Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything, take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath, every hour has come to this

One step closer

Rori sat in the master bedroom of Steve's house in Hawaii. He kept the house because he'd grown up in it. It held more than just his belongings, it was home for him. She suspected it would become home for all of them. Being in Hawaii had gotten her to thinking a lot about their future and what their next step was. She liked where it was going.

She admired her reflection in the mirror on top of his dresser. She'd picked a short, sleek red dress and, since they were having the ceremony on the beach, she chose to go barefoot. It was the best way to do all the important things in life. The sleeveless top of the dress exposed the scar that ran from her collarbone to her elbow where she'd been injured in the car accident. It seemed like it was just yesterday yet, at the same time, she felt like she had lived a lifetime with the guys. There was a light knock on the door and Grace, Danny's daughter, came in.

"You look beautiful, Aunty," she said.

"Thank you," Rori replied. "Grace, are you sure you're okay with this?"

"Of course I am!" Grace said. "Danno and Uncle Steve have belonged together for a long time. And I see the way he looks at you, John, and Hank. He loves you, which means that I love you."

Grace's acceptance and innocence on the matter was refreshing. Rori's own family had disowned her. John's brother refused to come, but he swore it was because the family business was keeping him busy and that his absence had nothing to do with the nature of their relationship. Hank's family were oddly open minded about it, but still hesitant and couldn't get away on such short notice. They'd promised to watch the ceremony via FaceTime. Steve's sister and niece, like Grace and several of Steve and Danny's Hawaiian friends, were more than happy to attend. Mary, Steve's sister, had said the announcement hadn't surprised her in the least with the way that Steve had talked about them. Rori had no idea he had been so open about them with his sister.

"Are you ready?" Grace asked, breaking Rori from her thoughts.

"Yes ma'am," Rori replied.

"I'll let them know," Grace hurried off out the door and down the stairs.

Rori waited a few minutes and headed down the stairs herself. John, Steve, Hank, and Danny were waiting at the bottom for her. They were dashing, each of them wearing an open-collar red button-down shirt and white slacks. They'd joined her in their bare feet. Danny held out his hand for her, which she took as she stepped off the last step of the staircase.

"Before we do this, I have to ask again, are you guys one hundred percent sure you want to do this?" Rori asked.

"I wouldn't be here if I wasn't," Hank replied.

"A hundred and ten percent," Steve agreed.

"Affirmative," John said.

Danny didn't say anything and they all looked at him expectantly. "Danny?" Rori asked.

"They already said what I was going to say, so," Danny said.

"Wait, Danno is speechless?" Steve asked. "Check him for a fever.

"Really? Don't ruin this, Steven," Danny replied. Steve reached over and took Danny's hand and squeezed it gently. Rori took John's hand and he reached for Hank.

"Let's do this thing!" Rori said excitedly. Steve lead them to the back door toward the little patch of beach that butted up against the back of Steve's property. The few people that had come were gathered in several groups. Steve's sister and niece were standing in the shade at the edge of the grass. Steve and Danny's friends from the Hawaii based Five-O team Tani, Junior, Lou, Jerry, and Adam as well as Kono, Chin and Sarah all waited out on the sand. Steve and Danny's long time CI Kamekona and his cousin, Flippa also joined them. They were close to the water edge, the waves lapping at their bare feet, where Kamekona was happily waiting to officiate. Grace and Charlie, Danny's son, met them at the end of the path that lead to the beach.

"Everyone is waiting, but Hank's family wanted to say hi," Grace said. She held up the phone so that they could see Hank's family.

"Henry! You guys look sharp!" Evan, Hank's brother, said. He had been a little weirded out about his brother's announcement about their relationship, but he had said that he'd always' known there was something different about Hank.

"Thank you, Evan," Hank said. "So glad you guys can digitally attend." Rori wasn't sure if he was kidding or not. He seemed a little hurt. He and Evan had been very close, even running a business together for a long time. She watched his eyes and decided he was being more sarcastic than serious.

"We're gonna come out to Albuquerque, I promise," Evan said. "Just need more than a week's notice."

"We're so happy for you!" Paige, Evan's wife, popped into the screen.

"Yeah, I'm gonna go get married now," Hank said. "Thank you for making it possible for them to do this, Grace."

"Of course!" Grace replied. She'd happily volunteered to hold the phone so that Hank's family could somewhat attend. She lead her brother off to the beach to join Kamekona and Flippa.

Rori was suddenly so excited she couldn't contain it. She felt like she was beaming. She'd never thought she'd come this far with anyone ever again and being here felt so perfect. They headed over to Kamekona and stopped in a semi-circle around him. Kamekona gave each of them a hug.

"We are gathered here today to celebrate love, a union," he said. "We all knew that MacGarrett and Danno belong to getha, but now they are complete. I believe they have all preh-pared vows. Miss Rori, would you like to go first?"

"Of course," she said. They stood with their hands still joined, their semi-circle formed in such a way that she could see each of their faces. "When I was thinking about my vows I kept going back to the traditional wedding vows, all the values and promises ring true without saying, but they didn't seem fitting for us." The guys gave her a quizzical look. "Traditional vows don't quite cover sharing a liver," she nodded to Steve and Danny. "They don't say anything about repeatedly and literally putting each other back together." She regarded Hank with a happy smile. "Those vows don't include anything about making our own rules." She locked eyes with John then, that was his specialty without a doubt. "Or telling death where to shove it. Or being incredible together. Or being superheroes." She felt tears, happy tears, slide down her face. "So, I decided it was best to make my own promise and I feel like it's a mutual promise."

"Alright," Steve said. "Let's hear it."

"My promise to each one of you is this: I will walk hand in hand with you wherever this life takes us. You will always get to be my right seater, my backseat driver, my navigator, and my chauffeur. I will be fierce. I will be unstoppable. I will do whatever it takes. I will go to hell and back if that's what's necessary."

They all stared at her for a moment with looks of total adoration and love on their faces. She wasn't sure about the silence, it made her a little nervous and she nibbled at her lip.

"Well, I was gonna say I'd never leave your side, but it sounds a little cliché now," John said.

"I'm with John, why'd you have to go be all intense?" Danny asked.

"Because we're intense, correct me if I'm wrong," Rori said.

"We're fierce," Steve said with a nod.

"Unstoppable," Hank added.

"To hell and back," Danny and John both confirmed.

"To hell and back," Rori, Steve, and Hank echoed back.

They all reverently bowed to each other.

"Well," Kamekona said after a moment of silence as he wiped tears off his face. "By the powa invested in me by the island of Oahu, I know pronounce you husbands and wife. You may kiss."

They shared a group hug and passed around kisses. "Wait, one more thing," Steve said. Flippa stepped forward with an arm full of gorgeous white leis. Steve took them and placed one on each of them, Rori took one and looped it around Steve's neck. "Alright!" Steve said after a moment, "there's food inside and we're gonna kick on some music for your dancing delight. Thank you all for coming!"

The small crowd clapped and shouted as the newlyweds lead the way up to the house. For once, Rori's future looked bright.