Little Bit of Soul
"Dance with me," Steve says. He has to yell over the music, which contrasts with the way he's nosing along the side of Danny's face.
Danny turns to him, all raised eyebrow and smirking. "You want me to what?"
"You heard me."
"Since when do you want to dance? Especially in public?" But he's following Steve anyway, letting him take his hand and lead him to the dance floor. There are only a handful of other couples out there, so two men draws a lot of attention. Danny doesn't care. He'll shout it out from the rooftops how much he loves Steve.
They don't talk about the time he actually did that. He was drunk, all right?
"What? I'm allowed to dance with my husband, right?"
They've already had the 'fight' enough in the past, on the rare occasion they dance, that Danny lets Steve lead without comment. 'I'm taller," was the always the excuse. 'I should lead.'
"Yeah, sure." As usual, the smile gives his grousing away as completely fake.
Steve pulls him close, thumb tracing Danny's skin, like it so often does. Like what he really wants to be always doing is running his hands all over Danny's body, but he has to settle for this most of the time. They wrap their free hands around each other's waist.
It's been a while since their last dance – the night they'd gotten married, actually. Their wedding had been simple – just the two of them, Grace, Charlie. They'd had all their friends over for dinner after to share the news. As expected, they'd been happy for the couple, but disappointed not to be included. Then Grace made them have their First Dance and everything seemed to be forgiven.
The way Steve's looking at him, Danny wonders if he's thinking back to that day as well.
Of course, the way Steve's looking at him isn't much different than the way he always looks at Danny, especially when they're this close – intense, unwavering, like he's looking right into Danny's soul.
Maybe he is; Danny's sure he hasn't learned all of Super SEAL's super powers.
They move around the dance floor like that, unable to look anywhere else but into each other's eyes. Danny's hand maybe drifts under Steve's shirt, just to feel more of his skin.
The song is almost over when Steve gets this mischievous glint in his eye. Danny narrows his eyes at him.
"Spin me, asshole, and I'll punch you in the face." Steve just smirks at him and Danny thinks he's maybe gonna do it anyway.
Then there's catcalling coming from their table, which their dancing has inadvertently led them back to.
Steve sighs and then chuckles, but still doesn't look away from Danny.
"Our team are animals. You'd think they've gotten over all this already."
"Of course they're animals, McGarrett. They're your team. You trained them."
Steve grins. "My team, huh? Like when the kids act up and suddenly they're Rachel's, like you've never made a bad decision in your life?"
"Of course I've made bad decisions. I married you, didn't I?" He can't say it with a straight face.
Steve pulls him even closer, like it maybe should be illegal how close they are, and still be in public. Like it maybe wants Danny to ditch their friends and go home... or even just to the back alley.
"That's a lie," Steve says, making Danny look back up to meet his eyes from where they'd drifted to his lips. "You love me."
"Yeah," Danny says, sighing, like it's a long-suffering effort to love Steve – It's not, actually. It's probably the easiest thing he's ever done, even when things get tough. "I do. And I'm certainly not over you, yet."
Steve grins. He bends down to speak into Danny's ear. "Good." His lips brush across Danny's skin as he speaks. It makes Kono get louder, but neither of them care.
The song ends, but it takes a few moments longer for them to pull apart.
"It's too obvious if we just leave now, right?"
Danny laughs as they start back to their table. "Yeah babe. Wait a bit. I'll make it worth your while."
a/n: So this is end of the track listing on my CD. BUT the Wikipedia entry for this record lists two bonus tracks, so there' still two more fics to last your through the weekend! Bonus Tracks FTW!