Hawaii Five-O Nanofic -- "Cool Blue"
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nightdog_barksTitle: Cool Blue
Author:nightdog_barks
Characters: Danny, Steve, mention of Kono. Gen.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: No.
Summary: The way you see things depends on where you are. 265 words.
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. Never will.
Beta: My intrepid First Readers, with especial thanks toperspi.
Cool Blue
Before Danny came to Hawaii, he would've said that the ocean was blue. Everywhere, blue. It was the ocean -- it came in, it went out, and when it had dead bodies or other evidence in it you called the guys in scuba suits from the maritime units. Now, though, he knows the ocean isn't just blue. It's different colors depending on where you are -- one color off the heights of the Na'apali Coast, another at Ala Wai Harbor, yet another in the rushing tidal pools of Poipu. Indigo, azure, gunmetal blue, all those colors he didn't know he knew before he came here.
He'd asked Kono about it once, thinking that maybe the ancient Polynesians had more words for it like the Eskimos had forty-two different ways of saying snow, but Kono had just looked at him and said "Danny, we're the fiftieth state, not the forty-ninth."
Whatever the hell that was supposed to mean.
He looks at Steve, but McGarrett's watching the drop site, and even though he's not moving, Danny can practically feel him vibrating all the way over here.
"Hey," Danny says, but softly so as not to startle Steve. "Hey, Steve. What color's the ocean?"
Steve doesn't look around, but his vibration stops all the same.
"It's blue," he says, just as softly. "The ocean's blue, Danny." And then he starts vibrating again.
Danny settles back, satisfied with the feeling that he knows something Steve doesn't. Maybe he'll tell Grace later tonight, about all the different colors. Maybe she already knows.
Kids are smart that way.
~ fin
Author:
nightdog_barks Characters: Danny, Steve, mention of Kono. Gen.
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None.
Spoilers: No.
Summary: The way you see things depends on where you are. 265 words.
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em. Never will.
Beta: My intrepid First Readers, with especial thanks to
perspi.Cool Blue
Before Danny came to Hawaii, he would've said that the ocean was blue. Everywhere, blue. It was the ocean -- it came in, it went out, and when it had dead bodies or other evidence in it you called the guys in scuba suits from the maritime units. Now, though, he knows the ocean isn't just blue. It's different colors depending on where you are -- one color off the heights of the Na'apali Coast, another at Ala Wai Harbor, yet another in the rushing tidal pools of Poipu. Indigo, azure, gunmetal blue, all those colors he didn't know he knew before he came here.
He'd asked Kono about it once, thinking that maybe the ancient Polynesians had more words for it like the Eskimos had forty-two different ways of saying snow, but Kono had just looked at him and said "Danny, we're the fiftieth state, not the forty-ninth."
Whatever the hell that was supposed to mean.
He looks at Steve, but McGarrett's watching the drop site, and even though he's not moving, Danny can practically feel him vibrating all the way over here.
"Hey," Danny says, but softly so as not to startle Steve. "Hey, Steve. What color's the ocean?"
Steve doesn't look around, but his vibration stops all the same.
"It's blue," he says, just as softly. "The ocean's blue, Danny." And then he starts vibrating again.
Danny settles back, satisfied with the feeling that he knows something Steve doesn't. Maybe he'll tell Grace later tonight, about all the different colors. Maybe she already knows.
Kids are smart that way.
~ fin
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Date: 2011-04-13 11:36 pm (UTC)He'd asked Kono about it once, thinking that maybe the ancient Polynesians had more words for it like the Eskimos had forty-two different ways of saying snow, but Kono had just looked at him and said "Danny, we're the fiftieth state, not the forty-ninth."
Whatever the hell that was supposed to mean.
This jumps out at me, because it manages to convey so much about Danny's attitudes. Nice little ficlet, Nightdog.
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Date: 2011-04-14 12:04 am (UTC)I've probably seen a total of three episodes, but I was lying awake last night and the first line popped into my head, and from there it just ... built itself.
I am so glad you liked this. ♥