i'm hoping & praying that after Riverdale 6x04 becomes the HIGHEST RATED EPISODE that something will happen and there could be something (a special/part 5/reboot parent show) that will let Harvey & Sabrina get their second chance FINALLY
A continuous story of season 10 episode codas. Steve may describe their relationship as a dysfunctional marriage, but at some point, will he and Danny take a closer look at what it really could be? (The answer is yes).
Chapter 12 – Coda to 10.12
“Thanks for getting us out of going for drinks tonight,” Steve says to Danny as they make their way out of the palace. “Sometimes your grumpy reputation is a blessing.”
After the CIA released them, Steve, Danny and Lou had met up with the rest of the team for a quick debrief, mostly to check on Junior and give them all a chance to see with their own eyes that he was all right. But when Magnum suggested drinks at a bar owed by his pal, Danny jumped to make excuses.
It wasn’t actually because he wanted to crash, like he told Magnum. Or that he had much interest in getting back to Steve’s house and seeing how badly it had been trashed, which they would have to deal with eventually. Danny actually had something much more interesting in mind.
When they step outside the building into the warm afternoon air, Eric is there, just as instructed.
“Hey, Uncle D.,” Eric says, giving him a bro hug. “Side parking lot,” he whispers into Danny’s ear, awkwardly handing him something which Danny quickly slides into his pocket.
“Later, Steve.” Eric waves and dashes through the front doors.
“What was that about?” Steve asks.
“Just going to see Junior, I think,” Danny replies. “Hey, hang on,” Danny interrupts Steve as he starts to order an Uber. “I want to show you something.”
Steve raises an eyebrow at Danny, but follows him around the side of the building.
“Holy crap, look at that!”
In front of them, parked smack dab in the middle of the side lot, is a shining red Ferrari.
“It’s just like Magnum’s!” Steve exclaims, jogging over.
"Hopefully no one will put a bullet in this one."
“Danny, come here. You’ve got to check it out.” Steve is running his hand covetously over the hood of the car. “488 Spider, 650 horsepower. Isn’t she beautiful?”
“Take a closer look,” Danny says, and tosses the keys to Steve.
Steve reaches up and catches them easily, a look of shock on his face. “Danny? What’s going on?”
Danny grins. “It’s for you, at least for the next 24 hours.”
“It’s mine?”
“Well, technically, it’s mine. It’s a rental, though, so let’s not show it to any bad guys, okay?”
Steve practically bounces on his toes. “Are you serious? Can I drive?”
Danny gives a mock sigh. He clearly wouldn’t have bothered with this whole endeavor if he wasn’t going to let Steve drive. “Of course, babe.”
The delighted look on Steve’s face is the one of the best things Danny has ever seen, and it makes his whole body thrum with pleasure.
They get in and buckle up, Danny taking a minute to appreciate the fine detailing and soft leather in the interior.
“Nice, right?” Steve says, turning on the car. “This car is fantastic. It’s a supercar. It’s got three times the power of the original model. It can go 200 miles per hour!”
“Let’s not test that in Honolulu traffic, please.”
Steve just beams, not even bothering with his traditional snark, and pulls out confidently onto the road. “Can’t decide if I want to go east, or up to the north shore.”
Danny shrugs. “Do both. We’ve got time.”
Before long they’re cruising along the highway, heading east towards Makapu’u Point. There’s really nowhere on Oahu where Steve can drive the car at its fastest speeds, which Steve gripes mildly about, before deciding that he’ll be getting up before dawn in the morning to see if he can find some empty road. He keeps up a near non-stop description of the car and all its features (the 3.9 liter engine, the fancy controls on the wheel, the folding roof) as they drive, and Danny sits back, content to listen for once.
Steve pulls into the Diamond Head lookout, which is remarkably free of tourists for a Friday afternoon, but doesn’t get out of the car.
“We’ve been here dozens of times,” Steve says. “But I’ve never seen this view from a Ferrari.”
Danny laughs. He’d really like to kiss Steve, so he does, grabbing his cheek and quickly smacking him on the lips. Steve’s grinning when he pulls back.
“Thank you for this, Danno. I mean it. This is awesome.”
“Figured we needed some fun after the past few days.” While CIA lock-up wasn’t the worst place he and Steve had been held, their inability to help Junior had been maddening.
“Yeah. We owe Thomas, don’t we?”
“We do,” Danny agrees. He and Higgins were instrumental in rescuing Junior, and they weren’t even Five-0.
“He wants to hang out. He said you and me should have dinner with him and Higgins sometime.”
“Did he really?”
“Yeah. He told me to bring my partner.”
Danny studies Steve. “He meant work partner, right? Or are he and Higgins…?”
“I dunno. But either way, could be fun. Thomas seems like a good guy, although he’s a little impulsive.”
“Pot, kettle.”
“Whatever.” Steve runs a finger along the side of the door, tapping his fingers. “He let me drive his car, you know.”
Danny snorts. “You may have mentioned that.” Among their recent topics of discussion, along with how to get a message out to Tani and whether anyone at the CIA could really be this stupid, were the details of Steve’s day with Magnum. Steve had been particularly tickled when Magnum’s pals fanboyed over him, much to Magnum’s dismay. Danny really wishes he could have been a fly on the wall for that conversation – Steve deserves to be revered, as far as he’s concerned.
“Hey, is that what this is about?” Steve asks, a mischievous look in his eye.
“What?”
“Renting this car.” Steve leans back, and runs his hands suggestively over the steering wheel, then down to the gear shift. “You were jealous that I was driving someone else’s car.”
Danny considers denying it, but then decides that coming clean, so to speak, will be much more fun. “Maybe I was,” he says, pitching his voice low.
Steve appears to choke on nothing but air, and Danny grins at him. “Come on, smooth dog, we’ve only got the car for one day. You want to sit here and flirt, or you want to drive some more?”
Steve blinks. “Honestly? I’m torn.”
Danny laughs. “How about you take me out for dinner in Haleiwa, and then when it get dark, we find someplace to park?”
“To park?”
“You know – like in high school. <i>Park.”</i>
Steve’s eyes go wide. “You mean do it – in the car?”
Danny shrugs. “It’s a rental.”
“Danny, you have the best ideas,” Steve says with fervor, leaning over to kiss Danny so fiercely, Danny begins to reconsider his plan in favor of something a little more immediate. But the sun is still shining brightly, a minivan has just parked next to them at the overlook, and getting caught with his hand around his partner’s dick in public would probably not be good for Five-O’s reputation.
Danny can wait. He’s pretty sure it will be worth it.
