MCA #0, Some Reasonable Time of Morning

[grenadesandohana]

On a normal morning, Steve was up with the sun to swim and run, but that was based on years of intensive Navy training--none of which his 16 year old self had. His 16 year old self was burrowed under four blankets and blearily blinking his eyes open, wondering why it was so cold this morning.

His stomach gave an unhelpful gurgle to remind him he couldn't stay in bed forever--he probably had school to get to and whatever, it was weird that an alarm hadn't already gone off to remind him--and with a grumble he slid out from the warm covers and hissed as his feet hit icy (well. to him.) wood floors. He pulled on a hoodie emblazoned with the word NAVY on it and opened the door, padding out to the kitchen.

Maybe there would be hot chocolate or something. He was freezing.

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[hatesparadise]

It wasn't even that cold, you weirdo. At least not for someone used to actual winters.

But Danny was also in a random Navy hoodie that he didn't know where the heck it came from. Probably some hand-me-down from one of the many cousins on either side of the family.

"...hey," he said upon seeing a strange guy in the kitchen where he was making freaking waaaaay too many eggs to keep up with his appetite.

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"Hey," Steve said warily. "Who are you?"

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"Uh, Danny Williams. You?"

The eggs were totally burning.

[grenadesandohana]

"Steve McGarrett," Steve said. "Um. I think you're burning breakfast."

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"Okay, what your doing in my kitchen, Steve McGarrett," Danny replied, taking the pan off the stove.

Oh, also it was now his kitchen. Okay.

[grenadesandohana]

"What makes you think it's your kitchen?" Steve demanded, crossing his arms over his chest and glaring. "I obviously live here too! Maybe it's my kitchen!"

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"I'm cooking in it, ergo, my kitchen," Danny shot back because he was apparently pathologically incapable of not talking like that at any age.

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"Ergo?" Steve repeated, snorting.

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"What? Word too big for you?"

[grenadesandohana]

"Of course it's not too big for me but I don't say it out loud like a nerd," Steve said.

Of course, nerds didn't tend have biceps like Danny did but Steve was aggressively ignoring those.

[hatesparadise]

Look, he could be a nerd and also a beefcake at the same time! He contained multitudes!

"It's a good word," Danny replied, banging around in the cabinets to find plates before dishing up what was possibly a whole dozen eggs onto two of them.

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"Studying for the SATs or something?" Steve asked, heading to the fridge and pulling out orange juice, chopped pineapple, and cold pizza.

Gotta hit all the food groups, Danny.

[hatesparadise]

Why did they have chopped pineapple? (It was to be a dick to Danny, but also because pineapple was delicious.)

"Maybe I just like expanding my vocabulary," Danny replied. Then grudgingly said, "Yeah."

[grenadesandohana]

"I knew it," Steve said, sounding smug. "I took mine in October."

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"Yeah, and?" Danny asked. "Eat your eggs. They're gonna get cold."

Oh god, he was totally doing the parenting thing as a teenager too.

[grenadesandohana]

"I like cold eggs," Steve lied because no one liked cold eggs.

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"No one likes cold eggs," Danny informed him with an exasperated eye-roll.

[grenadesandohana]

"I like cold pizza!"

He was also 16 and bad at cooking.

[hatesparadise]

Hey, in the Williams home food meant love. Not that he loved this weirdo or anything, but it was important, you know?

"Eggs aren't pizza!"

[grenadesandohana]

"I'm having both," Steve said, scooping his eggs onto his pizza like some sort of insane teenager.

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"You're an animal," Danny said like he wasn't eating six slightly charred eggs for breakfast to stay in shape for the baseball season and boxing. Also stealing that orange juice to drink out of the jug.

[grenadesandohana]

"I'm a growing boy," Steve said with his mouth full.

At least it was true? He hadn't hit six feet yet.

[hatesparadise]

"Yeah, sure you are," Danny grumbled. Could do with some filling out.

[grenadesandohana]

"Grew two inches over the summer," Steve said. "Needed a new football jersey."

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"You play football? You a kicker or somethin'?" Danny, that wasn't nice. He was just slender.