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Do you think you could just throw in all the Dan x Charlie theories/headcanons you have? I don't care if it takes entire days I just want my boys
hello hello, ask and you shall receive (I will definitely leave stuff out because I have no brain...) also linking other ScottNelson posts here and here and here
Dan x Charlie headcanons
Dan is stationed in Liverpool and Charlie in Exeter and so they have to do long distance for a while until Charlie transfers up to Merseyside and they move in together, with Dan’s rescue cat of course
Charlie gets promoted to DI after three years in Merseyside and gets his own sergeant - Dan’s serg and Charlie’s serg get along well and gossip about them behind their backs
they have a pet bird together and Dan keeps teaching it to curse and Charlie keeps telling Dan off about it
plants, and Charlie names them all
both Harry Potter nerds
Dan is bi, and Charlie is demisexual and gay
lots of forehead kisses
Charlie will let Dan shave him
they keep their relationship on the down low for a while, but that’s just a personal preference
Charlies gets Dan into skincare
both have hayfever and so spring time sucks, but Charlie is a good boy and takes allergy meds while Dan often forgets
Dan is like a human furnace which is great in winter when Charlie gets cold
Charlie will steal Dan’s jackets and hoodies
stargazing
hiking
cinema on the back row, holding hand and feeding each other popcorn
Dan bringing Charlie flowers just because he wants too, and knows his favourites are sunflowers
go to Liverpool Pride together
Lengthier DxC headcanons/moments
Long distance was particularly rough for them because Charlie was undercover for a good chunk of time. Dan’s contact with him was limited to whatever phone calls Charlie was allow to make. It was rough of course, and sometimes they’d fight on the phone, which always cut the calls short and both would feel guilty because they’d waisted their limited time together. Happened more than once, but that’s just how things go sometimes.
Charlie is shot because his cover is blown. Dan finally gets to see him but he wished it wasn’t like that. Dan hightails it down South and lives with Charlie while he recovers. Dan isn’t used to having to look after somebody and Charlie isn’t used to being so useless, but it’s nice that they get to spend some time together after practically a year with minimal contact. Is a lot to handle, but it’s good.
Dan, as an orphan, doesn’t really have any family. He grew up in foster care and never really bonded with any of them. Charlie has a brother and both his parents, and all have been fairly supportive of him. When Charlie takes Dan home - one of only two partners Charlie has ever let his parents meet - Dan is swept up with how welcoming they are of him, how genuinely nice and curious they are able him. And he gains a little family from Charlie’s side.
Also gets a family with the other Sergeants. He’d met Gavin briefly but that was it, so it’s nice when he runs into him again and they get chatting. All five of them get together for lunch, and while Dan is a little nervous - as is Charlie but he hides it better - everything turns out alright. They all get along, have a group chat going too. Jamie keeps them all up to date on the dumb things John’s still doing and cute pictures of Betty too.
Charlie has, at least twice, come into the station in the early morning to release Dan from a cell, having decked someone the night before for something homophobic. Dan’s a lot better than he used to be in terms of anger issues, and if someone’s insulting him, he usually just lets it go, but if he sees young people being the target of abuse, or Charlie, he will intervene. He’ll always try to stop is calmly first, but will deck someone if need be. And Charlie wants to be mad, he doesn’t condone violence, but honestly, he kind of love that Dan will stick up for people if they can’t do it themselves. “Really Dan? Again?” “What? He deserved it. Was picking on this kid.” “You didn’t have to punch him.” “No, but I did, and I don’t regret it.”
