dann_0 | PSL: Sentinel AU

Danny is Steve's guide. He is still pretty new at it and working with a Sentinel who has some bad experiences. To top if off, while working a case in Portland he finds out that a guide can have more than one Sentinel who is their perfect match.

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Danny smiles at her. "Eat as much as you want, Monkey. But Eliot is right, you want to save some room after all that work you did on making them." He smiles at Eliot.

"What do you think Steve, think we can take you to the big city and show you some culture? You'll be alright if there isn't a jungle around? Then again, central park..." He chuckles.

"And I am pretty sure he doesn't even read the paperwork, must be why I get stuck with all of it."

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super_seal

The idea of Eliot punching a shark in the nose for chewing on him makes Grace giggle before she tilts her head in what appears to be great deliberation. "Mmmmmmmm... Desssssssssert pizzzzzzzzas..." She finally says, then nods her head once. "I think I'm done dinner, thank you."

At the question directed towards him, Steve's eyes dart to Grace and then to Eliot, before resting back on Danny. "Uh... Maybe. We'll have to see when the time comes closer." As far as Steve is concerned, it's not his or Danny's decision it's what's most comfortable for Eliot. Whatever he decides and wants Steve will support.

"And here I thought we had a great balance with the paperwork." He grins then chuckles lightly. "You write it, and I sign it." Steve did read it all. He turns to Eliot. "When we started Five O, my paperwork kept getting sent back. Apparently the way the Navy trained me to fill out forms and the way civilian law enforcement wants it done is a bit different."

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"Well yeah. Law enforcement wants all the details. It is one of the things we actually learn when we study and if you don't do it well enough your captain might stick you with all the record keeping for a year until you learn to do it well."

Danny finishes his last slice and then looks around the table. Finally, he lets go of Eliot's hand and moves to stand. "Help me clear the table, Monkey, and we'll get the dessert on the table. You want another round of coffee boys? Or more beer?"

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a_very_distinctive

"You guys are welcome to the paperwork. Man, I hate that stuff." And fortunately, in his line of work, there's rarely any to speak of and what there is Hardison takes care of. All he has to deal with is staying on top of inventory for the pub, and that's not a job, that's a... a calling.

He doesn't offer any comment on Danny's invitation to Steve, because he's more than torn. Danny had clearly, from the get go, intended both of them to come along on this hypothetical trip, but if it happens, if things last long enough for it to happen, he can't pretend in the quiet of his own thoughts that he wouldn't rather have Danny to himself. That's not his call, though, so he'll just keep his mouth shut and see how things shake out. Maybe it'll never even matter... which is a helluva lot more depressing than the idea of having to share Danny if the trip happens, and he has to make himself let go of Danny's hand when the other man pulls away.

"Coffee, please," he answers, pushing his hand through his hair in a gesture that's not as casual as it looks, spreading Danny's scent there to help settle him and ease the ache in his chest as Danny walks away. He can't quite help lifting his other hand to rub restlessly at his sternum, even though he knows it won't make any actual difference.

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super_seal

Steve can't help but smirk. "It's not that the military doesn't want all the details, but I think the Governor wanted more explanation around why something blew up with witness statements and aftermath reports, and less how it blew up with a very detailed play by play of the action." Steve was more accustomed to outlining just the facts to justify the action, not worrying about what happened after or impact on civilians and property. Really he thought his initial reports scared the Governor and she hadn't wanted those on file, hence her request to let Detective Williams write those reports.

After Eliot requests a coffee, Steve nods. "Same, please. Thank you, Danno." After handing his plate to Gracie, he winks at her. "And thank you, Gracie. You make a mean pizza, I'm looking forward to trying your dessert."

Seeing Eliot's action, he waits till Grace and Danny are in the house and with the closed door, out of the little girl's earshot. "You okay? We have antacid in the house if you need anything. Or organic milk if you prefer." The latter is what Steve usually took for an upset stomach, it was easier on his system then the chemically filled antacids.

Edited Date: 2017-07-09 04:57 pm (UTC)

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a_very_distinctive

"Yeeeah, given the paperwork civilians want just 'cause someone 'discharged a firearm' I can see how they might'a piled it on even higher for explosions," Eliot agrees, amused.

"Yeah, she's a d--arn good sous chef." Eliot grins at her and watches and she and Danny head back into the house. Damn, he'd never seen himself getting involved with anyone with kids, but fatherhood's a damn good look on Danny, and she's a sweet kid.

He drops his hand abruptly and turns back to Steve at the question. "Huh? No, I'm fine." He shakes his head and curls his hand back at his thigh, but his scent's gone a little sour with something like anxiety and he rolls his shoulders restlessly before settling back in his seat. "You got a nice place here." He tips his head in a way that includes the house and yard and the short walk down to the ocean. Because, yes, he is changing the subject.

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super_seal

"And since we discharge firearms fairly regularly..." Casually he smiled and shrugged. It wasn't something he worried about. They did what they needed to do in order get the job done. He was aware that some cops could go their entire career without discharging their weapon on duty. Five-O simply didn't have that luxury due to the type of criminals they went after.

Steve grins at the catch and change of words for Gracie's behalf. It had taken him a while to get used to what was kid friendly language and what was not. Eliot was doing far better than he had originally, but it was still amusing for him to hear someone get caught up in their words.

His brows furrow a moment as he's pretty sure that he's missed something, but he lets it go when Eliot changes the topic. Turning his head, he looks over the areas Eliot's referring too. "Thank you. The house has been in the family for three generations. My Dad and aunt grew up here and he took over the property when she moved to L.A. When dad died it fell to my sister and I. She still lives in L.A." He looks back at Eliot and smiles. "I never could afford a place like this otherwise."

"You know..." Steve starts off with a fair amount of hesitation in his voice but he figures this needs to be said before Danny comes back. "You are always welcome here if you want to come back. Or I can make arrangements for Danny to be on one of the other islands for a longer period of time. They're often asking for our services and there's less military presence there. But uh... When Danny goes to the mainland... I know what he's thinking but between us I can understand why you'd want him to yourself. I'll make the excuses for not being able to come along to give you guys that." There's no reason for Eliot to have to accept having him around or be the one to say no. He's not sure he could say no if the shoe was on the other foot and he's not interested in putting that pressure on Eliot. With work, it's easy enough for him to say the Governor can't let them both go or have a military reason why he can't join them.

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And it is right around then Danny and Grace comes walking back out. He is carrying the fruit tart and plates for everyone and she is carrying a tray with three mugs of coffee. He leans down to give Eliot a quick kiss as he places the tart on the table. "Anything else we need?" He glances around the table before he quickly darts back into the kitchen to fetch Grace's dessert pizza.

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a_very_distinctive

Eliot can hear them coming back, even before they reach the door, as he knows Steve can as well. It doesn't leave him time to answer beyond a quick duck of his head and a muttered, "thanks, man." He appreciates the offer, though, even if he doubts much will come of it.

He tips his head up for Danny's kiss, warm and casual and easy in a way he never would have expected. "Nah, we're good once you've got Grace's masterpiece," Eliot answers, smiling warmly at the little girl as he accepts his coffee from the tray.

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super_seal

Eliot's response is heard, as is the noise from the kitchen as Danny and Grace prepare to come back out. For now, he got it out there and that's all that really matters, that Eliot knows where he stands.

As Danny puts the tart on the table, Steve nods in thanks to him with a small smile. It's still more difficult than he believes it should be for him to witness the affection between the two men but it's getting easier and he turns to Grace and winks at the little girl as she giggles over the display of affection.

"This looks fantastic," he says to her as the deserts appear in front of him. When her creation comes out, his mouth twitches in amusement but there's only pride and affection in it. "You are going to have to tell me all about what's in this!" As she tells him about all the goodies she included, he cuts a piece for her, and another small one for himself before looking at the other two men to see if they are going to try her creation as well. It doesn't matter what it tastes like, he will eat every bite and says he loves it before he tries the tart.

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dann_0

Danny gives Steve his coffee and then cuts himself a piece of the dessert pizza before he offers the knife to Eliot. "It is certainly creative. I don't think I've ever seen a pizza like this." In his book, this isn't even close to pizza but that doesn't matter, Grace made it so he will eat. "Maybe you should cook for us more often Monkey? I could get used to that."

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a_very_distinctive

"She did a good job on it," Eliot agrees, taking the knife and leaning forward to cut himself a slice of each. "Good use of ingredients, good addition of complementary flavors an' textures. Should be real tasty."

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super_seal

Steve can't help but grin at Danny for calling their dessert 'pizza'. That's a hell of an amount of progress for the other man. Beside him, Grace is beaming at Eliot's words and she sits a little taller under the praise. She's watching the men carefully to see what they think, so Steve takes a good sized bite...

The amount of sugar in that bite is likely more than he gets in three days otherwise. (And it's only three days and not a week because Danny picks up Cocoa Puffs or Malasadas about once every three to four days for the office). Steve might have to go for another run and a swim tonight in order to burn off all these calories.

Smiling while he's chewing he swallows that bite with a drink of his coffee. "That is very good, Gracie. It's everything a dessert should be!"

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Danny watches Steve's face with an amused smile. He can tell this is going to be sweet and he knows Steve doesn't get too much sweet. Then he takes a bite out of his own slice and grins at Grace. It is sweet yes, way too sweet for his taste, but besides that Eliot is right, it is decent. "This is good, Monkey."

He takes another bite and washes it down with coffee. "I think you make a good teacher, Eliot, maybe I should leave breakfast pancakes to the two of you tomorrow morning." Danny places a hand on Eliot's back and strokes it.

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Oh, it's definitely excessively sweet... though Eliot figures he could add a scoop of ice cream and some whipped cream and stick it on the menu at the pub and, while it would't be flying out the door as their next big hit, it'd get ordered. Hell, Parker and Hardison would eat it at least twice a week.

"I think me an' my sous chef could handle that," he answers, though his voice has dropped to a slightly deeper rumble as Danny strokes a hand down his back. "What d'you think, Grace?"

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Beaming at the three men, Grace looks very happy with their assessments of her creation. "I think it sounds like a date!" Her voice has that happy sing-song quality to it before she takes a bite herself. Her eyes light up and she hums out a happy sound. Clearly the desert agrees with her.

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dann_0

Danno chuckles and finishes his slice. Yeah, he is going to need another cup of coffee to wash that down soon enough. But for now this is just perfect, the four of them, his little family all together like this. He smiles contently as he leans back in his chair, watching them talk and eat. It might not always be this comfortable and easy but damn he is happy right now.

Eliot's rumble hits him right in the stomach and he has to take a deep breath to calm. Fuck he is way past thirty, not some teenager, this shouldn't affect him this much. He blushes slightly and looks down into his mug.

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It's easy to relax into this, easier still because he can't just smell how relaxed and happy Danny is, he can almost feel it. It makes it easy to pretend--because he can't let himself believe--that this is something he can have. And keep.

And the way Danny's scent spikes with want, the blush faintly coloring his cheeks and heating his skin, the slight, barely there skip in his heart beat... christ, it makes him want right back. But he manages to stay focused on his plate, his coffee, to keep from blushing in turn as he smiles warmly at Grace and winks. "Prettiest date I'll've had in a long time."

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super_seal

Steve feels it too, the tug just under the rib-cage but it doesn't mean the same thing to him. This is a feeling he gets regularly, especially with Danny, and he knows it's not indigestion but he'd call it his sixth sense that he was allowing himself to relax too much. That things were just about to change and not in a good way for him. It's usually not long after he gets 'this feeling' that someone leaves on him. It was this feeling that prevented him from ever trying to move things forward with Danny - the worry that once he did, it would all be over.

When Danny's change in scent hits him though, he smiles. Smelling Danny's happiness and want, the skip then increase in his blood pressure as the surface temperature on his face goes up confirms what he already suspected about Danny. Hearing Eliot's heart beat skip, slightly speed up but then settle again gives away the other man. Eliot's good, but automatic responses are a near impossible thing to regulate when an unexpected change happens in the environment - like Danny's sudden rush of want.

The type of changes he's witnessing are the ones he wanted though, and that makes him happy. It overrides any and all amount of upset or trepidation he may have. This is the best possible outcome for Danny, Grace and soon to be Charlie. Any heartache he may experience now will be considerably less than when he gets called back to the service. It's not an 'if' in his mind, but a 'when'. It will be hard enough to lose Danny and his support, but to be worrying about how the other man is coping and what trouble he might be getting into on his own... That would be enough to drive Steve insane. No. He's convinced that this way is better. Much better.

And with that in mind the smile turns into a silly grin and he lightly taps Grace with his elbow and leans in only to speak in a stage whisper. "That's saying something, Kiddo, cause your Danno, he's got that really pretty hair that he's always fussing with. Although, I agree with Eliot. I think you're prettier too."

Grace's eyes get big and she rolls her lips over her teeth as she looks at her father trying hard not to giggle. Not missing a beat, she leans her head towards Steve and repeating that stage whisper, she says, "He is very pretty, isn't he? I think Chef thinks so too."

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dann_0

Danny glances between Grace and Steve, the blush deepening. He shakes his head and finishes his cup of coffee to cover it. He's never really thought of himself as pretty. Handsome maybe, vain, yeah a bit, but not pretty. He glances over at Eliot, trying to beg him to get him out of this situation.

"Still, you're prettier, Monkey. You got that after your mother." Rachel was still one of the prettiest women he knew. He sinks back in his chair, suddenly Rachel and Charlie are on his mind. What is he going to do about that? He shakes his head and then gets up. "I am getting some more coffee, you want some more boys?"

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"Don't worry, sweetheart." Eliot leans across and presses a kiss to Danny's cheek before he can escape. "You're def'nitely the second prettiest, an' I think she must'a got that smile from you."

He has to resist the urge to swat Danny's ass as he stands, but he's doing pretty good so far on remembering to be kid-appropriate. "Nah, I'm good. But how 'bout I help you clear the table."

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super_seal

When Danny stands, so does Steve. "Hey no. You guys sit. Relax. I'll clear the table and take care of the dishes." He smiles and winks at Gracie, this is a house rule. "Who ever cooks, the other cleans, right?"

Stacking up the dishes he takes the first load into the house.

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dann_0

Danny isn't hard to convince and he sinks back into the chair, taking Eliot's hand and holding it as he sips his coffee. "This is like that picture perfect dream they try to sell, right?" He smiles over at Eliot, giving his hand a squeeze. "So what do you think? You still want to be a part of this now that you've had a chance to see more of what it entails?"

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a_very_distinctive

Eliot squeezes back, and rubs his thumb back and forth lightly over the back of Danny's hand, just enjoying the warmth and the peace and the contact. Everyone's heartbeat is steady and even, everyone's content, the surf is lapping quietly in the background-

"Right up to it being filmed on a Hawaiian beach paradise," he agrees easily, even if he's pretty sure those picture perfect dreams don't generally include your new boyfriend's best friend who he's clearly in love with and just as clearly wants to fuck. But he knew he was only getting a part of Danny, and that part only on time share from the start, so he can't really complain. He'll take what he can get for as long as he can get it and try his damnedest to make it work.

"Think you're gonna hafta run me off if you want me outa the picture, sweetheart," he answers, lifting Danny's hand and pressing his lips to the back of it.

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super_seal

Putting the dishes on the counter in the kitchen, Steve smiles to himself as he hears the conversation taking place outside. Both Danny and Eliot sound happy and relaxed, and he's relieved that things are going well.

Bringing out the coffee pot, he places it on the table with a warmer underneath. Scooping up the remainder of the unneeded dishes he looks around at each of the others. "I'm going to start the dishes, anyone need anything first?"

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