So sorry I have been sick so I am posting the next chapter today because I may have to go to the hospital tomorrow as I think I have pneumonia right now...
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Both Danny and Steve gasped in shock over what Danny's mum said. Leave the save to Grace. "Nonna! Danny and Steve are boys. Boys can't have babies. I am going to be an only child to them. I'm fine with that. I wish they could have another child but, that's not possible, is it, Nonna."
Danny and Steve just looked over Grace's head at each other and smiled weakly at each other. "Grace is right, Mum. We are guys. Having another child would be rather difficult without the female parts."
Debbie wrapped her arms around her brother and smiled. "I could carry a child for you, Danny. I mean, I have your DNA except for the guy stuff and I would love to help you have a child with your soon to be husband. If you want me to do it, ask and I will move to Hawaii and be there for the whole thing."
Danny's jaw dropped in shock and surprise. He looked at Steve and Steve gulped. "I would love to have a child with Danny's smile and my eyes. This is so huge for you to do this for us, Debbie. That is, if Danno wants it, I mean." Steve looked at Danny and they just linked hands with Debbie.
Isabelle just smiled at her children. "If Debbie wants to help you to have a child, Danny, please think about this. She loves you so very much. I support your decisions 100%, no matter what."
Danny and Steve went to their room and Steve sat on the bed. Danny shut the door and turned to Steve. "Can you believe my sister? Does she know what she is offering to us? You are not the only one who has dreamed of having a child with your eyes and my smile. I love her for the offer but, do you really want this, il mio amore? This is a forever commitment-a child."
Steve did not hesitate. "Danny, if you think we can make this kind of commitment, I would be willing to take this leap of love with you. I love you, Danny. You are all I want or need but, if we were to have a child of our very own, my love would know no boundaries. Il mio adore, Danno!"
"So, we are in for this? We can make this work? Oh, Steve, if we can do this, it will be all I could ever hope for for us. Let's go tell Debbie we want to try to do this. Grace would love to have a sibling. Yes?"
Steve nodded and kissed Danny softly with all the passion he could give. Danny went to get Debbie. "You guys are sure you want to try to do this?" They both nodded. "OK, then. I'll gather my medical records and pack for Hawaii. Mum can keep my apartment safe and sound while I'm away and, I can write another travel book-this time on Hawaii and I can even score interviews with 5-0 and use their comments in the book. It'll pay for my rent for the time I'm gone! Win-win for all of us!"
Danny hugged his sister and pulled Steve into the embrace as well. "We are going to try to do this and maybe have a child together. This is the adventure of a lifetime, I swear!"
The baseball game was the highlight of the evening for Danny and Steve. They still had a bet to settle. When the last out was made, the Red Sox beat the Yankees again, 6-2. Papi again made the game winning grand slam in the ninth inning. Danny once again donned the Schilling jersey and made love to his Steve. "Tomorrow, we are going to be married. I will become Danny McGarrett and I will love you more then than I do now and it'll be forever."
Steve smiled and snuggled into Danny's embrace. "Forever, il mio amore. Forever."
July 24th dawned sunny and cheerful. Once Danny and Steve awoke, they were swept up in the buzz of the wedding day. Debbie and Mary managed to split up the boys and keep them separated until the time of the ceremony. Danny and Steve were dressed in matching navy blue suits but, where Steve had a white shirt, Danny had a cream colored shirt. When they both walked down the aisle, Danny was escorted by his parents; Steve was escorted by Mary.
When they both were in front of the minister, they couldn't help but smile at each other for making it this far. Danny whispered, "We made it!" to Steve who smiled and linked his hands with Danny's.
The minister began, "Well, this is a wonderful day. Daniel and Steven have chosen this day to make their union official and marry one another. Daniel and Steven have offered their own vows for their marriage. Daniel and Steven flipped a coin and Steven won the toss. Daniel goes first." This drew a smattering of laughter from the assembled group because this is how most things were settled with the guys.
Danny began, "Steve, I promise to love honor and cherish you and our love forever. You are the only one I will ever love for the rest of my life. From the moment we met in your garage, I felt our overwhelming attraction for each other. I know we are going to fight from time to time but, we will always have this love to come home to every night. I promise to be there for you in sickness and in health, for richer, for poorer. Il mio amore, Steven!" When Danny finished, he squeezed Steve's hand and let the tears flow down his cheeks with all the happiness he was feeling.
Steve took a deep breath. "Danny, I promise to love you, forever. I promise to be here for everything you go through in life-the good, the bad, the ugly things, too. I promise I will never leave you alone in the world. I love you for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health. You are the air I breathe, the sun in my day, the moon in my night. You are the constant I can build my future on and I will always try to make you smile because, if I lose that, my life is worthless. Il mio amore, Danno. Now and forever plus eternity!" He just managed to get the last words out before the tears and the sob he was holding back escaped. Danny looked into his eyes and saw the shaky smile there and felt Steve squeeze his hand.
The minister cleared his throat and they both looked to him as he brushed tears away from his eyes. "Wow, I can feel the love in this wedding. Very powerful stuff, guys. Now, we have rings to exchange." Debbie and Mary gave the minister the rings they were holding for the guys. "Daniel, repeat after me. Steven, with this ring I thee wed."
Danny placed the ring on Steve's hand and looked straight into Steve's eyes. "With this ring, I thee wed." Steve closed his hand over the ring and smiled.
The minister then turned to Steve and said, "Steven, repeat after me. Daniel, with this ring, I thee wed."
Steve looked down and his Danno. "Danno, with this ring, I thee wed." He slid the ring on and then he put the engagement ring on over it. "This is forever and for always, you are my Danno."
The minister then said, "Since this love is given between these two men and received by same, if anyone is here that can say why these two should not be joined, let them speak now or, forever hold their piece." Danny and Steve looked out over the people who were gathered and silently prayed no one would say a word. When no one spoke up, the minister then said, "Seeing no objections to this union, I say that they are married and present to you all, Mr. and Mr. McGarrett! You may now kiss and seal this marriage for all time."
Danny and Steve looked at each other and Danny could not help the bubble of a growl as he reached up and said, "You are mine, forever, Steven." kissing him breathless and fiercely to the cheers of their friends and family. When he broke the kiss, Steve whispered in Danny's ear, "You are mine, forever, Danno."
They walked down the aisle as rose petals rained down on them and hopped into the waiting limo to head to their reception. Danny grinned impishly at Steve. "What are you grinning at, Danno?"
Danny kissed Steve and said, "Your apology is accepted, mio amore!"
Steve grinned and relaxed into Danny's kiss. When they pulled apart, Steve said, "Finally!" and, before Danny could say anything in response; he kissed the stuffing out of his reply and embraced his Danny.
Danny and Steve had a reception that was put together by Danny's mother, his sisters, Kono (of course!) and Grace. The cake was made by Danny's mother and was a three-tiered chocolate cake with ivory buttercream frosting and loads of carnations made out of fondant all over it. They did dance to 'Kiss Me Softly' as their first dance but, their second was to Steve's favorite-'Sexy Eyes'.
Steve danced with every member of the wedding party. Mary, then Debbie; Angie; Maggie; Danny's mother, Isabelle; Kono and finally, Grace. He danced with Danny a couple more times but, they kept getting cut in on by Danny's sisters which was fine for Steve because he wanted to talk to Chin and Kono about 5-0 business before they left to go on their honeymoon. Danny saw him corralling the cousins and grabbed Debbie to announce the cutting of the cake and the tossing of the sashes the guys wore in lieu of garters and flowers. Steve came over and together, Danny and Steve cut the cake, holding the knife in their hands. Steve and Danny were careful in feeding the slices to one another-right up until Danny took a dot of frosting and tapped Steve's nose with it.
Steve gasped at the frosting on his nose. Grace took a photo of the incident. Steve took and bigger dollop of frosting and tapped Danny on the shoulder. When Danny turned around, Steve swiped the frosting across his husband's cheek, his nose and his other cheek and laughed as Grace took a photo of this, too. Danny sputtered and Kono, seeing a food fight about to break out, grabbed a hand towel and wiped Danny's face clean and then dabbed at Steve's nose and said, "You guys need to cool it. Grace is here and you are her parents. Set a good example, will ya?"
Chin agreed. "If you want a food fight, wait until we get home where there is an ocean to wash off in and no cameras to capture the 'fun', OK?"
Danny's mother glared at the pair of them and shook her head. They both smiled innocently at her with identical 'Who, me?' looks on their wannabe angelic faces. Grace laughed and said, "Silly Daddy! Silly Danno!"
Danny had the poise to look embarrassed when his daughter got after him but, Steve? He just grinned at her and dotted a bit more frosting on Danny and then, in an inspired romantic moment, kissed it off his nose and held him in his arms saying, "You taste fantastic-I love buttercream-flavored Danno." in his ear, seductively.
When the evening finally wound down, Danny and Steve kissed Grace goodbye (they were leaving on a flight at 5:00 AM) and they retired to the hotel nearest to the airport for their first night as husbands. Danny had a small cooler bag that he brought from the wedding. He wouldn't let Steve look inside it until they were settled, naked and happy in bed. Danny put the cooler in Steve's lap and said, "Open it up and do what you will with it, OK?"
Steve opened the cooler and grinned. It was a small tub of the ivory buttercream frosting. "Oh, Danno. Now, I can have a fantasy come to life. Can I use your body as a canvas and paint you? Please?" He stirred the frosting with his finger and licked it off watching Danny's eyes darken with lust and slowly blow apart in front of Steve. He smiled and said, "I take that as a yes, then."
Danny laid back on the bed, his heart beat picking up in expectation of what was going to happen. Steve reached out and caressed Danny's shoulder. Then he dipped his finger in the tub of frosting and traced a pattern over Danny's neck, pausing to lick it off and nibble at his neck to taste his skin and listen to Danny moan for him. That sound was like an aphrodisiac to Steve's ears and he wanted to hear it again. He dipped into the tub of frosting again and this time he spread it on Danny's rapidly hardening erection and licked his lips in anticipation of hearing him moan again. Danny just looked wrecked. His eyes were blown with lust, his heart was beating hard in his chest, and he was gasping out Steve's name along with many words of praise and love. When Steve trailed his tongue over the frosting and sucked his cock into his warm mouth, Danny arched off the bed and moaned, "Steve! Please God, Steve! Harder!"
Music to Steve's ears! He sucked hard, hollowing out his cheeks as he pulled Danny further into his throat. He could feel Danny tightening up and desperate for release. Danny tried not to thrust into Steve's mouth because he didn't want to gag his lover. He gently tugged on Steve's hair in warning of his release but, Steve sucked even harder and pulled Danny's orgasm out of his in a long moan of his name and he swallowed everything down and looked up at Danny with a smile on his lips and satisfaction in his eyes.
"Steve, that was incredible! If I knew you could do that, I would have Mum make that buttercream and send it to us every week!"
"Why don't we just get her recipe for the buttercream? Then, we can make it for ourselves. Spares us our embarrassment with Mum. I loved frosting you, Danno. You taste heavenly frosted in buttercream!"
Danny blushed. "I know your game, Steven. You play 'How Many Times Can I Get Danny To Moan' too many times and I'll become immune to your tricks. I love you so, you don't need to use games to please me. Just make love to me and I am a happy man. You know I'm easy for you-only for you, though. No one else can make me as happy as you can with just one look from those hazel eyes of yours."
Steve grinned and got up from the bed. He walked into the bathroom and got a washcloth and wet it. He came back to the bed and cleaned up the mess he made of Danny and crawled back into bed and surrounded his Danno. "Danny, I love you more today than I did yesterday. You are my whole world-you and Grace. I want to make you happy every day because it makes me happy to do that much for you. I know I am not the best at expressing my emotions but, I feel so relaxed and happy around you, Danny. You are my everything. If I ever lost you, I would not exist anymore."
Danny turned around in Steve's arms. "You will never have to worry about me, Steven. I love you so much! I would never leave you alone. You are my perfect choice for a husband. You are all that I want, all that I need. You know I have never loved another man, ever. You are the only one who has my heart-now and forever. Ti adoro, Steven."
"Mr. McGarrett, I promise to love honor and hold on to you for the rest of eternity. My heart belongs to you, Danno."
He grinned. Danny would never belong to anyone else, he knew this was forever. The morning came and they flew out to Belfast, Northern Ireland to begin their seven day, six night honeymoon Irish adventure. Steve managed to get him and Danny upgraded to first class by casually mentioning to the ticketing agent that they were just married. Once onboard the plane, they were moved to first class and, once in the air, they were given champagne in fluted glasses. Somehow, someone in the flight crew managed to get a cake for Steve and Danny-chocolate even! They blushed as the flight crew gave it to them and they fed it to each other much nicer than they did at the reception. The flight crew took up a collection amongst themselves and got enough to get Steve and Danny a nice bottle of single malt whiskey for their first night in Belfast. They felt safer knowing that the pair were law enforcement and members of an elite task force. Steve and Danny thanked them very much and took the bottle along with their luggage to the Hilton Belfast where they were based while Danny researched his family tree and began the adventure of their lives.
Steve unpacked and put all their clothes in the closet. He unpacked the laptop and booted it up using the hotel's wifi system to get on the website. He accessed Danny's family page and found cousins that lived in Belfast and Donegal that Danny could visit. He moved the family history back as far as 1790 and was shocked to see a leaf in the tree for McGarrett! Listed was one Rose McGarrett married to a Justin Williams in 1795. He carried the McGarrett line back to her male ancestor and forward to him and gasped when the connections were made! He and Danny were related-distant cousins!
Danny peeked over Steve's shoulder and gasped when he read the connections for himself. "Um, Steve? We are distant cousins? How was that not discovered by someone? This is a heck of a co-incidence! Your ancestor married mine over 200 years ago."
Steve grinned. "This is wonderful news, Danno. See? She and your ancestor had kids. This means that McGarrett DNA is in your gene pool. You were meant to be a McGarrett all along."
Danny flustered. "Steve! I love you but, I refuse to believe McGarrett DNA is running through my veins. I do not subscribe to your brand of crazy! We are opposites-this is why we are a good match! It is not-repeat NOT because you and I are distant family! Of all the outrageous things I would have thought would be in my family tree-this is just too much! We're family!"
Steve silenced his rant with a long, hard kiss and said, "Danno, nothing-no family tree or ancestral knowledge will change the fact that I love you and you love me. We are forever. Nothing will ever come between us, right?"
Danny took a shaky breath. "Steve, this changes nothing except for the fact that I was always supposed to be a McGarrett and now, I am. I'm yours, always. I love you, you big goof. Ti adoro, Steven."
Steve smiled and took Danny into his arms. "Mine!" he growled as he kissed Danny again. He held his husband in his arms and smiled into his hair. "What do you think? I think we should go and rent that car and hit Donegal and find those Williams family people and let them know you are their American Cousin!"
Danny smiled and they did what Steve wanted. Danny met with Sharon and Cliff Williams in Donegal and had dinner with them in the local pub. He and Steve explained their family tree to them and they were happy to know they had American family living in the States. Danny and Steve travelled all over Ireland and bought souvenirs for Kono, Chin, Grace, Max and Danny's parents. They collected addresses from all of Danny's relatives in Ireland and returned home happier and more in love than when they left. Danny's dad, Michael picked them up from the airport.
"Hey Dad! How are you doing? How's Mum? How's Grace doing? Did she drive Max, Kono and Chin nuts this week?"
"Steve, I'm fine. Mum is doing great. She had Grace baking cookies and making cannoli and Kono, Max, and Chin were her captive guinea pigs for testing her efforts. Grace took Max, Kono, and Chin around to all of the places you used to take her to and showed them all the places you and her used to eat at. They had a good time with her."
Danny smiled. When they arrived home to his parents' house, Danny and Steve were steamrollered by Grace and wrapped in hugs and plenty of kisses. Kono hugged her bosses and welcomed them home as did Chin and Max. They clapped each man on the back in affection. As Danny and Steve handed out the gifts they got for each member of their ohana, they smiled and waited for their reactions.
Michael and Isabelle each got Irish cable knit sweaters to help them combat the cold New Jersey weather. Max received a British Medical Journal subscription for two years' worth of Journals and the current issue for which he was thankful. "This is completely unexpected and so appreciated, Danny and Steve. Thank you so very much!" Kono received a lovely scarf of Irish linen and lace for which she hugged her bosses and said, "Thank you for the incredibly beautiful gift! I will wear it on the plane on the way home to Hawaii!" Chin was hard to get a gift for but they got him permission from Interpol via Scotland Yard to access their international databases for info on criminal activity that may affect their Island Home. "This is the best gift you could've given me, guys. I love having this access! Thank you so much for paving the way!" All it took for them to be able to give this to Chin was a blueprint to Belfast for creation of their own taskforce ala 5-0 so they could catch the criminals in their country like Steve, Danny and their ohana did. It took a day out of their honeymoon but, it was so worth it to help out international relations and, with the help of the Governor of Hawaii, they established Sister City relations between Donegal, Belfast and Honolulu for Law Enforcement and Trade which was a win-win for both sides.
Grace's gifts were given to her in Danny and Steve's room. They gave her a bunch of handmade hair ties from her Irish cousins and a copy of the Williams-McGarrett Family Tree. "Um, I'm confused, Danno. Does this mean that way back in our history, we are related to Daddy? Does that mean he's our distant cousin?" When Danno and Steve nodded, she smiled and said, "That is so COOL!" Their last gift was an Irish basket of cookbooks, a soccer ball, an Irish tee shirt with the flag of Northern Ireland on it, a British tee shirt with the Union Jack on it, Connemara Marble rosary beads, and a kilt that was half Williams and half McGarrett tartans to unite their family together. She hugged Steve and her Danno and said, "This is the best gift of all of them. I love this kilt! It is both of our families combined and that is so us. I love you, Daddy and I love you, too, Danno! Thank you!"
Danny and Steve had only one more night with his family so, they took this opportunity to tell them about the little addition to their family tree in the person of Rose McGarrett marrying Justin Williams way back in 1795. Michael gasped when he heard and sat down hard. Isabelle smiled and said, "Well, it has finally come around full circle. We took a McGarrett from their family and now, with our Danny, Steve took a Williams from our family. It balanced out the universe!" She hugged Steve and Danny and watched them settle into the loveseat in the living room.