McGarrett House, Honolulu, HI - Friday

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Yesterday was Steve's first holiday with the extended Williams clan in New Jersey and the only reason he wasn't dead was probably because Charlie was also there to split the attention of everyone. At least that was Danny's assumption.

But they were back in Hawaii now and the kids back with Rachel. Well. Charlie was. Grace had immediately run off to spend the day with her friends at a mall somewhere.

"You good, babe? Need a hand?"

He was just being a jerk to poor, traumatized Steve.

[for the guy!]

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"What's even in turkey tetrazzini?" Steve asked, trying to open the fridge while balancing a plastic container some aunt of Danny's had forced onto him on their way out the door.

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"Turkey. A ton of cheese. Pasta." He was just really making it worse for Steve. All the fat and carbs possible.

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Steve made a little face. "Think Rachel wants it for the kids tonight?" he asked hopefully.

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"You want to give my ex-wife some food that is very clearly from my family," Danny replied dryly.

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"Well, when you put it like that, it seems less like a good idea," Steve said.

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"Plus, you're too skinny to be giving food away, Danny teased ruthlessly.

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"I'm developing a twitch every time I hear that phrase," Steve complained. "First it was nice to see me, then it was how handsome I am, and then it was shoving a carb into my hand."

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"But they kept the idiot cousins away from you," Danny replied.

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"By the end of the night I had enough bread rolls to defend myself with," Steve said with a laugh. "I left the cousins to you."

Like a good partner!

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"I didn't deck anyone for asking who's the girl," Danny said, clearly expecting accolades.

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"Good job," Steve said with a grin. "Have some turkey tetrazzini."

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"I'll have a coffee instead, thanks."

It was a long holiday.

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"We probably have coffee," Steve said, putting the turkey thing into the fridge and hoping that it didn't turn into a science experiment when he finally remembered it again.

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Oh, like Danny would allow that.

"No butter!"

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"Why do you hate joy like that, Danno?" Steve asked.

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Danny oh so sweetly flipped him off as he went to change into some more comfortable close. The weather difference from here and New Jersey/Maryland was gonna end up giving him a cold.

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"Put on your boardies," Steve said, "and we'll go surfing."

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"A Thanksgiving classic," Danny drawled, even as he went to go do just that. They could work off some of the carbs they ate yesterday.

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It was surfing or hiking, and surfing didn't involve getting into the truck. Steve had had enough of tight spaces for a bit.

"Then we can come back and have turkey congee," Steve said like that was also tradition. (Here it was.)

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"We got tetrazzini in the fridge!" Danny insisted.

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"But congee is lighter!" Steve countered.

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"It's rice!"

Now, you offer him garlic shrimp...

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"It's soup! Soup is good after sixteen types of pasta!"

Well, maybe not exactly 16, but still.

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"You insulting my heritage there, McGarrett?"

You jerk.

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"No, I'm saying I'm afraid I'm gonna turn into a breadstick," Steve said.