Steve can't remember waking up so well rested or happy. He wished he didn't have to and tried to go back to sleep and snuggle back into the warmth of his bed. But the main source of his warmth and happiness was getting up. He reached out for Danny without opening his eyes and grumbled, "Don't...Stay..."
"As fun as this was-"
"And it was," Steve stated smugly, but cracked an eye open to see Danny's reaction.
Danny smiled and rolled her eyes fondly. "It was." She agreed. "But I still got parental duties to do."
Steve still grumbled and pulled her back into bed, pressing her back to his chest. "Can't Rachel take the kids to school?"
"No. So let me go, I'm late as it is. I should have woken up an hour ago." Danny complained.
"Why didn't you?" Steve asked with a yawn. As much as he wanted to get back in bed, now that he was up he'll stay awake.
Danny blushed a bit before pulling away. She went towards Steve's closet and searched for something to wear. Steve meanwhile enjoyed the view, and damn did he enjoy it. Danny found a shirt she liked and put it on. She walked towards the bed as she buttoned it up. "I was comfy okay?"
Steve beamed at that. "So...do you want to get dinner later?"
"Uh...we'll see how the day goes yeah?" Danny asked as she grabbed some of Steve's sweatpants. They were very loose and she had to secure them with the strings.
Steve got up, fully naked and unembarrassed, and walked up to Danny and hugged her from behind. "I'll see you at the office."
"I might be a little late. I'll literally be heading to pick up the kids and I'm sure Rachel will give me hell when she sees me. Then I'm going to go home and change. I'll come back to pick up my things later, yeah?"
"I can send them to the cleaners if you want." Steve offered.
"I think your pants need it more than my dress, but sure. I gotta go. Later babe." Danny said before pushing Steve away and heading out. She'll have to go barefoot since she's not driving in heels and her flats were in the trunk.
Steve followed behind to watch her from the window. Once she was out of sight he went to get ready for the day. After a quick shower, he went into work with a spring in his step. Hell, he even whistled a happy tune.
"Oh, I know that look," Lou said with a smirk.
Steve's smile betrayed him but he still tried to play dumb. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Uh huh. Sure you don't. Look, I don't need any details. Not with this, but..it's been a long time coming."
Steve frowned at that. "What's that supposed to mean?"
Lou rolled his eyes. "I'm not doing this with you McGarrett. I got work to do. And so do you."
Steve chuckled before continuing his way to his office, but he realized he had to talk to Duke about something. He was waiting for Duke to finish with a meeting with someone when he overheard the conversation. He froze and felt an anger boil inside of him like nothing before. His meeting with Duke was short and he wasn't sure if he explained everything he needed to explain or if Duke just knew he wasn't in the mood.
When he got back to the Five-Oh offices his eyes spotted Danny rather quickly and he stormed into her office. "You used me!"
"Steve? What the hell?"
"You had a date...you have a date!"
Danny's eyes widened and she stood up and walked around her desk to try to calm Steve down. But Steve didn't let her touch him.
"Steve, I can-"
"I thought you..that we...I thought it meant something!"
"It did! It does!"
"You just wanted to make sure you knew a few tricks for your date!"
"Steven! Be careful with what you say next." Danny warned.
"What? You think I'm going to call you a slut?" Steve said in anger, and hours later he'll regret it. But right now he felt hurt. The detective he overheard was talking about the places he was going to take Danny and what he expected the night to end with. Thinking back to Danny's choice of words, he realized Danny just didn't want to be an awkward virgin or put that on any of her dates.
SMACK!
Danny's eyes were intense, hurt, and angry. They sort of mirrored Steve's.
Steve cupped his cheek before he said. "Maybe you should take the day off."
Danny didn't respond. She grabbed her coat and stormed off, not bothering to stop by any of the other members who had witnessed what went down.
"We all got paperwork. Get to it." Steve ordered curtly before heading to his office.
Both Lou and Chin wanted to talk to him but Steve closed and locked his doors and used the blinds. Kono went after Danny, which left Junior and Tani standing around awkwardly.
"What do we do?" Junior asked Lou and Chin.
"You heard the man. Paperwork." Lou replied as he went to his office.
Junior looked very upset at not being able to do more and looked at Chin to see if maybe he'll say different. But no dice.
"Lou's right. This isn't something we should meddle with. Let's just get our work done and be there when they need us. Trust me, once they calm down, they're going to need us."
Danny didn't want to go home, so once she had her feelings under control, she helped HPD however she could. She thought she had a day of paperwork ahead of her but then Duke came in and asked for her help. Eager to get out of there and to be distracted, she agreed.
Sadly she couldn't get a break today. The cop who had asked about a possibility of them going out cornered her. She tried to explain that though she's flattered and had thought maybe saying yes, that right now it was just a no. The other cop didn't seem pleased and tried to persuade her but Danny kept telling him no. She wasn't sure how it escalated so badly but maybe that was just her luck. Things got rough, she now had a black eye, but the jerk had a broken nose.
She was okay but Junior was not. He'd seen it go down and tackled the other police. The police offer fought back and they both ended up getting taken away. She wasn't sure if they'd be released or what, but she had a case to work on. She was sure someone from the team would help Junior, she'd thank him later.
"Boss."
"Not now Kono," Steve said dismissively.
"Yes, now!" She said urgently. " Junior's been arrested."
"What?" Steve demanded in shock. The others gathered around as well, also very shocked. "Why?"
"For getting into a fight...with a cop. They'll only release him to you." Kono told him.
Steve nodded and went to go free Junior from something that apparently happened hours ago! And then Junior explained to him what happened.
"Commander, I know it's not my place to speak regarding your relationship but...I think there was some misunderstanding."
"I...I...thanks Junior. You did good today." Was all Steve had to say. His head was spinning and he really just wanted a couple of beers.
"Commander?"
Junior and Steve turned to see Noelani approaching them.
"Hey Noelani. What's up?" Steve asked.
"I was just at a crime scene. I...I know Detective Williams isn't having the best day but...well...she's really not having the best day."
"What do you mean?" Steve asked.
"Oh well...uh, she got hurt on the case. While I waited for the new corpse to arrive, I passed through the hospital and saw her."
"How badly was she hurt?" Steve asked, whatever he had been feeling before, worry for his partner rose up to the top.
Noelani shrugged. "She got there before I did. She didn't seem too bruised or anything but I don't really know."
Steve nodded to her in thanks. "Mahalo. I'll go see her."
"Want me to come with?" Junior asked.
"Do you mind?" Steve hated to seem weak, especially to someone who admired him as much as Junior did. But Danny was in trouble.
"Of course not, sir."
They arrived and Steve flashed his badge.
Danny had been discharged and despite them having had access to each other's records before...now Steve didn't have access. They wouldn't tell him how Danny was or what had happened. He surrendered his pride and called her. It went straight to voicemail.
After some encouragement from Junior, they went to Danny's place, but the car wasn't there. They checked inside anyway. They found Danny's phone and badge, which only made Steve's stomach churn with worry.
They called Rachel but she wasn't with the kids either. They checked with every lead they could, but nothing. Steve ordered a BOLO for Danny's car but there hasn't been any sighting.
Splitting up into teams, Junior went with Steve to all the places Danny might have gone to. Chin and Lou tried to locate Danny by keeping a look out into calls made to Grace's phone. Jerry helped with trying to locate the Camaro through the street cameras.
Kono and Tani went back to Danny's to look for clues. They hit a lot of frustrating roadblocks.
It'd been about a week since Danny's disappeared and they're all both impressed and very concerned. They know she's still on the island because they do get some breaks, but they just don't get there in time. in one break, Kono and Tani pair up to go see if they can catch her in a motel room. Steve wanted to go but they convinced him to stay. If she was really upset about something, Kono and Tani might have better chances of calming her down. Sadly when they got there, it was too late. They decided to look around for clues anyway.
"I think I got something!" Tani called out from the bathroom. When Kono got there, she found the other woman holding a familiar looking stick.
"Is it used?" Kono asked.
"Oh yeah," Tani said and showed her the results.
Kono looked from Tani to the two little pink lines on the home pregnancy test.
Chapter End Notes
The drama-llama passed through this chapter alright ;)
Alright, so we're taking some medical liberties because it's fanfiction and it's a story about being cursed and I think I've lead out enough leeway. But anyway, even though the medical staff would have been able to tell there was intercourse and the chances of pregnancy are high, it'll take about a week or so for the urine to be able to tell. The chapter has been edited slightly. Just a few words so that Danny has been missing longer, long enough for the home pregnancy test be able to tell.
And if you just wanna comment on the drama of the cray-cray McDanno life, that's okay too xD
