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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"Why does it matter?" Steve asked.

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"Because you deserve nice stuff!"

Also... petting.

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Steve could get on board with the petting.

"But I don't need it."

Steven.

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"I like when your hair is soft," Danny finally just said.

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"Oh," Steve said, instantly reassessing. "If you like it."

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"I like it very much," Danny said, running his fingers through Steve's hair as he tugged him into a kiss.

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Reframing it so that it was for Danny and not Steve was a sure-fire winner. "Well, that's okay."

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"Especially when we're on the couch, watching something stupid and I can just--" He smiled, watching Steve as he ran his fingers through the hair along the nape of Steve's neck.

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Steve shivered. "I'd like that."

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"Good," Danny said, beaming at that reaction. "It's nice. Like how you put your arm over my shoulder."

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"You like that too?" Steve asked.

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"Would I lean into it if I didn't?" Danny shot back.

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"Okay, no, you wouldn't," Steve admitted. "You're pretty clear about, well. Everything."

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Which was possibly another reason why Steve latched onto him. No beating around the bush or flat out lying to him here.

"That a bad thing, babe?" Danny asked, laughing as he started the water in the shower.

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"No, just something I'm not used to in my personal life," Steve admitted.

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"Grab the towels, will ya?" Danny asked, grabbing the nice stuff to put front and center so that Steve couldn't grab his usual soap.

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Steve went to retrieve the nice towels, even! The ones that didn't come with the house after his dad died!

Progress, Danny. Slow progress.

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He was doing great! Kinda.

"I'm not gonna do something I really don't like to please you. Not without talking it over," Danny said after, thinking it over. "And I hope like hell you won't either."

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"Not something that really matters," Steve said. "Shampoo doesn't really matter."

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"Good," Danny said, ignoring the water for another kiss.

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Steve did a little bit of looming as he leaned in to kiss Danny back more thoroughly.

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"You're insufferable," Danny huffed into that kiss.

He knew what you were doing there, Steve. He knew.

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Steve laughed and reached for the shampoo. "No, I'm not."

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"You're something," he said, following Steve into the spray.

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"That I will agree about," Steve said, leaning in for another kiss.