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Season 1, Episode 2.
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Unable to sleep Steve got up with the sun, threw on a pair of board shorts and walked out to the ocean. He did laps until his legs, arms and lungs ached and allowed the waves to float him back to the shore. He quickly showered off and threw on clean clothes before sitting down with his fathers toolbox.
He quickly was lost in his fathers voice, listening to the beginning over and over...his dad was proud of him. Losing his mother was unbearable...giving up him and his sister broke him. He always seemed so sure, always had the answers.
After Danny dropped off Grace at school he swung by and picked up some malsadas and went straight to Steve's. He saw the man through the window, head in his hands at the table with that red toolbox and Danny wondered if he had slept at all that weekend.
He let himself in and stood listening to the recorder for a couple seconds before walking into the room. "What is it with you walking into other peoples houses?" Steve barked as he was startled out of his own thoughts.
"I knocked."
"I didn't hear you knock."
"I did. I knocked, I saw you through the window and I thought you nodded." Danny knew he didn't nod, that he was too lost in his fathers memories to even hear him walk into the house.
"Didnt nod." Steve said packing up the toolbox.
"Would you like me to leave?" Danny asked sarcastically.
"Depends. What's in the bag?"
"Those donut looking things they sell at the bakery around the block."
"Malsadas?"
"Yeah, Whatever." Danny said pulling one out. "They are fried and they taste good." He held out the bag to his partner, "You want one?"
"Not without bypass surgery." He said with a smirk. "And you can stay...just don't eat near my stuff."
"Can I have a napkin?" Danny said, mouth full.
"Yeah." Steve said looking and him with curiosity.
"What was that look?" Danny asked Taking the napkin. "They teach you not to spill in the Army?"
"It's the Navy, okay? The Navy." He shook his head, "And it's not the spill...it's the tie. No one in Hawaii wears a tie."
"Oh, I'm sorry I like to look like a professional."
"Professional What?"
"Okay. I like this tie,this is my favorite tie. My Grace gave me this tie for Fathers Day...oh and also, so you know, back in Jersey and every normal city in this country, this is what a detective looks like."
"Really?"
"Yeah, really."
"Yeah? Shirt, tie and donut crumbs? You missed a spot." Steve smiled. "You're never going to fit in here, looking like you're from the mainland."
"I don't wanna look like I fit it...I wanna look like I'm from the mainland. Okay? I've got 87 homicide cases under my belt looking like this."
"Not in 110 degree weather." Steve said looking at him. "I'm just saying."
"I'm not taking off the tie."
"Fine."
"So Leave it alone."
"Okay."
"Okay? You wanna discuss my shoes?"
"Well now that you mention it, patent leather loafers?"
"Will you do me a favor, please? Just let it go." Steve nodded and sat down next to Danny. "That's your Dads stuff."
"Yeah." Steve answered with glossy eyes.
"You getting anything from it?"
"More questions than answers." He looked over to Danny, "Talk to the Coast Guard?"
"Yeah." Danny answered, "They didn't find Victor Hesses body yet." When he saw the panicked look in Steve's eye he continued, "That doesn't mean they won't."
"What if he's alive?"
"You emptied a mag into the guy. He's fish food. Shepherd knows this is the guy that killed your father. He's got crews on it 24/7. They will find the body." Danny told him as Steve's phone rang ending their conversation.
When Steve walked to the driver side of the Camero, Danny tossed him the keys, he knew the island inside and out so it made sense he drove to wherever the governor was sending them.
On the drive Steve rattled off everything the governor had told him in freakishly sharp detail. He was in control, focused, on a mission. He had blinked and his walls were immediately back up. This was not about him, this was a job for his task force.
Working the scene, Steve partnered himself with Danny and had Chin work with his Cousin. Divided, Steve knew he could trust Danny with his life. He knew he could trust Chin with the job...and he knew The cousins would without a doubt have each others back.
The ease they had working together was magical. When one went left the other went right, they worked as if they had been together for years. It wasn't until they were on the roof of the Kahiko hotel with Steve dangling the suspect over the edge of the building that the difference in techniques became apparent.
When the two were back in the car the ranting made an almost immediate return. "Is everything going to become a personal mission for you? Hang a guy off a roof because you lost your Father?" Danny knew it was a low blow but he needed something to get through.
"Danny you know what?" Steve answered with an altered tone.
"No. no. No. I swear to God, I just want to know. I wanna know because if everything is gonna become a personal mission to you, okay. I count my odds at job security, not to mention survival, pretty slim. Okay, we are partners. So if you are going to be the shoot first and ask questions later kind of guy, I would at least like to be consulted so I know when to duck."
"Okay." Steve answered with a grin.
"Okay." Danny smiled back.
"Just for the record, I wasn't going to kill him." Steve told him with a smirk.
"Well that's good."
"And just because I lost my Dad does not mean every case is about him." He tried to explain.
"You have issues." Danny said studying his partner.
"And you don't?"
"Mine aren't quite so obvious." Danny told him, not denying his issues that were hidden just below the surface.
"Didn't ask you to stay." Steve said quietly as he looked away.
"You won't ever need to Steven." Danny assured him, that was not at all what this was about.
"Then why bring it up?"
"I didn't."
"Then what...?"
"You didn't hear me come in this morning...I watched you...uh, you were listening to your Fathers recording...you were...and then you freaking go and hang a man off a roof..."
"I wasn't going to kill him."
"I don't want you to get yourself killed either."
"I won't. I've got backup." Steve smiled to Danny. "How did Grace like the dolphins?" He said, quickly changing the subject.
"I wont ever understand what you guys like about the ocean and those giant fish...she kissed a fish."
"She got to kiss the dolphin?"
"Yes. My daughter kissed a fish. She has no fear...just jumped right in the pool and let herself get drug around by a giant fish."
"They are trained Danny...besides, she loved it. Didn't you go in with her?"
"I sat on the edge." He said crossing his arms.
"You do no how to swim don't you?"
"Yes Steven, I do know how to swim thank you very much."
Later that night, after they finished their case, after they surprised Kono with her own special task force version of the graduation she had missed the four of them were sitting on the beach at Steve's house watching the waves roll in by the moonlight. The night had started out with a lot of joking and laughing but now the four were near silent as they contemplated the week.
Going through the things that they did on the job, just in the last week, let alone the unforeseen cases they were sure to face in the future. They could die at any moment. They could lose a partner. They could lose their family. They would have to do things that none of them ever in a million years would want to do under normal circumstances. It bonded them, and it was the kind of bond that no one outside of that bond could ever possibly understand.
"Thanks for saving me today." Kono said looking from her cousin to Danny and Steve. "One hell of a way to start my career."
"Shouldnt have let it get that far." Steve said looking down at his hands. "You can certainly hold your own though. It was impressive."
"She's had to kick a lot of ass over the years." Chin smiled to his younger cousin.
"Getting kidnapped sucks." Danny said looking over at Kono. "If you need to talk to someone about anything...I think it is safe to say you can come to any of us."
"You've been abducted?" Kono asked him.
Looking directly at Steve, "Yes. And not by aliens." Steve gave a slight nod, he knew he would hear the story eventually.
"Like today?" Kono asked again.
"No. Was just my Partner and I." Danny answered looking down at his hands, fighting the tears that he felt in his eyes.
"It's getting late." Chin said looking between Danny and Steve. "I'll give you a ride home Cuz." Chin said standing up and putting a hand on Danny's shoulder.
Steve stood up and gave Kono a side hug, "See you guys."
Kono rustled Danny's hair, "Night Jersey." When he barely nodded she gave a sad smile to Steve before Chin put his arm around her and led her off the beach and to his car.
Steve sat back down, shoulder to shoulder with Danny, "You want to talk about it?" He asked gently.
"No." Danny said using the back of his hand to wipe his eyes.
"Danno." Steve said making Danny look at him, "Grace wouldn't want you to keep things from your Partner now would she?" Danny choked back a sob before standing up and throwing his empty beer bottle at the ocean. Steve got up and walked over next to him, "I don't care when Danny...but when you are ready you will tell me." Steve said putting his hand on Danny's shoulder. "Come on, lets call it a night."
Danny turned around and looked at Steve with tears in his eyes, "Sneeks up sometimes."
"Tonight I've got your back." He said leading Danny through the backdoor.
Danny plopped down in the middle of the couch and put his arm over his eyes as he leaned back, he hated that he wore his emotions on his sleeve like he did. Danny felt Steve sit down on the couch next to him and felt him put his arm around the back of the couch behind his head and Danny leaned into him. "I miss Grace." He said after taking a long deep breath.
"When do you see her again?" Steve asked.
"Huh?" Danny asked confused for a second, "Oh I uh...I get Gracie after school tomorrow."
"Grace and Gracie..." Steve contemplated out loud, putting his hand on Danny's head and holding it against him, "Don't have to explain Danno."
"I...you...uh...thanks." Danny said quietly as he felt Steve lean his head down against his.
Steve knew that sleeping with ones partner was not normal for Danny, it was however completely normal for him. When you are out on a mission you take turns, leaning into each other, keeping each other warm...being able to feel even the slightest movement in the case of danger. This time the threats were memories locked away in each of their minds. "Night Danno." Steve whispered as he felt the smaller man relax into his side.