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the scene in 5x10 where danny is very emphatically against steve being set up is often highlighted out of context but i think it's also interesting in context because it could be seen as rare example of steve fishing/scheming for danny's reaction with romantic intention, and reaction does he get

yep, that's 4 (FOUR!l) 'no's in a row

'let you'? does he own him? does he have some claim over steve? 😏 judging by steve's lack of protest to the wording he definitely doesn't mind.

steve may seem nonchalant as he appears to calmly listen to danny pull a very thin justification out of his ass for why he totally has a legitimate reason to caution his *friend* so strongly but the thing is ... he already said 'no' to ellie setting him up, multiple times, why would he even tell danny about it if it was a non-starter in the first place, the urgency in danny's response indicating steve made him believe he was,perhaps, considering it?

unless ...he wanted to provoke some kind of reaction out of danny (and, as a bonus, put him in a good mood by making it appear as if steve listened to his advice ;))

judging by the honest-to-god pep in his step and the smug look that danny cannot see, he got waaay more than he bargained for. if danny winds up to be so adamantly against him being set up with someone else, then maybe he has a chance, after all? maybe he has feelings for him too?

(if you happen to headcanon them having a secret relationship in s5, it could also work as steve fishing for some kind of indication out of danny that he doesn't want him to see other people because he can't bring himself to ask out right, because they would rather play 5 dimensional chess than talk about how they feel, but that's a hypothetical of course, everything else isn't out of the realm of possibility)

V off camera, holding back tears.

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