Doki Toki Dessert Shop - Gaithersburg, MD - Thursday Afternoon

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It was hot out. And it wasn't the Hawaii hot, it was the kind of hot that Danny had definitely willfully forgotten about back in New Jersey.

Which was why he was more than willing to let Steve talk him into traveling way too far to get ice cream on the mainland as a sort of date night. While trying desperately to not melt the entire time.

"I can't believe I'm saying that I miss the summer in Hawaii," he grumbled as they got to the shop.

[for the guy!]

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"Because our return will traumatize the workers here," Danny replied.

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"They're not going to remember us," Steve decided.

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"I assure you, they are," Danny said, gesturing at the body.

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"Oh, him, they'll remember," Steve agreed.

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"And us, the people who found him," Danny replied.

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"Well," Steve said. "Maybe."

Definitely.

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"Not everyone is able to repress trauma, you know." Danny? Bad at it.

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"They should probably work on it," Steve "Definitely Fine" McGarrett said, nodding.

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"Uh huh." HE SAID THIS WITH JUDGEMENTAL LOVE.

[grenadesandohana]

THAT WAS THE KIND STEVE KNEW.

He beamed at him.

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Danny sighed at him in that way that said 'thank God you're pretty'.

That happened as the EMTs turned their victim over to show a pen jammed into the guy's chest. But curiously, no blood.

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"Oooh," Steve said, looking interested in the proceedings. "Neat."

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"Professionally," Danny filled in as they assembled group turned to look at them for it.

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"Of course professionally," Steve said. "Not 'yay dead bodies.' That would be strange."

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"The detectives will want to interview you two," their beat cop friend said, looking a little squeamish.

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"They generally do," Steve admitted.

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"He'll behave," Danny promised. And by 'behave' he meant they'd end up borderline stealing the investigation.

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"Define behave," Steve said.

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"Steven."

Oh, they were stealing this case. But they couldn't just say it.

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Steve smiled at him. "Oh, like that. All right."

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"So, we'll find the detectives outside?" Danny suggested, already heading for the door. Because no one could do bossy professional courtesy like Daniel Williams.

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Steve followed in Danny's wake, an expert on ignoring befuddled looks of law enforcement.

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"They following us?" Danny asked, not looking back as he instead looked around for wherever the security cameras in this place were feeding back to.

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"Nope," Steve said with a little snicker. "Don't want the work."

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"It's a nice area, maybe they don't get many of these." Unlike the episodic nature of all their cases.