Trooper Station, Monday, January 18, 2021

[grenadesandohana]

Yes, it was a federal holiday, but it seemed like the Troopers didn't know who Martin Luther King, Jr. was (...it was possible Steve hadn't figured out the Troopers weren't from around here), and had showed up to work anyway.

So Steve made them do more laps for taking away his day off, then spent his morning ignoring paperwork regarding the Bee Lady.

He wouldn't have touched the paperwork even if it hadn't been a holiday weekend, let's be honest.

The Trooper Station was here for you!

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[hatesparadise]

"It's a holiday, you know," Danny said like that meant anything on the job.

Because someone had to the paperwork for the Bee Lady. And it wasn't gonna be Steve or Diego.

[grenadesandohana]

"That's why I'm in a t-shirt," Steve said.

Steve was always in a t-shirt.

[hatesparadise]

Danny just stared at him for that. Because, yes. Steve always wore a t-shirt.

[grenadesandohana]

"Sometimes it has a collar!" Steve protested.

[hatesparadise]

"A polo shirt does not count," he replied. Which cut down on a lot of Steve's wardrobe that wasn't a uniform if t-shirts were also out.

[grenadesandohana]

"Why doesn't a polo shirt count?" Steve demanded.

[hatesparadise]

"Because frat boys wear them. Are you a frat boy, Steven?"

[grenadesandohana]

"Of course not," Steve said. "The Academy doesn't have fraternities."

That was not remotely the point, Steve.

[hatesparadise]

"Oh, is that what held you back from your dream?" Danny asked dryly.

[grenadesandohana]

"I didn't dream of being a frat boy," Steve retorted.

[hatesparadise]

"But you would have been one?" Because Danny would judge the hell out of that.

[grenadesandohana]

"Of course not," Steve scoffed.

[hatesparadise]

"Well then. You don't need to wear a polo shirt."

[grenadesandohana]

"I see plenty of other people wearing polo shirts!"

Like tourists going to a semi-fancy dinner when they weren't in hulu shirts!

[hatesparadise]

"Where?" Because he'd have words for them too!

[grenadesandohana]

"Restaurants!" Steve said. "Golf courses?"

[hatesparadise]

"Neither of those are a professional setting!" Which made a difference. Of course.

[grenadesandohana]

"They are if you're a professional golfer!"

Steven. What.

[hatesparadise]

Danny made a motion like he was going to strangle Steve to death for that.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve laughed at him. "Does that mean I won?"

[hatesparadise]

"No, it does not, Steven."

[grenadesandohana]

"If I called Diego, would he say I won?"

Diego only owned black t-shirts, so Steve was feeling pretty confident here.

[hatesparadise]

"Diego is not the backup you want here because his sense of style ends at Rambo," Danny shot back.

[grenadesandohana]

"But--Rambo is awesome," Steve countered.

[hatesparadise]

"The least fashionable of all the action heroes," Danny replied, not really disputing Steve's love of Rambo.