by leaning forward to pummel his lover's mouth in a wild kiss, the need of deep connection between them overwhelming his senses and dictating his actions.

Steve opened his mouth to give access and returned the kiss with equal passion, moaning in pleasure into Danny's mouth when the blonde reached to stroke his cock without breaking the scorching kiss. Steve rearranged them so they were lying on their side and covered Danny's hand with his own, opening it wider to grip both their cocks at the same time while Danny held him close by the back of his neck, their kiss becoming more urgent every passing moment.

Danny broke both the kiss and his hand's movement abruptly and pulled back a little, looking a slightly confused Steve in the eye with such intensity that a shiver traveled through the base of his spine.

"Something wrong, Danno?" Steve was trying to understand what had made Danny stop his wild fit.

"No babe, nothing's wrong, but I want to do it. I want you to…" Danny didn't manage to finish the sentence and feeling speechless was a strange sensation for him but as he continued to stare at his lover's beautiful eyes, he saw them widen a little as realization dawned on him.

"You sure, babe? I mean, not that I don't want to, but I don't want to rush things or make you feel pressured or something and…" Danny stopped him with a kiss, licking languidly along Steve's bottom lip before twisting a little to reach the bedside table's drawer and produce a small bottle of lube and a condom, showing them to an adorably shocked Steve.

"I don't feel pressured, babe. It's not that I was anxious or something either, I love how we've been getting to know each other better these past weeks but I knew we would be ready at some point and I didn't want us to have to wait because we weren't prepared. I really want this. I need to feel connected to you today." He kissed him again, sweetly, trying to pass with the kiss all the love he was feeling right now.

Steve smiled against his lips. "And you call me a boy scout." He grinned a little before his expression turned a little more serious, and he looked away from Danny.

"What is it? Babe, if you're not comfortable with…"

"No, I want it too, Danny. I want it so much but…I don't think I'm ready, you know, not for…I just don't want to be unfair to you."

Oh. That was it then. Danny wasn't at all surprised, he had expected some reluctance on that part given Steve's military training and maybe the general way he had been raised, but he wasn't refusing plainly and that was a good thing as far as Danny was concerned. Right now his only worry was that his beautiful man thought he was being unfair for not being at the same point in this. He was adorably clueless in Danny's eyes and he reached to cup his face with both hands to get his undivided attention.

"Hey, this isn't a competition or something we need to do on a schedule. I understand you and things will follow their own pace. But right now I just want you to make love to me, babe. How is that unfair to me, huh?" He finished his statement with a sealing kiss and watched some of the worry fade away from Steve's features as he smiled again, lust and love returning to flash on his eyes.

They started kissing again while Steve got on top of Danny, exploring his chest and abdomen with his hands and following the trail with his mouth, sucking on a nipple until it was hard and licking around afterwards to soothe it. He gave the same attention to the other nipple and by the time he reached Danny's groin, both of their cocks were fully hard again after having softened a little during the brief interruption.

Steve straightened a little, reaching for a pillow and putting it under Danny's ass to lift his hips a little and kissing his inner thigh and his bad knee in the process. Then he grabbed the lube and condom from their place beside Danny's arm and carefully rolled the rubber on himself, not breaking eye contact at any moment.

Danny watched him there, kneeling between his legs, the dimmed light filtering through the windows making his skin glow somehow and those beautiful eyes full of lust and focusing only in him. He was gorgeous and Danny itched for his touch, he needed to feel flesh to flesh and the heartbeat of his lover against his own chest.

Like he could read his thoughts, Steve coated his fingers and cock with lube and leaned forward, kissing Danny's jawline while slowly massaging his way between Danny's cheeks and around his hole, licking all the way up to his ear and back to his lips before engaging in a passionate kiss at the same time he gently pushed one finger inside Danny.

Danny moaned at the sensation, biting down a little on Steve's lip and thrusting his hips slightly upwards to encourage his partner to continue, which he did, slowly and carefully and without breaking their mouth's contact, exactly what Danny needed, until he could work three fingers with relative ease and Danny thrust his hips again against Steve's hand.

"You ready, babe?" Steve's voice was incredibly soft, and Danny couldn't be more ready.

"Yeah, c'mon, I want to feel you Steve…" Danny reached for another quick kiss and Steve pulled back a little, just enough to position himself at Danny's entrance, but not pressing or moving any further. Danny cupped the back of his neck with his hand and brought him back against his chest again, Steve going with the movement and pushing inside of Danny just a little bit.

Both of them moaned at the same time and Danny felt overwhelmed by the sensations. It wasn't painful, Steve was being too careful to allow that, but there was pressure and stretch and above all there was Steve, his presence and their connection overriding everything else.

Steve was barely moving and Danny looped his legs around his lover's waist, pulling him softly so he was inch by inch as buried in him as he could.

Danny opened his eyes – he didn't know he had closed them – and Steve's face was there, looking at him with an expression that could only be described as total adoration, and Danny answered for him the question he could read on his eyes, even if his lover seemed to have lost his ability to speak for the time being.

"Move, babe. I'm alright, it's great…"

Steve started to move slowly, and Danny held him close, interleaving sweet kisses with more passionate ones and moaning in each other's mouth. After Steve was convinced he wasn't hurting Danny, he changed the angle a little and sped up slightly, hitting Danny's prostate with each pass and making him writhe with pleasure.

"Oh, Danny. You feel so good, so good…"

It was Danny's turn of not being able to answer, Steve was relentlessly stroking his prostate now and he was so lost in his own pleasure that he knew he wouldn't last long, he could feel his orgasm building low in his belly even if his cock remained untouched at the moment.

But before he could make an attempt to reach in that direction, Steve braced himself in one of his forearms and started to pump Danny's cock with his other hand, matching the movements with his hip's thrusts.

"Oh god, I'm close babe, so good…"

"Come, Danny. C'mon baby, come for me."

Steve's low voice right above his ear was his undoing and Danny came, pleasure exploding behind his eyelids as he called his lover's name and held tighter onto him, wanting to feel as much skin as possible. His orgasm hit him hard, harder than he could remember, and he felt himself falling into a happy bliss, noticing that Steve's thrusts were becoming jerkier and he was calling his name like a mantra until he stopped and lay limp on top of him, Danny's foggy brain barely processing the ragged breaths of his lover right on his neck before giving up to his blissful slumber.

When he opened his eyes again, it was dark and Danny blinked, trying to remember how he got on his side and under the covers. Oh great, he must have fallen asleep right after they finished. In his defense, he hadn't slept a single minute in who knew how many hours now, and their first time had been…well, like all of their first times, a big great deal. Danny could feel he was alone on the bed and he closed his eyes again, trying to get his barely functioning brain to decide if he should go search his partner in case he was having any misplaced thoughts after their first time or simply getting in trouble – because that was his specialty – when he heard steps approaching him and felt Steve getting slowly in bed, clearly thinking he was asleep and not wanting to disturb him.

Danny didn't know why he didn't let Steve know he was awake, he blamed his sleep-deprived brain, but when Steve carefully spooned behind him and barely kissed the back of his neck he just let himself embrace the warmth he was feeling, ready to fall asleep again and hopefully for at least eight hours in a row.

"I love you."

It was barely a whisper, coming from the mouth barely touching his skin, and there was no way Danny was telling Steve he was awake now, so he just lay there, listening until his lover's breathing was deep and even and willing his own heart to slow down again.