I’m a writer but you’ll never catch me writing

you know what i love? how much steve loves danny’s kids. he hugs grace all the time, he goes running with her, he reassures her when danny is in danger, he is there at her softball games and girlscout camping trips, and he yells her name with actual fear in his voice after taking out those hostage takers at that one disastrous school dance and doesn’t rest until he finds her, exactly like danny would have in that situation. and then there’s charlie! he tucks charlie into bed and plays pretend with him and talks danny up to charlie and when he unexpectedly finds charlie in danny’s office, he immediately just drops to the floor so he can play with him, and then just as eagerly jumps up again when charlie says he’s hungry, because he and danny are technically both working so there’s no real reason steve should be the one to do this but he genuinely wants to be the one to get to take charlie to the vending machine and feed him something unhealthy, because to him that would be a super fun time. steve loves those kids so damn much and he jumps at every chance he gets to show it and it’s the best thing

in the third ever episode of the show there's this bit where steve explains an opinion in his extremely season 1 steve way and danny goes "you weren't held when you were a baby, were you?" (and steve goes "it's called tough love, partner", which is irrelevant except for the part where my brain latches onto it and goes love!!! partner!!! ohoho, IF THIS STEVE ONLY KNEW) and then steve breaks open a garage (again, extremely season 1 of you, friend) and by that point a full ten seconds have ticked by and danny has basically let it go, but then steve suddenly pauses to add "oh and by the way, i was held, okay. i have photos if you want proof" and that's just. oh my god. that's just a totally normal, well-adjusted thing to say, coming from a man who had stellar parents and a very normal childhood and has grown into an adult with absolutely zero emotional issues or hangups about familial relationships, and who isn't feeling defensive at all about his new best crush forever making a snarky comment that accidentally touches on a sore spot he's lived his entire life trying to deny. hey, why am i even writing this down! nothing to see here.

“this show had the worst queer baiting” “no it was this one” NOPE it was actually a cbs crime procedural from 2010