/ / / Scared \ \ \

Steve was sitting on the couch when Danny came home looking like he'd been punched in the gut. Steve stood up and started towards him. "What's wrong, Danno? Where's Grace?"

"Grace has deserted me on Halloween." Danny started pacing around the room.

"What?"

"My own daughter ditched me. It's Halloween. We're supposed to go trick or treating and she says 'Dad, is it okay if I go with my friends instead?' What am I supposed to do? Huh? What am I supposed to do? Say, no, I command you to spend Halloween with your father." Danny sunk back down into the couch where Steve had been sitting and continued in a quiet voice. "That really doesn't sound so bad I should have said it."

Steve went and sat next to him. "She's growing up."

Danny glared at him. "She ditched me on Halloween, next she's going to be telling me that she doesn't want to spend Christmas with us." Danny shook his head. "It's my own fault; I know it's my fault. It's all the times I've had to bail on her for work. She has learned that it's acceptable to be unreliable."

"Danno, it's not your fault."

"I spent half her life not being able to-"

Steve followed Danny's eyes to Kamekona who'd just stepped into the room with his costume on. "So exciting, thank you for the hook-up again, man. How do I look"

"You look like you're ready to report to SEAL team Six, pal." Steve said.

"Yeah, for real?"

"Yeah."

"'Cause I was thinking, I know you said no weapons and all." Kamekona said and Steve could tell what was coming.

"Yeah…"

"If you let me borrow some of them smoke grenades I'll really look legit."

"No." Danny and Steve said together.

"We discussed that earlier, no heavy ordinances but you look great." Steve finished.

Kamekona dropped his head. "Okay, man. Hey Danny, where's the cute one."

Danny's face darkened. "She ditched me."

"She's at that age, brah. Soon she'll be dating."

"Do you hate me? She's ten, there will be no dating." Danny said.

"Well, if you're sure about the grenades I'm leaving." Kamekona said looking at Steve hopefully again, Steve shook his head and Kamekona sighed and waved his goodbye.

"Danno," Steve said sitting next to him on the couch and throwing his arm around Danny's shoulders.

"I have taught her it's okay to ditch your family," Danny said resting against Steve. "I've been more stable since Five-0 but that's just me taking advantage of you guys it's not good enough. Her whole life I've been called away and had to change plans and now it's just catching up with me."

"You've done the best you can. Grace knows how much you love her."

Danny shook his head and Steve pulled him into a hug until they were both laid out longways on the couch.

"She is ten, she wants to pretend to be all grown up and go out with her is not an indictment against your parenting abilities."

"Indictment?" Danny said raising his head.

"What can I say you rub off on me."

"Oh, babe, really?"

"I didn't mean for it to be dirty; I meant your vocabulary," Steve said with a shrug. "Did you know I have my very own Halloween tradition?"

Danny shook his head and rested back against Steve.

"In the ninth grade I rented 'Child's Play' with Jenny Feldman. It's been a Halloween tradition ever since. How about we get some popcorn. Some beer and you and I partake in my tradition?"

Danny nodded against him and leaned up to kiss him. "I'm going to go and get changed."

"See the suit isn't that comfortable."

"It's about being professional Steven, it's not about comfort. Put butter on the popcorn. Don't make that face at me, I've been ditched."

Steve sighed and went to make popcorn while Danny changed into something more comfortable. They settled on the couch, the tape in the machine that had survived their renovation and Steve slung his arm over Danny's shoulder.

"Are you trying something on Steve, I'll have you know my mum warned me about boys like you."

Steve laughed and pulled Danny in for a kiss before they settled down to watch the movie.

Chucky began to strangle someone and Danny twisted into Steve's body.

Steve looked down at him. "Are you scared?"

Danny smiled up at him. "I thought the point was to scare me so I'd ask for reassurance in your big strong Navy SEAL arms, I'm just helping things along."

"You don't like the movie?"

Danny shrugged. "I've seen it before. It's not scary anymore."

"That's not what Jenny Feldman said."

Danny shook his head. "You must have been hot."

"Still am," Steve said as he twisted and tucked Danny underneath him.

Danny's top was sitting on the coffee table and Steve's pants were halfway down his legs when their phones started to ring.

"Goddammit," Danny said pulling away and panting.

"Ignore it and come back here," Steve said. "They'll leave a message."

Danny sighed. "We have a case."

Steve sighed and pulled away. "I hate work."

Danny smiled. "Believe me, so do I, when the case is over I'll make it up to you."

"Or make it up to me now, my phone stopped ringing."

Danny looked at his phone which had also stopped ringing…

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"Have you ever actually finished watching this movie, Steven?" Danny asked twirling the case around in his hands.

Steve shrugged.

Danny laughed. "Well then I suppose we'll have a new tradition, you can finish the movie before you get into my pants."

Steve turned around. "How about I get into your pants and then we finish the movie."

Danny thought for a second. "That would be acceptable." And then his phone rang. "The universe hates me." He answered the phone. "Hello. Hey, Rachel." Steve's phone rang behind him and Danny watched him walk out of the room. "Grace said that? Okay, I'll just have to check with Steve. No, Rachel, I have to check because he's taken a call and it might be a case. Yes, I am well aware it's my own fault she ditched me on Halloween, thanks so much for reminding me. Just hold on okay?"

Danny got up and growled at his hand covered phone before he went in to the kitchen where Steve was still talking to someone.

"Work?" Danny mouthed.

Steve shook his head. "Hold on Cath," Steve looked at Danny. "Some stuff about my mum, she wants to swing by and give me some information."

"Rachel said Grace wants to come over this afternoon since she missed trick or treating and since Rachel and Step-Stan are going out anyway she said Grace could come."

Steve grinned. "Excellent, stuff with Cath shouldn't take too long."

Danny nodded and left the kitchen. "Rachel? I'd love to have her this afternoon. I'll come and get her now. Yes of course, bye Rachel."

Danny grabbed his keys and called out his goodbye to Steve before he went and collected Grace. She was dressed like a bumblebee when she opened the door.

"We missed trick or treating," Grace said. "Mum helped me with my make-up."

Danny smiled. "Well I will have to get a costume when we get home."

"I have one for now," Rachel said with a smile. She fixed a red cape around his shoulders. "You can be a superhero."

"Thank you, Rachel."

"You're welcome, Daniel. Can you take her to school tomorrow?"

Danny smiled. "Of course, I'll drop her costume off on the way to work."

Rachel smiled and Jasmine, Rachel's maid, came in holding Charlie. "He's getting so big, Rachel."

"Yes, he is, would you like to hold him?"

Daniel nodded and tucked his arms around Charlie. "He looks like you."

"Thank you, Daniel."

He smiled and handed the baby back.

"Grace, go and get the rest of your things." Rachel said watching Danny.

She nodded and ran off.

"Must you try to break our family up, Daniel?"

Danny groaned. "And we were being so civil; I forgot it was a British front while Grace was around."

"Stan has to go to Las Vegas," Rachel said.

"And Grace has been yanked around enough for Stan, maybe focus on what Grace wants."

"I know what Grace needs and she needs to be with her family."

Danny looked at Rachel. "When did I stop being her family?"

"You can work anywhere Daniel, you could come with us."

"I didn't marry Stan, you did. Grace has made a life here and that should be important to you Rachel."

"She is young and will make friends wherever we live."

Danny heard Grace running down the stairs. "She's coming. I'll drop her costume in the morning. Have a nice evening."

Rachel glared at him before her face cleared and she turned to smile at Grace. "Goodbye Grace, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Bye Mum," she hugged her mum and then her little brother. "Bye Charlie."

"Goodbye, Rachel."

"Daniel."

Danny took his daughter to the car and they drove to Kamekona's, Kono's and Chin's to collect candy before they headed home. Steve and Cath were on the couch looking through some documents when they came inside.

"What's this?" Steve asked smiling at Grace.

"I missed trick or treating with Danno."

"So it's a do-over and I don't have a costume." Steve said with a sigh. "But then neither does Danny."

Danny glared at him. "I do have a costume," he wrapped the red cape around himself. "I am a superhero."

"Which one?"

"The one with the red cape, Steven. Hey Cath."

"Hi."

"Anything?" Danny asked.

Catherine shook her head. "Nothing much really."

"What are you looking at?" Grace asked.

"Some paperwork," Steve said. "Why don't we put it away and watch a movie."

Grace's face brightened. "Mum sent 'The Notebook' with me, we were supposed to watch it tonight but Stan had to go out suddenly."

"I love that movie," Cath threw in.

"Why don't you stay and watch it," Danny said.

Steve started packing up the paperwork while Danny pulled Grace's wings off.

"Should we have some popcorn?" Danny asked he when she turned around and grinned at him. He knew she was growing up but with her yellow and black eyes he still felt like she was his little girl.

Grace nodded and slid onto the couch next to Cath while Steve went and made popcorn and Danny grabbed some drinks.

"What did she find?" Danny asked when they were in the kitchen.

"A few old documents about Shelburne, nothing particularly new but it gives us the start of a timeline."

Danny stood next to Steve. "We will get to the bottom of it."

Steve nodded and turned to grab the popcorn and pour it into a bowl. "It would be easier if she'd tell me what was going on."

They settled on the couch and Steve tucked Danny into his side while they watched the movie and Cath and Grace talked quietly. He hated the movie but he didn't mind watching it for Grace.

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I barely had to work on that ending to make it slashy...and they call it a bromance. HA!