Mcdanno One-shots

suprise homecoming ch1

TUESDAY - (army)

Danny has been a teacher for 4 years, and hes been teaching yr 11 and 12 these 4 yrs but this year was different especially since hus husband is navy commander steve mcgarrett has been in Afghanistan for 18 months and they've been together for 5 yrs and this is the fourth time steve has been away since they've been together but this has been his longeat deployment ever.

Last week, Principal kalani wong announced at a whole school assembly that the high school will be having an assembly every day this week, regarding the United States Armed Forces. He reminded the students of radford High that they were going to be on a tight schedule, so there was gonna only be thirty minutes of learning each day all week, that's why Danny sorted out his lesson plans for that week but he hoped his art class wouldn't mind doing what he planned

As the day started Danny was speaking to his best friend Mrs. Kono Kalakaua, a dance teacher down the hall, about what the assembly was for.

"Oh, the assembly's are just for students who are interested in joining the military."

"Hmm, I see." Danny nodded and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Any reason why this "military assembly" lasts all week?" He asked.

"They're doing a different branch each day, tuesday is Army, Wednesday is Air Force, thursday is Marine Corps and Friday is Navy."

"Ahh." Danny chuckled in realization.

"Isn't your husband in the military?" She asked.

"Yeah." Danny smiled. "Navy."

It took danny about 2/5 years to realize what branch Steve served in. He just assumed they were all the same but he didn't give a shit until Steve started arguing with him and said he served in the Navy and not the Army.

Steve's been deployed in Afghanistan for 18 months 2 days but It's not like Danny, Grace and Charlie have been keeping track on grace's fluffy bunny calendar hanging on the refrigerator but the last time the three of them skyped Steve, was 4 weeks ago and he told them that he'd be home soon.

Danny would walk back and forth to the kitchen from the living room and glance at all of Grace's X's on the calendar and his heart would always skip a beat and his breath would catch in his throat for a moment when he saw all of those X's came closer and closer to the huge red circle that read "Steve".

In the months that Steve's been overseas Grace and charlie has cried almost every night for Steve to just come home already. They understands that Danno and Papa's jobs require them to either work weird hours or be away for awhile, but 18 months was taking a toll on them, that's when grace suggested the calendar idea, so they can keep track of when steve finally gets to come home.

It's hard for Danny as well Coming home, making dinner and only setting out three plates. When Steve isn't home for long periods of time, he just follows Grace and charlie's schedule, He goes to bed about the same time as them but he always lies awake for awhile sometimes staring at Steve's empty side of the bed so most of the time he sleeps in the middle so he doesn't have to think about it.

Rachel takes Grace and charlie to school in the mornings so Danny has enough time to get to school himself, so he can go through the days lesson, or do whatever kind of stuff art teachers do.

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He's already had three students so far come in his classroom and ask questions about the work that they were gonna do that day but danny told them to wait and find out.

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He just finished his third period class. The last student left his class and he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair, he was so ready for this day to be over.

He climbed the stairs to the second floor and walked down the hallway and stopped at one of the doors and knocked.

The door swung open and he was greeted with a smile. "Danny!"

"Are You hungry?" He asked. "I brought lunch." He sing songed as he held up the Subway bag, walking into Mr chin ho Kelly's room.

"Im Starving !" Chin replied as he walked back to his desk. "So what've you been up to?" He asked.

Danny sighed and took a seat at one of the desks in the front row. "Same ol', same ol'. Just trying to figure out what i should get my yr 11/12 art class to do" He explained as he handed Chin one of the subs from the bag.

"Idk bruh." Chin suggested. "It's a hard for me to choose."

"Yea it is a hard choice since assembly is gonna be soon," Danny said sipping his Coke.

"It's your choice, and If they don't like it that's not your problem."

Danny didn't reply and began eating his sub. "Yeah ur right so ill come up with something soon"

"Good luck." Chin laughed.

By the time lunch was over, Danny was still in the hall upstairs talking with a teacher about what can his class do.

He turned the corner to the main hallway and saw all his Seniors leaning against the lockers talking. Some of them let out exasperated sighs because they'd been waiting for ten minutes. Danny took a right and headed toward the main office and he heard his students groan behind him. Danny just laughed and entered the office.

He asked the secretary for the pamphlets for the assembly later and headed back down the hallway toward his room.

"It's about time, Mr. McGarrett!" One of the kids hollered down the hallway, sounding annoyed.

Danny rolled his eyes and pulled his lanyard off his neck and unlocked the door. "It wasn't even that long of a wait, Brock. I was busy alright"

He flicked on the lights as he enter the room and his kids filtered in after him making their way to their seats.

"What were u even doing that it took so long?" A girl asked.

"Jeez! You guys are so nosy!" He teased. "I was talking to Mrs. Hoying, then I grabbed some military pamphlets from the office."

Danny sat at his desk replying to his emails and occasionally helping the few students that came up and asked a question.

By the time sixth period was over Principal kalani came over the PA and dismissed everyone by grade level.

It took about ten minutes for all of the students to get situated in their assigned sections.

Danny leaned against the wall with his hands in his pockets, quietly talking to the teacher that was subbing for Mrs. Henderson.

"That's a lot of uniforms." She whispered out the side of her mouth.

Danny chuckled. "Yeah, no kidding." He was quiet for a minute. "Just seeing all of the makes me miss my husband even more." He confessed.

"Aww." The brunette frowned. "Does he serve?" She asked.

Danny nodded, and cleared his throat. "Yeah. Navy SEAL." He told her. "He's on his fourth tour right now. He's been overseas for 18 months."

"Wow. You must really miss him." She said. "How long have you guys been together?" She asked.

"Five years." He smiled. He held out his hand. "I'm Danny McGarrett, by the way." He introduced himself politely. "I teach eleventh and twelfth grade art."

She shook the offered hand with a smile. "Jennifer Camden." She supplied.

"Nice to meet you."

Their conversation slowly faded as Danny grew more and more interested in the solider that was currently speaking. He didn't catch his rank though, he was too busy talking about Steve a few seconds before.

As the assembly went on, the soldiers on the floor talked about their duties and what it was like to be in a combat situation. They answered some questions for the of the assembly before the students were released for the day. Danny was surprised to see how many hands were raised when one of them asked the student body if anyone was interested in joining the Army.

~~stay tuned for chapter two~~