MCA #0, Sunday Morning

[hatesparadise]

Well. Steve's dad was here. And it wasn't weird at all.

And Danny wasn't at all both saddened and relieved to not have Matty or Grace or even Meka show up for him. Not at all. Don't be silly.

He was just gonna do the sane thing and sublimate his feelings by making breakfast for Steve and his guest until things went back to normal. Which would hopefully happen tomorrow. But, for now, there would be pancakes. With bananas and chocolate chips to make Steve smile like a goofball.

[For the two there!]

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[hatesparadise]

"Got lots of practice," Danny agreed, picking up his own coffee so he could get a sip in before getting to work. "My daughter's favorite."

[hawaii_5ohana]

"You have kids?" He didn't see any sign of them in the apartment, at least.

Also a sign that... well. Just a sign for other things going on here.

[grenadesandohana]

"Grace is back in Honolulu with her mother," Steve said. "She and Danny split custody."

[hatesparadise]

"She's twelve now," Danny said, stirring up batter. "Twelve, going on eighteen."

[hawaii_5ohana]

Which wasn't too far off from the age Mary was when everything happened.

Which was why John smiled,without it reaching his eyes and nodded. "It's good that you're involved with her. Steve too...?"

[grenadesandohana]

"Now and then," Steve said. "She likes our beach."

[hatesparadise]

"The whole team is great with her," Danny said, watching them both out of the corner of his eye. "She adopted that whole Hawaiian auntie/uncle thing right away."

[hawaii_5ohana]

"Ohana," John corrected for Steve, taking his coffee gladly. Anything to distract himself. "It was always a good beach for kids."

[grenadesandohana]

Steve smiled. "Good waves for beginners' surfing, too."

[hatesparadise]

"Ah, that's for Kono to teach her," Danny said before Steve could get his hopes up.

[hawaii_5ohana]

John sipped his coffee, looking from his son to this man and back again. "Steve was always very good in the water with his sister."

[grenadesandohana]

"And that was before I could hold my breath for more than three minutes," Steve said, stealing a pancake right off the griddle.

[hatesparadise]

Danny smacked his hand with the spatula for that. "You burn your hand and see who cares about it!"

[hawaii_5ohana]

This was a weirdly domestic scene for John to be in. It wasn't bad, but...

You know.

"What brought you boys here?"

[grenadesandohana]

Steve talked through a mouthful of ill-gotten pancake because any manners he'd been taught had been stripped away by too many years with dude who didn't care.

"Island just kinda yanked us here," he said. "Sometimes Danny can't even leave."

[hatesparadise]

"It's ridiculous," Danny muttered, shooting Steve a disgusted look. "Great manners there."

[hawaii_5ohana]

"That sure sounds like... something." Then again, he was here as a sort of zombie.

[grenadesandohana]

"You get used to it," Steve said. "When we go back to Hawai'i, time's been frozen so no one even misses us."

[hatesparadise]

"Better than the alternative, " Danny agreed, getting a plate for John since Steve went and stole a pancake already.

[hawaii_5ohana]

"Banana chocolate chip?" Steve's favorite growing up. That much he remembered from the good times.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve was beaming at Danny. "The best kind."

[hatesparadise]

Danny couldn't help but shoot Steve an amused, fond glance at that as he offered over Steve's plate next. "Your disgusting coconut syrup is in the fridge."

[hawaii_5ohana]

Yeah, don't mind how John was sort of openly staring at Steve at that. Doooooon't mind it at all.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve was aggressively not minding it as he headed for the fridge. "You mispronounced 'amazing' again, Daniel."

[hatesparadise]

"I did nothing of the sort, Steven," Danny countered, working on his own pancakes now.