Danny woke with a warm weight spread across his chest. He knew for a fact that he moved around in his sleep, so Steve had apparently decided the best way to stop him was to use the blond as a pillow.

"You awake, Babe?" he asked softly, hand coming up to rest on the back of Steve's neck.

"Yeah. I need to get Maggie up so we can go to the hospital. "The reply was mumbled into his chest, before Steve pulled away. The SEAL climbed out of bed and moved towards the en-suite without looking back at Danny.

Okay, so apparently they weren't going to talk about the obvious elephant in the room; even if them sharing a bed had been platonic. Considering where Steve's head was likely still at, he wasn't surprised he wasn't up to talking about anything else, and Danny could wait. For now.

"Babe," Danny called as he got up and stepped back into his slacks and dress shirt that were resting on the chair in the corner of the room. "You go get Maggie up and dressed. I'll throw us together something for breakfast."

"Thanks, Danno."

"No problem."

Maggie was bouncing so hard, desperate to see her Mom that Danny was amazed she hadn't pulled Steve's arm from its socket as they made their way through the hospital corridors.

Kali had stayed with Diane all night, not wanting her to wake up alone and confused. She had sent Steve a message, letting him know that Diane was awake and allowed visitors, along with her room number so they didn't have to waste time at reception.

Chin and Kono were already waiting for them when they arrived at Diane's room. Neither knew the whole truth yet, though they would have a fair idea from working the case. Danny had left the complete explanation up to Steve, it was his story after all and the cousins respected that and hadn't asked while they had been working. Chin gave a smile and Kono waved cheerfully as they approached so that Maggie wouldn't be afraid of them. The young girl still glanced up at her Papa, but at his reassuring smile and nod she smiled shyly back at them.

Steve glanced in the door of the private room they'd arrived at, making sure it was okay for Maggie to go in; he didn't want her see anything too upsetting. Thankfully Diane was awake and gave him a tired smile. She was dressed in the usual medical gown, an IV in her arm and Steve could see a tube peeking out from the side of her gown but nothing that would really upset their daughter. Returning the smile, Steve pulled his head back out of the room and knelt down before Maggie.

"Do you wanna go in first, Mags? Just be careful, your mom's going to be sore for a little while yet, so you can't climb on the bed with her unless she says it's okay," Steve said, looking into her eyes to make sure she understood.

"Okay, Papa." She nodded and, getting a smile in return, she moved past him into the room, her excited cry of "Mom" following in her wake.

"You doing okay, brah?" Chin asked as Steve stood back up, head tilted towards the door as he listened to the conversation happening inside.

"I'll be better once this is over," Steve sighed, running his hand down his face and Danny had to resist the urge to reach out and comfort the other man.

Instead, he stayed where he was and asked, "How do you wanna play this, Babe?"

"Kono, Maggie's more likely to accept your company. Will you watch her while we talk to Diane. I can't question her due to conflict of interest, but I… I need to hear it for myself. Danny will lead the questioning as he knows the full story, Chin you second him."

"No problem, Boss," Kono smiled, Chin nodding in agreement.

Diane took the questioning well. They all kept a close eye on her heart monitor, knowing if she was scared or lying it was likely to rise. It wasn't as effective as a lie detector, but along with Steve's knowledge of the woman it was enough to satisfy them all that she was telling the truth when she swore she'd had no idea about Jason's side business.

When they were done with their questions, Chin left to find Kono and bring Maggie back, leaving Steve and Danny alone with Diane.

"So, this is the infamous partner you're always talking about," Diane commented, smiling at Danny who had stepped back to allow Steve into the seat beside her.

"You talk about me, Babe?" Danny smirked.

"We commiserate," Steve shot back Danny's own words at him, much to the shorter man's amusement.

Diane cleared her throat, breaking the men's eye contact with a curious look that Danny didn't want to think too much about. "The doctors say I need to stay here for a few days and, since Maggie survived the night with her Papa, would you like her to stay with you while I'm here?"

Steve stared at Diane in shock and even Danny felt little surprised about the offer after what the SEAL had told him, but then he remembered that Steve had said she was against the court order to begin with.

"I know you have to work, but I'm sure Kali won't mind looking after her during the day like she normally does. Then she can stay with you the rest of the time. With Jason gone, I can get rid of that stupid order and you can spend more time with her. I know you're not used to having her around constantly so if it's too much right now, I can…"

"No!" Steve quickly cut her off. "I'll look after her and I'll talk to Kali about during the day. I'm sure Danny can help; his daughter is only a year older than Mags, and he'll know what to do if I get stuck."

Diane smiled and cast another curious look in Danny's direction, but didn't say anything as Maggie made her reappearance; effortlessly distracting everyone in the room.