Disclaimer: This disclaimer says that all the love generated from and between our beloved characters wouldn't be possible without everyone at USA Network, Steve Franks and writers and James, Dule, Maggie, Tim, Corbin, and the many other talented actors. Not profiting, except the love we give is equal to the love we make. Also, great thanks to John Lennon and his message of peace, love and happiness. I do not own the song, did not write the song, but I do love it!
I decided I needed to continue challenging my writing so I came up with this idea to take one line of a song and write a short story around that. I chose John Lennon's song Love and created a 13 piece essay of shorts based around Shawn.
All other characters will most likely make an appearance, I will give a warning if I feel there is a deviance from canon. These are meant as stand alones. I hope you take a look and enjoy this new project!
Shawn knew that he was a screw up according to Lassy, a joke to many in the PD, a huge flirt to Jules, an efficient pain-in-the-ass to Chief Vick, a disappointment and only son to his father, an immature, protective friend to Gus and a son to be proud of and to worry about to his mother. Shawn knew that all of these people saw his worst traits; his father didn't see anything but what Shawn wasn't most of the time, Gus saw him as a secondary, no tertiary job, someone who needed to be babysat and watched closely for any signs of mischief, and there were a fair few who thought very little of him and his psychic antics at the SBPD. Shawn was aware of just how flawed he was. He wasn't perfect by any means, there were some things he wasn't proud of; times he had jumped to the wrong conclusion, like about his father and the divorce, or when he had flaked out on someone. Times when he dragged Gus into trouble, or when he wasn't there for Gus's milestone 21st birthday, or missing calls home for Christmas while he was out on the road. He sometimes wished he didn't enjoy angering Lassy quite so much or embarrassing Jules and annoying the Chief.
On the other hand, Shawn was the first to admit his good traits, I mean aside from the fabulous thick hair or his ability to make any pair of jeans look good. He knew that Lassy was sometimes envious of Shawn's track record and habit of being right so often; Shawn himself was proud of the fact that he could easily hold his own amongst the detectives. Shawn knew that his mother was proud of him, of the good work he was doing, for making friends and being (mostly) well-adjusted. Chief Vick appreciated all of the hard work and diligence that he applied to solving cases especially when they were difficult, she also liked his energy and spirit around the staid precinct. And Jules, Jules liked Shawn's humor, and flirtation and his way of making her feel so special when his eyes landed on her and sparkled just so.
Shawn knew that these people knew who he really was and that despite all his bad traits and in spite of all his good traits, they all combined to make him the unique individual that they all loved. And that love was the most real thing about any of them.
