Yeah. That. It's not just the Shawn/Lassie fics either, it's the same with a lot of the Shawn/Jules fics and even a decent amount of the gen. And of course then there's the stuff where Shawn and Gus are indeed BFF FOREVER but only so Gus can be killed off and Shawn wrecked with sorrow.

And, y'know, some of these are even good fics, but I'm bitter.