MCA #0, Thursday morning

[grenadesandohana]

Steve had woken up this morning being squashed under a military-issue duffel bag with "NAVY OBLIGATIONS" stenciled neatly on the side, tripped over a matching one labeled "BULLFROG" and careened into "FREDDY," and fell onto "AFGHANISTAN."

"Fucking fuck," he muttered from the ground. "Danny?"

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[hatesparadise]

"You know what? I really don't know." It was both of theirs.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve snorted without humor. "She'd love that."

[hatesparadise]

"We are not telling your mother that she got in my head too," Danny informed him with a finger pointed in Steve's direction.

A bad labeled 'persnickety' dropped next to him.

"Seriously?!"

That word a day calendar got to everything, Daniel.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve laughed quietly from the floor. "That's quite a word," he commented, shoving the duffle out of the way.

[hatesparadise]

"C'mere," Danny said, offering him a hand. "I'm not gonna get down there with you without pulling something."

Ooop, and there was a bag with 'not able to keep up' on it.

[grenadesandohana]

"You're able to keep up," Steve said to Danny with a glare at the bag as he used Danny's hand to get off the ground.

[hatesparadise]

"I'm really not with you, babe," Danny said, giving it an annoyed look. "Not gonna stop me from trying."

[grenadesandohana]

"You're always where I need you," Steve said, ignoring "SELF-SACRIFICING IDIOT" landing near the window.

[hatesparadise]

It was spot on and Danny would have to smack him if he tried it again. "Yeah, we're not goin' out with this happening."

[grenadesandohana]

Steve grumbled. "I need to go for a run."

He didn't turn around to see what the new bag said as it thumped onto the floor. He knew it was an unflattering comment about using exercise instead of therapy or something.

[hatesparadise]

Well. He did.

"Nope, you're havin' coffee with me."

[grenadesandohana]

"And after that, I can go for a run."

Probably not, Steven.

[hatesparadise]

"You wanna trip on more of these?"

Like that 'Mother hen' bag that dropped on the ground.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve grinned. "I can dodge 'em."

[hatesparadise]

"So, when I have to come pick you up from the clinic..."

[grenadesandohana]

"You can hit me with that bag," Steve said, pointing to the small "TAKES THINGS TOO FAR."

[hatesparadise]

"Oh, I will." He'd do it gladly. And then yell a lot.

[grenadesandohana]

"I'm used to it," Steve said with a fond grin.

[hatesparadise]

Hey, check out that 'ANXIOUS WRECK' duffle bag!

"Yeah, yeah," Danny said, knowing that wasn't shocking news or anything. "Coffee."

[grenadesandohana]

"Coffee," Steve agreed. "Lead the way."

[hatesparadise]

"This is ridiculous," Danny said, avoiding that duffle bag to search out the Kona stuff.

[grenadesandohana]

"Completely," Steve agreed, shoving the ANXIOUS WRECK bag out of sight.

[hatesparadise]

"And rude too," he decided. "Rude as hell."

[grenadesandohana]

"Completely," Steve said, moving around a foot locker that said "NORTH KOREA."

[hatesparadise]

"How many things am I gonna see here that are redacted?" Danny asked, getting the coffee started.