#amnesia -> proposal is so dramatic 911 NEEDS to do this

[deadnatura11]

I'm a sucker for an amnesia storyline and I think Buddie would EAT however I've only ever thought of pre-getting together amnesia... but now that Buddie seems imminent... I'm thinking of post-getting together amnesia incidents.

And -

The correct answer, to me, about when to give one of them amnesia (and who) is riiiight before the Buddie proposal.

Stay with me! Stay with me!

Eddie is going to propose to Buck, however - before he can - he winds up in an accident that gives him either full or partial amnesia. He doesn't have to lose all his memories, but he HAS to not have any memory of his time in LA (i.e. meeting, befriending, falling in love with Buck).

And Buck is disheartened, but of course he does his best to try and get Eddie’s memories back (because of course he reads up on amnesia and how to fix it). Except it's... not working. Then Buck gets in his head thinking that this is a chance for Eddie to actually explore being gay because "what if I'm his first but not his last" and Eddie, of course, realized he was gay and immediately got with Buck and didn't have that chance to 'explore' and might be settling for Buck because he's there and it's easy (all his fears bubbling up without the safety net of Eddie denying them). So he's pulling back to give Eddie "his chance", what he thinks Eddie "needs". Eddie feels sad about Buck ghosting him but he has no bandwidth to understand why.

Then. Then. THEN.

Eddie is rooting around in his drawer or his closet and he finds the ring, and seeing the ring REMINDS him of what he was planning on doing before the accident, causing all the dominoes to fall over as Eddie remembers what he forgot.

So when Buck swings by to collect his things, he is surprised to find the house decorated.

"With your favorite flowers. Your favorite meal waiting with some of your favorite wine, while your favorite music plays out of the speakers."

"You... remember all that?"

"You're not easy to forget. Not that I wanted to in the first place."

It's a normal date, at first until Buck broaches the subject of why Eddie remembered now despite all other attempts having failed.

"I wanted to wait until after dinner, but..."

Eddie drops onto one knee, proposing to Buck. We don't know what Buck says, until...

The entire fire fam is invited over to Eddie’s to celebrate him getting his memory back, Buck surprisingly absent while Eddie and Chris greets the guests.

When Buck does arrive with a platter of food and drinks he hands out Maddie is the first to spot the ring on his finger. "Is that what I think it is?" "What do you think it is?"

She shrieks. They hug.

Chimney, "What? Whats happening?"

"We're getting married!"

Celebration 🍾 episode ends.