"Do I look like I could afford to ship anything bigger than a Matchbox from the mainland?"
He gestures to the Mustang, pissed off. "Just get in."
McGarrett's blatant surprise is doing nothing to mollify his aggravation; it only feeds the fire, stirs it into sullen, lashing flames. It's over a thousand bucks to ship a car from California to Hawaii, and it would've been almost that in gas to drive cross-country in his old sedan, so, yeah. Sure. He got here, and he got a fun car.
It's not new. It's not sleek or polished; it's got the same rough edges he feels, and the engine is a pissed-off growl that hums under his skin, ramps up with his blood pressure and echoes along his nerves. It's fast, and fun to drive, and he likes it, even if it's not perfect, even if he wishes there were just a little something extra to it.
But it'll be fine today, no matter how bewildered McGarrett is that he's got a decent ride, so he jerks open the driver's side door and slides inside, grumbling about the heat of the day and the black interior as he does.
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Date: 2014-01-17 01:22 am (UTC)He gestures to the Mustang, pissed off. "Just get in."
McGarrett's blatant surprise is doing nothing to mollify his aggravation; it only feeds the fire, stirs it into sullen, lashing flames. It's over a thousand bucks to ship a car from California to Hawaii, and it would've been almost that in gas to drive cross-country in his old sedan, so, yeah. Sure. He got here, and he got a fun car.
It's not new. It's not sleek or polished; it's got the same rough edges he feels, and the engine is a pissed-off growl that hums under his skin, ramps up with his blood pressure and echoes along his nerves. It's fast, and fun to drive, and he likes it, even if it's not perfect, even if he wishes there were just a little something extra to it.
But it'll be fine today, no matter how bewildered McGarrett is that he's got a decent ride, so he jerks open the driver's side door and slides inside, grumbling about the heat of the day and the black interior as he does.