There's not a lot she can say to that. It sure doesn't sound like there's a good way out of this mess, but people move on all the time, and she didn't think Danny seemed like he liked Hawaii all that much, anyway. "I guess Vegas could always use good cops."
It's a clumsy sort of attempt at finding a silver lining, because it's true and she's sure he'd do fine there, with Five-0 behind him and his daughter there, but she's not exactly looking forward to Steve losing his partner to something as arbitrary as the family court system.
And Steve is down about it. There's no mistaking that; it punches out of him like he'd rather be taking it out on a heavy bag, just like the news about Chin and his wife and cousin, added to the confusion of Doris, and she feels a little lost, unsure how to help, aside from sympathizing. "But like you said, it only just got started. Maybe it'll work out."
And maybe it won't, but the words are a gentle reminder that there's no use worrying about something that hasn't happened yet, when it's not Steve's problem to worry about. Not that Steve would ever see it that way, and she loves that about him, but it's worrying, too. He'd take a bullet for any of these people, but he can't help Malia in the hospital and he can't fix Danny's custody problems any more than he can go back in time and convince his mother to stay, or to stop lying.
It's how he is, how he'll always be, and she can't wish he'd be otherwise, but she can at least try to be someone outside it all, on the other side of his life, not mixed up in it and with her only bias working in his favor.
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Date: 2013-02-02 05:39 pm (UTC)It's a clumsy sort of attempt at finding a silver lining, because it's true and she's sure he'd do fine there, with Five-0 behind him and his daughter there, but she's not exactly looking forward to Steve losing his partner to something as arbitrary as the family court system.
And Steve is down about it. There's no mistaking that; it punches out of him like he'd rather be taking it out on a heavy bag, just like the news about Chin and his wife and cousin, added to the confusion of Doris, and she feels a little lost, unsure how to help, aside from sympathizing. "But like you said, it only just got started. Maybe it'll work out."
And maybe it won't, but the words are a gentle reminder that there's no use worrying about something that hasn't happened yet, when it's not Steve's problem to worry about. Not that Steve would ever see it that way, and she loves that about him, but it's worrying, too. He'd take a bullet for any of these people, but he can't help Malia in the hospital and he can't fix Danny's custody problems any more than he can go back in time and convince his mother to stay, or to stop lying.
It's how he is, how he'll always be, and she can't wish he'd be otherwise, but she can at least try to be someone outside it all, on the other side of his life, not mixed up in it and with her only bias working in his favor.