Author's Note: "Snapshots: Life In Hawaii" is an ongoing collection of unrelated short stories, drabbles, and episode tidbits that aren't really long enough to warrant standalone story posts of their own. "Our Nightly Routine" and "So Many Treats" probably would have gone here as well if I'd thought of the idea earlier. Thank you to everyone who's read and reviewed thus far. You've all been very gracious. I hope you enjoy the collection!


"Think we should wake him up?"

Standing next to his cousin with his arms crossed, Chin Ho shook his head silently. "We'll catch hell for it later but he needs the sleep," he added.

Danny rounded the corner in a hurry, a piece of paper clutched in his hand. "We got an address on Haynes."

Kono and Chin looked up sharply.

Danny stopped in his tracks. He took one look at them then shifted his gaze to the figure on the couch. "He's still asleep?" he asked in disbelief. "Somebody ought to wake him up."

Kono smiled, given the conversation she'd just had with Chin. "Somebody ought to take him to a doctor. Look at him."

Oblivious to the exchange taking place next to him, Steve slept feverishly on the only full length sofa in the office. He'd stretched out hours ago while reading a file. His eyes had slid shut minutes later.

Danny eventually passed the paper to Chin and disappeared into his office without a word of explanation. He reemerged shortly after with a fluffy pink blanket and draped it over his boss. It proclaimed in sparkly silver, "Princess Power". Feeling eyes on him, he looked up. An obviously amused Kono and Chin were glancing at him expectantly.

The detective suddenly felt sheepish. "What? I got it for Grace!"

"Sure you did, Bruddah," Chin teased.

"What? I did. But I don't get her again until Friday."

The cousins continued to smirk. Danny knew it was time to deflect the conversation.

"You wanna back me up?" he asked Chin, gesturing to the paper in his hand. "Normally I'd take Sleeping Beauty here-"

"Let's do it."

On their way out, Danny paused and turned back for a second. Kono was still standing over Steve. "Take pictures," he called back.

She knew where this was going. "So you can blackmail him?"

"Hell ya."

Chin shook his head before exiting. "You are so dead."