Fic: A Fielder's Choice
Title: A Fielder's Choice
Author: carryokee
Artist: halighfataliter
Word Count: 31,500
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Steve/Danny, other canon characters
Warnings: homophobic language
Summary: After 11 years playing shortstop for the New Jersey Knights, Danny Williams is traded to the Honolulu Warrior Kings, perpetual cellar dwellers of the American League West and the armpit of major league baseball. With a bum knee and a dwindling batting average, Danny knows his career is in its death throes. But as long as he can walk, he's going to play, and hey, at least Gracie still loves him. When All-Star power-hitting second baseman Steve McGarrett shocks the sports world by turning down a lucrative contract with his current team, the Monterey Bay Seals, to return home and play for the Kings, the team his late father helped build, everything suddenly changes. The Kings aren't the losers they used to be and despite Danny's glass knee, the double play combo of Williams-McGarrett keeps making the nightly highlight reels. Better yet, Danny is hitting again.
Superstition dictates that you don't jinx a good thing by talking about it, but everyone in the clubhouse is thinking the same thing: This could be the year the Kings finally carve their name in the good kind of history books. Only there's something Danny and Steve aren't telling anyone: They're more than just teammates. Much more. For Danny at least, it's a huge reason for his recent success and anyway, they're not hurting anyone. Besides, it's really no one's business but theirs.
Too bad it becomes everyone's.
Link to fic master post: LJ | DW | AO3
Link to art master post: Coming soon!
Author: carryokee
Artist: halighfataliter
Word Count: 31,500
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Steve/Danny, other canon characters
Warnings: homophobic language
Summary: After 11 years playing shortstop for the New Jersey Knights, Danny Williams is traded to the Honolulu Warrior Kings, perpetual cellar dwellers of the American League West and the armpit of major league baseball. With a bum knee and a dwindling batting average, Danny knows his career is in its death throes. But as long as he can walk, he's going to play, and hey, at least Gracie still loves him. When All-Star power-hitting second baseman Steve McGarrett shocks the sports world by turning down a lucrative contract with his current team, the Monterey Bay Seals, to return home and play for the Kings, the team his late father helped build, everything suddenly changes. The Kings aren't the losers they used to be and despite Danny's glass knee, the double play combo of Williams-McGarrett keeps making the nightly highlight reels. Better yet, Danny is hitting again.
Superstition dictates that you don't jinx a good thing by talking about it, but everyone in the clubhouse is thinking the same thing: This could be the year the Kings finally carve their name in the good kind of history books. Only there's something Danny and Steve aren't telling anyone: They're more than just teammates. Much more. For Danny at least, it's a huge reason for his recent success and anyway, they're not hurting anyone. Besides, it's really no one's business but theirs.
Too bad it becomes everyone's.
Link to fic master post: LJ | DW | AO3
Link to art master post: Coming soon!