Trooper Station, Monday, October 24, 2022

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Well, Danny was still a cat despite Steve's attempt to annoy him back to being a human through increasingly unhinged pizza choices. Steve brought him into the office for the second week in a row, put him on his desk and then pulled up a Cat TV show on Youtube for Danny's entertainment.

Look at all those birds, Danny. Doesn't that make you happy?

Steve, for his part, would be 100 percent avoiding the attack mice paperwork, no matter how many times Ralph fake coughed about it.

The Trooper Station was open! Hope you aren't allergic to cats.

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"There's a process," Danny said with the certainty of someone a couple generations removed. "Just--never ask about it around any cousins on Ma's side unless you want a long lecture."

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"Noted," Steve said. "Should I bring them tuna melt pizza?"

Under no circumstances.

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"Why do you insist on testing me?" Because it was how you flirted, Daniel.

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"Because you love it," Steve said with a grin.

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Danny gave him a shove for that. "How long was I out of it?"

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"About a week," Steve said. "I have pictures. You were adorable."

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"You took pictures?" No one should be shocked by this.

[grenadesandohana]

"I haven't sent them to Gracie," Steve said.

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"...who did you send them to instead?" IF IT WAS CHARLIE, SO HELP HIM.

[grenadesandohana]

"Chin was having a bad day," Steve said. "I didn't tell him that it was you."

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Damn it, Danny couldn't even be mad about that. Well. Not too mad.

"I have a lot of regrets here," he grumbled.

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"Was eating tuna melt pizza in there?" Steve asked.

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Danny gagged at that. "You can't hold cat things against me!"

[grenadesandohana]

"You also dropped my Navy mug off the counter."

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"...did you like that mug a lot?" Because Danny might have mostly had opinions on the giver of it.

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"Yes, I did," Steve said, frowning.

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"I'll buy you a new one, how about that?" It would be a ridiculous thing that he could pick up while Steve bought his ten pack of t-shirts.

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"That would be very generous of you," Steve said.

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"Since it was one you liked that I accidentally broke."

Accidentally. Yes.

[grenadesandohana]

So sad!

"I think they sell them on base," Steve said. "We can swing by on your next appointment."

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"Thank god I didn't miss that by being a cat," Danny said like it just occurred to him it was a possibility.

[grenadesandohana]

"I would've come up with a non-cat way to get you excused," Steve promised.

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"That also wouldn't worry the kids?" Danny replied.

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"Or make Rachel suspicious," Steve said, nodding.

He...just hadn't come up with it yet.

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"Maybe we should come up with a plan for both of us there," he said slowly. Because their lives mixed with here...