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Juliet felt rotten. She didn’t want to be here, but she had to. Noelani had just given birth to a baby girl, the day she had gotten horrible news that not only darkened her mood, but also Thomas’s. They learned they couldn’t have a baby together. They tried so long, so often, suffered multiple misscarriages, which prompted them to go all the way.

Neither had even remotely recovered from the news when they found out the baby was born and then invited to welcoming them home. Juliet mainly avoided contact with anyone while Thomas mainly mingled with the guys. Both tried to avoid the baby, the wound being still too fresh. Juliet actually also tried to avoid Thomas at all costs.

When the pain stopped there was nothing at first. A deep emptiness, no peace, just mindnumbing emptiness. He was disoriented at first. It was dripping water that penetrated his senses first, a sound, though it felt different, almost like a vibration, but something deep in him knew it was a sound, he used to hear that vibration, before the pain stopped. The water turned into a ripple, carryig him away, away to a familiar shore. A line of torches was waiting for him on the shore, he heard the drums. As he came closer the figures became clear. A line of warriors stood before him, some ancient, some more modern. He recognized some uniforms from Pearl Harbour, sailors from days long past. He recognized them immediately, having been brought up on stories of the island he called home: Nightmarchers. And they welcomed him in their midst. The chief - standing in the middle of the warrior, greeted him with familiarity. Steve was confused. He was a haole, he should not be accepted into the ranks of the night marchers, the restless souls that acted as protectors of the island, seeking their next battle night after night. The chief explained - and he heard him - that it was because the island had adopted him. He was a hanai child of Hawaii and thus accepted into the ranks of the night marchers after the pain stopped. 

In the moonless and windy night, Steve joined his first march along the night marcher trail that very night, looking for a battle he once knew was nowhere to be found, as his soul refused to accept his battle was over.

During the next moonless night they walked again, along ancient battlegrounds, some he knew himself. Along the Pali they walked to Kaaawa Valley, near Kualoa. Steve barely registered the flaring light on the vehicles down the trail. Flashing, familiar. Police, his spirit provided lazily. Something pulled him closer, but he could not break rank. He felt something pull him towards the cars and something pull him forward in line, aside from his inability to break rank.

Suddenly the spirits parted, walking around a figure on the ground, her face turned down, not looking upon the night marchers in respect and perhaps fear. Steve stared at the curly hair, the familiar hair, familiar figure. Ohana. She was ohana.

Tani.

“Nu’a!” he said as he chief crept closer to her, ready to strike her dow regardless of her submissive position. She was his, he was able to protect her. “Ua hānai ʻia ʻo ia,” he explained to the chief Kamamalu. They all backed off.

Steve rounded her, knelt before her. Did she even know? Did she know what happened while he was away? Did he fully know what happened? His memory of it was fuzzy, dominated by the pain. He had been abroad, the ocean carried his spirit home to join the night marchers.

for every 🥝 i get, i’ll recommend a blog i love

i’ll cheat and mention two blogs because the same mun is behind both, and that is @tanixrey / @thomasxmagnum!

rhea is that absolutely adorable gem who writes two equally adorable gems in the universe that hawaii five-0 and magnum p.i. are set in: tani rey and thomas magnum.

rhea’s portrayal of tani is superb and she manages to portray her just the way she is: an adorable ray of sunshine who could easily fuck you up if you piss her off. tani is generally a very cheerful character and the character itself has the ability to make you smile even if you’re feeling incredibly down and i feel like that’s very essential to her character, which rhea captures beautifully! tani is also a complex character in her own right, with a past that wasn’t fully explored besides the few bits and pieces we got to see or hear about, but rhea adds so much more to tani than that and has expanded her backstory so much more while staying true to her character and that’s something i really adore!

William hadn’t known he would come to Honolulu until two days before the flight took off. He decided to use this moment to surprise his older brother and introduce him to his new niece. As it was a business trip, he had a wonderful hotel room, a suite in the Hilton Hawaiian Village, that could also house his nanny, Vicky, which was who was taking care of Delylah at that very moment.

He had heard of the new team members his brother had assembled, but had not met any of the newbies yet. He was pretty curious to meet the young blood Steve had told him about. As it turned out the security guard remembered him - the physical similarity to Steve probably made that easier. He still gave him his ID as he gave him a visitors pass.

Making his way up he found the HQ of Five-0 rather empty. Neither Steve, nor Danny were anywhere to be seen. Louis Grovers office was empty, too, as well as Chins former office. Konos former office was however occupied by a young woman. So, Will guessed, he would meet a newbie first.

After her... interesting moment of puking on a body, Noelani knew everybody involved with Five-0 would know about that fast, especially Tani, since Junior just shared everything with her. The medical examiner had chosen to take a few days off after that, deciding some rest would do her good and it did, she learned to manage a little. The day she returned to work she asked Tani to come over to Danny’s for a girls night. She essentially sent the detective out to go have a boys night and he complied. She guessed he had things to talk about, too. 

Noelani set up a table with loads of snacks and pulled up a few good movies to watch between girls. She made sure all the books she had started reading were well hidden in the bedroom and other evidence was gone before Tani arrived.

Finally everything settled. Noelani was settled with her new family, in a routine with the baby and Danny and they even had news that would come up soon. It was time for the boys to hang out again so Noelani and Alani arranged for the boys to have a poker night again - which ended up being a barbecue on the north shore actually, after fishing, so the boys could be with them. It allowed the girls to take over the McGarrett house that evening and occupy the garden. Noelani and Alani had spent the day together, just caring for their newborns and allowing the other to take a long shower and actually get ready to look a bit more human than most days so they were ready when Renee arrived first.

It was just the two of them in the office right now. The rest of the team were all out for some reason or another, some following out leads, some were actually in court testifying and he was pretty sure Lou had gone out for lunch. So Danny found himself knocking on the door and walking into Tani’s office.