"They're not willing to be anything less," Steve says, but there's earned pride, even if it comes out reckless fast. They've earned it. Every single one of them has earned it in the last three years. All the people there and not there. Every single member of Five-0 has pulled their weight, and mattered. Refusing as much as possible to slow down, keeping up to a pace that would unthinkable elsewhere.
When more than not he knows each of them has thrown into to trying to keep up with him.
The way only death, and Wo Fat could take Jenna. And the way Lori's loyalty was the last nail in her coffin.
The way he knows Kono isn't absolutely fine still, but she's keeping it to herself. Drowning isn't a thing that goes away. Neither is blacking out and knowing you were dying. He'd bet she still wakes up to it, even now, weeks later. But she doesn't let it slip. And she doesn't slow down. And she never lets it hold her back from getting right back out there in the waves every time she can. With the kind of fierceness he can read like a fist fight.
Refusing to let it take the ocean from her. The way only someone who's lost it before can.
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Date: 2013-04-01 02:30 am (UTC)When more than not he knows each of them has thrown into to trying to keep up with him.
The way only death, and Wo Fat could take Jenna. And the way Lori's loyalty was the last nail in her coffin.
The way he knows Kono isn't absolutely fine still, but she's keeping it to herself. Drowning isn't a thing that goes away. Neither is blacking out and knowing you were dying. He'd bet she still wakes up to it, even now, weeks later. But she doesn't let it slip. And she doesn't slow down. And she never lets it hold her back from getting right back out there in the waves every time she can. With the kind of fierceness he can read like a fist fight.
Refusing to let it take the ocean from her. The way only someone who's lost it before can.