Snippets – The AU style

By

Landon Richardson

Disclaimer

The character of Steve McGarrett, Danny Williams, Chin Ho Kelly, Kono Kalakaua, Jenna Kaye and Adam 'Toast' Charles do not belong to me in any shape or form. I am merely using them for my own entertainment purposes

The character of Danni Richardson does belong to me however so please do not use her or anyone else who you may not be a hundred percent sure on without asking me first.

The characters of Jack O'Connor and Riley King also belong to me.

I should also add that if a character is mentioned who you are not instantly aware of then that character belong to me as well

Author Note

Here's another snippet for you all!

Okay so this is the last brain saga snippet for a while simply because I seem to be BS heavy recently and I know a few of you out there want to see some of the other sagas and they are written and they are coming. I just seem to be in a fluffy mood recently. I just brought out a new story with lots of McDanni fluffiness and this one has lots and lots of team Ohana moments in it.

I know you might have noticed recently that I've been updating like mad, that's mainly because I have some spare time for once but please, please, please don't think I shall be able to update this regularly all the time because I won't be. There might be times where I won't be able to update for a week or so. Also just so people know I don't update over the weekends, only during the week.

Out of interest would people be interested in me bringing out a group of stories which are completely Brain Squad based and which would have them in order of reading? Let me know in a review or a PM if you are.

I should also add that Danni is referred to as Danielle when people aren't speaking to her. This is because male Danny is in this story and it's to save on confusion. Also Danni refers to Danny as Dan. She is the only one who does it and it's simply because she refers to herself as Danni, so again it's to save on confusion.

Anyway please enjoy the chapter!

Overall Summary

A glimpse into the McDanni world featuring lots of romance, drama, and gun fights, babies and a whole lot more. Based on the A/U Danni world.

Chapter Summary

Kono Kalakaua sighed, dropping her pen onto the surface of her desk and glanced down at her watch, her face falling into a frown as she saw it was only ten in the morning.

Overall Romance

A hell of a lot but always with Steve and Danni ending up together…. It's better to look at the chapter romance to gather which one is which…

Chapter Romance

Steve McGarrett/Danielle Richardson (McDanni)

Other note

I really love the team especially Kono so there is a lot of Danni and Kono friendship moments in this snippet!

Other, other note

Plenty of Ohana moments… just maybe not the Ohana moments you were expecting. Also I don't have a beta so I apologise for any mistakes I make, these are not intention.

Saga

The Brain Squad Saga

Snippet number Fourteen

Kono Kalakaua sighed, dropping her pen onto the surface of her desk and glanced down at her watch, her face falling into a frown as she saw it was only ten in the morning. They didn't have a new case which meant that their boss Steve McGarrett expected them to get all their reports for the week, written and signed off. God why did it have to be on a Friday? Fridays should go fast not drag.

She leaned back in her chair and glanced out of her glass window in time to see Danielle Richardson walking past, a preoccupied look on her face as though she was lost in her thoughts. Kono glanced once at her half written reports before she came to her feet with a bound, heading round her desk and out of the office, her gaze intent on Danielle as the older woman disappeared through the doorway which led to their kitchen.

She pushed open the door quietly and stood there watching for a moment as Danielle rinsed out her mug, humming quietly to herself though Kono couldn't quite hear her well enough to be able to guess the song choice. Instead she glanced down at what the other woman was wearing and smirked, shaking her head. There was no doubt about it that Danielle was the fashion plate of 50. Kono didn't realise before working with the other woman that there were some people who dressed up for work. She had assumed that everyone dressed as she did, in combats trousers or jeans with a simple top but that clearly hadn't been the case. Jenna Kaye, the other woman in the office tended to wear shirts with either trousers or skirts like a female Danny Williams while Danielle tended to wear dresses, or skirts with pretty tops. On the rare occasion she did wear jeans she somehow made them look glamorous.

If Kono didn't like the other woman so much then she might have easily hated her.

It looked as though Danielle had definitely decided to dress up that day smartly in a navy blue V-neck lace dress that suited her pale skin and made her eyes look silver and her long blond hair somehow look lighter in colour. She finished off the outfit with a simple pair of navy blue high heels.

"So Danni" She commented, announcing herself in her usual manner. "What exactly are you doing for the weekend? Have you any plans for tomorrow because if not I was thinking we could hang out together, nothing major or anything. Just some early morning surfing followed by lunch, then shopping and then if we still have the energy for it, dinner. Just the two of us, what do you think? Good idea?"

Danielle glanced up from stirring her coffee in her mug and glanced at her, a warm, welcoming smile on her face.

"That sounds nice" She said "But I've already got plans for tomorrow K. I'm sorry, maybe another time?" She suggested, reaching up and brushing a stray bit of hair away from her eyes. For a moment Kono found herself wondering just how long Danielle's hair was. The other woman had never worn it down in the office or when they had been out, preferring to have it up in a complicated style which tending to keep everything apart from a few stray hairs away from her face.

"Really?" Kono replied with an unhappy sigh, moving into the room and resting a hip against the kitchen counter top. "What are you doing instead? Are you and the boss man going out and doing something together again?" She queried.

"What? No nothing like that at all. I mean why would you think that in the first place?" Danielle demanded, sounding flustered as she wrinkled her nose up in a way which Kono knew meant that the blonde was feeling uncomfortable. The fact that her pale cheeks suddenly turned a bright rosy pink also pointed to the fact that she was embarrassed, it was almost sweet.

"It's just a question" Kono replied innocently reaching out and patting Danielle's slim shoulder. "I mean it's no secret that you and Steve have gone out together alone a few times recently. I mean that's what Steve has said anyway. He's not lying is he?"

"Lying? Steve? No, no he's not he…"

"Exactly" Kono interrupted. "I mean I overheard him telling Danny that he took you to a Mexican restaurant on the island last Sunday. Was it good?"

"Yes" Danielle replied reluctantly after a pause. "The food was lovely, especially their nachos."

"We should all go there some time" Kono said pointedly before reverting back to her previous line of questioning. "So are you and Steve doing something tomorrow?"

"No" Danielle answered. "I'm not sure what Steve is doing but he doesn't have any plans with me" Kono nodded, trying unsuccessfully to hide her smile, something Danielle picked up on if the sudden annoyed huff she made was anything to go by. "You know going out alone with Steve isn't a big deal" She stated "I go out alone with everyone. I go out alone with you. I go out alone with Dan, I go out alone with Chin, with Jack, with Riley, with Jenna. Hell I've even been out alone with Toast. They aren't dates Kono, they are just two people hanging out together. Steve wanted to try the restaurant and Dan wasn't interested in going so he asked me instead. I was free so I said yes. That's all"

"Okay" Kono said soothingly. She wondered if Danielle would still think it wasn't a date if she knew that Danny had been desperate to try out that restaurant and had ripped Steve a new one for not inviting Danny and his seven year old daughter Grace to go with them. Somehow she had the feeling that Steve hadn't told the blonde about that. She changed the subject from Steve, sensing that Danielle was beginning to get annoyed with the topic. "So you actually go out alone with everyone. What do you do with everyone? Or is it always different"

Danielle seemed to consider her question thoughtfully, blowing on her coffee before she took a slight sip of it.

"Lots of things" She said with an elegant looking shrug. "I go round Dan's house to watch ice hockey games with him because we're both a fan of the sport. He cooks or gets a takeaway in and we have a few drinks, Sometimes Steve comes as well. A lot of the time Meka is there and other times Gracie is allowed to stay up and watch it with us" Danielle said with a warm smile, clearly thinking of Grace. "Other times it is just the two of us. You know you should come sometime as well. Even if you're not a big fan of the sport. Dan's homemade pizza and dips are to die for."

"I didn't even know that Danny-boy cooked" Kono said in surprise. "I helped move him once and he had paper plates and everything." Danielle gave her a surprised look.

"He had plates and everything when I was there. He must have bought some since then" Kono nodded.

"I had no idea you and Danny hung out together. I thought that he only hung out with Steve" Danielle gave a surprised laugh.

"Dan?" She said shaking her head. "Dan is always out. I've seen him out and about. He hangs out a lot with Chin and Jack. Definitely Jack, the two of them get on really well like I'd go as far to say that Jack is Dan's second best friend. I know he gets on well with Toast so they have like computer games competitions and stuff and he really likes Riley as well. They hang out together but I don't know what they do. Doesn't he go surfing with you?" Danielle questioned causing Kono to nod with a grin.

"He certainly does" She said proudly "He asked me to teach him because he wanted to do it with his monkey. He's not half bad you know. We do it once every two weeks or something." Danielle nodded.

"So he's said" She commented, taking another sip of her drink. For a moment Kono thought the other woman was going to go but instead she moved to the table in the middle of the room, sitting on one of the comfortable chair and looking at Kono. Kono glanced around her, grabbing a mug and quickly made herself a coffee joining Danielle at the table.

"So does Steve know you and Danny hang out together?" She asked, Danielle nodded shooting her a thoughtful look.

"Of course he does" She said as though it was the world's most obvious answer. "I told you that sometimes he's there with us. Not often though because he's not a fan of the sport but even when he's not there, he's often texting."

"Texting Danny?" Kono pressed lightly, unsurprised when Danielle shook her head.

"Texting me" She confirmed "Normally asking about Dan and stuff and what we're doing and asking if I'm having fun. I guess it's because Dan turns his mobile off during the games, well except when Gracie isn't there and he gets bored."

Kono wanted to smack her head against the table. Considering how intelligent the woman opposite her was, she wasn't half thick when it came to Steve and his feelings. Everyone else in the office could see that Steve was in love with Danielle, however Danielle for some reason didn't see it, or was refusing to see it. Steve wasn't texting because he was bored and Danny was unavailable. He was texting because he saw Danielle as his woman and was jealous that she was hanging out with another man without him there, even if that said other man was his best friend and partner.

Still it wasn't her place to say anything, mainly because Steve would kill her if she did and she was pretty sure she couldn't take their boss in a fight yet.

"I can't believe I didn't know you hung out individually with everyone. I thought it was only a few of us you did it with" Danielle laughed at the look on Kono's face.

"Don't worry K, you and J are still my best friends on the team, no one is replacing that" She assured the other woman.

"Good" She said with a nod. "What about you and Chin then, what do the two of you do?"

"It's me. Chin and Malia" Danielle corrected her casually, glancing up from her coffee. "They take me to the market places and show me where I can get the best bargains on the island. Other than that we tend to have dinner but we'll cook for each other. I'll go round to theirs one week and then the week after they have to come to mine. The only rule is that you have to eat what is given so I've had plenty of vegetarian dishes from Hawaii recently and they have been gorging themselves on New Orleans food" She told her.

"That sounds really nice, Where's my invite?" She demanded playfully.

"Sorry K, the rules are you have to be able to cook and Chin says you can burn water"

"Cheeky!" Kono said sounding outraged. "I can cook" Snorting when Danielle gave her a searching look which ended in a smirk.

"Chin is taking me spear fishing on Sunday while Malia is on shift. Why don't you come to that instead?" She offered

"I think I will" Kono said "You haven't lived until Cuz has taken you spear fishing and he only takes people he likes with him so you should feel honoured"

"Well that's good to know" Danielle replied.

"Does Steve go with you to Chin and Malia's occasionally?" Kono asked grinning when Danielle rolled her eyes at her.

"You've got Steve on the brain Kono" She exclaimed. "No he doesn't come to their house with me, because we're not a couple and this is me hanging out with two friends at once. I go out alone with Malia does that mean me and Malia are dating K?" She asked.

"Okay, I'm sorry" Kono said "I'm just teasing you. So you go round Dan's to hang out, you do shopping and dinner with Chin and Malia…?" Her voice trailed off as she gave Danielle a questioning look.

"You are seriously all about the questions today aren't you?" She said before she gave in. "Riley is teaching me how to surf so I see him about three times a week, once at the weekend and twice after work. J is my movie and shopping buddy so we go to the movies once a week and try and spend at least one lunchtime while we're at work out and about looking at the shops. Jack is my hiking buddy so that's once at the weekend normally when I'm not with Riley or Chin. Toast and me play video games once a week and I see my friends out of work as well."

"And Steve?"

"And Steve is Steve. We do a lot of different things together. We're swimming with Dolphins the weekend after this one in Maui"

"You're going away together just the two of you?"

"No" Danielle said shaking her head. "Me, Steve, Dan, Grace and Steve's sister Mary and her boyfriend Aaron. He wants me to meet her so he's arranged this for us all. Anyway I'll speak to Chin and find out the details of Sunday and let you know. I should get back to work" She said, glancing towards the doorway as she came to her feet. "You know what Steve is like on a Friday, he wants the reports as soon as possible."

"True" Kono said reluctantly following Danielle from the room. "What are you doing tomorrow though? You haven't actually said. Are you going surfing or hiking already?"

"No nothing like that, I'll be by myself until the evening when I'm going out with Amy, Lily and Amelia for dinner which reminds me Mia said you're invited so are you in?"

"Yeah I'm in" Kono said with a grin as she quickly glanced around the office taking everything in. Chin was talking to Riley and Jack about something just outside his office, the brain squad were hard at work over something and Steve and Danny were standing by the computer table discussing something.

"Great, I'm asking Jenna and Hazel as well so it should be a good night. I'll tell her to book you a seat at the table."

"If you're by yourself though during the day then why can't we meet?" She asked, coming to a stop. She heard Danielle sigh as she turned to face her but before she could say anything Danny spoke, clearly distracted from his conversation with Steve.

"Why can't she what Rookie?" He asked curiously, looking between the two of them, a sharp analytical look to his blue eyes which made it clear that his Detective mind was kicking into gear.

"It's nothing" Kono said "I asked Danni to go surfing with me tomorrow but she can't go so I'm trying to find out what she is doing instead. All I've got from her is the fact she'll be alone doing whatever it is she's planning on doing."

"I'm decorating okay" Danielle answered, an undercurrent of frustration to her voice. "I bought a new house last week here in Hawaii and it needs a lot of work so I'm going to be spending tomorrow at the house beginning the long, time consuming process of making it into my home. That's all, so I'll be painting and attempting DIY and praying I don't cut off my finger. That's it. There's nothing sinister about it K. I'd love to go surfing with you followed by lunch, followed by shopping followed by dinner but I can't. Well I can do the dinner part but you get my point. Happy?" She demanded before she turned away, shaking her head and muttering something about privacy.

"You know that's the closest I've seen Danni-girl to being pissed off since she started" Jack commented strolling up to them with a raised eyebrow. "What on earth did you say to her?"

"Nothing" Kono replied, looking towards him. She noticed Steve staring after the small blonde with a look of longing which swiftly disappeared as he turned to Danny.

"Danno" He said simply. Whatever Danny saw in his face made him nod.

"Got it" He replied before he looked at them. "If you have plans tomorrow I suggest you cancel them. One of our own needs us so we're going to be there for her. Does anyone know anything about DIY and decorating houses?" He demanded. There was a silence in which they looked at each other before Jack raised his hand, a half-smile on his face before he spoke.

"I'm qualified to do electrics. My Uncle was the best electrician in DC and he taught me everything he knew and gives me refresher courses on the rare time I go home. I can easily deal with the electrics in blondie's house and make them safe for her" He offered.

"Good" Danny said pointing his finger at Jack with a grin. "That is exactly the sort of thing we need, anyone else?"

"I can deal with her plumbing" Riley said with a nod "And I'm good in gardens if she has one."

"So we're all giving up our Saturday to help Danni-girl?" Kono asked looking around her and smiling when everyone nodded. "She's going to need it, I don't think she's done DIY before and the last thing any of us want is to have to visit her in hospital because she's cut off her own finger."

"No, we don't want that" Steve said, a tone to his voice which had Kono glancing towards him, trying to hide a smile. He was so obvious when it came to his feelings towards Danni that it was almost adorable to see. "She can't do it alone, or rather she probably could but she shouldn't have to. Not when we're here to help her."

"So it's sorted then" Jack said with a grin as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Chin maybe you could ask Malia if she could make that mushroom and shrimp pasta she made up for that BBQ you had last month? I mean a happy filled up worker is a better worker after all" He pointed out, sharing a grin with Danny.

"The man has a point" The other blond commented with a nod.

"She's not working tomorrow so I'll ask her but I'm not making any promises. She has Javon to look after, after all. The fact it's for Danni means that it's probably a yes though" Chin responded with a half-smile.

"Don't forget to make a vegetarian option. Danni doesn't eat fish of any kind" Steve commented.

"Well she could always pick out the shrimp part and just eat the mushroom part I mean…" Jack's voice trailed off when he caught the look Steve shot him. "Or we could make sure that there is an option which is just for Danni with no fish touching the stuff" He corrected himself, breathing a sigh of relief when Steve looked away. There were times when the boss man was just plain scary and this was one of them.

"She hasn't said yes yet" Chin pointed out sternly. "So you'll have to make sure there's a plan B as well when it comes to food"

"Shouldn't we decide what to do first?" Kono stated "I mean it's all very well discussing lunch but does anyone actually know where the new house is? Is it a large house? Is it an apartment? Is it big? Small? Nearby?" She looked around her, taking in their puzzled looks before she laughed shaking her head. "Jesus we all spend a lot of time with her and yet none of us even know where her new house is."

"Not true" Riley said "We know it's on the island and there are three person who she spends enough time with to talk about this sort of things" He told them, twisting round on the spot and nodding towards the area of the room where the brain squad were. They followed his gaze to see Danielle sitting at her computer laughing at Jenna who had perched herself on the edge of Danielle's desk, clearly talking to her if the waving hands were anything to go by. "I bet anyone of the three who are in that room would know all about Danni's house. If we can grab one of them, then we'd soon find out."

"Kono" Steve said turning to the Rookie. "Keep an eye out for the next time that Jenna leaves the room, if anyone is going to know then it will be her."

"You got it" Kono responded. Steve nodded turning to Danny.

"Do you think we should tell Danni about what we're planning on doing or keep it a surprise for her?" He asked, a slight unsure note coming to his voice.

"Keep it a surprise" Danny responded instantly. "Otherwise she might feel guilty over us all giving up our Saturday to help her out. You know what she's like, she'll feel like she owes us. Of course the last time she felt like that she did bake that gorgeous cake for us as a thank you. That girl can bake!" Danny said with a grin, patting his trim stomach.

"Do not ask her to bake you a cake Danno" Steve told him sternly before he turned to look at Kono. "Rookie, you're going to be the one responsible for her not discovering what we're planning. It's eleven now so later on go and invite her out for lunch, tell her you feel bad for upsetting her, if she finds out then I'm going to get in contact with Duke and tell him that you're training the new rookies in HPD including the one who has that crush on you" He threatened.

"You wouldn't" Kono said.

"He would" Danny whispered loudly to her.

"Okay I got it, Danni won't know a thing about what's going on, you have my word" She said holding up her hands in self-defence.

"Good" Steve said turning to look at Jack and Riley. "I want you to check to see If you've got all the right materials for tomorrow, if not then take your lunch breaks and get whatever it is you're missing then give me the bills and I'll reimburse you for it. Chin" He said turning to the older native who was watching the scene, arms crossed, with an amused look. "Can you call Malia and ask her if she can cook tomorrow, if she can't let us know so we can arrange something else." He told Chin, "I think that's it" He said with a nod turning and walking towards his office, a definite swagger to his step.

"Is he still trying to pretend he's not in love with Danni?" Jack asked when the door closed behind Steve, looking to the others.

"Indeed he is my friend" Danny responded, Jack nodded pulling a face.

"Yeah, how is that working out for him" He asked.

"Not well at all I'd say" Riley remarked quietly with a shake of his head.

"Kono, it looks like Jenna is about to leave the brain squad room. Grab her and bring her into the kitchen. Jack you're with me. Chin sneak into the brain squad room and try and keep Danni busy for a while. Riley, let Steve know what's happening and where we'll be" He said, nodding towards them before he turned and headed towards the kitchen, silently sighing.

It was definitely going to be a long day.

Author Note

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