MCA #0, Friday evening

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Steve had been gritting his teeth and pushing through pain all week, nourished only by bland, terrible food, decaf coffee, and stubbornness.

(He was also fueled by his transplant anti-rejection pills, which he'd take for the rest of his life. He hated that.)

He wasn't running, but he was definitely walking up and down the steps of the island until his calves burned, and then did it for another half hour.

(His body had betrayed him after decades of work making it a finely oiled machine. He was punishing it just a little.)

And now he was back in the apartment, looking for something interesting to eat. There was nothing interesting to eat, but he was looking anyway.

[OOC: For Danno.]

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[grenadesandohana]

"Thanks, Mom," Steve retorted, not at all dwelling on whether his mother even knew about the accident. Probably, Joe had a big mouth. She hadn't made contact, though.

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Danny leaned into him for that comment. "God, the pizza is good."

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"It really, really is," Steve said around a mouthful of cheese.

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"We say nothing to the doc about this," Danny said, immediately going for a second slice.

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"I wasn't planning on offering any information," Steve admitted.

[hatesparadise]

Now, once they regret these choices in about a half an hour, they might reconsider that.

"Top secret."

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"Of course," Steve agreed, moving more slowly with his first piece still.

[hatesparadise]

Yeah, it was good, but... they were not used to eating a lot in one sitting anymore.

Danny let out a sigh that was more associated with a large pile of garlic shrimp and rice.

[grenadesandohana]

At least it wasn't the sound when Kamekona tried to make shrimp shave ice?

"You okay?" Steve checked.

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"More full than I thought," Danny said, giving his half finished second slice a look of longing.

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"It'll reheat, too," Steve said with a small smile.

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"It will," Danny agreed, dropping it into the pizza box with a deeply unpleasant burp. "Excuse me. Jesus."

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"You've never been sexier," Steve deadpanned.

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"Welcome to marriage," Danny replied dryly. "Consider it a sign of comfort."

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"I'm definitely thinking something," Steve admitted.

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Danny gave him a little punch to the arm. "Oh, like you've never done that before."

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"I can teach you to belch the military alphabet," Steve said.

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"Oh, is that how you're wooing me?" Danny asked, finding his medication to take for the evening.

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"Would that work?" Steve asked, grabbing his handful of pills, too.

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"Nah, might need more," he said, making a face as he swallowed.

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"I can also show you my knot tying," Steve said.

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Danny paused to give him an amused look at that. "Here I thought it was just my tie you wanna 'practice your knots on' with me."

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"I've got layers," Steve said, making a small face as the cheese hit his stomach.

[hatesparadise]

Yeah, mistakes were made.

"Go lay down?" And groan a lot.

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"Yeah," Steve said, wincing as he stood up. Stupid body. "We can watch a movie."