MCA #0, Saturday Post-Hole

[hatesparadise]

Steve had basically shoved Danny into going home to shower and change his clothes while he supervised the rest of the evacuation. Which Danny didn't fight him too hard on.

Because a shower? That sounded amazing.

Which was why he spent way too long in there before finally coming out to find the most comfortable clothing he could find to go sit outside on the lanai to just enjoy being able to see the sun again.

[for the partner!]

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[grenadesandohana]

Steve hoped that Danny focused on the shower and not on how insanely clean the place was aside from the grenades stacked by size and purpose on the coffee table.

"Danno?" he called, coming in. "Where are you?"

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"Lanai!" Danny called back.

He was ignoring the grenades for his own sanity, really.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve retrieved two beers from the fridge and padded outside. He needed a shower, too, but he needed to see Danny much more.

[hatesparadise]

Danny let out a relieved sigh to see him again, scooting over in his chair because personal space was for suckers and he knew Steve, okay? He knew him.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve would have sat with him even if Danny had balancing on a folding chair. That's where he was right now. "Thought you might like one that's cold," he said, handing the beer over.

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"You need a shower too," Danny said, even as he leaned into Steve while taking that beer.

[grenadesandohana]

"Yeah, I know," he said, wrapping his free arm around Danny and pulling him in. "In a sec."

[hatesparadise]

Yeah, Danny completely ignored the beer in favor of relaxing against him. It was just ridiculous how much he missed being around Steve.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve let out a breath it'd felt like he'd been holding for weeks and tightened his arms around Danny.

Breathing might start being a problem soon.

[hatesparadise]

Just a little bit.

But for right now? Danny was just gonna enjoy it. Don't tell anyone. He sighed and rested his head against Steve's shoulder. "Christ, I missed you."

[grenadesandohana]

"Was it bad?" Steve asked.

He'd spun out some really awful scenarios in his head.

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"Not the way you're thinkin'," Danny replied, taking a long sip of his beer now.

[grenadesandohana]

"How do you know what I'm thinking?" Steve teased, and God, it felt good to tease.

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"I know you," Danny said dryly, tilting his head to give Steve a fond look.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve gave him a rueful smile back. "Fair enough. What was it like?"

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"Boring," Danny replied. "Like being stuck in prison with our neighbors."t

[grenadesandohana]

"Well, Rey and Silver are okay," Steve said with a little smile. "So no injuries or anything?"

[hatesparadise]

"No injuries," Danny replied. "I woulda gone to the clinic before getting here."

Did he need to bring up the grenade piles now or after?

[grenadesandohana]

Or never? Steve would vastly prefer never.

"Oh," Steve said, as that would have honestly not occurred to him to do if he was injured. "I got a rabies booster there this week."

Very normal, very sane.

[hatesparadise]

"...what." Steve. What.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve took a very long sip of his beer. "There were a lot of raccoons to talk to," he said. "Some of them got violent."

It was very up there on the stupidest things he'd ever said.

[hatesparadise]

"...well, it's good that you did the booster then," Danny decided on.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve sighed, staring out at nothing. "It was a very, very long couple of weeks."

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"Yeah," Danny agreed. "Yeah."

A very long, ridiculous, terrible few weeks.

"I need you to shower and change into something you can stay in for a good 24 hours because I don't wanna move from here."

And that plan apparently involved Steve.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve blew out another breath. "Yeah. Back in five."

He carefully dislodged himself from Danny and went back into the apartment, texting for pizza delivery.