Disclaimer: I own nothing; anything pertaining to Hawaii Five-0 belongs to the creators of the show and CBS.

Author's Note: Holy moly people, this is my 30th story. I'm still overwhelmed by the amazing response my other Five-0 stories have gotten. I want to give a humongous thank you to Stephaniequeen for giving me the idea that launched this story. This story is going to be much longer than the other ones and I hope that you all enjoy this story.

It hit Danny completely out of the blue one day. He was sitting in his office his mind going numb from paperwork, when he happened to look up and see Steve smiling at Chin across the smart table. Seeing Steve smile, not only brought a smile to Danny's face, but a tingling and fluttering to his stomach. He wasn't new to feeling like this; he had felt something along these lines when he first met Rachel. That thought made Danny sit up straight in his chair and a cold sweat break out across his forehead.

There is no way that he could be attracted or in love with his very male, very straight partner, right? For the rest of the day Danny ignored the paperwork piling up on his desk and began looking through the evidence. The conclusion he came to was startling; he had been gradually and ever so slowly falling in love with Steven J. McGarrett.

Now that he's realized his feelings towards his partner, what was he going to do with this information? Sure he was in love with Steve, but it was mostly love of family and the attraction so minute that Danny reasoned that he could ignore or live with the way he felt about his partner. Because really what other option did he have? It wasn't like Steve was magically going to feel the same, no Danny knows that Steve would probably have to be slowly brought to the same conclusion that Danny had come to.

But before he jumps into anything, he needs to take some time and let this emotional bombshell calm down a little bit. Because unlike some people Danny knows (cough Steven cough), Danny likes to approach matters of the heart with a well thought out plan and a calm level head. So Danny's going to let it go for awhile and see just where this information goes, it's the only way that Danny's going to make it through this.

Of course, Danny finds himself spending his first morning off in a while, hiking with one Steven McGarrett. Danny thought for sure he was dreaming when Steve called him that morning and invited him to go hiking, because the last Danny checked Steve preferred to work out alone. But part of Danny is also immensely happy that Steve had thought to invite him and even went as far to make sure that Danny was prepared, more prepared than he was the last time.

"If we find a dead body this time, I swear Steven I will never do anything remotely like this with you again." Danny whines as Steve drives towards the mountains, he glances briefly from the road in front of him and smirks at Danny.

"Trust me I don't want a repeat of what happened the last time." Danny glances down at Steve's arm, the arm that had suffered a nasty break because they happened to stumble across a body. Danny still isn't sure that Steve didn't plant the body there to give them something to do, he swears that a Steve that has too much time on his hands, is not a good Steve to have around.

"Minus the whole broken arm thing, I think you secretly loved it. You thrive off of things like that, you being an Army Neanderthal and all." Danny smirks seeing Steve tighten his grip on the wheel ever so slightly.

"Navy, Danny, navy. When are you going to get it through your thick over gelled head? Do you need to write it five hundred times?" Steve joked shooting Danny a sly smile that made Danny's body tingle with warmth. Damnit, get a grip Williams. Danny reprimands himself as Steve parks his truck and hops out.

"Yeah I'll do that when you admit that police procedure is actually valid." Steve chuckles, shaking his head at the quick responses that Danny seems to have stored in his head ready for him to throw out at the drop of a dime. Without responding Steve grabs his pack and waits for Danny to lace up his hiking boots and grab his pack as well. He's been waiting for the perfect time to get back out here with Danny, after the last time when things ended so badly with Steve being taken away by helicopter to the hospital while Danny was stuck babysitting their victim, Steve felt that he needed to almost make it up to Danny for it.

So when they solved their case yesterday and the governor deemed that they needed some time off to decompress and regroup, Steve thought he had the perfect opportunity. He liked hiking with Danny, because it gave him an opportunity to learn even more about his partner which then brought them closer. The closer he got to Danny the more he trusted Danny and it was nice to know that when they went out into the field that Steve didn't have to worry about his partner not having his back. So basically this was Steve's way of bonding with Danny.

Making their way through the gorgeous mountains, Danny found himself spilling things to Steve that he had never thought to tell anyone else. He told him little things he remembered about growing up as the oldest in Jersey with two working parents to big things about his fears over parenting a pre-teen soon to be teenage girl. Steve actively listened, taking time to process what Danny was saying before replying. Steve would also share things about growing up on the island and back on the mainland. The conversation that flowed easily between them distracted them from the hike and made it more pleasurable than the last time.

Since they were busy sharing their childhoods, neither of them noticed the rain clouds that had rolled in until big fat raindrops began to pelt down on them. "Shit." Steve cursed as a loud rumble of thunder drowned out what he said. "We need to find cover to wait out the storm." Danny nodded quickly following Steve as he turned and backtracked towards the bank of trees they had just passed. Once they were covered, they waited silently as the loud thunderstorm played out above them.

As they sat there in silence Danny found himself letting his mind wonder back to the dark corner that held his feelings for Steve. He found himself thinking more and more about the amount of time they were spending together and if Steve was trying to tell him something by inviting him on this little adventures and sharing such personal things about himself. That little flicker of hope made Danny's heart pound a little bit faster, his seemingly innocent crush wasn't as innocent or as small as he thought it was. No, he knew that his feelings were much deeper than a simple crush.

So Danny needs a plan. Sure he knows how to woo females, he had been married remember? But this time was different, and not just because Steve was a male. No Danny was going to need help trying to figure out the proper way to woo someone like Steven. So Danny was going to need a wingman or special helper to make this a successful special op. And Danny only knew of one person that would be able to aid him in this operation.

The following afternoon Danny found himself sitting in his office, trying to make a dent in the pile of paperwork that was cluttering his desk. Even though he was supposed to be taking some time off, Danny couldn't sit in his apartment or even hang out with Steve, not after he had discovered just how deep and intense his feelings for Steve went. No Danny needed something to do to occupy his mind before he became obsessive and spent all of this time thinking about what he was going to do with this whole, 'I love Steve' thing going on in his head and heart. So Danny decided that an empty office and a stack of paperwork was exactly what he needed.

The ringing of Danny's phone brought him out of his paperwork haze. He smiled when he caught sight of the time. "Hey Monkey." Danny greeted smiling brightly at the sound of his precious daughter's voice. He knew that she was exactly what he needed to hear after his somewhat depressing and emotionally draining afternoon.

As he listened to Grace excitedly tell him every detail of what had happened at school Danny spotted Kono walking into the main part of their lobby and jumped out of his chair rapping on the glass of his office. Kono turned towards the sound as Danny motioned for her to come into the office. Kono was exactly the person he would need to help him, plus she would probably be overjoyed that Danny had finally realized how he felt about Steve.

Kono took a seat in front of Danny while Danny finished his conversation with Grace. "Danno loves you too Monkey, I'll see you tomorrow." Danny hung up and smiled at Kono.

"Hey Danny, what are you doing here?" Kono asked still unsure as to why Danny was at the office on their day off.

"All this paperwork was bothering me, so I came in to make a dent in it. But you are just the person I'm looking for. I need your help." He started coming around to half sit half lean on the edge of his desk in front of her.

"I'm not doing paperwork for you brah, Steve might be able to pawn some of it off on me and I love you, but no." Danny chuckled lightly and shook his head.

"It's not about paperwork Kono, it's more personal than that." Kono sat forward in her chair, her curiosity piqued.

"How personal?" She asked resisting the urge to grin like an idiot.

"I might need some assistance in making myself more appealing to a certain Navy SEAL, who happens to be our bonehead of a boss." Kono's mouth fell open before she began to squeal like a child that had just been told they were going to Disney World.

"You need help wooing Steve?" She gasped out through her giggles, bouncing up and down in her seat. "I can't believe this! It's about damn time cuz; I mean seriously I was going to have to intervene soon." Danny sighed, rolling his eyes at her excitement.

"Seriously Kono, I want to take this as slow as possible as to not alert Steve that I am in fact, as you say 'wooing' him. I just want to see if I could get him to return my feeling, that's all. So will you help me?" Danny's seriousness helped to calm Kono down a tad, but she was still excited that Danny wanted her help.

"Of course I'll help you Danny, we're ohana remember? And I know exactly the first step we need to take in Operation Woo McGarrett."

"First off, you need a better title than Woo McGarrett, but we'll work on it. Secondly, what does your romantically devious mind have in store for me?" Danny asked bracing himself for something absolutely crazy to come out of her mouth.

"You and I are going surfing." Danny blanched at the mention of surfing but swallowed loudly and nodded, trying not to let his fears completely overtake his body. Everything they did was all in the name of love, and Danny really wanted Steve to return his feelings.

But like they say, Rome wasn't built in a day so Danny sure did have his work cut out for him.

A/N 2: So how'd I do? I hope that you guys enjoyed this chapter and stay tuned for the next one. Like always don't hesitate to tell me (good, bad, or indifferent) what you thought about this story. And thank you for even taking the time to read this story. Until next time ~thatredheadgirl~