Fic: A Special Addition [Hawaii Five-0: Steve/Danny, NC-17]
Title: A Special Addition
Chapter: 4
Author: basket_ofposies
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Pairing: Steve/Danny
Rating: Overall: NC-17 // Chapter Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: Danny was with child-only in this pineapple-infested hellhole could this happen.
Spoilers: None.
Warnings: MPreg
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Previous Chapters: One. Two. Three.
The next day, Danny decided it was best to let everyone know about their barbecue via text message. He and Steve came up with the wording together and sent it from Danny’s phone.
Danny was pretty sure that was the biggest mistake he’d ever made thus far.
They had sent the text when they got to HQ around nine. Danny’s phone hadn’t stopped vibrating since. Rachel wanted to know what she should bring and then went on to continue texting him until she was sure she was bringing the right things. Kamekona asked what kind of food there would be and if he could sell shave ice. Chin texted back saying that he was in the office right next to them and they could have just walked over to tell him. Kono kept sending variations of the same text constantly: “What’s the news??????????”
At one point, Danny’s frustration hit a peak-he blamed the hormones for this-and he threw his phone at the door in hopes it would shatter and never vibrate again. Unfortunately, Steve had walked in before the phone could make impact with the door and now he was sporting a phone shaped bruise on his chest.
“Didn’t your mom teach you not to throw expensive electronics?” Steve scolded teasingly as he tossed the phone into the air, watching as it flipped before it landed in his hand again.
Danny huffed and grabbed the phone out of the other man’s hand. “They won’t stop texting me,” he muttered and opened a new text from Kamekona telling him all the flavors he could bring with him. “I tried putting it on silent, but then I checked and I had ten unread messages, with another five by the time I answered the original ones. It’s as if these people don’t have lives! What are they doing with themselves? Does the working man no longer exist?”
“The world’s still got you,” Steve appeased and nodded towards the door. “Now, c’mon and do your job. We’ve got a witness to hunt down.”
“You’re letting me leave this office? Oh, sweet Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The dictator has allowed his peasant to breathe the same air as him. I am overjoyed, babe. I actually get to do what you pay me for!” Danny rambled on as the two of them left Headquarters and headed towards the Camaro.
“One condition,” Steve added and Danny groaned. “You do not get shot, hit, stabbed tackled, kicked, or harmed in any manner.”
Danny stared at him in disbelief for a moment before voicing his opinion on the matter. “Are you aware of who my partner is? Are you? Have you met yourself, Steve? Because I have and since I’ve met you, I’ve been shot three times, stabbed twice, and gotten in fights more times than I can count. Are you really telling me to avoid those situations? A physical injury is basically mandatory anytime I’m your back-up. So, think carefully, Steve, do you really think I’ll avoid all of those things? Because, really, if you don’t, just let me out of the car right now and I’ll go back to my nice air-conditioned office.”
Steve sat there for a moment, his eyes set on the steering wheel as he thought it over.
Danny was right.
“Okay, out you go. Tell Chin to come down.”
Danny’s hands sliced through the air as a scoff of incredulity came from his throat. “Are you-” he motioned with his arms again and huffed, but Steve just stared at him expectantly, an edge in his eyes. “You’re serious. You’re fucking serious.”
“I don’t want you hurt,” Steve explained, his voice leaving no room for argument, but that never stopped Danny before.
“Drive, Steven,” Danny ordered and slouched in his seat, his arms crossed in anger. When Steve didn’t make a move and just continued to stare at him, Danny turned his head and tilted it towards the road, his eyebrows raised up as if to ask what he was waiting for. They stayed in a staring competition until Steve sighed and started the car. Danny smirked victoriously.
The day carried on in a similar fashion, with Danny and Steve bickering, accented by Danny’s mood swings at times. Chin and Kono would quickly clear the area when the two of them got into tiffs (though Kono lingered around closer than Chin in hopes that she’d see Danny really go Jersey on Steve’s ass.)
The rest of the week went by in similar, though muted, tone. Danny’s mood swings became more frequent, not enough to instill fear in the others, but enough for even Steve to be cautious when he came up to Danny.
Once, Chin came in to ask about some notes Danny had written down, and Danny had snapped and told him that if he really wanted to know he could hunt the witness down himself and ask. Chin had just raised an eyebrow at him and left his office to try and decode Danny’s handwriting.
Another time, Steve walked in to find Danny crying softly as he watched a video of kittens that Grace had emailed him.
To say the team was walking on eggshells around him by the end of the week was putting it mildly. They wrap the case up on Thursday so Steve gives everyone Friday off-to celebrate a job well done and to get a break from Danny before the barbecue.
Unfortunately, that meant Steve had to deal with the wrath that was Danny alone until they picked Grace up from school at three. Steve should have known it was going to be a bad day when Danny’s phone rang and woke the blonde up as Steve was getting dressed after his morning swim and shower.
“Hello?” Danny grunted into the phone, still too tired to even make anger evident in his tone.
“Hello, Mr. Williams, it’s Dr. Akana.”
“Oh, hello. Is something wrong?” Danny sounded more awake now and sat up in bed, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as he listened.
“No, no, nothing’s wrong, but I was looking over your file and I noticed something odd that I didn’t see when we met.”
“...oh?”
“Yes, after closely examining the sonograms and looking at the heartbeat charts, I noticed something was off. You’re not just pregnant with one child. You’re having twins! Hopefully we’ll see more clearly when you come in next week.” She sounded truly excited for him, but Danny wasn’t sharing in that excitement.
“Oh, um, thanks Doc. I’ll, uh… thanks.” Danny knew it was rude but he hung up the phone and tossed it to the foot of the bed before burying his head in his hands and pulling at his hair.
“Danny? Everything alright?” Steve asked, worry seeping into his features as he slowly approached the bed. “What did the doctor say?”
Danny took a deep breath and licked his lips before picking his head up to look at Steve. “Sit down,” he ordered softly and stared back down at the comforter. He could do this, he could tell Steve, and they would deal with this just fine. It was just one more baby, that was all… just one more baby… Danny wanted to scream. He held it in, though, and sighed, looking at Steve when he felt the bed dip.
“Danny?” The silence surrounding his partner worried Steve even more. He needed to know already. “What’s going on?”
“Well, uh, you see Steve, we’re, um, we’rehavingtwins,” Danny blurted the last part out quickly and brought a confused expression to Steve’s face.
“Wanna repeat that in English?”
Danny sighed again and looked Steve straight in the eye. “You and I, Steven, we’re having twins.”
Steve felt the color drain from his face.
“Twins?” He repeated, a laugh of disbelief falling from his lips. He stared at the blanket, shaking his head. “Twins? Like two babies? Two babies at once? Twins. Not one baby, two babies. Two babies. One time. Two babies. Twins. Two. Babies. Two-”
“Fuck, I broke you,” Danny cut him off and wave a hand in front of Steve’s face. “Thank you for defining the term ‘twins,’ several times. Now that I know you know what they are, can we move on and… okay, I don’t know what to do now.”
Steve swallowed and brought his SEALs persona out. He could do this. He could deal with this. He could handle it.
“We’re going to have breakfast. You’re going to get dressed, and then we’re going to spend the day relaxing. We’ll pick up Grace, you’ll tell her she’s going to have two new siblings and make her promise not to tell anyone. Then, we’ll get stuff ready for the barbecue, watch Grace play on the beach, have some dinner, then settle down for the night.” Steve felt a lot better as soon as he had their itinerary down. Order always brought a sense of inner calm to him.
“Okay,” Danny agreed softly, grateful for Steve’s rationality at this time.
“Alright.”
“But I want you to acknowledge one thing.”
“What’s that?”
“This… this is all your fault!” Danny’s voice quickly picked up in volume as he started a jabbing a finger into Steve’s chest. “Only McGarrett DNA would go and decide ‘let’s not be one baby… let’s be two!’ and ‘let’s be cool and original and creative and form these babies inside of a man!‘ Only. Your. DNA.” He accentuated the last three words with a jab each.
Steve didn’t know if he should amused, offended, or proud.
Danny huffed at the mixture of emotions on Steve’s face and stormed out of bed.
Luckily, by the time they went to pick up Grace, Danny had cooled down and the both of them had wrapped their minds around the fact that two bundles of joy would be joining their lives.
As usual, Grace had been as excited as ever to see her Danno and Uncle Steve. She filled the car ride back to Steve’s house with stories of art class and Tommy sucking at tag and how she had gotten a gold star. Her happiness infected both men and the three of them were laughing and joking around until they were back at the house.
When they got inside, Steve mumbled an excuse and went upstairs while Danny led Grace to the kitchen and sat her down, then took a seat across from her. Grace sensed the change in atmosphere and straightened up, looking at her father with wide eyes.
“I didn’t mean to do it, Danno, I swear!” She said before Danny had even opened his mouth, causing him to rewire his brain for a moment and become suspicious.
“What didn’t you mean to do?”
Grace blushed and looked down at her hands sheepishly, realizing that she had given herself away. “I didn’t mean to push Tommy down the slide,” she admitted and picked at the table cloth before looking up to defend herself, “But he was just standing there talking and he wouldn’t move when I asked nicely so I pushed him and I didn’t know he was a wimp so he just fell back onto the slide. He didn’t get hurt though, I swear!”
Danny shook his head and let out a chuckle of disbelief-Grace had definitely inherited the Williams pushy gene. “Alright, okay, I believe you. I’ll let you off the hook this time, but you better not pull something like that again. Got that, Monkey?”
“Yes sir!” Grace grinned happily.
“Now, for the real reason we’re here,” Danny sighed and gathered his inner strength. “I have to tell you something, and you have to promise me that you won’t tell anyone, okay? Steve and I are telling everyone that needs to know at the barbecue tomorrow, so don’t tell anyone at all, okay Grace?”
“I promise, Daddy,” she nodded seriously, listening intently.
“Okay, Monkey, well, I’m pregnant. I’m having twins,” Danny told her and watched Grace’s face go from confusion to excitement and then back to confusion.
“But… I thought only mommies could have babies!” Grace stated, her eyebrows furrowed together.
“Well, yes, usually, but there was an incident, and now I’m pregnant. Are you okay with all of this?” Danny knew by Grace’s bright smile that she was more than okay and that put a grin on his face.
“Can I help take care of them? Are they boys? Are they girls? Can I name them?” Grace shot off question after question and Danny laughed. He leaned across the table and kissed Grace’s forehead, pleased to see his daughter so excited.
“You’ll have a say in every decision we make,” Danny promised, earning a happy squeal and tight hug from his daughter. “Now how about we go track down Steve and help set up for tomorrow?”
“Okay!” Grace agreed happily and started leading the way out of the kitchen, but she stopped suddenly and turned around. “Uncle Steve’s the daddy, right?”
Danny laughed and tugged on one of Grace’s pigtails playfully. “There’s no doubt about it.”
Grace smiled approvingly and grabbed Danny’s hand to lead them to Steve.
They spent the day grocery shopping, relaxing on the beach, and starting on Grace’s homework.
By the time people were showing up for the barbecue, both Grace and Kono were buzzing with excitement. Danny shot Kono odd looks, but she was keeping Grace busy with surfing tips so he didn’t say anything.
The barbecue was on its way and going well. There were amicable conversations and playful arguments that created a dull roar in Danny’s ears as he watched from the sliding door that led into the house, a small bowl of pineapple salsa in his hand. Steve was just finishing up at the grill and then walked towards Danny, a smile on his lips. Danny smiled back and pulled the taller man into a kiss.
“Wanna tell them now?” Danny asked when they broke apart, a hint of nervousness in his tone.
“Yeah,” Steve breathed out and looked at all of their guests. “They should happily sated with food and alcohol, best time to do it.”
Danny chuckled and slipped his hand into Steve’s as they stepped out onto the lanai some more.
“Everybody!” Danny shouted and set the bowl down then stuck two fingers in his mouth to produce a loud whistle. “Steve and I have something to share with you.”
Everyone’s heads turned to face the two of them, expectation weighing heavy in the air. Grace was nearly bouncing in her seat by Rachel, and Kono wasn’t much better. Chin had a knowing smile on his face, and everyone else just had their heads raised in question.
“What is it, brah?” Kamekona asked as he ate a green and blue shave ice.
“Well, first let’s start with the back-story.”
Steve rolled his eyes but didn’t interrupt Danny-he had made him promise that he wouldn’t make it seem like it was entirely Steve’s fault (which it was, according to Danny.)
“Well, a couple of months ago, Steve and I somehow managed to get ourselves mixed up with some Hawaiian black magic voodoo nonsense without realizing it, and it left us in a rather peculiar situation. Now, hear me out and let it sink in before you say anything, because, trust me, me and Steve barely have our heads wrapped around this. Now here’s the news-”
“You’re pregnant!” Kono shouted out, no longer able to contain her excitement.
Chin gave her an amused look, Danny was caught between looking frustrated and relieved, Grace cheered loudly and clapped, and Steve just nodded thoughtfully in agreement.
There was a moment of silence before everyone erupted into applause and cheers, but Danny quickly quieted them down with another loud whistle.
“There’s one more thing!”
“We’re having twins!” Steve announced, grinning like the proud soon-to-be father he was.
“What he said,” Danny added and everyone got up to congratulate them. The women, Rachel, Kono, the Governor, and Laura gathered around Danny and all wanted to touch his stomach and kept giving him tips and suggestions, while the men, Chin, Kamekona, and Stan, clapped Steve on the back and shoulders. Danny had seen this division before, when they had told their families about Grace, and he was going to have none of it.
“Oh, oh, oh, whoa, hey, hey, hey! I am not the woman in this relationship, under no circumstances, am I to be treated like one!” he demanded and earned a glare from Kono.
“And what do you mean by that, Danny?”
Danny stayed silent, a worried smile on his lips-maybe he could fake a mood swing…
“I’m joking, Danny!” Kono laughed and everyone else joined in. Danny let out a sigh of relief before joining in on the laughter.
The day carried on with increased energy after the news had been broken and had everyone in good spirits when they left. Kono and Chin stuck around longer than everyone else to help clean up, but Steve told them to get home, that they’d clean up tomorrow.
He was ready to crawl into bed, and he was sure Danny was on the same boat. The two of them put Grace, who could barely keep her eyes open by the end of the day, to bed, then went to their own bed, stripping and tossing their clothes over the room, and collapsed.
Danny seemed to drift off to sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, but Steve laid awake. He rolled onto his side and gently placed on Danny’s stomach, hoping it rested right above the two beings in there.
He was scared to no end. The SEALs couldn’t have prepared him for this, no one could. He was going to be responsible for not one, but two lives now, and he feared that he would mess something up, that they would hate him, that they’d end up like he and his father did.
Steve promised himself that he would never let that happen. His children would know they were loved. He’d tell them everyday so they would never forget.
That was one thing that calmed his fears, the unconditional love that was already deeply rooted in him for the two babies he hadn’t even met yet.
He sat up and leaned, placing a kiss on Danny’s stomach in an attempt to let all three of them-Danny and their unborn children-know how much he loved them.
Chapter: 4
Author: basket_ofposies
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Pairing: Steve/Danny
Rating: Overall: NC-17 // Chapter Rating: PG-13 for language
Summary: Danny was with child-only in this pineapple-infested hellhole could this happen.
Spoilers: None.
Warnings: MPreg
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
Previous Chapters: One. Two. Three.
The next day, Danny decided it was best to let everyone know about their barbecue via text message. He and Steve came up with the wording together and sent it from Danny’s phone.
Danny was pretty sure that was the biggest mistake he’d ever made thus far.
They had sent the text when they got to HQ around nine. Danny’s phone hadn’t stopped vibrating since. Rachel wanted to know what she should bring and then went on to continue texting him until she was sure she was bringing the right things. Kamekona asked what kind of food there would be and if he could sell shave ice. Chin texted back saying that he was in the office right next to them and they could have just walked over to tell him. Kono kept sending variations of the same text constantly: “What’s the news??????????”
At one point, Danny’s frustration hit a peak-he blamed the hormones for this-and he threw his phone at the door in hopes it would shatter and never vibrate again. Unfortunately, Steve had walked in before the phone could make impact with the door and now he was sporting a phone shaped bruise on his chest.
“Didn’t your mom teach you not to throw expensive electronics?” Steve scolded teasingly as he tossed the phone into the air, watching as it flipped before it landed in his hand again.
Danny huffed and grabbed the phone out of the other man’s hand. “They won’t stop texting me,” he muttered and opened a new text from Kamekona telling him all the flavors he could bring with him. “I tried putting it on silent, but then I checked and I had ten unread messages, with another five by the time I answered the original ones. It’s as if these people don’t have lives! What are they doing with themselves? Does the working man no longer exist?”
“The world’s still got you,” Steve appeased and nodded towards the door. “Now, c’mon and do your job. We’ve got a witness to hunt down.”
“You’re letting me leave this office? Oh, sweet Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. The dictator has allowed his peasant to breathe the same air as him. I am overjoyed, babe. I actually get to do what you pay me for!” Danny rambled on as the two of them left Headquarters and headed towards the Camaro.
“One condition,” Steve added and Danny groaned. “You do not get shot, hit, stabbed tackled, kicked, or harmed in any manner.”
Danny stared at him in disbelief for a moment before voicing his opinion on the matter. “Are you aware of who my partner is? Are you? Have you met yourself, Steve? Because I have and since I’ve met you, I’ve been shot three times, stabbed twice, and gotten in fights more times than I can count. Are you really telling me to avoid those situations? A physical injury is basically mandatory anytime I’m your back-up. So, think carefully, Steve, do you really think I’ll avoid all of those things? Because, really, if you don’t, just let me out of the car right now and I’ll go back to my nice air-conditioned office.”
Steve sat there for a moment, his eyes set on the steering wheel as he thought it over.
Danny was right.
“Okay, out you go. Tell Chin to come down.”
Danny’s hands sliced through the air as a scoff of incredulity came from his throat. “Are you-” he motioned with his arms again and huffed, but Steve just stared at him expectantly, an edge in his eyes. “You’re serious. You’re fucking serious.”
“I don’t want you hurt,” Steve explained, his voice leaving no room for argument, but that never stopped Danny before.
“Drive, Steven,” Danny ordered and slouched in his seat, his arms crossed in anger. When Steve didn’t make a move and just continued to stare at him, Danny turned his head and tilted it towards the road, his eyebrows raised up as if to ask what he was waiting for. They stayed in a staring competition until Steve sighed and started the car. Danny smirked victoriously.
The day carried on in a similar fashion, with Danny and Steve bickering, accented by Danny’s mood swings at times. Chin and Kono would quickly clear the area when the two of them got into tiffs (though Kono lingered around closer than Chin in hopes that she’d see Danny really go Jersey on Steve’s ass.)
The rest of the week went by in similar, though muted, tone. Danny’s mood swings became more frequent, not enough to instill fear in the others, but enough for even Steve to be cautious when he came up to Danny.
Once, Chin came in to ask about some notes Danny had written down, and Danny had snapped and told him that if he really wanted to know he could hunt the witness down himself and ask. Chin had just raised an eyebrow at him and left his office to try and decode Danny’s handwriting.
Another time, Steve walked in to find Danny crying softly as he watched a video of kittens that Grace had emailed him.
To say the team was walking on eggshells around him by the end of the week was putting it mildly. They wrap the case up on Thursday so Steve gives everyone Friday off-to celebrate a job well done and to get a break from Danny before the barbecue.
Unfortunately, that meant Steve had to deal with the wrath that was Danny alone until they picked Grace up from school at three. Steve should have known it was going to be a bad day when Danny’s phone rang and woke the blonde up as Steve was getting dressed after his morning swim and shower.
“Hello?” Danny grunted into the phone, still too tired to even make anger evident in his tone.
“Hello, Mr. Williams, it’s Dr. Akana.”
“Oh, hello. Is something wrong?” Danny sounded more awake now and sat up in bed, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes as he listened.
“No, no, nothing’s wrong, but I was looking over your file and I noticed something odd that I didn’t see when we met.”
“...oh?”
“Yes, after closely examining the sonograms and looking at the heartbeat charts, I noticed something was off. You’re not just pregnant with one child. You’re having twins! Hopefully we’ll see more clearly when you come in next week.” She sounded truly excited for him, but Danny wasn’t sharing in that excitement.
“Oh, um, thanks Doc. I’ll, uh… thanks.” Danny knew it was rude but he hung up the phone and tossed it to the foot of the bed before burying his head in his hands and pulling at his hair.
“Danny? Everything alright?” Steve asked, worry seeping into his features as he slowly approached the bed. “What did the doctor say?”
Danny took a deep breath and licked his lips before picking his head up to look at Steve. “Sit down,” he ordered softly and stared back down at the comforter. He could do this, he could tell Steve, and they would deal with this just fine. It was just one more baby, that was all… just one more baby… Danny wanted to scream. He held it in, though, and sighed, looking at Steve when he felt the bed dip.
“Danny?” The silence surrounding his partner worried Steve even more. He needed to know already. “What’s going on?”
“Well, uh, you see Steve, we’re, um, we’rehavingtwins,” Danny blurted the last part out quickly and brought a confused expression to Steve’s face.
“Wanna repeat that in English?”
Danny sighed again and looked Steve straight in the eye. “You and I, Steven, we’re having twins.”
Steve felt the color drain from his face.
“Twins?” He repeated, a laugh of disbelief falling from his lips. He stared at the blanket, shaking his head. “Twins? Like two babies? Two babies at once? Twins. Not one baby, two babies. Two babies. One time. Two babies. Twins. Two. Babies. Two-”
“Fuck, I broke you,” Danny cut him off and wave a hand in front of Steve’s face. “Thank you for defining the term ‘twins,’ several times. Now that I know you know what they are, can we move on and… okay, I don’t know what to do now.”
Steve swallowed and brought his SEALs persona out. He could do this. He could deal with this. He could handle it.
“We’re going to have breakfast. You’re going to get dressed, and then we’re going to spend the day relaxing. We’ll pick up Grace, you’ll tell her she’s going to have two new siblings and make her promise not to tell anyone. Then, we’ll get stuff ready for the barbecue, watch Grace play on the beach, have some dinner, then settle down for the night.” Steve felt a lot better as soon as he had their itinerary down. Order always brought a sense of inner calm to him.
“Okay,” Danny agreed softly, grateful for Steve’s rationality at this time.
“Alright.”
“But I want you to acknowledge one thing.”
“What’s that?”
“This… this is all your fault!” Danny’s voice quickly picked up in volume as he started a jabbing a finger into Steve’s chest. “Only McGarrett DNA would go and decide ‘let’s not be one baby… let’s be two!’ and ‘let’s be cool and original and creative and form these babies inside of a man!‘ Only. Your. DNA.” He accentuated the last three words with a jab each.
Steve didn’t know if he should amused, offended, or proud.
Danny huffed at the mixture of emotions on Steve’s face and stormed out of bed.
Luckily, by the time they went to pick up Grace, Danny had cooled down and the both of them had wrapped their minds around the fact that two bundles of joy would be joining their lives.
As usual, Grace had been as excited as ever to see her Danno and Uncle Steve. She filled the car ride back to Steve’s house with stories of art class and Tommy sucking at tag and how she had gotten a gold star. Her happiness infected both men and the three of them were laughing and joking around until they were back at the house.
When they got inside, Steve mumbled an excuse and went upstairs while Danny led Grace to the kitchen and sat her down, then took a seat across from her. Grace sensed the change in atmosphere and straightened up, looking at her father with wide eyes.
“I didn’t mean to do it, Danno, I swear!” She said before Danny had even opened his mouth, causing him to rewire his brain for a moment and become suspicious.
“What didn’t you mean to do?”
Grace blushed and looked down at her hands sheepishly, realizing that she had given herself away. “I didn’t mean to push Tommy down the slide,” she admitted and picked at the table cloth before looking up to defend herself, “But he was just standing there talking and he wouldn’t move when I asked nicely so I pushed him and I didn’t know he was a wimp so he just fell back onto the slide. He didn’t get hurt though, I swear!”
Danny shook his head and let out a chuckle of disbelief-Grace had definitely inherited the Williams pushy gene. “Alright, okay, I believe you. I’ll let you off the hook this time, but you better not pull something like that again. Got that, Monkey?”
“Yes sir!” Grace grinned happily.
“Now, for the real reason we’re here,” Danny sighed and gathered his inner strength. “I have to tell you something, and you have to promise me that you won’t tell anyone, okay? Steve and I are telling everyone that needs to know at the barbecue tomorrow, so don’t tell anyone at all, okay Grace?”
“I promise, Daddy,” she nodded seriously, listening intently.
“Okay, Monkey, well, I’m pregnant. I’m having twins,” Danny told her and watched Grace’s face go from confusion to excitement and then back to confusion.
“But… I thought only mommies could have babies!” Grace stated, her eyebrows furrowed together.
“Well, yes, usually, but there was an incident, and now I’m pregnant. Are you okay with all of this?” Danny knew by Grace’s bright smile that she was more than okay and that put a grin on his face.
“Can I help take care of them? Are they boys? Are they girls? Can I name them?” Grace shot off question after question and Danny laughed. He leaned across the table and kissed Grace’s forehead, pleased to see his daughter so excited.
“You’ll have a say in every decision we make,” Danny promised, earning a happy squeal and tight hug from his daughter. “Now how about we go track down Steve and help set up for tomorrow?”
“Okay!” Grace agreed happily and started leading the way out of the kitchen, but she stopped suddenly and turned around. “Uncle Steve’s the daddy, right?”
Danny laughed and tugged on one of Grace’s pigtails playfully. “There’s no doubt about it.”
Grace smiled approvingly and grabbed Danny’s hand to lead them to Steve.
They spent the day grocery shopping, relaxing on the beach, and starting on Grace’s homework.
By the time people were showing up for the barbecue, both Grace and Kono were buzzing with excitement. Danny shot Kono odd looks, but she was keeping Grace busy with surfing tips so he didn’t say anything.
The barbecue was on its way and going well. There were amicable conversations and playful arguments that created a dull roar in Danny’s ears as he watched from the sliding door that led into the house, a small bowl of pineapple salsa in his hand. Steve was just finishing up at the grill and then walked towards Danny, a smile on his lips. Danny smiled back and pulled the taller man into a kiss.
“Wanna tell them now?” Danny asked when they broke apart, a hint of nervousness in his tone.
“Yeah,” Steve breathed out and looked at all of their guests. “They should happily sated with food and alcohol, best time to do it.”
Danny chuckled and slipped his hand into Steve’s as they stepped out onto the lanai some more.
“Everybody!” Danny shouted and set the bowl down then stuck two fingers in his mouth to produce a loud whistle. “Steve and I have something to share with you.”
Everyone’s heads turned to face the two of them, expectation weighing heavy in the air. Grace was nearly bouncing in her seat by Rachel, and Kono wasn’t much better. Chin had a knowing smile on his face, and everyone else just had their heads raised in question.
“What is it, brah?” Kamekona asked as he ate a green and blue shave ice.
“Well, first let’s start with the back-story.”
Steve rolled his eyes but didn’t interrupt Danny-he had made him promise that he wouldn’t make it seem like it was entirely Steve’s fault (which it was, according to Danny.)
“Well, a couple of months ago, Steve and I somehow managed to get ourselves mixed up with some Hawaiian black magic voodoo nonsense without realizing it, and it left us in a rather peculiar situation. Now, hear me out and let it sink in before you say anything, because, trust me, me and Steve barely have our heads wrapped around this. Now here’s the news-”
“You’re pregnant!” Kono shouted out, no longer able to contain her excitement.
Chin gave her an amused look, Danny was caught between looking frustrated and relieved, Grace cheered loudly and clapped, and Steve just nodded thoughtfully in agreement.
There was a moment of silence before everyone erupted into applause and cheers, but Danny quickly quieted them down with another loud whistle.
“There’s one more thing!”
“We’re having twins!” Steve announced, grinning like the proud soon-to-be father he was.
“What he said,” Danny added and everyone got up to congratulate them. The women, Rachel, Kono, the Governor, and Laura gathered around Danny and all wanted to touch his stomach and kept giving him tips and suggestions, while the men, Chin, Kamekona, and Stan, clapped Steve on the back and shoulders. Danny had seen this division before, when they had told their families about Grace, and he was going to have none of it.
“Oh, oh, oh, whoa, hey, hey, hey! I am not the woman in this relationship, under no circumstances, am I to be treated like one!” he demanded and earned a glare from Kono.
“And what do you mean by that, Danny?”
Danny stayed silent, a worried smile on his lips-maybe he could fake a mood swing…
“I’m joking, Danny!” Kono laughed and everyone else joined in. Danny let out a sigh of relief before joining in on the laughter.
The day carried on with increased energy after the news had been broken and had everyone in good spirits when they left. Kono and Chin stuck around longer than everyone else to help clean up, but Steve told them to get home, that they’d clean up tomorrow.
He was ready to crawl into bed, and he was sure Danny was on the same boat. The two of them put Grace, who could barely keep her eyes open by the end of the day, to bed, then went to their own bed, stripping and tossing their clothes over the room, and collapsed.
Danny seemed to drift off to sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, but Steve laid awake. He rolled onto his side and gently placed on Danny’s stomach, hoping it rested right above the two beings in there.
He was scared to no end. The SEALs couldn’t have prepared him for this, no one could. He was going to be responsible for not one, but two lives now, and he feared that he would mess something up, that they would hate him, that they’d end up like he and his father did.
Steve promised himself that he would never let that happen. His children would know they were loved. He’d tell them everyday so they would never forget.
That was one thing that calmed his fears, the unconditional love that was already deeply rooted in him for the two babies he hadn’t even met yet.
He sat up and leaned, placing a kiss on Danny’s stomach in an attempt to let all three of them-Danny and their unborn children-know how much he loved them.