"Do you want to wait?" he asks quietly as he puts Steve's coffee in front of him. Steve's dealing with this well, he really is, but there's only so much a man can take in one day, and he remembers what it was like when he told his family that he was marrying Rachel. Even Steve has his limits of what he can do in a day.
"No," Steve says, and that's Determined Face and Concerned Face at the same time, so Danny smiles and leans in to kiss him quickly before pulling away.
"So, Ma," he says casually, reaching for the cream and sugar in the middle of the table. "What's on the calendar for next January?"
"It's this February, Daniel," she responds calmly. "How should I know?"
Danny shrugs like it's no big deal. "Thought you might want to come visit us in Hawaii."
He hears Janey gasp and squeal, and of course she'd put it together first; she works at a law firm that deals with a lot of civil rights cases. He grins in her direction as his mother opens her mouth.
"Why next January? If you want us to visit, why wait until-" And then her jaw snaps shut and she rolls her eyes. "You're so dramatic," she informs him with a sigh that's pure Williams, exasperated and fond. "Congratulations."
Janey leaps out of her seat and wraps one arm around Steve's neck and the other around Danny's as she talks at a million miles an hour about civil unions and courthouses and paperwork and how she wants to help. Lindsey just stares at them for a second with a happy little smile on her face before she turns to the rest of the table.
"Hawaii just legalised civil unions," she informs the rest of the family. "They're getting married."
There's a flurry of excited cheers and catcalls and thumps on the back from around the table, and through the whole thing, Steve sits there with a kind of awestruck look on his face, happy and confused and maybe a little afraid. Danny squeezes the hip he's got under his hand, and Steve looks at him with a dazed expression.
"They don't care," he says again. "They're - happy for us."
"I'm happy for us, too, babe," Danny smiles, leaning in to plant a kiss on Steve's lips that's just as big and sloppy as the one Lindsey had given Janey before.
"Yeah," Steve says with a genuine smile against his lips, "so am I."
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Re: Stuck With Me: Steve/Danny, they go to Jersey to tell Danny's family they're engaged
Date: 2011-02-25 01:23 am (UTC)"No," Steve says, and that's Determined Face and Concerned Face at the same time, so Danny smiles and leans in to kiss him quickly before pulling away.
"So, Ma," he says casually, reaching for the cream and sugar in the middle of the table. "What's on the calendar for next January?"
"It's this February, Daniel," she responds calmly. "How should I know?"
Danny shrugs like it's no big deal. "Thought you might want to come visit us in Hawaii."
He hears Janey gasp and squeal, and of course she'd put it together first; she works at a law firm that deals with a lot of civil rights cases. He grins in her direction as his mother opens her mouth.
"Why next January? If you want us to visit, why wait until-" And then her jaw snaps shut and she rolls her eyes. "You're so dramatic," she informs him with a sigh that's pure Williams, exasperated and fond. "Congratulations."
Janey leaps out of her seat and wraps one arm around Steve's neck and the other around Danny's as she talks at a million miles an hour about civil unions and courthouses and paperwork and how she wants to help. Lindsey just stares at them for a second with a happy little smile on her face before she turns to the rest of the table.
"Hawaii just legalised civil unions," she informs the rest of the family. "They're getting married."
There's a flurry of excited cheers and catcalls and thumps on the back from around the table, and through the whole thing, Steve sits there with a kind of awestruck look on his face, happy and confused and maybe a little afraid. Danny squeezes the hip he's got under his hand, and Steve looks at him with a dazed expression.
"They don't care," he says again. "They're - happy for us."
"I'm happy for us, too, babe," Danny smiles, leaning in to plant a kiss on Steve's lips that's just as big and sloppy as the one Lindsey had given Janey before.
"Yeah," Steve says with a genuine smile against his lips, "so am I."