"Steve?!" Allison exclaimed, surprised to see her ex-boyfriend standing in her kitchen. "What are you doing here? I mean, besides eavesdropping on my private phone call!"

"I just came to see Sawyer and then I heard what you were talking about and-"

"And decided it was perfectly fine to invade my privacy and listen?" She finished for him, causing him to look down, obviously not proud of what he had done. "How much did you hear?"

"Enough to know that we have some things we need to discuss." He replied, not really answering her question.

"I don't think so," Allison said, crossing her arms. "And from now on you need to call before you barge in here!"

"I didn't 'barge in', you would have heard me if I had," Steve pointed out. "And it was a last-minute thing. We had a rough case and I just needed to see Sawyer. You know, make sure he was okay."

As if on cue, Sawyer's cries grew louder and reminded Allison why she had turned around in the first place.

"Of course he's okay," Allison rolled her eyes before pushing her way past Steve and heading to the stairs.

"I know, but it was brutal," Steve said as he followed her. "These guys kidnapped a little boy then cut off his finger and sent it to the parents as proof of life. We were interrogating one of them today and he said that his only regret is not killing the poor kid!"

"I wouldn't let anyone cut off any of Sawyer's fingers," Allison assured him as they walked into Sawyer's room. "Hey buddy, its okay!" She said to the distraught baby as she leaned over the railing of his crib. "What's the matter, huh?" She picked him up and rested him on her shoulder, rocking him gently as Steve continued.

"I know you wouldn't, of course I do." He insisted. "But you know, it's like when you see those animal shelter commercials and really want to hug your dog just to reassure yourself that it's safe."

Allison shrugged as Sawyer finally began to quiet down.

"I don't have a dog so no, I wouldn't know..."

Steve groaned.

"Stop being difficult, Allison, you know what I mean!"

"I'll stop being difficult when you stop letting yourself into other people's homes and listening to their conversations!" She argued as she carried Sawyer over to his changing table.

Steve followed again, but was quiet for a moment before speaking.

"I'm sorry for eavesdropping," He apologized, his voice much calmer than it had been moments before. "But I'm glad I heard what I did. We need to talk, Ally."

"There's nothing to talk about," She lied as she laid Sawyer down and unbuttoned his little onesie. He gurgled away happily to himself before turning his head and finally noticing his dad. His face immediately lit up and, despite the frustrations they were both feeling, neither of his parents could hide their own smiles in response.

"I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing that," Steve mumbled mostly to himself before turning his focus back to Allison. "There's a lot to talk about," He insisted. "My mom would love to watch Sawyer, why don't you have dinner with me on Friday?"

"Because the last time you wanted to take me out to dinner to win me back, you used your charm to get me into bed."

"There won't be any of that, I promise." Steve said smirking at the memory. "Just dinner and talking so we can get everything between us fixed."

Allison sighed as she re-buttoned Sawyer's onesie now that his diaper was clean.

"Fine, just dinner and talking."She agreed. "However, I'm not promising that we can fix anything."

"Okay, thank you."

Before she could stop him Steve leaned over and placed a kiss against her cheek causing Allison to wonder what she was getting herself into.

Authours note: I am so so sorry that this took forever to be posted and that its ridiculously short. I've had some bad luck and big disappointments in my personal life lately and that, combined with the lack of new Hawaii Five-0 episodes, left me in a bit of a funk.

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