MCA #0, Saturday Morning

[hatesparadise]

Danny had not drunk enough last night to be hungover, but he was feeling the lack of sleep at the very least. Hence, drinking coffee as he blandly looked out at the lanai and the mass of glitter that decorated it now.

Oh, and the two inflatable reindeer.

"I'm not cleaning that up," he muttered into his coffee.

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[grenadesandohana]

"Advil and two big things of Gatorade before bed," Steve said. "I should've shared."

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That eased some of the tension that Danny couldn't rightly explain to him and he huffed out a laugh. "I'm not hungover, Steve. But I guess it's good you know how to handle it."

[grenadesandohana]

"It is one of the first things I learned at the Academy," Steve admitted with a slightly rueful chuckle. "Never show up to morning PT hungover."

Not that he'd gotten drunk then. He was far too much of a rule-follower at 18, but he'd absorbed the knowledge of how to avoid the headaches like a sponge.

[hatesparadise]

A rule-follower who was searching for a place to belong and people to belong to. That made sense to Danny.

"Yeah, I got most of my binge drinking days out a while back. I'm good to never do it again."

Mostly during the divorce, really.

[grenadesandohana]

"Did you have any fun last night?" Steve asked.

[hatesparadise]

Was Steve trying to interrogate him?

"Once the cattle prod was put away, yes I did."

[grenadesandohana]

"In my defense, I didn't know I was getting a cattle prod," Steve said.

[hatesparadise]

"Yeah, there's a reason I double-check your procurement requests back home." Ever since the first grenade incident.

But hey, Danny was relaxing a little more, even if he was still a little off from normal.

Maybe he just needed a normal weekend to feel better.

[grenadesandohana]

"Am I getting it back?" Steve asked.

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"Like you're not going to dig it out the moment I leave the apartment," Danny countered.

[grenadesandohana]

"Well, you'd notice," Steve said. "I'd rather you just give it back."

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Which was weirdly non-controlling for Steve.

"Explain to me why you need a cattle prod, Steven."

[grenadesandohana]

"Maybe we'll run into some cattle, Daniel," Steve said.

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Danny just sighed and looked up at the ceiling out of abject frustration with his life at the moment. "Maybe we'll run into some cattle," he repeated. "Sure. Why not?"

[grenadesandohana]

"When the inflatable reindeer come to life, don't come crying to me about how you wish you'd given me back my cattle prod, okay," Steve said.

[hatesparadise]

"It's in my bedroom. Knock yourself out," Danny said, rubbing his eyes like it would help.

He was pretty sure Steve wouldn't sneak in there while he was sleeping, so it seemed like the safest place for it.

[grenadesandohana]

Of course he wouldn't sneak in there! That would be creepy and inappropriate and he would only do it when absolutely necessary.

Like when he had nightmares of Danny being hurt.

"I'll be right back," Steve said with a pleased little smile, already planning for a better place to stash the cattle prod.

[hatesparadise]

Something he'd only done maybe once a week, right? But no more than that, so it was fine.

Yeah, Danny was already texting his therapist for a session tomorrow before Steve was even out of the room.

[grenadesandohana]

Completely normal roommate behavior!

Steve returned with his cattle prod and a bright smile on his face.

[hatesparadise]

"The level of happiness you have over deadly weapons isn't right," Danny muttered, pocketing his phone.

[grenadesandohana]

"I find happiness in many things," Steve said, sitting back down. "Only half of them are pointy."

[hatesparadise]

"And the other half are explosive?" Danny guessed, shifting away from the cattle prod.

[grenadesandohana]

"The beach is in there somewhere too," Steve said.

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Danny hummed in vague amusement at Steve's general Steveness. It was kind of soothing in a weird way.

"The beach. Of course. However could I forget that one."

[grenadesandohana]

"And surfing," Steve added helpfully.