Trooper Station, Monday, December 6, 2021

[grenadesandohana]

It was bad enough that Steve had done his morning run and been forced to treat the tiny horses like hurdles in order to not break his stride--he was sure he'd looked like a complete dumbass--but now he was in the office just staring at the pile of paperwork on his desk.

1) There was paperwork on his desk, which was automatically bad and
2) It was leave requests for all of the Troopers. And they all wanted Christmas Eve and Day off.

"You can't all have those days off, Calvin. I don't care if Ralph is hosting a Christmas camp-out."

Steve wasn't even sure a Christmas camp out was a real thing.

The Trooper Station was open! Watch out for the horses.

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[doctorgingerspice]

Oh look, here was Will, two coffees and a bag full of pastries from the Perk in hand.

“Well, well, if it isn’t my favorite fashion designer slash cop,” he greeted with a grin.

[grenadesandohana]

"If you're here for a New Year's Eve ensemble, I can barely squeeze you in," Steve teased back. "Christmas is fully booked."

[doctorgingerspice]

“Tch,” Will said, shaking his head in disappointment. “After all I did to encourage you during the early days of your career.”

[grenadesandohana]

"You were a lot more understanding than my partner," Steve agreed, snickering.

Poor, poor Danny.

[doctorgingerspice]

“Exactly,” Will nodded. “And I’m bringing you a bribe,” he added, setting one of the coffees as well as the pastries down on Steve’s desk.

[grenadesandohana]

"I am an officer of the law," Steve said, "and therefore extremely amenable to coffee bribes."

[doctorgingerspice]

“Just what I wanted to hear,” Will declared. And then, after a beat: “… I’m not actually here for anything clothing related though,” he said, sobering noticeably.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve took a sip of his coffee, turning serious as well. "Crime to report?" he guessed.

[doctorgingerspice]

It was far too late for that, and besides, said crime had taken place off-island, well outside Steve’s jurisdiction.

“Nah,” he shook his head. “But, uh. I was wondering if maybe you’d, uh, be up for teaching me how to use a gun?”

[grenadesandohana]

Steve blinked. "For target practice?" he asked.

[doctorgingerspice]

“Uh,” Will said hesitantly. “What would you say, hypothetically, if I said that wasn’t the only reason?” A deep breath. “I’m not going out looking for trouble or anything, but…” Trouble with the last name of Burke had found him once, and he was, quite frankly, scared about what would happen if they found him again.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve pressed his lips together as he thought it over. "You'll get a gun safe," he said, and there was no arguing on that, "and the weapon'll stay at the range until I think you're good enough to take it home. Deal?"

[doctorgingerspice]

“I have a safe already,” Will assured him. As for that second part… “I’m a quick study,” he said, clearly determined and also in possession of a non-zero amount of fear, which he was doing his level best to cover up.

[grenadesandohana]

"We'll see," Steve said with a little smile. "Do you have a weapon in mind already?"

[doctorgingerspice]

Will nodded. "I have one. A Glock 19. Faye sold it to me last week."

He'd bought it, and the safe, locked it up, and... nothing, until today.

[grenadesandohana]

"I'm familiar with that one," Steve said.

There weren't a lot he wasn't familiar with, the big weirdo.

"When's good for you for training?"

[doctorgingerspice]

"I pull a full shift at the clinic on Tuesdays," Will told him, "and I check in there very handwavily for a little while on the other days, but other than that my schedule's wide open."

[grenadesandohana]

"How about Wednesdays? Danny'll be glad I have something to do that isn't harassing him here all day," Steve said.

[doctorgingerspice]

"Two birds, one stone. Wednesdays sound great," Will agreed.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve grinned. "Well, assuming there's no island-wide emergency, let's start on Wednesday."

[doctorgingerspice]

"Wednesday," Will repeated. Again. "Perfect. Great. Thank you."

[grenadesandohana]

"It'll be fun in a completely safe and professional way," Steve said. "Promise."