History HoYay / LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit

* "Loss" is a virtual cornucopia of Les Yay for Alex/Olivia, but there's evidence [[http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/43570.html#cutid1 well before that]].

** Barba's [[FoeYayShipping argument]] with Amaro in "October Surprise" launched a ''lot'' of shipping, given that they were [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d2f9c816705e993f9c80ab40e714cd72/5acce637d72651ea-8e/s1280x1920/f08e982ca018f8063675d2ca3c359689cf94b77f.jpg in close quarters in an elevator together]], got ''way'' into each other's personal space, and were arguing heatedly [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench in Spanish]]. It also helps that despite his anger, Nick was genuinely concerned about how Barba's actions would come back to haunt him.

** Barba's [[FoeYayShipping argument]] with Amaro in "October Surprise" launched a ''lot'' of shipping, given that they were [[https://64.media.tumblr.com/d2f9c816705e993f9c80ab40e714cd72/5acce637d72651ea-8e/s1280x1920/f08e982ca018f8063675d2ca3c359689cf94b77f.jpg in close quarters in an elevator together]], got ''way'' into each other's personal space, and were arguing heatedly in Spanish. It also helps that despite his anger, Nick was genuinely concerned about how Barba's actions would come back to haunt him.

** Barba's [[FoeYayShipping argument]] with Amaro in "October Surprise" launched a ''lot'' of shipping, given that they were in close quarters in an elevator together, got ''way'' into each other's personal space, and were arguing heatedly in Spanish. It also helps that despite his anger, Nick was genuinely concerned about how Barba's actions would come back to haunt him.

---->'''Carisi:''' And you've been pretty hard on me, but I want you to know that if I did pass, a lot of that's because of the time I spent working with you. I admire your, uh...
---->'''Barba:''' ''[looks at Carisi's mouth]'' Suicidal streak?

** In Thought Criminal, Barba makes an incredibly lighthearted comment to Doctor Huang about his evaluation of a suspect, reassuring him that it's okay if his findings aren't bulletproof (while in this same episode, he constantly berates the detectives for not having solid evidence, and his later interactions with a different forensic psychologist are short and snippy). Later, while Huang is being cross-examined by the defense attorney, Barba can be seen staring at him for a lot longer than necessary.

** Since Dominick "Sonny" Carisi's arrival to the team, there has been additional subtext between Barba and Carisi. Carisi has ambition towards becoming a lawyer and constantly wishes to gain Barba's approval. During "Depravity Standard", Carisi shadows Barba during the Hodda case. There was a lot of conversation during said case, and a deleted scene had Barba and Carisi talking about jury selection and Carisi making Barba genuinely laugh.

*** From the same episode, when the defense attorney sees Carisi with Barba, she calls the former 'arm-candy'.

--->'''Perp:''' I don't know about you or your little [[TheDandy 'Spanish Dandy']] here, but I'm straight as an axe.

*** There's also a comment from Amaro's father to Barba that sounded like it was going to be [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything something homophobic]] before he caught himself:

** We also get this line directed at Barba in "Forgiving Rollins", which he doesn't even blink at:

** Barba's argument with Amaro in "October Surprise" launched a ''lot'' of shipping, given that they were in close quarters in an elevator together, got ''way'' into each other's personal space, and were arguing heatedly in Spanish. It also helps that despite his anger, Nick was genuinely concerned about how Barba's actions would come back to haunt him.

** Since Dominick "Sonny" Carisi's arrival to the team, there has been additional subtext between Barba and Carisi. Carisi has ambition towards becoming a lawyer and constantly wishes to gain Barba's approval. During "Depravity Standard", Carisi shadows Barba during the Hodda case. There was a lot of conversation during said case, and during a deleted scene, shows Barba and Carisi talking about jury selection and Carisi making Barba genuinely laugh.

* Stabler has a rather homoerotic scene with a religious fanatic (played by his former {{Series/Oz}} costar Lee Tergesen in "Savior", complete with forehead touching.

* "Loss" is a virtual cornucopia of Les Yay for Alex/Olivia, but there's evidence [[http://community.livejournal.com/ship_manifesto/43570.html#cutid1 well before that]] It just breaks your heart.

** In Thought Criminal, Barba makes an incredibly lighthearted comment to Doctor Huang about his evaluation of a suspect, reassuring him that it's okay if his findings aren't bulletproof (while in this same episode, he constantly berates the detectives for not having solid evidence, and his later interactions with a different forensic psychologist are short and snippy). Later, while Huang is being cross-examined by the defense attorney, Barba can be seen staring at him for a lot longer than necessary.

** Barba's argument with Amaro in "October Surprise" launched a ''lot'' of shipping, given that they were in close quarters in an elevator together, got ''way'' into each other's personal space, and arguing heatedly in Spanish. It also helps that despite his anger, Nick was genuinely concerned about how Barba's actions would come back to haunt him.
** In "Padre Sandunguero," Barba and Amaro also have a bonding moment, related to [[spoiler:their similar experiences with overbearing, abusive fathers]] that would not be at '''all''' out of place in a HurtComfortFic.

* The homoerotic strangling thing comes up again in Barba's first episode, when he gets a male perp to choke him with a belt in front of the jury. And later on, Barba is shown to have HoYay with other perps, especially in Comic Perversion. He called the perp good-looking, to which the perp replied that Barba "wasn't so bad himself, but he didn't swing that way" (and Barba said nothing about himself); when Barba referenced what the perp did to his victims, the perp said, "I didn't realize we were having a menage a trois"; and when Barba mentioned the victim having bruising and tearing from violent anal sex, "I'm sure you've been there, bruised that, right?" Barba seems to point out that the male perps are "good-looking" quite a lot, actually.
* Olivia and Amanda quite convincingly [[UndercoverAsLovers pose as a longterm lesbian couple]] in "Father Dearest."
* Nick and Rafael arguing in an elevator in Spanish during October Surprise. It also helps that despite his anger, Nick was genuinely concerned about how Barba's actions would come back to haunt him.
* And now we have arguably examples of Amanda/Olivia and Alex/Casey... let's jut say that the show largely runs on it.