Sorry for the long wait! So cubit2 pointed out that the power was out so there could be no electric blanket to fiddle with... let's just assume that the magical plot fairy granted them power in that one outlet :D .

Anyhoo, I will be posting my thoughts about the season 8 premiere below so spoiler alert!

Enjoy!

Danny Williams had never been a good sleeper.

So when he laid down in Steve's bathroom, Danny was not surprised that he found himself focusing on the falling rain, unable to sleep due to its heaviness.

He twitched, rolled over, kicked on and off the blankets, and he still could not get comfortable enough to sleep. He blamed it on the 'stupid loud annoying rain'.

From his upright position, Steve had his eyes closed, but when he heard Danny turn over for what must have been the hundredth time, he opened one eye to look at him. With raised eyebrow he asked, "Comfortable?" Steve to Danny who was currently putting a towel on the ground as a pillow.

"Damn. Rain." Danny grunted, not able to fold his towel right for a pillow. "I can't sleep with it pounding over and over again on your stupid roof."

Steve opened both eyes, realized he was not going to get any sleep with Danny like this, and tried to help his friend. "Some people find the rainfall soothing."

"Some people also find waves crashing a soothing sound. Not me remember?"

Steve thought back a couple years to when Danny crashed at Steve's place. Danny had kept him up all night with the TV on because he could not sleep with the sound of the waves crashing. Steve was normally a pretty good sleeper, but those people on the TV trying to sell him gold made him want to shoot something.

"I remember." Steve sighed. "I bought you headphones."

"Which," Danny said pointing to Steve. "I still use today so thank you very much."

"You're welcome. So you're telling me you hate the rain too?" Steve asked.

"I don't know Steve, I just don't find the sounds of nature soothing. You hear rain, I hear thunderstorm that could produce winds to blow the house away. You hear waves crashing, I think back to Billy. Those little bug things in the forest make me freak out. I start thinking that they are in my bed, and campfires make me think my house is gonna burn down."

"Wow." Steve sighed rubbing his hand over his face. "Buddy, I thought we talked about the power of thinking positive."

"I am thinking positive. It is just hard to do that when you're tired and trying to go to sleep." Danny said rocking his arms back and forth.

Steve frowned. "So why do you like the sound of infomercials?" Steve asked.

Danny sighed and propped himself up, realizing he was not going to get any sleep either. "You know how my dad was a firefighter?"

"Yeah." Steve said.

"Well, he used to work these crazy hours. But one thing between him and ma was that she would always wait up for him. She would watch the TV on the couch until he got home. Sometimes it was super late and the only thing on would be infomercials. My room was the closest to the living room so I would always hear them. In a way I liked them, because it meant dad would be home soon. It provided comfort in a weird way. So the habit kinda stuck with me and whenever I can't sleep, they help calm me down."

"That actually makes sense." Steve said. "All these years I just thought you were trying to annoy me."

"Well," Danny smiled, "I do that all the time, but this time I actually had a reason."

"So is there any chance of you getting sleep now?" Steve asked.

"I can try..." Danny said laying back down.

Steve smiled at his friend, took out the notebook, and quietly crossed off 'nature sounds' and then closed his own eyes and fell asleep.

Preview for 'Chapter 13: The Forgotten Nephew':

"You want to go to the hospital?" Kono asked a little less concerned, but concerned nonetheless.

"Nah, save it for the people that need it." Danny said shrugging. "I'm going to go make sure Eric is okay." Danny stood up, brushed the crumbs off of himself and stood to leave. Steve however, stopped him.

"Oh my God, Danny. Eric." He said looking wild-eyed at Danny.

"Yeah, Eric." Danny responded.

"I completely forgot about him." Steve admitted shamefully.

"Yeah, most people do."

So as of right now, I have written the rest of the story so expect more frequent updates!

SPOILERS FOR SEASON 8:

Okay so I was really happy with the Steve's storyline. Like, for real genuinly happy that we might get more Danny and Steve this season. What I was disappointed with however, was the whole 'lifting the house' solution. I am in no way an expert at flying, but that was impossible. I felt like I was watching 'Up'. That being said, I enjoyed Tani a LOT more then I thought I was going to. I was really concerned about them getting rid of Kono and I miss her so much but if Tani is like this then maybe it will be okay.

Loved the end scene with Danny and Tani and him thinking positivly. Loved the Danny and Lou fistbump. Loved the 'Hi Steve' part. Was wondering why it was necessary for Steve to take his shirt off... but not complaining.

And yeah, I really enjoyed it.

Thoughts?

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Hawaii Five -0