Badass Sparkly Hearts
Disclaimer: Alas, still not mine.
Fandom: Hawaii Five-0
Pairing: Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams
Warnings: slash, cotton candy levels of fluffiness, drastic overuse of the word "crayon"
Rating: G
Word Count: 582
Soundtrack: "Such Great Heights" (Iron and Wine)
Summary: Danny had called to say that he and Gracie were on their way over and would be there in about ten minutes. That was eight and a half minutes ago, and yeah, Steve was excited.
Author's Notes: This little fluffball is dedicated to my bestest fanbuddy Candie Girl (aka fictionalcandie), who was the inspiration for the title, which inspired the fic. <3.
Badass Sparkly Hearts
Hawaii Five-0 - Steve/Danny
Steve paced his living room, glancing frequently at the clock on the wall. It was Danny’s weekend with Grace, and as had become their custom, they were spending the next few days at Steve’s house. Danny had called to say that he and Gracie were on their way over and would be there in about ten minutes. That was eight and a half minutes ago, and yeah, Steve was excited.
He loved his weekends with Danny and Grace. It felt... domestic. Homey and comfortable in a way Steve wasn’t sure he wanted to look at too deeply.
Three minutes later, they were at his door.
“You’re late,” Steve complained, once he’d gotten his requisite hug from Gracie. Danno smirked and opened his mouth to respond, but Grace beat him to it.
“There was a lizard, Steve! It was, like, really big! And it was in the road and we couldn’t run over it! And I wanted to get out and pick it up and bring it over here so you could see it, but Danno wouldn’t let me!”
“Honey, it coulda been poisonous,” Danny reasoned. “Plus, what if the lizard was on his way home to his family? They would miss him if we brought him home with us instead, don’t you think?”
Grace looked thoughtful for a moment before nodding, satisfied with this answer. And then a thought occurred to her that had her bouncing up and down in Steve’s entryway.
“Oh, guess what, Steve! Guess what!”
“What?”
“I made you something in art class! For your refrigerator!”
“You’re gonna love it,” Danny said as Grace dug around in her backpack for her art. His tone was cheerful, but his face said you’d better love it, or we’re going to have a problem. Steve grinned.
After much digging -- Steve made a mental note to help her organize her backpack later -- Grace found what she was looking for and held it up for Steve to see.
“It’s a picture of us, Steve! Of you and me and Danno!”
Steve took the large sheet of manilla construction paper she offered and examined it with the focus of an art scholar.
It was indeed a picture of the the three of them, done in crayon. Crayon Gracie was playing in the water at what appeared to be the beach behind Steve’s house. Standing on the shore were Crayon Steve and Crayon Danno.
Crayon Steve was wearing a black t-shirt and cargo pants, and his eyes were rendered in cadet blue. Crayon Danno was wearing a dress shirt and slacks with a navy tie. Gracie had selected robin’s egg blue for his eyes. Nothing too unusual there... except that Crayon Danno and Crayon Steve were holding hands. That was a little surprising.
Well, that and the fact that the entire scene was decorated with red and pink sparkly heart stickers. The biggest, pinkest, sparkliest heart had been carefully placed right above the heads of Crayon Steve and Crayon Danno.
Real Steve’s eyebrows shot to his hairline. Danno coughed pointedly.
“Wow, Gracie, this is fantastic!” Steve led the little girl into the kitchen so she could watch as he hung the picture in a place of honor on his refrigerator door. “Thank you so much!”
“You’re welcome,” Grace said politely, earning herself a big hug from Steve.
Steve’s eyes met Danno’s over their little girl’s shoulder and decided he could really get used to this.
Maybe Gracie was onto something with those badass sparkly hearts.