You Can't Carry It With You by Waldorph (Teen and up)

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Fandom: HAWAII FIVE-0 2010
Pairing: Steve McGarrett/Danny Williams
Length: 4383 words
Author on LJ: waldorph
Author Website: Her fic on AO3
Why this must be read:

Sorry about the delay, guys. I was so busy trying to decide which fics would be worthy of one of my slots that I let the posting slide. I'm all set now. And now without further ado ...

This story stands out for me because we get a sense of the characters through the eyes of someone who's on the outside, but close enough to notice plenty. It also brings up the difficulty of being a police wife, and how it demands a kind of fortitude that even for Steve is hard to come by (and I love Danny but I'm not sure I'd want to be married to him). Finally it fills in the blanks and shows how a couple as different as Danny and Rachel could have happened and worked and fallen apart.

It's a great character portrait of Rachel, and while it got jossed last episode, it's well-written and worth reading all the same for the way it highlights the characters in it in interesting ways.

You Can't Carry It With You

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