Fandom Trooper Station, Wednesday

[hatesparadise]

Well, it was turning out to be one of those weird days if the phone calls were to be judged.

Danny had already handled an over honest batista who had wanted him to know that she didn't think the raccoons were all that bad before crying over their adorable little paws. Which was... her truth, apparently. Aaaand Danny had fled to the trooper station where he could just do paperwork and pretend things were normal.

Therefore the troopers were fielding calls. It was going great.

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[knife_bender]

Diego hadn't really noticed anything going on. The only person he had interacted with was Annie and those two were disgusting about honest they were with each other these days. Maybe he had said her ass looked great more than usual?

"What's up?"

[hatesparadise]

"We're having a day in town," Danny replied with an annoyed sigh. "I would have thought you'd be hiding out to avoid emotions like Steve."

[knife_bender]

"You're literally the first person I've seen today aside from Annie." Again, those two were disgusting. "So I have no idea what you're talking about."

[hatesparadise]

"Well," Danny replied. "You're in for something now. I've had it happen before and I still hate it."

[knife_bender]

"Don't you hate everything?" Diego asked.

[hatesparadise]

"I don't hate everything," Danny replied, making a face. "I just hate things that don't make any sense. Like that dumb hole."

[knife_bender]

"So I see Steve hasn't removed that stick from your ass yet." He didn't necessarily mean to say that, but you know what? On brand. He'd accept it.

[hatesparadise]

"Excuse you," Danny demanded. Because yikes the HR violation there. "You're gonna want to keep that to yourself or I will deck you."

[knife_bender]

"That'd be kind of fun." Nope, that insanity was not an act, Danny.

[hatesparadise]

"What is wrong with you?" Danny. Danny, that was not the thing to ask today.

[knife_bender]

"Seventeen years of constant child abuse." Oh. Oh that's what Danny had meant.

[hatesparadise]

Yeah, Danny's eyebrows shot up at that.

"Okay. That's not ideal. And even if I really want to ask more I won't because that's not fair," he managed. "But I really wanna ask more."

[knife_bender]

"Yeah everybody does," Diego said. "There's even a book about it."

[grenadesandohana]

Steve skipped the park today in favor of a long, long run and and even longer swim.

But he hadn't made an appearance in the office for a bit, so here he was.

"Hey, Danno. I brought you coffee because I'm terrible at expressing emotions verbally. Shit, is it that day again?"

[hatesparadise]

"It is," Danny said, grabbing the coffee to occupy his mouth.

[grenadesandohana]

"Shit," Steve repeated. Emphatically.

[hatesparadise]

"You can hide at home, I know emotional honesty can be like pulling teeth for you." He was trying to be nice with that assessment!

[grenadesandohana]

"Well, yeah, but I don't want to hide over it," Steve said. "That makes me sound like some kind of emotionally constipated recluse."

[hatesparadise]

"Which is something we're training out of you as a team," Danny replied before he could stop himself with more coffee.

[grenadesandohana]

"As a team?!" Steve repeated. "I'm a group project?"

[hatesparadise]

"Because we all care about you!" Danny replied with a wince. "That North Korea thing scared all of us, okay?"

[grenadesandohana]

"Why?" Steve asked. Sorry, Danny, his belief that no one actually cared about him as a person and not an asset went deep.

[hatesparadise]

"Because we almost lost you, you putz!" This was just Danny now. Not even forced honesty.

[grenadesandohana]

"Oh," Steve said. "But I had to help Kaye out."

[hatesparadise]

"Not at the cost of your own life and without any back up!"