"Steve blinks a couple of times, as always mildly thrown by her lightning-fast shifts of conversation. "I heart it was happening, didn't know it came through. Why?" he asks suspiciously.

As much as I'm sure Steve hearts that DADT was repealed, I don't think he'd actually admit it to anyone ;)

Lovely story! I like how Danny was immediately on to Steve and is "I'm fine"-ness. And that there was a happy ending!