#ultra sappy but it's the closes to a hallmark movie moment I'll probably get to xD

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So I saw this post 

I wanted to write more about it. Make an actual whole ass fic for it (and I might still do. I am just slowly limping out of a very foggy mindset where I’ve just been having a shit time writing or reading) 

Expanding on the dialogue of what’s already giffed, Steve tells Danny how he wants everything. Wants to be more than FWB, wants to be able to tell people who flirt with Danny in public to fuck off cos he’s taken, he wants to be undeniably part of a family outing and not just the friend who tagged along to help. He wants it all! And of course Danny says yes and Steve properly invites Danny back to his room. (part of the spiel was anyway about Danny giving up his crappy apartment and moving in with him, help Steve make the McGarrett house feel like a home and build a loving family together) 

Steve was so intense and serious though that he knew he had to put a ring on it. Except...uh oh, no ring. So big romantic gesture and this was in my mind:

“Steve?” Danny called out as he sat up and blinked his vision into focus. He frowned when he reached over and rather than landing on Steve, his arm landed on cold bed sheets. 

Getting up, unsure how to feel in the moment, he searched a moment for his underwear before heading to look for Steve. 

“After that heartfelt speech I’m tempted to feel kinda stupid waking up alone in bed with no evidence of breakfast or coffee being prepared. What? That your new go-to gimmick to get me into bed with you just cos I wanted a break?” Danny demanded as he stared down Steve, trying not to look as vulnerable as he felt. 

Steve, who was still very damp from a swim. He looked slightly panicked and hurt by the accusation and didn’t want the moment ruined. “No! I meant all of it. But I kept thinking back to some of our fights. And...I want to prove to you that I can be romantic! When it matters.” Steve then presented Danny with a shell with a shiny looking pearl inside. 

“What’s this?” 

“My attempt. Okay, I kept thinking. Or really, it popped into my mind so easily! The thought was so natural. It didn’t scare me. It didn’t make me hesitate or  make me feel anything that wasn’t pure confidence. So as it got lighter, I slipped out but it wasn’t because all I wanted was to have you back in my bed, Danny. I went out and I walked and walked the shoreline until sunrise. And the first intact seashell I saw, illuminated by the sun’s light, would be what I’d get. And I did. It’s a half shell. 

“Not too big, but big enough to fit this! It’s an edible decorating pearl that Grace brought with her that day we baked cookies here. Together. Cos the seashell...that’s the sea. A big part of who I am. The first one I saw illuminated by the sun...cos you’re my sunshine. With all the warmth and life giving, loving heat and equal raging anger that gives sunburns that aren’t a joke...and the kids!...that ones we already look after...and the ones I...the ones I want us to add...they’re our pearl. And...” 

He swallowed thickly, Danny never not interrupting him made him feel self conscious about what he was doing. Before he could lose his nerve, he gets down on one knee and offers the shell with edible pearl, “We’ll get a ring. Together. However you like it...but I had to do this now. Danny....my Danno...will you marry me?” 

#McDanno #Steve McGarrett #Danny Williams #drabble #fanfic inspiration #it's messy and incomplete but thoughts are like that sometimes #idiots in love #grand gestures by mcgarretts are a thing with me atm so like #just wanted to share this bit with you guys #ultra sappy but it's the closes to a hallmark movie moment I'll probably get to xD