#Eli Cobb

[setmeatopthepyre]

Flame [@118dailydrabble day 1]

Tommy Kinard does not keep skeletons in closets, but he does keep their ghosts in the back of his sock drawer: his dog tags, a house key, an engraved lighter.

To this day, he doesn't know how Eli had managed it. Only remembers how he'd pressed its familiar weight into Tommy's hand as they'd stood side by side in their dress blues. How tracing the words had kept his hands from shaking.

B.E. to bad habits T.K.

He'd found the probie smoking on the roof after his first bad call. It became their thing for each one after.

Now, Tommy tries to remember only the friendly flame that lit their shared cigarettes, and not the inferno that had followed.

[oshaskell]

a toast, to old friends

[xofemeraldstars]

9-1-1 -> 2x12 ❝ chimney begins ❞

[breathe-2am]

Hen runs a betting pool they know nothing about

Based on this post by @epiphainie

Tumblr ate the quality, so halftone closeups are under the cut

Based on this classic art (also inspo for the halftone coloring)

yes i changed beauty to hottie bc they fight fires and its hot idk man its my drawing i draw stupid shit

[louisferrignojr]

it's eli and tommy!

[cinematicnomad]

9-1-1 ▸ 2.12 chimney begins

[whollyjoly]

✨✨manifesting eli to come back for chim's bachelor party / at least for the wedding✨✨

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Eli(gets a phone call): - Howie! Ho's it goin'? Chimney(sighs): ...One of my firefighters - Maddie's brother, actually - just came out as bi, and he's dating a guy, and his best friend who is also a guy is clearly jealous over it but of course, he's not letting Maddie's brother see it - just the rest of us. Eli:...Tell Maddie to send me your funeral arrangements. If I can't make it, I will definitely send flowers. Chimney: I appreciate that.

[alkaysani]

all the love an appreciation for eli cobb. he was such an amazing mentor to chimney. the fact that he said all the right things to chimney that he kept it with him for years going forward

[triskel-samulet]

One thing I would have loved to see (but understand why they couldn’t do it) would have been Eli at the wedding.

Eli is one of the only (good) people at the 118 who knows Tommy pre coming out, but left before Gerard was booted. He never got to see *this* Tommy.

All the reactions we saw were either just for Buck or for both of them. But Eli’s would have just been for Tommy.

Also Eli is the reason Chimney was able to stay in Boston and wait for Maddie. He helped them reconnect. So even outside of the Tommy of it all, Eli should have been there.

[xofemeraldstars]

9-1-1 -> 2x12 ❝ chimney begins ❞

[karenandhenwilson]

A little bit of Headcanon about Chimney

The way Tommy dismissed Chimney right after he joined the 118 has been discussed by certain people a lot. Somehow, no one ever seems to consider what we know about Chimney in that situation.

We learn in Chimney Begins that he was floundering a lot. He didn't know what to do with his life. It's mentioned that he only has the job at the bar because of Kevin. And then there is the fire in the bar. And the thing Chimney remembers the most about that evening even many, many years later is the glory it brought him. We know from the way this was told and shown, that Chimney didn't become a firefighter because in an emergency he learned that helping and managing the situation was his first instinct (though he did learn that, too); he became a firefighter because he wanted to be a hero again as he was on that day.

Chimney brags. A lot and of things he didn't even do, too. We learn that about him in season 1. What are the chances that he didn't brag at the academy about his heroism? That he didn't tell everyone who'd stop long enough to listen to all about how he found his calling because it felt so good to be celebrated for saving the day? I'd say: Zero. I'd also assume that the crew of the 118 knew all about that story before he ever set foot in that house.

So, that's how he started there. By everyone believing they had been settled with a glory hog. The kind of person you can't rely on in a difficult situation because they'll try to play hero. Or believe to know everything better than people who have been on the job for a long time. That's the man Tommy told he didn't want to get to know. And that's the man Eli said about later that trust needed to be earned in their line of work and he hadn't earned that yet.

And yes, of course there is racism heavily mixed in from Gerrard's side. But how much is there really from Tommy's or Eli's side? No one ever held it against Eli that he didn't atone enough for his treatment of Chimney. And we saw less about his changing relationship with anyone than from Tommy because Eli only ever showed up in Chimney Begins and then in Boston again out of the blue. (And both times he somehow turned into the person helping/rescuing Chimney which doesn't really sound that good all things considered, does it? But that would just open another point of discussion.)

I've kept these thoughts about Chimney's journey to becoming a firefighter to myself for a long time. Mostly because I don't want to deal with Chimney stans who I already know will accuse me of excusing the behavior of everyone at the 118 for pointing out that there is more to it than just racism. But I think I learned to ignore the worst of those people and I want to share in a second post some thoughts about Tommy during that time so I felt I needed to share how I see Chimney's start at the 118.

[rdng1230]

Eli and Tommy Come to Jesus Ficlet

“Hey, welcome back.” 

The hospital lights are too bright against his eyes and Tommy raises a hand to shield them. There's an IV tugging on his arm. 

“What the hell happened?” He groans as Eli’s face swims into focus. 

The Bostonian takes a sip of his almost certainly terrible coffee, taking the seat left of the bed. 

“Howie happened.” 

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Read the rest on ao3

[louisferrignojr]

they're like. the angel and devil on his shoulders. i wish i could elaborate.

[marbleharbor]

@911podficfest

Thanks to the lovely Lady Mist for the cover art!

[popcornatmidnight]

rewatching chimney begins and thinking about how eli cobb from 9-1-1 has the same exact vibe dr. katowski/dr. k from this is us has. they have only had a small handful of appearances on the show but every time they come back, i feel the purest and most earnest rush of happiness to see them again. like seeing your favourite uncle/teacher again after a long time. they have the same warm mentor energy and if they told me "everything will be ok" i would believe them in an instant!!!