crack_van | Starting A Thing by allheadybooks (NC-17)

Fandom: HAWAII FIVE-O
Pairing: Jenna/Kono
Length: 4000
Author on LJ:

allheadybooks
Author Website: Her fic tag

Why this must be read:
Fair warning for my recs: I have a massive crush on Jenna and think Kono is awesome, which will probably be reflected in what I rec. Starting A Thing was the first Jenna/Kono fic I read, and it set a pretty high standard.

The author does a great job of showing how broken Jenna is by the death of her fiancee, and writes a lovely, realistic Kono struggling with her feelings for Jenna, and with Jenna's pain. She also writes a wonderful friendship interlude between Danny and Kono - a little of which is under the cut

"I have this thing," she sighs, lifting her head, "with this person, and we have to work together and it sucks, okay?"

"Kono, I know everybody you work with," Danny says. "Do not play the name game with me. Is it Steve? Tell me it's not Steve."

"It's not Steve," she says.

"Um," Danny says, after a pause, "if it's Chin, I don't--I just don't want to know about it, okay, I know I pushed you to tell me but--"

"It's not Chin, Danny, Jesus, we're blood related," Kono says.

Danny's eyebrows furrow. "Max?" he asks. "Wait, not Max, forget I said that. It's not one of our HPD contacts, is it? No, that wouldn't be that weird." He looks at her for a long moment. "It's not--it's not me, is it?"

"No," she says. "Danny. It's not you." She puts her palms against her temples and looks down at the table, willing him to figure it out so that she doesn't have to say it, please, Danny--

". . . Agent Kaye?" he asks, tentative. "You have a thing for Agent Kaye?"

"Not for," she says. "With."

Starting A Thing