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They’re calling me every slur under the sun over on twitter for this post

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tommy kinard never pictured himself as a father. growing up, he saw his own father hole up in the bar every night, drink himself under tables, threaten and hit his mother and then his step mother. he spent his childhood and teen years wondering every night if he'd get the call or the knock on the door from the cops telling him he's an orphan. when he was almost 16, social services opened an investigation when tommy wasn't seen at school for over a week. he was in the hospital recovering from the compound tib fib fracture his father had given him with his steel toed boots and subsequent surgery to set the bones. his father was found not at fault, claiming tommy was a clumsy kid and broke his leg in a fall. so tommy returned to school a few days later on secondhand crutches, a new bruise coloring the skin around his left eye, and a plan to leave when his birthday came around.

he stares into the hospital nursery, now 42 and scared shitless. he hasn't seen his own father in 26 years. he doesn't know how to be a father. no real role model growing up, no siblings so no nieces or nephews, no friends close enough that their kids would call him 'uncle.' he doesn't know how to do this. he doesn't even know where to start.

"which one's yours?" a nurse asks, eyes sparkling as she smiles up at tommy. do all pediatric nurses have some magical quality that makes them always happy and excited?

"um," he clears his throat, pointing toward the closest of three bassinets, "this one. theodore. well - teddy."

truth be told, he and evan haven't decided on a nickname. they might still decide to go with theo if it fits him better as they get to know their son.

the nurse pats him on the shoulder and disappears around the corner, coming into sight when she picks up theodore out of the bassinet.

she comes back out of the nursery, smiling down at the sleeping newborn in her arms. then she nods at tommy's arms, gesturing for him to create a cradle.

"here you go, sweetheart. here's your daddy."

tommy holds the baby - holds his son - and tries not to cry when the little boy opens his eyes and looks at him. he knows newborns can't see much - god knows evan has read enough books about development - but teddy's eyes are bright and alert as they roam tommy's face, taking him in.

"hey, little t," he says softly.

teddy blinks up at him, a crease forming between his brows. then he yawns, his eyes closing once more as he drifts off.

"you're a natural," the nurse says, leaving them alone.

tommy sits in one of the chairs lining the wall, holding his baby boy, trying to be steady and gentle at the same time. he watches his son sleep peacefully in his arms, trying to memorize every detail of his face.

"hey," evan whispers from the doorway.

"hey," tommy says, just as quiet. "how long have you been there?"

evan smirks, striding over to sit next to him.

"long enough to see what a good dad you already are."

"evan, i haven't done more than sit here and hold him."

"true, but he doesn't need much right now. you just being here is more than enough."

tommy thinks about that for a moment.

"maybe. for now. but i have a lot to learn."

"we both do," evan says. "and luckily we get to do it together."

"yeah," tommy nods, looking down at their baby. "together."

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Austin Butler and Tom Hardy as 'Benny' and 'Johnny', The Bikeriders (2024)

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Buck gets upset when his parents call him Evan, but when his boyfriend does, he doesn’t mind—probably because he loves him so much. I think he even likes it. 😌

oh he loves it. and I bet that Buck's favorite "version" is when he's edging Tommy over and over again, and Tommy moans a desperate and pleading "Evaaan".

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Buck likes big and muscular guys like Tommy, so Eddie isn’t really the type of guy he’d fall in love with. 😌

https://www.tumblr.com/comfortingevanbuckley/790962507987746816?source=share

Buck likes a hot guy with a nice ass, and that could be either of them. but it wasn't (just) the body that Buck felt attracted to. Buck became immediately interested in Tommy after meeting him in that helicopter because of Tommy's generosity, bravery, for his sense of humor, and also probably because he embraced Buck's motto ("Who cares?") so perfectly by making fake mouth static on the radio while talking to the Chief. he's so interesting, and cool, and he has a cleft, how could Buck resist?

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remember when lou was active on twitter and everyone from buddie to bucktommy shippers loved him and thought he was hot and @ him for everything

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Bestie English - best friend Bestie Czech - beast, brute, monster

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can I offer a hot take in these trying times?

giving tommy superficially similar traits to Eddie (military service, MMA, cars, basketball) was supposed to show you how much buck doesn't and never has felt romantic or physical attraction to Eddie and a media literate fandom would have gotten the message

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sometimes I read a radioactively bad take and just sit there like "not only do you not understand this story but you fundamentally do not understand how stories work in general, and you have never considered that your discord with every piece of fiction you come across could possibly be a problem on your end"