#tactile mcdanno

[teruel-a-witch]

7.16/7.25/8.06/8.08/9.02 Steve and Danny walking like a couple on vacation, before work, after work, to and from crime scenes, everywhere anywhere.

[herveiwfromthefloor]

"Only when I found myself sitting in front of you did I realize that my wish was only half fulfilled and that my sole aim was to sit next to you."

Hermann Hesse

[satashiiwrites]

WIP Wednesday

So I got today to write 6k and finish this chapter if I wanna stay on track…. And I got stuff scheduled all day.

This is not looking promising… maybe by the end of the week?

Tagging @quietborderline @missanniewhimsy @megasaurus-regina @monsterrae1 @westernlarch @tkwritesdumbassassins @outtoshatter @muffinsandsweets @rosieposiepuddingnpie with no pressure as always. This is just for fun and to keep me on track.

Banner by radio chatter.

From: Family, Familia, ‘Ohana, Chapter 10: FUBAR, Danny’s POV

Fandom: 911, H50, SWAT

Pairings: Buddie, McDanno, platonic deacon/hondo

Fic summary:

When one family seems lost another comes back from the past. But does Buck want to return to the past or live in the present? And does his present lead to a future he wants? Only he can answer these questions but Steve at least will be there to support him.

Tags/warnings: kidnapped eddie, first draft, NavySeal!buck, alternative universe, timeline what timeline?, set vaguely season 3 911 and I’m not giving a time frame for H50 (because it wouldn’t make sense anyway). Written while sleep deprived.

Danny rubs his temples, fighting off a looming headache. He’s been staring at his own terrible cramped handwriting for hours. Steve’s fingers replace his, and he lets his eyes close with a groan as Steve rubs his neck and temples. 

“You got another headache?” Steve’s voice is gentle and soft. He’s practically sitting on Danny’s desk as he hovers, but Danny doesn’t care. They’re alone in the office, and if Steve wants to touch him, Danny’s going to let him. 

“Yeah.”

“I can get you some ibuprofen or Tylenol?”

“Took some with the Alka-Seltzer earlier.” Danny will pay for Steve to keep up the neck massage he’s giving. Steve’s fingers are digging into the knot that had been forming between Danny’s shoulders, and when it releases, he bites his tongue to stop from moaning. 

“You didn’t eat.” There’s disapproval and worry in Steve’s tone. 

“Wasn’t hungry.”  

He wasn’t.  

“This has been sitting out too long now. Do you want me to order something?”

“Let me rephrase. I am not hungry right now, nor was I.”

Steve chuckles, and his fingers find another knot, working into Danny’s left shoulder that he’d slept on last night on the sofa for a few hours. He’s ignoring Danny’s grumbling like usual. 

“These headaches of yours worry me.”  

Danny opens his eyes at this. Steve is close—closer than he’d thought. He’s wrapped himself around Danny, and they’re not touching other than where Steve’s hands are still rubbing his shoulders, but he can feel his body heat because Steve is that close. 

Steve’s observing Danny, waiting for him to say something about the concern he’d voiced, and Danny is floundering with what to say. He stupidly lands on, “They’re just headaches.”

“You’ve been getting a lot of them.”

“I get them when I’m stressed.”

“You get them less when you sleep over.”

“That’s because I sleep better at your place,” slips out before he can take the words back. 

“Why?”

It’s an innocuous question. Why? Why, indeed.  

He has his theories. Danny had slept better when he was still married and sharing a bed with Rachel, and he could roll over and cuddle with her, listening to her breathe. He slept worse when alone because he hated being alone. It’d never been a problem until he and Rachel had started having problems, and she’d kicked him to the couch most nights, denying him coldly. 

Danny was like a dog that needed a companion or otherwise would tear things apart out of anxiety—he needed another heartbeat to listen to in the night. Sleeping at Steve’s and knowing he was just upstairs or hearing his footsteps when he got up at night to do his patrols around the house that Steve swore he didn’t do but Danny had watched him do every night he’d slept over unless Steve was drugged or concussed… there was a rhythm to those nights. They usually watched a movie after dinner or a game and sat too close on the couch because Danny was too tactile, and Steve seemed to crave touch as much as Danny needed to give it.

Confessing this to Steve, however, was probably not in Danny’s best interest. Knowing Steve, he’d have Danny moved in by the end of the week, and Danny needed just a little bit of space for when Steve would inevitably find either another woman or Cath would finally wander back his way. 

Danny didn’t need a front-row seat to Steve choosing a leggy brunette or blonde over him. He was already going to be too close, and it would hurt when it finally happened. If Steve is talking to Cath, then… she will probably come back at some point. Danny hadn’t known they’d still been talking after she left him in Afghanistan a year ago to go chasing after missing villagers and hadn’t wanted Steve’s help. 

[lucy-hp]

Adam is back. Danny went to give him an offer because Steve is "literally tied up" and a pep talk as he knows what he's going through.

What's very telling is Danny saying "stop touching me" after their hug.

It means Danny isn't a tactile guy. He likes his personal bubble. It made me realize he's like that with the ohana.

The only exception is Steve. Steve can touch him all he wants, Danny won't reject him.

To me, it's a sign of his feelings, and he also recognizes how touch starve Steve really is.

McDanno is undeniable and eternal.

[peggyswilliams]

“You are in my spot.” “There’s space.  C’mon, we’ll snuggle up.”

[mcdannowave]

[thefancyspin]

ask meme - 1,3,7 mcdanno please!

who is the most affectionate - that's so hard with mcdanno because they're both as equally affectionate with each other when they're not even (technically) dating so when they actually are it's probably a free for all. steve had more trouble with affection in general in the beginning but danny brought out a lot of that in him I think and with such a detached upbringing I think he would love being able to be tactile and loving with someone he was so in love with, his family, his adopted kids, everyone.most common argument - HA, we don't even need to have fanon for this because all these two love birds do is bicker and the thing they bicker about most is how steve has no self-preservation skills and is always putting his life in danger. which pisses danny off to no end because if steve dies his life and his family will be torn apart and not only will danny lose the person he loves most in the world but his kids will lose someone they love too and that is just not okay, you just don't jeopardise grace and charlies happiness you just don't steve. what's the first thing that changes when they realise they have feelings for each other - that's a cool question, and a difficult one since they are the basically in each other's pockets already. I think a big thing that would change (other than they'd finally be sleeping together and in the distance you can hear lou grover like, 'it's about damn time') would be danny moving in with steve. I think that they have so much of the foundations set that steve would be like, fuck it, we own a restaurant together, why not a house? why not elope? why not have a serious conversation about having another kid? and the kid stuff would be the first thing danny would want to sort. just making sure his kids know and understand and are okay with everything. GOD H50, GET WITH IT.

[teruel-a-witch]

If Steve didn't want his co-workers to assume he was taking a vacation to 'reconnect' with his partner perhaps he shouldn't have looked at Danny like that and touched him in a way that indicated that this decision to take days off is directly related to him. Subtlety, thy name is not McDanno.