Baltimore Aquarium, Sunday afternoon

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So the aquarium only did swimming with the sharks on Saturdays and Steve was grumpy about it but he'd signed he and Danny up to walk on a catwalk just inches above them, which was feeding into his adrenaline junkie ways.

"Figure you got enough dolphin excursions with Grace," he teased as they climbed onto the catwalk.

[OOC: for the guy from Jersey!]

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Steve let out a soft laugh. "It's just a nickname."

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"I'm just sayin'" Danny replied with a grin, bumping into Steve's shoulder.

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"I prefer being Steve," Steve said.

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"They're not mutually exclusive," Danny replied, flicking some excess water at him.

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Steve flicked some back at him, ignoring the "seriously, dude?" look from the bored teenager.

"Normally Smooth Dog goes with 'McGarrett'," Steve said to be a pain.

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"Well, I'll be sure to avoid that," Danny promised.

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Steve grinned. "You'll hear it a lot when we meet up with SEALs," he said.

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"Should I be prepared for stories about you getting into dumb situations? Or will I be sharing those?" Because he had a lot!

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"I get others out of dumb situations," Steve said, "and any story that says otherwise is a wild fabrication."

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"Uh huh," Danny drawled, going over to the next tank.

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This tank had sea stars and a horseshoe crab. "I tell nothing but the truth," Steve said, running his fingers along a sea star.

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"Lies," Danny countered, making a face once he saw the crab.

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"Aww, you're gonna hurt its crab feelings with a face like that," Steve teased.

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"He's all yous," Danny assured him, moving the the sea star instead.

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Steve was definitely talking to the horseshoe crab, bucking up its tiny crab ego because it was not the draw in the tank.

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"Really, babe? Really?"

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"Hawaiian thing," Steve completely made up. "We're tuned into the water."

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"I'll ask Kono if it is," he warned.

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"She'll have my back," Steve said. "Gift shop?"

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"Gift shop," Danny agreed, looking for the flimsy paper towels to dry his hands off. "Then crab."

Though being on an actual date out in public made Danny think about other first dates where that was just an excuse to neck in the back of a car.

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Steve was definitely reconsidering the amount of out in public to makeouts.

"Then home," he said. In case Danny was worried.

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"No plans to stop a gun running organization as a nightcap?" he asked, ignoring the annoyed teenage employee's relief that those two weirdos were leaving.

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"I never plan on them," Steve said. "They just happen. Oooh, t-shirts that are tie-dyed. How Hawaiian."

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"Nuh uh," Danny said, scooping up an otter plushie, holding onto a little plush clam. "You're getting this one."

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That was freaking adorable.

"What on earth am I going to do with that?" Steve asked.