Five Middles and One Beginning, H50, Danny/Steve, PG-13, Self Challenge Piece Seven
Title: Five Middles and One Beginning
Author: purple_spock
Verse: H50
Pairing: Steve/Danny
Status: A bit of Pre-Slash and a bit of Established Relationship
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1261
Genre: Fluff
Disclaimer: I don’t own H50. If they’re looking for ideas though, I’d be happy to help.
Summary: Six moments in Steve and Danny’s life - five middles and one beginning.
AN: The seventh piece in a self-issued challenge of 15 fics in the month of October. They are in no way connected, but I’d be thrilled if you did want to read to other fics in the series so far (follow the tag).
One
“That is, without a doubt, the worst joke I have ever heard.”
“Oh come on Danno, it’s hilarious!”
“It is not.” Danny drinks the rest of his beer in one go, as though hoping that will help him forget Steve’s joke.
“But the horse -”
“I get it,” Danny interrupts. “It’s just awful.”
“Oh come on Danny,” Chin says, “It’s pretty good.”
“False. It’s terrible. Grace told me one about a polar bear and a snow bank that was better than that.”
Kono boos him and throws a peanut from the bowl on the table at him. He catches it and throws it back at her, which earns him another boo.
“You want to hear a funny joke? I’ve got one that’s actually hilarious.”
“Okay fine Danny,” Steve leans back in his chair, a confident expression on his face. “Go ahead.”
Danny clears his throat dramatically, “Okay, so a duck walks into a bar.”
Two
“How was that in any way a good plan?” Danny storms back towards their head quarters, not even checking to see if Steve is following him.
“What are you talking about?” Steve sounds offended as he jogs after his partner. “It was a great plan! It worked didn’t it?” Steve almost runs right into Danny as the other man whirls around unexpectedly.
“How many times do I have to tell you that it doesn’t matter if it works, you cannot do kind of thing in public! It’s dangerous, and people, including me, are going to get hurt.”
“Oh please Danny,” Steve laughs, which is apparently a bad idea because the look Danny gives him could have killed. “It wasn’t that bad.”
Danny’s features shift from his usual look of irritation to an indignant rage that Steve rarely sees. “It wasn’t that bad? Have you seen my goddamn car Steven?” Danny storms off again and Steve winces. Danny might have a point there.
“Come on Danno, I said I was sorry.”
Three
Steve ducks back behind the dumpster as a fresh barrage of bullets come arching towards them. He looks over at Danny, who is crouched, reloading his gun and looking more than a little worried. Around him are scattered cups that used to have coffee in them and several clips worth of shell casings.
Steve takes advantage of a pause in the assault to return fire, clipping one of the men in the shoulder, but not managing much else before he has to duck for cover again. “This,” he yells above the gun fire, shooting Danny a dark look as he does so, “This was supposed to be a coffee run.”
Danny just grimaces.
Four
“That is just not true!” Danny looks so insulted Steve can’t help but laugh. “That is just so not true. Baseball, for the win, every time.”
Steve snorts into his beer. “Please. You get a bunch of baseball players together and a bunch of football players, put them in a room and we’ll see who comes out on top.”
Danny rolls his eyes. “Since when is that how we evaluate the quality of a sport?”
“It should be,” Steve mutters, mock pouting and it’s Danny’s turn to laugh. The waitress comes by to take away their empty bottles and bring them fresh drinks, momentarily halting their conversation, but as soon as she’s gone they continue.
“You go insult baseball in public, and you go insult football and we’ll see which gets you a bigger ass kicking,” Danny says.
“Danny, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.”
Danny makes an indignant noise. “What? You don’t think that pride is a good measure?”
“No,” says Steve, looking serious and leaning forward. “I don’t think anyone could kick my ass.”
This time they both laugh, maybe a bit too loud, but they don’t notice.
Five
“I can’t believe what I’m hearing. How could you just out and say that to me?”
“What the hell was I supposed to do Danny? You wouldn’t leave it alone.” Steve feels like screaming but manages to stop himself.
“But this is huge Steve. I had no way of knowing it would be this huge.” Danny’s pacing and his hands are flying about. It’s making Steve dizzy.
“It’s not that huge Danny, you’re being dramatic. Can’t a guy just say he loves another guy, in like a brotherly kind of way?” Steve wishes he knew what to do with his hands, but there’s no room for them in his pockets.
“Is that what you meant Steve? In a brotherly way?” Danny is looking at him seriously, but has thankfully stopped pacing. No, maybe it’s worse this way - now Steve can’t escape his gaze. “‘Cause it sure didn’t sound like that. Is that what you meant?”
Steve looks at his boots to avoid Danny’s eyes, something he can’t recall every doing. He doesn’t say anything, but he doesn’t have to. Danny already knows.
“You see? This is huge Steve, we have to talk about this.”
“No, we don’t.” Why won’t Danny just leave him alone?
“Yes we do, you ass. What if...” Danny stops. It’s enough to get Steve to look up at him. “What if I loved you too?”
Steve’s jaw drops. It’s not a good look. “Do you?”
“I don’t know!” Danny snaps, and he’s back to pacing.
Steve feels like screaming again. “How can you not know!?”
Plus One
They decide to tell Grace first. Which of course means Rachel knows by that night. Grace is thrilled. Rachel is annoyingly unsurprised and makes a comment about brunettes being Danny’s type. Over all it’s a little unpleasant, but not as much as it could have been.
Chin and Kono are considerably more easy to tell. At least Chin is. Kono makes a noise suspiciously like a squeal before interrogating them on every aspect of their relationship. Chin just shakes each of their hands and says congratulations. Later they find out that he pulled both of them aside afterwards and threatened bodily harm should they hurt the other. Chin of course denies everything when they ask him about it later.
Things moved rather smoothly after that. They move in together, and the transition into a more domestic life is a rather easy one. It’s not until a few months later that things even feel different.
After much planning and negating with Rachel it’s finally agreed that Grace can have a friend sleep over at Steve’s place. Grace is over the moon and spends a week planning everything, including rather detailed marching orders for Steve and Danny. When the girl and her mother gets there things go pretty well. Danny meets them at the door and makes small talk, and the mother leaves after a few minutes. As Danny shuts the door behind her, he’s almost about to be smug about how well it went when Steve comes in the side door, finished with whatever little project he was tinkering with out there.
Grace promptly drags her friend over to him and proudly introduces him. “This is Steve. He’s my other Daddy,” she beams up at Steve, who smiles numbly back before declaring “We’re going to my room now!” and skipping away.
Steve slowly looks up at Danny, who looks about as bewildered as he feels. After a few moments of blinking at him Danny manages to get out a stammered “Wh-what?” before gaping at him like a fish.
“Well,” Steve says with an air of authority, desperately trying not to have a panic attack or break down in giggles he’s not quite sure which. “That was new.”
Author: purple_spock
Verse: H50
Pairing: Steve/Danny
Status: A bit of Pre-Slash and a bit of Established Relationship
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1261
Genre: Fluff
Disclaimer: I don’t own H50. If they’re looking for ideas though, I’d be happy to help.
Summary: Six moments in Steve and Danny’s life - five middles and one beginning.
AN: The seventh piece in a self-issued challenge of 15 fics in the month of October. They are in no way connected, but I’d be thrilled if you did want to read to other fics in the series so far (follow the tag).
One
“That is, without a doubt, the worst joke I have ever heard.”
“Oh come on Danno, it’s hilarious!”
“It is not.” Danny drinks the rest of his beer in one go, as though hoping that will help him forget Steve’s joke.
“But the horse -”
“I get it,” Danny interrupts. “It’s just awful.”
“Oh come on Danny,” Chin says, “It’s pretty good.”
“False. It’s terrible. Grace told me one about a polar bear and a snow bank that was better than that.”
Kono boos him and throws a peanut from the bowl on the table at him. He catches it and throws it back at her, which earns him another boo.
“You want to hear a funny joke? I’ve got one that’s actually hilarious.”
“Okay fine Danny,” Steve leans back in his chair, a confident expression on his face. “Go ahead.”
Danny clears his throat dramatically, “Okay, so a duck walks into a bar.”
Two
“How was that in any way a good plan?” Danny storms back towards their head quarters, not even checking to see if Steve is following him.
“What are you talking about?” Steve sounds offended as he jogs after his partner. “It was a great plan! It worked didn’t it?” Steve almost runs right into Danny as the other man whirls around unexpectedly.
“How many times do I have to tell you that it doesn’t matter if it works, you cannot do kind of thing in public! It’s dangerous, and people, including me, are going to get hurt.”
“Oh please Danny,” Steve laughs, which is apparently a bad idea because the look Danny gives him could have killed. “It wasn’t that bad.”
Danny’s features shift from his usual look of irritation to an indignant rage that Steve rarely sees. “It wasn’t that bad? Have you seen my goddamn car Steven?” Danny storms off again and Steve winces. Danny might have a point there.
“Come on Danno, I said I was sorry.”
Three
Steve ducks back behind the dumpster as a fresh barrage of bullets come arching towards them. He looks over at Danny, who is crouched, reloading his gun and looking more than a little worried. Around him are scattered cups that used to have coffee in them and several clips worth of shell casings.
Steve takes advantage of a pause in the assault to return fire, clipping one of the men in the shoulder, but not managing much else before he has to duck for cover again. “This,” he yells above the gun fire, shooting Danny a dark look as he does so, “This was supposed to be a coffee run.”
Danny just grimaces.
Four
“That is just not true!” Danny looks so insulted Steve can’t help but laugh. “That is just so not true. Baseball, for the win, every time.”
Steve snorts into his beer. “Please. You get a bunch of baseball players together and a bunch of football players, put them in a room and we’ll see who comes out on top.”
Danny rolls his eyes. “Since when is that how we evaluate the quality of a sport?”
“It should be,” Steve mutters, mock pouting and it’s Danny’s turn to laugh. The waitress comes by to take away their empty bottles and bring them fresh drinks, momentarily halting their conversation, but as soon as she’s gone they continue.
“You go insult baseball in public, and you go insult football and we’ll see which gets you a bigger ass kicking,” Danny says.
“Danny, that’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.”
Danny makes an indignant noise. “What? You don’t think that pride is a good measure?”
“No,” says Steve, looking serious and leaning forward. “I don’t think anyone could kick my ass.”
This time they both laugh, maybe a bit too loud, but they don’t notice.
Five
“I can’t believe what I’m hearing. How could you just out and say that to me?”
“What the hell was I supposed to do Danny? You wouldn’t leave it alone.” Steve feels like screaming but manages to stop himself.
“But this is huge Steve. I had no way of knowing it would be this huge.” Danny’s pacing and his hands are flying about. It’s making Steve dizzy.
“It’s not that huge Danny, you’re being dramatic. Can’t a guy just say he loves another guy, in like a brotherly kind of way?” Steve wishes he knew what to do with his hands, but there’s no room for them in his pockets.
“Is that what you meant Steve? In a brotherly way?” Danny is looking at him seriously, but has thankfully stopped pacing. No, maybe it’s worse this way - now Steve can’t escape his gaze. “‘Cause it sure didn’t sound like that. Is that what you meant?”
Steve looks at his boots to avoid Danny’s eyes, something he can’t recall every doing. He doesn’t say anything, but he doesn’t have to. Danny already knows.
“You see? This is huge Steve, we have to talk about this.”
“No, we don’t.” Why won’t Danny just leave him alone?
“Yes we do, you ass. What if...” Danny stops. It’s enough to get Steve to look up at him. “What if I loved you too?”
Steve’s jaw drops. It’s not a good look. “Do you?”
“I don’t know!” Danny snaps, and he’s back to pacing.
Steve feels like screaming again. “How can you not know!?”
Plus One
They decide to tell Grace first. Which of course means Rachel knows by that night. Grace is thrilled. Rachel is annoyingly unsurprised and makes a comment about brunettes being Danny’s type. Over all it’s a little unpleasant, but not as much as it could have been.
Chin and Kono are considerably more easy to tell. At least Chin is. Kono makes a noise suspiciously like a squeal before interrogating them on every aspect of their relationship. Chin just shakes each of their hands and says congratulations. Later they find out that he pulled both of them aside afterwards and threatened bodily harm should they hurt the other. Chin of course denies everything when they ask him about it later.
Things moved rather smoothly after that. They move in together, and the transition into a more domestic life is a rather easy one. It’s not until a few months later that things even feel different.
After much planning and negating with Rachel it’s finally agreed that Grace can have a friend sleep over at Steve’s place. Grace is over the moon and spends a week planning everything, including rather detailed marching orders for Steve and Danny. When the girl and her mother gets there things go pretty well. Danny meets them at the door and makes small talk, and the mother leaves after a few minutes. As Danny shuts the door behind her, he’s almost about to be smug about how well it went when Steve comes in the side door, finished with whatever little project he was tinkering with out there.
Grace promptly drags her friend over to him and proudly introduces him. “This is Steve. He’s my other Daddy,” she beams up at Steve, who smiles numbly back before declaring “We’re going to my room now!” and skipping away.
Steve slowly looks up at Danny, who looks about as bewildered as he feels. After a few moments of blinking at him Danny manages to get out a stammered “Wh-what?” before gaping at him like a fish.
“Well,” Steve says with an air of authority, desperately trying not to have a panic attack or break down in giggles he’s not quite sure which. “That was new.”