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this is the single hottest thing eddie diaz has ever done in my opinion

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The dog listening to Buck trauma dump like

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This doesn't change a thing between us.

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oh buck... you're so close to figuring it out

BUCK BUCKLEY 9-1-1 S07E05 || S08E08

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Hi 😊 I've no idea why I didn't think about looking on Tumblr, probably because I rarely go here... Well, I'm glad to hear you haven't shut the door on Chenford completely, and let me tell you, if you didn't vibe with them seasons 5-6 you're definitely not gonna like what's become of them now! Are you still watching The Rookie? And I have to know, does this mean you didn't like them getting together or just the way the got together?

Anyway, forever rereading your fics 💙

Hi! 👋

Damn, it's been a long time since I've had a Chenford question hit my ask box! To answer your question, I'm not still actively watching the show but I've kept up with Chenford's...evolution...through fandom friends and watching clips of their scenes. I actively watched through Seasons 4 and 5, but pulled back from the fandom a lot during the 4th season because I didn't like what they were doing with Chenford and it felt like expressing that opinion wasn't welcome in many fandom spaces. Then I fully stopped watching around the 100th episode, when I realized that the show didn't bring me joy anymore.

(more under the cut)

I was SO excited for Season 4 after the Season 3 finale, because I felt like it was the perfect time for Chenford to slowly move into friends-to-lovers territory. They were no longer TO/rookie and it seemed like such an organic way to progress them. Instead, we got doppelgangers, other love interests that were used in the strangest ways, and a storyline about Lucy's bio dad and freezing her eggs (I am using "storyline" SO loosely here, the show was very half-ass about all of this). I did like the stuff involving Tim's dad and the hug they shared in the hospice hallway (which became the impetus for my last Chenford fic with @cfr749, Want You to Stay). ANYWHO, nothing felt organic or well thought-out to me. Their first kiss being a practice kiss, the almost cheating, the anticlimactic scene where they kindasorta admitted feelings -- it all felt unearned.

I was a little surprised when they broke up, but not really because (to me) the writers never truly built them up, so it must have seemed easy enough to tear them down. And don't get me started on Tim's murder pact plotline lol.....

Anyway, this was a super DUPER long-winded way of saying that my fire for Chenford really fizzled out because I felt like the show was lazy and sloppy with them. But I really appreciate your kind words about my fics, and I'm so glad that Chenford has continued to bring you and others more joy! Watching their scenes this season has been interesting because I've enjoyed some it out of context.

So, I'll never say never to writing Chenford again, I guess! It's just hard for me to imagine dipping my toe into those waters again after everything the show has done with them.

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Anon asked: I think you were punishing yourself vs doesn't change a thing between them. 9-1-1, S07E05 & S08E06

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COUNTDOWN TO 8B: 2 weeks to go -> Buddie + birds of a feather

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The Real Thing: Chapter 6

a.k.a. The Buddie Bachelor fic no one asked for! 🌹

Buck leans his hip against the table and turns toward Eddie. “So, why did you need me?”

Buck looks at Eddie expectantly as he puckers his mouth into a round little ‘o’ and blows air over the surface of the steaming cup in his hand. Eddie’s eyes jerk like magnets down to his lips, watching the way the liquid ripples under the soft puff of his breath.

“I just–I wanted to see what the plan was for today,” Eddie says haltingly, jerking his gaze down to his own coffee.

Buck gives him a sly grin around the edge of his cup. “You don’t want to be surprised?”

“You mean mercilessly tormented with no warning, like the last two episodes?” Eddie rolls his eyes and drops his chin, fixing Buck with a look. “Come on, give me a hint this time. Let a man prepare.”

“Fine,” Buck laughs. Then his expression turns thoughtful, like he’s considering something. “I have a favor to ask first, though.”

“Okay.”

“I need more kissing from you.”

Eddie chokes on a sip of coffee, the liquid scalding the back of his throat. His eyes involuntarily dart down to Buck’s lips once again. They look soft, Eddie thinks before he can stop himself. Then he careens his gaze up, then around, then back down to his coffee cup. Where the hell had that come from?

read the rest on ao3

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911 Text Posts 11/?

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(in which they were accidentally or not prophetic)

[Image ID: eight large rectangular gifs. They are alternating of Ryan Guzman and Oliver Stark from this season 2 featurette, and shots from multiple episodes of 911. The four gifs from 911 are in black-and-white and have two scenes blended into each other:

GIF 1: Ryan and Oliver talking. The text reads, “I would go outof my way for anybody and everybody that I’d given my heart to. I believe it. Yeah. I’ve seen it.”

GIF 2: Two blended gifs of Buck and Eddie from 4.14, when Eddie tells Buck about him being Christopher’s legal guardian.

GIF 3: Ryan and Oliver sitting together, talking. The shot is now zoomed in with a black vignette on the corners, and Ryan is looking at Oliver as they joke around. The text reads, “Remember that time when you…I saved you. You saved me.”

GIF 4: Buck dragging Eddie under the firetruck in 4.14, overlaid with Eddie telling Buck that the tsunami was a natural disaster and hence wasn’t Buck’s fault in 3.03.

GIF 5: Ryan and Oliver talking. The text reads, “I held him in my arms. Gently though.”

GIF 6: Buck and Eddie embracing tightly at Buck’s welcome back party in 3.01, overlaid with Buck hauling a near-delirious Eddie up to help him into the firetruck in 4.14.

GIF 7: A close-up of Oliver saying, “Really gentle. Looks tough but really gentle, tender touch.”

GIF 8: Eddie’s thumb pressed to the base of Buck’s throat in 3.03 as he reassures him that he doesn’t trust anyone with his son more than Buck, overlaid with Buck’s hand nearly cupping Eddie’s face in 4.14 as he pleads for him to hang on.

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bonus:

[Bonus ID: two large rectangular gifs:

BONUS GIF 1: Black and white gif of the electrician from 5.16 commenting “you should take this act on the road.” in reference to Buck rambling about the firetruck crushing his leg and the myriad of events that came after it.

BONUS GIF 2: The titular shot for The Stark and Guzman Show Ryan and Oliver are both dressed in the LAFD uniform, and they hold up their hands in mock guns as if in a spy movie. Oliver grins widely before flipping to be back-to-back with Ryan, and both of them are laughing.

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EVAN 'BUCK' BUCKLEY as NURSE #1 and EDDIE DIAZ as NURSE #2

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Listen, uh, as someone who also comes from a screwed-up family...

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Crazy how many people want characters in fiction to speak and act like they’ve had 20 hours of intensive therapy. Could NOT be me I want these bitches fucked up insane

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Buck when Eddie walks into his house after being in El Paso for less than two weeks.

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me reading about eddie and buck being in love for the 1,000,000th time: holy shit??????? 🫨