Danny moves while he talks, even out here. Little steps. Shifts of his shoulders. Hands. That beer. Where he's looking. When Steve has the time to be watching it, for itself, without a distraction, now. Sitting more still, himself, than he's gotten to since pretty much getting off the plane this morning. Before the ball started rolling and didn't stop until he was sitting here, drinking a beer with the man, on the back nine of the last empty echo of his own childhood.
Listening to Danny give the speech that isn't all too unknown even where he comes from. The one about wives and kids.
"I always looked up to my father for that." It had always been true. No matter what flaws and failures the man had. His service and duty. It'd made Steve want to join the police, made him want to do his tour in the Navy, like his dad and his grandfather, set him on the path to being a SEAL. The life he had now, where he hardly had what people, like Danny, would consider a life. Because it all weighed out in the end. The safety of the world worth -- "The sacrifices he made."
Danny tipped up his beer without words, as Steve continued to watch him take slow steps this direction.
"I'm sure Grace is going to feel the same way." He didn't see it as much of any other possibility.
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Date: 2014-09-12 04:44 am (UTC)Listening to Danny give the speech that isn't all too unknown even where he comes from. The one about wives and kids.
"I always looked up to my father for that." It had always been true. No matter what flaws and failures the man had. His service and duty. It'd made Steve want to join the police, made him want to do his tour in the Navy, like his dad and his grandfather, set him on the path to being a SEAL. The life he had now, where he hardly had what people, like Danny, would consider a life. Because it all weighed out in the end. The safety of the world worth -- "The sacrifices he made."
Danny tipped up his beer without words, as Steve continued to watch him take slow steps this direction.
"I'm sure Grace is going to feel the same way." He didn't see it as much of any other possibility.