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theweewooshow · 2 days ago

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the truth is i can't say goodbye

@bucktommywinterfest prompt: accidental texts | rated: M

God I know I'm a broken fucking record, but I'm baking again so I don’t text him. I’ll bring by some more scones later.

Buck shoots the text off to Eddie because he’s feeling pathetic and lonely and he’s been wallowing and baking all day again instead of doing his laundry like he’s supposed to and everything feels overwhelming even though it shouldn't.

Eddie doesn't text back and his phone doesn't vibrate for a long while so Buck just closes his eyes and grits his teeth.

It really shouldn't be this hard, right?

He’s gotten over people before.

He held onto Abby even when she was gone, but that was so murky and he was still living at her place, thinking they were still going to be together when she got back. But when he realized it was over, he moved on. He left her place and tried to leave most of the baggage and emotion he felt for her there.

And yeah, he didn't get real closure for a while, but he was over her probably before he ever left that note for her in her apartment. He didn't think about her much after he left her place because there wasn't anything to think about. He’d done his mourning of that relationship while he was waiting for her. So when he was out of her place, there wasn't anything left to think about.

That’s the most comparable relationship he has to Tommy so he doesn't know why he can't get his brain to catch up with the facts. It's over. It's done. So he should move on and Tommy should stop taking up so much real estate in his mind.

But it's easier said than done. Because he thinks about Tommy all the time. He wants to talk to him all the time.

There’s so much of him everywhere he looks.

He sees the blanket Tommy used to wrap himself up when he slept on his uncomfortable couch so he could be steps away in case Buck needed him when he dislocated his shoulder.

His ghost is in Buck’s kitchen, puttering around, trying to find a spoon to taste the sauce he cooked the first time he made Buck dinner.

Tommy’s side of the bed is empty when he gets into bed every night. The pillow on that side of the bed has lost the scent of Tommy’s shampoo.

There’s a memory of him in Buck’s shower—on his knees, hands and mouth worshiping him—that Buck can't get out of his head when he showers, his dick stubbornly hard even though he refuses to jerk himself off to the memory of Tommy.

The second coffee mug Buck pulled out before his brain woke up the morning after he was dumped that he hasn't been able to bring himself to put away sits empty on his counter, mocking him, every single morning.

Beyond that, Tommy’s ghost is at Eddie’s house and at the station and in his Jeep and at the fucking grocery store, so everywhere Buck goes, he can’t help but think about him, can't help but want to text him every little thing like he did when they were still together.

And when he thinks about him, he pines, according to Eddie. And when he thinks about texting him or calling him, he bakes just to give himself something to do with his hands that isn't scrolling through their text thread and pouting.

No matter what he does, he can't get him out of his head though.

He unlocks his phone to call Eddie to complain out loud since he won't validate him over text, but when he sees the name at the top of the screen, his heart stops.

Because he didn't send that text about Tommy to Eddie.

He sent it to Tommy, whose text thread he was looking at earlier before he sent off that embarrassing text.

He swallows, but it feels like his heart is stuck in his throat because Tommy’s bubbling him again. Tommy’s seen the text and he’s bubbling him.

Buck looks at the screen in abject horror as he watches the bubble disappear and reappear, wondering what Tommy’s thinking right now, if he’s thinking that Buck is kind of pathetic to still be thinking about him over a month after he broke up with him.

He sets his phone down and drops his head into his hands because he can't believe this is his life.

He’s contemplating how difficult it would be to just mysteriously disappear when his phone pings with a message and his heart stops again.

He already knows whose name he’s going to see when he looks down at his phone, but he still feels oddly taken aback seeing the message notification that says he has a text from Tommy ❤️.

He unlocks his phone and the message reads: I know this text was meant for someone else, but can I still have a scone?

Buck jumps up and rushes over to his fridge to take a picture of the loaves he baked over the weekend. He sends the picture along with the message You can have whatever you want.

Maybe it’s a little on the nose, a little too close to how he feels about everything with him, but it somehow works because Tommy texts him back right away.

I wouldn't say no to banana bread or some scones

Before Buck can even think of responding, the bubble is popping up again, letting him know Tommy’s typing again. He holds his breath as he waits for the text to appear. Tommy doesn't make him wait long.

If you wanted to drop it off at my place, I’d let you in so you can tell me all about what you’ve been wanting to text me.

With his heart pounding in his chest for an entirely different reason from when he first realized he accidentally texted Tommy, Buck’s fingers clumsily type out his message.

When are you free?

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evanbuckleyrecs · 2 days ago

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January wrap up

So I haven't really had the energy to make separate posts lately, BUT I started track what I read and bookmark, so here is a list of all the 911 fics I bookmarked in January 2025!

Edit: I tried adding the author's tumblrs but couldn't find all of them. If you are/know any of them, please let me know :)

Please, please, please by bookinit

buck doesn’t touch eddie anymore. eddie’s losing it, a little bit.

You'll Never Find Me Trying to Leave by DuoOfDiaz

Eddie and Buck are overjoyed that Christopher has returned from Texas. They organise a Welcome Back to LA party in his honor and it goes off without a hitch. Buck wonders whether the after party moment is finally the time to tell Eddie how he feels.

Please don't say I'm too much by buckleyys118

a comment from Tommy causes Buck to spiral. Eddie fixes it.

Born with a weak heart by foxwatson

the one where eddie won't touch buck once he wakes up in the hospital, and buck goes absolutely bonkers bananas about it

If I loved you less by spaceprincessem

Buck can't use his phone for two days. Eddie sends him text anyways

If You Need Me, You Know I'll Be There by soft_satan

Eddie’s heart dropped to the bottom of his stomach. “Buck? What’s wrong? Are you okay?” “No,” Buck laughed, breathless and bitter, just on this side of hysterical. He sniffled again, sounding like he was trying to stop himself from crying. “C-could uh… could you come get me? Please?”

Out of ashes by ashavahishta

“They found Buck.” Hen’s hand goes to her chest. Chim stumbles like he’s been hit, hand curling around the back of a chair for balance. And Eddie - Eddie’s knees give out. He’s lucky there’s a chair right under him because he just buckles, head in hands, trying to remember how to breathe. “Is he - did they - what…what did they find?” “He’s alive.” “What?” Eddie’s head snaps up.

I Did It All (To Make You Love Me) by sirencalls

Honestly, Eddie is just trying to find the pair of boxers he knows he left here last week.

Won't you kiss me on the mouth (and love me like a sailor) by hirarih

Buck discovers he’s in love with Eddie, rants about it to Maddie, and doesn’t realise Eddie is right behind him.

I can read between your lines (dizzy from the spinning) by buckleydiazy

“So, theoretically,” Eddie sounds absolutely delighted, “if we didn’t know each other, you’d hook up with me in a public bathroom?” “Theoretically—I mean, do you want a serious answer?” Eddie hesitates for a moment. “Yeah,” he says quietly, all traces of humor gone from his voice. “Tell me.” “Probably,” Buck says. Then a little firmer—“Definitely.”

Not Doing This Alone by carpediaz

The one where Eddie hires Buck as a nanny for Christopher and has to navigate falling in love with someone he shouldn't want (who definitely wants him in return).

The kiss that lingers by greenbergsays

5 times Eddie kisses Buck's birthmark & 1 time he doesn't.

Was I even on your way? By rangerdanger

Buck gets reminded of something that happened he'd rather forget.

This Could Be Our Year; Don't Let Go of My Hand by allisonRW96

After a routine call at the studio of a wealthy, eccentric fashion designer, the 118 find themselves invited to a masquerade ball on New Year’s Eve. Buck thinks it will be a perfect time to kiss Eddie. Eddie thinks it will be the perfect time to kiss Buck. Someone else has more sinister plans.

Rhythm of Your Heart series by devirnis

the 118 run a front restaurant for money laundering, and accidentally adopt the Buckley siblings

Baby mine by Fizzlespin

When Maddie tells him about Daniel, and being born for spare parts, Buck doesn't know what to do. Hurt, confused (and drunk), he goes to who he always goes to in a crisis for some calm, fatherly advice. But Bobby isn't home and Athena is left to pick up the pieces.

A minute from home but I feel so far from it by cozycatwriter

He thinks to anyone watching him that they might think he’s just lost in thought. He’s leaning against the pier fence, avoiding the bench this time around. Or maybe he looks like he’s about to throw himself off the wooden walkway and into the rocks below. He’s not sure which would be true. “Because you’re exhausting. We all have our own problems but you don’t see us whining about it.” He’s been back at station 118 for only a few shifts but it’s like the world has flipped upside down and he’s found himself within an alternate universe. Like Stranger Things.

Hen Wilson's Four Part Guide to Making Your Stupid Friends Date by songbvrd

When Buck and Eddie aren't speaking, Hen decides to take matters into her own hands.

50 Cheeky Texts by songbvrd

Buck gets drunk-dared to send Eddie one cheeky text every day for 50 days. Eddie loses his mind. TW for the cringiest pickup lines in existence.

You warm me up (inside and out) by becausebuckley

after a shift leaves buck tired and shivering, eddie takes him home.

See y'all next month 🫡

#911 #buddie #911 on abc #buddie fanfic rec #buddie fanfiction #911 abc #buck and athena #911 ao3 #911 fanfiction #fanfic rec

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eddiegettingshot · 2 days ago

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buck voice Hey Eddie what would you do if you could get me pregnant. eddie voice What? buck voice Like would you want to do that. If I could get pregnant would you impregnate me. eddie voice Would you want me to impregnate you if you could get pregnant. buck voice I asked you first just say it yes or no do you think you would want me to carry your babies. eddie voice Buck you would be great at carrying my babies. Is that what you want to hear. buck voice Yeah man it’s cool that you think that… Wow I wish I could do that. It would be great. eddie voice Do you think we should try? buck voice Try what. eddie voice Try to see if you can do that. buck voice Are you just trying to do me raw rn Eddie that’s not romantic at all. eddie voice No I’m trying to knock you up Buck what do you say. buck voice Eddie it’s literally not possible. eddie voice Doesn’t hurt to try bud…

#who else up making really good posts rn. I think i have reached maximum levels of not fine .. but it’s ok because of bpreg

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bekolxeram · 1 day ago

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A whole day late to @bucktommyfluffebruary's day 1 prompt: non-sexual intimacy. Inspiration strikes suddenly, what can I say?

You can also read it on AO3.

Golden Hour

rated G | 1027 words

“Morning, team!” Buck walks into the firehouse with an extra bounce in his step, looking the most carefree he’s been for months.

“What got you so… woah,” Hen begins questioning, but stops in the middle of the sentence once she fully turns around and takes a good look of her strangely jovial co-worker.

“What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?” Buck instinctively touches his face in response to Hen’s reaction. He has a hard time deciphering her expression; She seems… surprised, astonished, but at the same time, shocked, and confounded.

“No! Not really. You seem… happier,” Hen puts on a reassuring smile, “but the bags under your eyes seem like they came straight from the Milan Fashion Week, and your hair looks like you’ve just rolled out of bed.”

The entire 118 bore witness to Buck’s post-Tommy heartbreak. Yes, he obsessively checked his phone and got addictive to baking, maybe he let his stubble grow out a day or two more than it should, but he never, ever, neglected personal hygiene or grooming. He always made sure to dress like a functioning member of the society before heading to work, what happened outside of shift was his own business.

“I used to know someone like this at school,” Chimney joins in. “His girlfriend dumped him just before summer break. Then he came back to school looking like a hobo, but at the same time, happy as the Buddha. He told me he went on a trip to discover himself.”

“But Buck was with us last shift, 48 hours ago. What life-changing destination could he have gone to in such a short amount time?” Hen furrows her brows in confusion.

“By trip, I mean an acid trip,” Chimney snickers, then he turns to face Buck in chorus with Hen, waiting for an answer.

“I can assure you, I’ve never taken any mind altering substance before coming to work. That would be irresponsible!” Buck objects, attempting to halt this dangerous speculation at once.

Just as Hen and Chimney are about to interrogate further, Eddie chimes in while slowly sipping on his coffee, “Buck and Tommy are back together without telling us.”

Gasps, then cheers fill the room.

“Wait, how? Did Tommy tell you?” Buck asks.

“No one told me anything,” Eddie takes another sip from his mug, “I can just tell, from your hair.”

“What’s wrong with my hair?”

“Oh! Yeah!” Hen’s whole face is lit up by her realization, “the hair thing, right?” She vaguely gesture at her head.

“Exactly.” Eddie snaps his fingers at Hen.

“What hair thing?” It’s now Buck’s turn to be utterly confused.

“I don’t get it either,” Chimney turns his attention to his brother-in-law. “Is Tommy bad at picking shampoo? Or hair product? Can’t you just bring your own?”

“Um… I don’t know.”

“You’ll get it once you’ve spent enough time with them,” Eddie sighs.

“I’ve spent plenty of time with them. One is my oldest friend, the other is my brother by marriage!”

“With both of them together, as a third wheel,” Eddie adds.

Chimney grimaces. “Ugh, no! Is it a sex thing?”

“It’s appropriate safe in public,” Hen clarifies, “as long as you don’t find two people of the same gender being in love inappropriate.”

“Oh, okay,” Chimney nods in understanding, “but, what about the bags under your eyes?”

“Um… Tommy and I…”

Buck’s interrupted by Eddie.

“Stop. That one’s definitely a sex thing.”

It takes Chimney another few months to figure out what the “hair thing” actually is.

Buck and Tommy have been invited to dinner at the Han’s.

The four of them were anxious about the possible awkwardness, but Chimney and Tommy settle right back into their old buddy dynamic once the conversation starts flowing.

“I think you two fixed my brain when you showed up all sooty at the hospital. I was groggy all week, but connecting the dots that you guys had been making out? That was the first time I felt like I could finally think clearly,” Chimney recounts his experience coming down with viral encephalitis, and marrying the love of his life at a hospital.

“A hospital, what is it?” Tommy asks, barely containing his giggle.

“It’s a big building with patients, but that’s not important right now,” Chimney bursts into laughter in unison with Tommy by the time his finishes his sentence.

“Um… What’s the joke?” Maddie asks, while both Buckley siblings frown, seemingly puzzled.

“Airplane! The greatest comedy movie of all time!” Chimney exclaims.

“And the most quotable,” Tommy supplements.

“Neither of you have watched Airplane? Tommy, you didn’t introduce your man to the most influential film in your life?”

The Buckley siblings shake their head.

“Alright, we’re watching it after dinner.”

Chimney has seen Airplane! countless times before. The simple, sometimes childish humor of this classic has been his go-to for years whenever he needs a pick-me-up.

He may have the ability to recite the entire movie from start to finish, but the source of the enjoyment now comes from watching his friends and loved ones’ reaction to this comedic masterpiece, to experience the amusement and wonder anew from their fresh eyes.

“We have clearance, Clarence.”

“Roger, Roger. What’s our vector, Victor?”

Chimney turns to focus on the viewers’ reaction, instead of the screen.

Maddie’s almost crying with laughter, while shoving a few kernels of popcorn into her mouth. Popcorn with butter and pickle juice, the exact snack she’s been craving.

Buck, on the other hand, is laying his head onto Tommy’s shoulder.

And Tommy, he absentmindedly anchors his hand into Buck’s hair, and ruffles the curls around.

Chimney himself would gladly push off whoever dares to touch his carefully styled hair, but Buck’s happily leans into his boyfriend’s touch.

“Is that correct phraseology in aviation?” Buck beams at Tommy, half flirting and half genuinely asking to satisfy his curiosity.

“Yeah, more or less. That’s why it’s a classic,” Tommy gazes back at Buck softly, hand still messing up the younger man’s hair.

Buck shows his dimples, nestles his head at the crook of Tommy’s neck, and continues watching the movie.

My brother is in good hands.

Chimney tells himself silently.

#bucktommy #tommy kinard #evan buckley #bucktommyfluffebruary #bucktommy fic #bucktommy fanfic #tevan fic #tevan fanfic #tevan #kinley

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ecstxsyy · 22 hours ago

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SCREW YOU | E. BUCKLEY ❦

Buck overhears a conversation he wishes he hadn’t, but it sparks an idea in his head.

based on this ask.

18+ mdni !

evan buckley x fem reader

warnings: smut, porn with plot, p in v, fingering, dirty talk, breeding kink.

SORRY I MISSED DAY 1 GUYS I PROMISE I’LL DO TWO FICS IN ONE DAY TO MAKE UP FOR IT 😗

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EVAN BUCKLEY attained some information he wasn't quite sure he was happy he’d had learned, on the rig.

Hen was oversharing how she’d heard that May walked in on Bobby and Athena roleplaying in Bobby’s turnout gear. Everyone had expected Bobby to be the sexy firefighter, but shockingly it was Athena. This painted a picture in Buck’s head that he couldn’t erase of you all dressed up in his gear with nothing else.

The thought plagued his mind for weeks, every time he put on his turnout coat he imagined your naked body hidden away under the heavy material, your skin peeking through the unzipped zipper, his name plastered across your back. The thought practically made him drool.

Buck, stupidly enough, confided with Eddie about this fantasy. He didn't know what else to do, and Eddie, as his best friend, couldn't help but confide in you with this information.

The idea alone made you blush immediately, the thought of it sending a thrill through you. It wasn't something you’d thought about before but now the ideas ran wild through your head.

Fortunately enough, Valentine’s Day was coming up, and what better gift to give Buck than his own real-life wet dream?

You and Eddie had already been planning his surprise for a few days, Eddie was going to take Buck’s turnout coat home after their shift together the night of the 13th. You and Eddie both already knew that Buck had taken off for the 14th to spend the day with you, but, he had no idea of what truly was going to unfold that day.

The morning of Valentine’s Day, you woke with a smirk. You wanted to wait until later in the night to surprise him, but, you just couldn't wait.

You hopped up out of bed, ran to the closet, and dug Buck’s coat out of the back corner of your closet where you hid it the night before. You tried to be as silent as possible, tiptoeing to the bathroom to strip and change into the coat before Buck woke up.

You slipped off all of your clothes and slid the heavy jacket over your shoulders, you weren’t exactly sure how to make it feel sexy seeing as you felt like a child playing dress up, but you could make it work.

Once the coat was on you waited until you began to hear Buck stir in his sleep to open the door and creep over to your bedroom quietly. As you looked through the crack of the door, you saw Buck stand and stretch the sleep out of his muscles.

You waited for him to finish before slowly creeping into the room, watching his face change as his eyes raked up and down your body.

“Oh fuck,” Buck sighed, the blood rushing from his head to his dick in seconds, he swore it made him slightly light-headed. A million thoughts ran through his head at once, he truly could not believe the sight in front of him.

“Eddie told me about your little wet dream,” you teased, sliding the jacket down your shoulders so it hung around you even looser.

“Yeah and I’m definitely gonna kill him at work tomorrow, but for now, I’m gonna make you feel so good,” Buck mumbled as he got closer to you, pulling you into his body heat to press his lips against yours.

He kissed you fervently, your tongues clashing against each other. Buck felt like he was floating, the whole moment felt like a dream.

“So, I guess you like your gift?” You smiled as you pulled away from him.

“Oh, I love it, and I can't wait to enjoy it all day long,” Buck smirked, scooping you up so your legs wrapped around his waist.

He walked you over to the bed slowly, setting you down as he began to kiss you again. You couldn't get enough of him, if you’d known he’d go this crazy for this you would have done it a long time ago.

Buck kissed down your jaw before standing up to look at you in awe, taking in all the details. Your smooth skin looked so pretty, the rough material of the coat made your skin look like silk. He grabbed your leg, rubbing his hands up and down your calf and your legs practically spread on their own, revealing your bare cunt to him, glistening in the light with your wetness.

“All this for me? God, I must be the luckiest man alive, he sighed, kissing down the inside of your leg until he reached your thigh.

Buck licked a long stripe up the inside of your thigh, stopping once he reached your folds. You let out a whine, you wanted his head between your legs so bad.

“Fuck, baby, I’m sorry but I can’t wait to fuck you,” Buck mumbled, pulling down his sweats just enough to let his cock spring free. You couldn't complain, Buck fucked you in a way nobody else ever could.

Before he slid himself inside of you, he flipped you onto all fours, he wanted to see his name plastered across your back while he made you cum until you saw stars.

As his cock slid into you, you shuddered. He was so deep inside of you, hitting every nook and cranny that you didn't even know existed. Buck made you feel so full, his cock stuffing you.

“Oh my God, Buck,” You whined, pushing your hips back to fuck yourself on him. When Buck felt this he grabbed your hips, freezing them in place as he began to pound into you from behind. His sudden thrusts made you cry out in pleasure, your legs already trembling.

“Look at you, already a little mess for me,” Buck chuckled, smacking your ass a few times before grabbing a handful of each ass cheek, using your ass to help drag you back on his cock faster.

Your pussy practically wept for him, your arousal leaking out from around his cock. The sounds coming from between the two of you were crude, they even made Buck blush a bit. Your pussy squelched around him, your grip on the sheets making your knuckles turn a bony white color.

“Oh fuck, ‘m gonna cum,” you cried out, your hand moving to rub your clit rapidly.

“Damn, baby, already?” Buck teased. He knew how fast he could make you cum, in fact, it was one of his proudest achievements. He teased you about it constantly.

You ignored his comment and hid your face in the sheets, taking his quick thrusts while you tried to hold off your orgasm for as long as you could. Little did you know, Buck was in the same boat. You in his gear did sinful things to his cock and his mind, his fantasies couldn't nearly compare to the real sight in front of him.

“Can’t wait to give you my last name, fill you up with all my babies,” Buck fantasized out loud, dreaming of the life ahead of the two of you. Those words alone sent you over the edge, your orgasms tearing through your trembling body.

Instead of slowing down, your orgasm made him pick up his pace. Buck plowed into you, his tip bullying your cervix making your vision go white. Before your first orgasm was over, a second one hit you like a train.

You didn't realize a coat would make Buck go this wild, your pussy begged for a break but you greedily wanted more.

“Fuck, I’m gonna cum. Gonna put my babies all inside of you,” Buck moaned, his hips starting to falter.

Before you could respond, Buck shot his load deep inside of you, fucking it into you to make sure it all stays inside. He fully intended to get you pregnant, he couldn't wait to watch your belly swell.

Buck pulled his cock out of you, spreading your folds to watch his cum leak out of you. He used his first two fingers to scoop up the thick fluid before pushing it back inside of you, fingering it all in.

“Look at this pretty pussy, so swollen and sensitive,” Buck teased, slapping your clit lightly to watch the way your body jolts away. You looked so fucked out, the only thing covering you while you lay on the bed being his turnout coat.

Buck grabbed the coat lightly, sliding it off of you and going to grab one of his LAFD shirts. He helped you redress into more of his clothes and laid you back down in the bed, cuddling up next to you.

“Marry me.” Buck blurted out, the words made your eyes bulge out, the saliva in your mouth getting trapped in your throat.

“What?”

“I said marry me,” Buck repeated, confirming that you aren't just crazy and hearing things. “I was gonna do this later and go all out, but, I can’t wait.”

Buck stood off the bed and reached into your bed side table, grabbing the small velvet box that sat inside the drawer. He then dropped down to get on one knee beside the bed.

“Will you marry me?” Buck asked, his smile beaming.

“Of course, Buck,” you giggled, pulling him into a kiss. Buck fully planned on consummating not only his marriage but his engagement as well, no matter how untraditional.

Maybe Buck didn't wanna kill Eddie so much after all.

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atimeofyourlife · 2 days ago

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Caring for you is my love language

@bucktommyfluffebruary day 1: nonsexual intimacy | rated: g | wc: 711 | ao3 Buck takes care of Tommy after Maddie and Chimney's wedding

Getting Tommy home and taken care of was the priority. They'd had about an hour to celebrate Maddie and Chimney before the nurses came around to kick everyone out, and Buck could feel just how exhausted Tommy was. The fact he even showed up after being on the line battling a fire like that, it meant a lot to him. Now he wanted to just look after Tommy.

Getting him down and into the jeep was easy, his turnouts double bagged in garbage bags Buck had charmed the nurses into giving them. Just so the smell wouldn't get everywhere before Tommy was able to get them back to Harbor for cleaning.

Tommy did try to put up something of a fight when he realized that Buck had brought him back to the loft, rather than making the drive across town to his place, but Buck quickly shut it down.

"You could just drop me home." Tommy said through a yawn as Buck pulled into his parking spot.

"I could have. But we're here now. You can get cleaned up and be asleep much sooner than if we had to drive across town." Buck replied.

"I-. I could wait. You don't need to take care of me."

"I don't need to. But I want to." Buck countered. "And at least if you stay with me, I don't have to worry about you braining yourself in the shower."

"Okay." Tommy agreed, allowing Buck to help him out of the jeep and into the building.

Buck managed to convince Tommy to eat a portion of the soup he kept frozen for when he felt under the weather, or when he'd had a long shift and didn't feel like cooking. It was quick to heat in the microwave, and Buck lightly warmed some bread to go along with it. It was wasn't the best meal he could make, but it was the quickest along with being filling.

Then it was into the shower. Buck shot upstairs to grab some changes of clothes, both shorts and sweatpants, unsure what Tommy would prefer to wear to bed. He hesitated over underwear, unsure what the rules were over sharing underwear when you were dating a man. He'd shared clothes with Eddie a number of times, but underwear was always off limits, they were close friends, but not that close. And he had experience with some of his girlfriends, especially Taylor, stealing his boxers for something comfortable to sleep in. He decided to grab some, leaving it up to Tommy if he wanted to wear them. He came back down to find Tommy dozing at the table.

"Come on, shower time, then bed." Buck gently shook Tommy's shoulder.

Tommy just grumbled in response, burying his head deeper into his arms.

"Hey, your neck and back will hate you in the morning if I let you sleep like that" Buck helped Tommy up and across to the downstairs bathroom. He still couldn't understand why a lofted studio needed two bathrooms, but this was just one of many times he was thankful for it. And he was doubly thankful for the built in bench in the downstairs shower.

He helped Tommy out of his clothes, and pushed him to sit down on the bench, starting the shower on hot, then making quick work of his own clothes. He joined Tommy in the shower, washcloth in hand, and dropped to his knees.

"Baby, I'm too exhausted." Tommy mumbled, looking down at Buck with his eyes almost closed.

Buck huffed a laugh. "Just let me take care of you." He made quick work of washing Tommy, methodically moving up from his feet. By the time he reached Tommy's hair, the other main was slumped against the tile, snoring softly. Buck smiled at the sight, this feeling like one of the most intimate moments he'd ever had with any of his partners, he pressed a kiss to Tommy's forehead, before scrubbing himself down in almost record time.

He hated having to wake Tommy again, but knew from experience nothing good would come from falling asleep in the shower. He helped Tommy get dried and dressed, before taking him upstairs to bed. Settling down next to Tommy, he couldn't help hoping this could be forever.

#bucktommyfluffebruary #bucktommy #evan buckley #tommy kinard #tevan #bucktommy fic #911 fic #atimeofyourwrites

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donovankinard · 3 days ago

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that's right, that's right, 911 fic recs are back! its been a pretty light month for reading for me; i travelled quite a bit earlier in the month and then school started back up, so i don't have a huge amount to link, but i wanted to share what i have read anyway! this month we've got buddie, bucktommy, tarlos, buck&chris, saltommy, teddie and louliver! a very mlm heavy month, but with hen wilson week coming up that should change for feb.

🔥 Back to Us || @kumiokosposts evan buckley/eddie diaz || 95k Buck, struggling with abandonment and feelings of being unworthy, is shaken when Chris calls, asking if he can live with Buck now that he’s no longer with Tommy. Still hurt and angry with Eddie, Chris refuses to tell his dad about wanting to live with Buck, leaving Buck caught in the middle, torn between protecting Chris and his loyalty to Eddie. Yet as Buck promises to help, he feels something shift—beneath all the self-doubt and pain, a quiet hope emerges. For the first time in what feels like forever, someone chose him, and maybe, just maybe, he’s not as unworthy of love as he’s always believed.

🔥 Time in a Bottle || @cjlouwho evan buckley/tommy kinard || 16.7k (so far) His heart began to race as the doors swung open and out. No light shined in, letting Tommy know it was still night. Then, a heavy step started down the staircase. Thud, thud, thud. Fifteen steps. Tommy counted each one. And suddenly, he wasn't alone anymore.

🔥 white shoe, black shoe || @hazeystar evan buckley/tommy kinard || 1.5k Tommy and Buck get married and somehow let Maddie and Eddie come up with the wedding games. Or: The wedding shoe game that ends with Eddie Diaz being a menace to society (really just Buck and Tommy)

🔥 You're Not Gone (You Can't Be Gone) || @theredrenard & @buck-up-buck evan buckley/eddie diaz || 5.2k “Eddie…?” Buck sways slightly, eyes wide. He’s paler than he should be and his voice sounds so, so fragile. His hand twitches at his side like he’s trying to reach for Eddie, but he can’t quite get his arm to move. In the time it takes Eddie to glance down, then back up to Buck’s face with dawning horror painted on his features, Buck’s legs give out and he collapses onto the concrete in slow motion.

🔥 a hundred times over || @fake-mouthstatic evan buckley/tommy kinard || 7.7k (so far) A collection of BuckTommy drabbles for the 118 Daily Drabble Challenge.

🔥 To Share, A little, A lot || DracaUponTheWings carlos reyes/tk strand, evan buckley/tommy kinard || 4.7k In Which the Author seized on the possible similarities in our couples and forced them to talk.

🔥 when fate cries || @theghostofashton carlos reyes/tk strand || 67.8k An ACL tear, the statement posted a couple days later had read. Carlos would need immediate surgery, and obviously – he would not compete for the USA in London. TK, still coming off the thrill of being named to the team himself, hadn’t been sure how to feel. Carlos had always trained in Texas, and he in New York, so they rarely crossed paths outside of competitions. That’s why he was looking forward to being on the team with him, so sure it was guaranteed. It was practically a given among every coach he talked to. Carlos was a lock. It felt weird to celebrate. Wrong, almost. Carlos should have been with him. They’d both been working for this their entire lives. three years later, the road to rio brings with it far more than redemption

🔥 Come Back... Be Here || @911varietyposts evan buckley & christopher diaz || 1.1k Buck still hadn’t gone back to work, even though Maddie was pushing him to just so he could have something to distract his mind from everything going on around him. He just couldn’t bring himself to go back yet; not to the job that had claimed the love of his life. OR: Buck and Chris navigate the emotions after Eddie's death

🔥 just give hope a chance to float up || @judymarch15 sal deluca/tommy kinard || 23.4k Sal Deluca's marriage falls apart on national television. He and his daughter Sophia move back to his hometown of Smithville, Texas to live with his mom Loretta. He works on picking up the pieces of his life, grows closer to his family, and reconnects with old classmate and football teammate Tommy Kinard.

🔥 Louliver Road Trip || @writerdot lou ferrigno jr/oliver stark || 2.5k Oliver isn't alone on his road trip.

🔥 sonnet || @athenaeumsfic evan buckley/tommy kinard || 30.5k It wasn’t supposed to still feel this raw after so long. Every time Tommy passes him by, his cologne lingers in the air for a moment and Buck is transported back to this time last year when they were getting to the stage of really, properly knowing each other. He’d never been happier. A few times, Tommy swipes his back as he moves around him – the garden is crowded with three separate firehouses hanging around – and it feels like an electric shock every time. All he wants is to reach behind him, grab his hand and pull Tommy close. aka the one where Buck and Tommy have broken up but agree to a weekend in Vegas with Eddie and Chimney. Chaos ensues.

🔥 i'm broken (tell you i'm fine) || @hazeystar evan buckley/tommy kinard || 1.9k Two weeks after the breakup, Buck misses Tommy. He also loves him, did you know?

🔥 Tiny Heartbeats || @sunnywithachanceofbi evan buckley/tommy kinard || 9.9k Tommy and Buck's daughter, Edie, faces a life-threatening heart surgery at two weeks old, pushing them to confront their deepest fears while waiting in the hospital.

🔥 There's Gotta Be Some Butterflies Somewhere || Tea_gremlin evan buckley/eddie diaz || 34.7k Eddie joins the 118 after Buck is permanently disabled by an explosion at a call. Despite initial tensions, they learn just how important they can be to one another.

🔥 say what you wanna say (and let the words fall out) || @nephilimeq evan buckley/tommy kinard || 6.3k “You all saw me sad and upset over Tommy breaking up with me—but instead of asking me what went wrong or what you could do to help, all of you stopped me from reaching out to him!” Buck spat out, feeling his irritation rise at seeing his friends looking confused, but he didn’t care. Instead, he kept on talking, saying, “You kept me from reaching out to him by playing ‘keep away’ with my phone like a bunch of middle schoolers! Did it ever occur to any of you that I didn’t want the breakup to happen?” (...aka, the story where Buck and Tommy secretly get back together and then Buck finally stands up for himself against his 118 family, finally saying what he's been wanting to say for a long while, dragging all the dirt out into the open)

🔥 playing (playing with the boy) || @thatmexisaurusrex eddie diaz/tommy kinard || 5.2k Tommy. Snorted. Cute. Why was that cute?

🔥 shelter (feels like home) || @fake-mouthstatic evan buckley/tommy kinard || 1.9k Tommy wakes with a start to the sound of ringing and it takes him a few bleary eyed moments to realise it's his phone, loud even over the pounding of the rain outside. He frowns at the bright light as he picks it up, worry immediately catching in his throat when he sees Evan's name on the screen; it's close to 3am and from experience he knows that's rarely when people call with good news. "Hey babe, are you okay?" he says as he answers, rubbing his eyes as he sits up in bed. "The storm," Evan says, and Tommy's heart wrenches in his chest when he realises he's crying. "There wasn't supposed to be a storm."

🔥 John Doe|| @thatmexisaurusrex evan buckley/tommy kinard || 5.8k He was tanned. Not too tanned, but he definitely tanned more than burned in the sun. He had an aquiline nose, distinct cheekbones, and a cleft. He had curly hair; curly, chestnut brown hair. He was banged up from the hit and run. Cuts and bruises, though, the swelling was going down and the fresh red-purple was seeping into a yellow. Had three casts and almost lost his spleen. Dry lips from a week and a half asleep. He was breathing, though. Breathing steadily. He was Tara Kaplan’s first John Doe. And no one was sure if they would ever figure out who he was before he woke up.

🔥 want you more than a melody || @alchemistc evan buckley/tommy kinard || 2.5k “What are you looking for?” Tommy asks, and doesn’t linger at all on how at home Evan looks, just rifling through his things. He’d caught him sorting Tommy’s mail, last weekend, nothing overly curious, just piles of junk mail sorted away from the bills and the single postcard from his nephew, fingers drifting over the stocky block letters of Tommy’s name before he realized he’d been caught out, lips squeezing in like a kid tasting his first lemon. “The key to your china cabinet,” Evan tells him, still sorting, keys chiming merrily against each other. “Second drawer to the left of the fridge, little brass thing. It’s where I keep my ring cutter,” Tommy tells him, expanding heart and weak joints and all, as Evan grins at the joke and stalks halfway across the room in two wide, long-legged steps.

STATS: # of fics: 19 # of authors: 16 # of words read: 306.3k

#nova's rec lists #911 #bucktommy #buddie #911verse #tarlos #teddie #saltommy

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bluevioletflames · 2 days ago

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Recently, I've been thinking a lot about Buddie (I say this as if they don't cross my mind AT LEAST once an hour). Particularly about the song that'll play when they go Canon.

I know for a long time we've all had our inputs, and I've had multiple different songs I'd be more than happy with. But with the way their story is currently going, I can't help but think about our always-beloved Tsunami arc.

I could write essays about that across but for now, I'm gonna talk about the montage to Ed Sheeran's "Wait for me to come home".

The first time Buck felt like he failed Chris, failed Eddie, was the Tsunami. He sits at his table, feeling so emotional wrecked and lost, not knowing what happens from here. Feels like he's still drifting out to sea. Next thing he knows, Eddie and Chris are walking into his apartment.

THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS WORLD I TRUST WITH MY SON MORE THAN YOU

Fast forward and here we are, Eddie's been gone for X amount of time.

Picture it, Buck has had the shift from hell. Their 24 hour shift turned into an almost 72 hour one. Buck hadn't really slept, hasn't slept well since Eddie left. He finds himself sitting at his table once again, disassociating into the abyss. Much like he did all those years ago. Death and suffering clouded the past couple days, and he wants nothing more than to curl up on Eddie's couch and sob the days away.

He can't help but be glad that Eddie wasn't here for this, and just like that, he let's himself break. With a flashback type montage of the events of the past couple days, combined with all different types of memories of Buck and Eddie and Chris, "Wait for me to come home" playing in the background. The whole time Buck's been sobbing, as the music slowly comes to the end lyrics fading out slightly, his eyes catch on a photo.

Buck sneakily took that photo on Chris's first ride along. He's not sure why, he and Eddie weren't that close at that time, but something told him to take it. That it'll be important later on. It's later and he knows what that meant know. As Buck holds the framed photo against his chest, and with the last 'wait for me to come home' of the song, there's a knock on Buck's door.

"Hey Buck"

Am I proposing a direct parallel to the end of the Tsunami arc for Eddie and Chris's coming home? One that could be such a good opening to begin Buddie Canon? Yes

Will it wreck me emotionally? Also, yes.

Will they though? Probably not 😂.

#911 on abc #911 on fox #evan buckley #buck and eddie love story #911 buddie #buddie #buck x eddie #911 #911 speculation #photograph by ed sheeran #buck and eddie #buddie canon #they better go fucking canon

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spidermans-l-o-v-e-r · 3 days ago

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Strawberries and Cream

Pairing: Eddie Diaz x Reader

Notes: I’m literally doing this all from my iPad mini, including editing so you know I’m sorry if it’s TRASH. I’m so glad to finally put this out! 😀😀😀 15 is uhhh slow goin! But I’m workin on it!!! Please understand I am now on my phone editing this while walking the dog

Chapter 13: Criminal Minds

Tommy doesn’t even try to stop you as you go running to the trailer, he just jogs alongside you. You rip the door open and run in and Eddie grabs your waist, Athena mutes the line

“What the hell do you think you’re doing?!”

“It’s him, Eddie it’s him” Your hands are shaking and he turns you in his arms

“Who??”

“The man from the club. The one you guys beat up??? He’s got Buck”

“What the hell???”

“Hi Y/N, glad to see you’re awake” you hear over the phone and you cling to Eddie

“You don’t have eyes on me, but I have them on you. My name is Nero, it’s nice to make your acquaintance, now, if you’ll unmute me. I want Eddie”

You rush over and hit the unmute button and Athena pulls you back

“What do you want him for?!” You yell and he laughs evilly

“That was actually really good” you hear over the line and Eddie face palms

“Buck!! Buck, are you okay??” You cry and Athena glares at Eddie. He grabs your waist, pulling you back against his chest

“I’m fi-“You hear a smash and your blood runs cold

“I let him have his compliment, my dear Evan. I thank you for that. But let’s get down to business. You bring me, Eddie, I let him go. Simple as that”

“That’s stupid!! Why do you even want them!” You say and you can hear the eye roll.

“Oh, honey. Could it be that they possibly beat the shit out of me and humiliated me???”

“Because you were being a total creep!! To like, a bunch of women!! They had every right to kick your ass!! It’s your fault I ended up in that stupid coma!!”

“Technically, the anesthesia was the reason. That’s right, I know things. I was on drugs, Y/N I didn’t mean it”

“Am I supposed to care?! You did shitty things drugs or not and you got your ass whooped for it. Just take the L and leave my family alone!”

“I just wanted to dance with you, I just wanted one fucking dance”

“This is gonna sound so stupid, but you could have asked.”

“Right, right, with your three, six fucking foot bodyguards on you at all times”

“6’2” Tommy interrupts him

“Is this really the time” Eddie whispers, sounding completely exasperated and Athena whacks Tommy in the chest

“If you know me so well? You should know the kind of person that I am! And had you just asked, and just been nice?? I would have said yes and I would have asked them to leave us alone as long as you were respectful”

“Are we really arguing with this man right now?” Athena says under her breath and Nero sighs

“You’re such a fucking Buckley. Do all of you have to be this stubborn?”

“Well, when you’re doing something stupid!! Now give him back!!!”

“No? I’m not- I’m not just gonna give him back because you asked??”

“What if I asked nicely? Can you please give us Buck back?”

“Are- are you shitting me?”

“Well??” You throw your hands in the air “I asked nicely!!!”

“Y/N?? I’m a bad guy??? Bad guys don’t just give in because you fucking ask nicely?!?!!”

“Well you didn’t have to be so rude about it” You scoff and he groans loudly

“Jesus. Sorry?? Happy?? Now can you please just fucking send Diaz in so we can get this over with??? He and I have a walk to go on”

“No!!!” You yell

“Okay. Say goodbye to your cousin”

You hear a gun cock and you freeze

“Make the fucking decision Y/N”

“No, no wait! Wait, I'll come in!” Eddie yells and you look back at him like he’s grown six heads

“What?!”

“Just send him out, and I’ll trade places with him okay please”

“Eddie??” Your voice cracks and he starts to take off his gear

“See? That's what I’m talking about! He’ll be out back, Tommy you might wanna get him he’s heavy as fuck when he’s knocked out”

“No. No no no this is stupid no, we can work something out” You try to fight Eddie’s gear back on and he shakes his head, taking your hands in his”

“I can save you and Buck, baby. You don’t have to make the decision, I’m making it for you”

“That is so romantic” Nero sighs as you hear him dragging Buck. “Don’t get any ideas either, I’ll tell you when Buck is ready”

“Please no no please no” You sob and Eddie holds you “ It’s gonna be okay, I promise you it’ll be okay. We’ll be okay”

Nero gives the go-ahead for Tommy and he and Eddie walk out, Athena has to pry you off of him as you scream at him to come back. She fully does not agree to this but she can’t stop him, he’ll go in there no matter what. He takes a hidden camera with him, giving you one last kiss before he leaves the trailer

“Isn’t this fun?” Nero says, leaning against the door as he watches Tommy and Eddie approach “I’m surprised she let you come” He’s got two guns, trained on both Eddie and Tommy

“Take him and leave. Mr. Diaz?” He steps aside and Eddie sighs, looking at Tommy

“Take care of them, please”

“Well, I'll be damned” Nero laughs as they hear shouting behind them. You’re running straight for them, and Eddie curses loudly

“Are you shitting me!” Tommy yells as he lets Buck go and tries to catch you. You slip right through his arms, running for Eddie

“Don’t you fucking dare!” He yells at you, and you dive at the door, tumbling in. Nero shrugs and slams the door shut. Locking it tight while Eddie slams his body against it

“No! No, we had a fucking deal! You give her back!”

“The deals changed! And you keep trying to break that down, your precious little girlfriend is going to be full of lead!”

The banging stops as you pant wildly, sprawled out on the floor

“I’m okay Eddie! Just trust me!” You call out and Nero raises his gun to you, you recoil but the hit never comes

“Shut up” he hisses, dragging you to your feet and tossing you into a scorched chair

“You’re so fucking lucky I think you’re pretty or I would have pistol whipped your ass. What were you thinking?! I said I wanted Eddie! Why did you come?!”

“Because I love him. And I love Buck and Tommy, and I can’t let you hurt them”

“How noble”

“Are bullets really made of lead?” You ask and he looks at you, then looks at the gun, turning his wrist over

“I mean yeah, and like a bunch of other stuff… why?”

“I don’t know,” you shrug “Just always kinda wondered”

“I mean do you want me to Google it?”

“Yeah why not”

“Are you two actually doing this right now?!!” You hear Eddie through the phone speaker and Nero rolls his eyes

“It’s a good fucking question??”

He sits on the floor next to you, setting one of the guns down and keeping the other on you as he starts googling

“Can we please discuss getting Y/N back?” Athena sounds tired and she’s got every right

“Yeah… yeah just give me a second. Hold this” he switches the safety on and hands you the gun and your eyes widen

“I know you don’t know how to turn it off. I need both hands”

“He did not just hand you the gun,” Tommy says

“He did”

“Okay it says here, Bullets can be made from a variety of materials, including metals, plastics, and rubber, and their construction depends on their intended use”

“What’s your intended use?” You ask and he shrugs, taking the gun back

“Murder.”

“Oh! That's…that’s so nice! H-hopefully you bought the right ones…”

“I’m sure I did” He pats your head lovingly and Eddie groans loudly

“Great! We found out what bullets are made of!! Can we please have Y/N back??”

“We discussed this”

“Just cause you say it nicely doesn’t mean he’s gonna give me back,” You say and he coos at you

“That’s my girl! Look, Eddie! She’s learning!!”

“What do you really want?” You ask, looking him over and he shrugs

“How about, not getting my ass kicked in the middle of the club and then thrown out into the fucking alley where I got my wallet stolen! Oh yeah!! And my fucking identity!! I’ve literally been ruined”

“This sounds like a you problem” Buck groans softly and you perk up

“Buck?? Buck is that you? Are you okay?”

“My head hurts” He whines and Nero rolls his eyes

“I barely hit you”

“You pistol-whipped me three times!! I’ve got a freaking concussion!!”

“How would you know” He scoffs and Buck nearly jumps through the phone to strangle him

“Can we please get back on track!” Athena yells at all of you and you look and Nero

“I think you can listen to that one,” You say and he nods along

“You’re right. Anyway, I don’t need Eddie anymore… I’ve got something better. So we’re just going to be on our way..”

He stands up and holds out his hand and you hesitate, before taking it. He pulls you up flush against his chest and you narrow your eyes

“You know if you weren’t a psychopath, I’d probably think that move was hot”

“Hey!” Eddie yells

“He’s attractive!! Under you know, all the fucking crazy!!”

“I’m going to take that as a compliment” He growls, yanking you tighter against him

“Let’s fucking go”

“How are you planning on getting out of here??” You ask and he grins widely

“You really think I didn’t have an exit strategy?”

“I mean I don’t know you so…”

You can hear Eddie yelling as he hangs up, taking your hand and leading you over to a set of stairs

“Better fuckin hurry before your boyfriend and Hulk Jr come breaking down the door”

You run down the stairs, tripping over your shoes and he groans

“You had to wear the damn platforms”

“Why do you even know what shoes I have?!” You ask as he drags you behind him down a damp corridor, it’s not very well-lit and you wonder where the hell he’s taking you.

“Because Y/N it took me a long damn time to plan this?? And I’m not going to fuck it up by not knowing your every move. I thought Eddie’s idea to take you to that house last week was very romantic by the way”

You freeze in your tracks and he turns back

“You- you were there?”

He listens for a moment, to see if someone has caught on and sighs.

“I didn’t stick around. I’d planned to grab Eddie, that night. But… you guys were so happy-“

“So why would you break us up now?”

“I don’t want to talk about this. Get moving”

You run along silently for a while until you come to a fork, he stops for a second, tossing you to the floor to let you rest and you cross your arms over your chest, pulling your knees up

“If you tell me you don’t know which way to go I’m gonna laugh at you,” You say, letting your head fall back and he sneers at you

“Of course, I know which way to go, I’m so sorry I wanted you to have a break”

“I’m just saying, it’s gonna be really funny if we have to turn around.”

“You know you’re really damn chipper for having been kidnapped”

“What do you want me to do?? Be a sniveling, crying mess??? That’s not going to solve my problem of getting away from you before you kill me!”

He looks at you for a minute, narrowing his eyes before shaking his head and sitting down across from you

“Are you hungry?”

“Are you joking?”

“Fine, be hungry see if I give a fuck” He pulls out a bag of pretzels from his pocket and pops one in his mouth

“I can’t accept random food from a psychopath sorry,” you say and he rolls his eyes

“And here I thought it was because of the peanut allergy”

Your mouth drops open and he winks “I told you I know all about you sweetheart”

It’s quiet for a few minutes before he sighs, letting his head fall against the wall behind him.

“I am sorry. For the way, I danced with you… I- I was on drugs and I know that’s not an excuse. I know it’s not… but it’s the reason and, I don’t know. I’m not usually like that” he chuckles awkwardly, rubbing the back of his neck “I’m sorry”

You look at him, your eyes narrowing. You can tell he means this apology. He’s threatened to murder you… and yet he’s apologizing for grinding on you.

“Are you seriously doing this because you got your identity stolen? It just…. Feels deeper than that”

He looks at you, offering you the bag of pretzels and you gingerly take it, popping one in your mouth too. He wouldn’t eat them if they were laced

“Have you ever heard the name Aurora Din?”

Eddie is beside himself. If he could rip out his hair he would, if he could blow up that entire damn tunnel system just to find you he would.

The transmitter you swiped has gotten weaker the further you go but it’s still slowly moving along, although it’s a bit laggy. They’re watching your little dot, just chillin' there.

“Did they stop?” Buck asks, holding an ice pack to his head as Tommy wipes up his lip

“It looks like it” Athena sighs. As soon as Nero hung up she’d had to tell Eddie the entire plan you’d come up with. You’d trade places with him, having a transmitter hidden in your shoe and they’d be following it and Eddie screamed about what a shitty plan that was and how could they possibly go through with it

He apologized immediately after Athena gave him the look

“Look we’ve called in back up and everyone is searching the best thing you can do is-“

“If you tell us to go home,” Buck says and she puts her hands on her hips

“Pair up with Officers Nolan and Juarez. I know you’re not going anywhere. But I need to know I can trust the three of you, I need to know that the three of you will work with them, not against them.”

“We promise, Mom” Buck sighs, rubbing his head

Eddie hugs Athena, holding her tightly “I-I’m sorry. I know you’re doing your best… I promise we’ll be good”

She hugs him back, patting his back and kissing his forehead

“I know you will baby” Her voice breaks as she pulls away from Eddie

“Alright, they’re outside waiting for you. Let’s go find her”

Officer Juarez is very excited to see Eddie again, and even under the circumstances he can’t help but chuckle a little with her as they walk along the tunnels with flashlights. Your tracker started moving again not too long ago, faster this time.

“It seems like this Nero guy hasn’t had the best last year or so” John reads the report from his phone

“His girlfriend died in a bad accident…”

“Am I supposed to be sympathetic? He kidnapped mine” Eddie says, stepping over a plastic baggy

“Her name was Aurora Din” He reads off “Huh she would have been the same age as Y/N… same hair color too”

“Let me see that” Eddie reaches over for the phone and Buck and Celina crowd around it. They look over Nero’s profile and Eddie looks over at John

“Do you have anything on Aurora?”

“Yup right here” Celina clicks through a few things and Eddie starts reading

“Buck? Tommy??” He looks up and Tommy steps away a bit, holding his phone up

“I have no signal”

“Do you need to call someone??” Celina asks and Tommy nods

“We need to call Y/Ns Doctor, now”

Fifteen minutes later Joel Din arrives on the scene, they take him straight to the trailer and Athena radios John. John hands it over to Eddie

“Joel- Joel do you know a Nero??”

“You mean Nero Pike? He was going to be my son-in-law… that name is too rare not to know him. Why??”

“We think we know why he kidnapped Y/N” Buck says

“He did what?!” Joel has to sit down for a minute, Bobby offers him a cup of water and he downs it

“What the hell do you mean, he kidnapped her?! He would never do that!”

“Well, he did. He wasn’t after us at all, he knew she’d come running in headfirst” Eddie explains, running his hand through his hair

“He kidnapped her”

“Why the hell would he do that???”

“Oh I don’t know-“ Tommy says sarcastically “Because Y/N is a dead ringer for your daughter??”

“When you said that were similar, I didn’t know you meant that similar! They’re almost identical Joel, right down to the same color lipgloss!”

“Bet it’s the same brand too” Buck scoffs and Juarez snorts

“Okay. Okay. Yes. She’s…eerily similar to Aurora, that’s why I loved her so much Eddie. That’s why I couldn’t give up on her. Had I known Nero had seen her? I- I don’t know I would have talked to him. He’s not- he’s never been like this Eddie. I know he’s been off the deep end since her death but I didn’t know it was this bad. You have to believe me”

“Of course, I believe you” Eddie sighs

“Do you have any idea where he’d take her?” John asks and Joel sighs, holding his head in his hands

“There’s a cabin, they used to go to. I don’t know where it is but I know I can find out. I just need time”

“You might not have time,” Celina says and they all look at her. She shrugs awkwardly and Buck starts to fake strangle her. Tommy grabs his waist and pulls him away and she laughs

“Please, hurry” Eddie begs him “The tracker is starting to die again” he hands John back the radio and turns to the three of them

“My fucking girlfriends been abducted and you’re all joking around??”

“My cousin- no my sister has been abducted” Buck stands in front of him “She’s not just important to you Eddie. But if I don’t lighten the fuck up it’s not gonna be good alright?? If we don’t have some sort of levity to this shitty fucking situation I’m gonna lose it”

Eddie curses, smashing his flashlight against the wall and Buck cringes a little. Tommy comes over, putting his arm over Eddie’s shoulders

“Feel better?”

“Yeah… sorry about that” He picks up the smashed light and John shrugs

“Needed new batteries anyway”

Buck giggles and Eddie reaches out for him “Bring it in buddy. I’m sorry I was being such an asshole”

Buck hugs him tightly, sighing into his shoulder “We’re fighting the same battle, remember I’m in your corner”

“I know, I’m with you too man”

Celina looks over at Tommy and John as Eddie and Buck stand together, rubbing each other's backs

“I feel like we’re interrupting something”

“Are you sure he’s dating the right Buckley?” John asks

“You know sometimes I wonder that too”

“Oh come on!! Bros supporting bros!” Buck yells at them

“You don’t see me hugging Eddie like that!” Tommy throws his hands in the air and Buck lets go

“Do you want to hug Eddie like that???”

“I mean yeah! It seems nice!”

Eddie opens his arms, waving his hands “Come on buddy come and get it. You too” He points at John and John steps back

“No- no I'm fine it’s-“ Eddie hugs Tommy and they both bring John into a group hug and Celina laughs at them

“Oh, you’re not getting out of this!” Buck drags Celina in with them and puts her in the middle

“Is this always what it’s like to be Y/N??” She asks as they squish her between them

“Yup!!”

Nero lifts the grate cover climbs out and turns around to reach down for you. He pulls you up and replaces it carefully. You seem to have come out in some woodsy area

“So…what happened next?” You ask as he takes your hand, pulling you through the woods

He’d been telling you all about Aurora, his fiancee and Joel Din’s daughter. That was how he’d known so much about you, he snuck into the hospital, disguised as a nurse and had made copies of your charts. He found out the rest on his own, breaking into Buck and Eddie’s places, even into Maddie’s at one point. He’d left as soon as he found Jee-Yun and didn’t come back.

The last moments he’d spent with Aurora were jarring, to say the least.

“A drunk driver…took my world from me and everything I had to live for. I threw myself into drugs and drinking. The last words I ever heard my angel say… were “I love you”

He chokes up a little and you felt a pang of grief in your chest, nothing he’s doing is okay. It’ll never be okay, and you’ll get back to Eddie, you know you will.

But you can understand it.

“I was gonna go home, after doing one last line… call it a night… when I saw you.”

You look up at him, and he’s looking right back at you

“I’d thought I’d died. I thought that last line had killed me, not that I’d mind. But no, I heard Eddie call you Y/N and I knew you weren’t her… you know she even had that same dress? Fashion Nova right?”

“Yeah…”

“Yeah I thought so, I’d gotten it for her” He chuckles and shakes his head “I couldn’t breathe, I needed you. I still need you”

“I can’t replace her, Nero. No one can” you say quietly, watching your steps again and he keeps his eyes on you

“I'm not looking to replace her. I’m looking to make it easier”

“We could have been friends” You bite your lip, holding back tears and he shakes his head, going back to pulling you along

“I don’t want a friend. I want my life back. Now if you’d kindly shut up and keep up” he waves the gun and you glare at him

“Can you please put that thing away? I know you’re not going to hurt me, Nero”

“Says fucking who??” He scoffs

“You’d shoot Aurora?” You ask seriously and he stops again, staring at you. He glares because he knows he’s been found out. You could get away from him now, so he does what he has to do, he fires off a warning shot, it grazes the tip of your ear and you yelp

“Don’t you say her fucking name”

It’s quiet after that, very quiet. Your soft pants echo around you as you trudge through the forest behind him. He doesn’t turn to you, doesn’t say a word, he hardly even makes sure you’re keeping up.

“Nero?” You say softly “I-I need a break again”

It’s been at least an hour since he’d shot at you, you’re sure. You have no idea where the hell you two are going or how no one’s found you yet, you’re just praying the tracker is still working

He stops walking, sitting on a nearby log and points to the ground in front of you, he stops you before you sit down, handing you his jacket to sit on. You thank him quietly and sit down, stretching your legs out in front of you and letting your head fall back

“How much further?” You ask and he shrugs, looking at his watch. He won’t look at you anymore

“Nero?”

“Can you please shut up”

“I sound like her too, don’t I?”

You can’t beat em? Join 'em.

“Yes.” He deadpans and you nod slowly, looking away from him

“Do you want me to change my voice?” You ask in a weird deep voice and he snorts, shaking his head, unable to contain his chuckles

“Really?”

“How about this one?” You say in a weird stitch-type voice and he lets his head fall back as he laughs

“Jesus shut up Ari”

You both freeze, it’s like all of the air has been sucked from the space around you. He slowly tips his head back up and stares at you, his eyes are so lifeless, so… cold. You swallow thickly and he stands up, holding out his hand to you. You take it, this time he just pulls you up, not making any moves, not making any jokes. He doesn’t let go of your hand this time though, he just quietly leads you through the forest again.

You don’t bother him anymore after that, and that seems to calm him down, his grip on your hand doesn’t loosen though and you don’t blame him. Eventually, you come out to a road, there’s a car up ahead, it looks like it’s been sitting there all day with how covered in leaves it is. He comes up to the car, brushes off a few of the leaves and opens the door

“Get in”

You look at him, hesitating, and he shakes his head, reaching for your ear and you rear back. He glares and you slip past him, sitting in the passenger seat. He slams the door shut and you watch as he removes the leaves from the car, clearly, he’d done it himself to make it look abandoned had anyone come across it. He gets in a few minutes later, tossing his gun into your lap and putting his hands on the wheel

“We’ve got a long drive ahead of us. I’ve already got all your favorite snacks and drinks in the back. We’ll make a quick stop to go pee, and if you fucking try anything Y/N. I blow your entire family to pieces”

“What does that mean?” You turn to him and he starts the car

“It means there’s a bomb somewhere in the 118. And unless we make it to the cabin together? I’m going to set it off. It’s your choice whether I do or not. Now, how about some music?”

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caprisunr · 1 day ago

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Buck is Eddie's special friend

—And he's never had one of those before, so the lines between what should be romantic and what should be friendly-intended blur.

Buck is Eddie's special friend who a few months into meeting him praised his parental abilities, though his parents have always criticised him for it —the way he always seems to be dragging Chris down, by his mother's word. And Eddie believes him, because Buck knows a thing or two about parenting styles, and he got the short end of the stick before being born.

Buck is Eddie's special friend, who a few months into meeting him decided to follow Bobby's advice given when Abby was around, and stepped in to help instead of looking from the sidelines. Buck involved Carla into Eddie's life; past merging with future. And Eddie accepted the help though he doesn't usually. Eddie doesn't have any reasons why he should trust Buck, but Buck seems to know a thing or two about life, and they promised to have each other's back's —Buck looks at Eddie with hope that he never had for himself, and Eddie feels it to. There's hope for him after all.

Buck is Eddie's special friend, who he entrust with his child a year into their friendship. Who his child adores. Who he has no reason not to trust because Buck has always had Eddie's best interests.

Buck is Eddie's special friend because 'having a child is like wearing your heart on your sleeve', and : "There's nobody in this world I trust with my son more than you". And Buck is Eddie's special friend because : "Do you know how Christopher misses you? How could you? You're not around."

Buck is Eddie's special friend, because he doesn't see Christopher as an extension of Eddie. And in consequence Buck might as well be Christopher own's special friend, too : "Buck?" "Yeah ?" "You're a great friend"

Buck is Eddie's special friend, who watched as the life escaped from arms reach after giving someone else a second chance. He's the friend that crawled his way to him, who saved his life, who pressed on his wounds. —Not for the first time. And, "Are you hurt?" despite the fact that he was dying.

Buck is Eddie's special friend when he stayed with Christopher after the shooting. When the team didn't feel the same way after the shooting. When he made himself a target because he was the one watching his friend get shot standing there not being able to do anything to stop it.

Buck is Eddie's special friend when the latter made him his son's legal guardian in case something were to happen to him. —And didn't tell him for a year, just 'Because, Evan. (...) You think you're expendable, but you're wrong.'

Buck is Eddie's special friend when he goes out of his way to show Eddie how much of what they do is worth it. When he can set his questionable ways aside, and talk sense into him, because : "That's not how you talk about someone you're in love with." & "Is that enough?" are things just special friends do.

Buck is Eddie's special friend because when Buck died, Eddie forgot he'd been struck by lighting himself and ran up to get Buck off the rope. Because Eddie was asked to drive the ambulance because he was just too close, they were just that kind of special friends. Because : "Do more!"

And Buck is Eddie's, in a way no one was been. Because Buck is there when Christopher flees the first time —seeking for a friend, in a place he knows won't reject him. And is there when Christopher leaves the second time, to a place Eddie feels refejcetd.

Eddie is Buck special friend then, —When Buck runs away from his loft to sough comfort in Eddie's home. When Eddie let's him rest, is patience with him, gives him space to open up.

Eddie is Buck's special friend in the same way if not more than Buck is Eddie's. Because Eddie is ready to drop everything the moment Buck asks. Because that's what you do for special friends.

Because Eddie's speech about him not knowing his sister the way Chim does is reversible to them. Because Maddie knows Evan, but she doesn't know Buck, Eddie's special friend.

Eddie is Buck's special friend, because Eddie wants to go treasure haunting with him —it just so happens that Taylor is there. And he wants to play dress up with him —it just so happens that Tommy is there.

Eddie is Buck's special friend, because he's been wary of every person that's broken Buck's heart.

And Eddie is Buck's special friend when he's the friend called to talk to Buck at the hospital after Maddie is kidnapped by Doug. Because Eddie understands, because there's never been a time as angry as Eddie was where Buck didn't feel understood.

Because "That's all you ever see" translates to that's all he ever thinks about. And how pledged is his mind with images of Buck, how much he needs Buck, how present Buck is in his life. A missing piece that he wants and wants and wants. It's been Buck. BuckandChris.

Eddie, Buck; Eddie and Buck. EDDIEANDBUCK.

They're special friends because "We should bring this party to the couch"

"We?"

—And a smile. So haunting, so endearing. So understanding of what it means to be BuckandEddie.

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cal-daisies-and-briars · 1 day ago

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Fic Update: Gentle On My Mind

Chapter 13 out now :)

Summary:

Eddie, Buck, and Shannon finally talk about what the future looks like.

Snippet:

“Shannon,” he says. “Can I be totally… Can I maybe say something crazy? But, I don’t really think it’s that crazy?”

She nods. She nods and she’s desperate for him to say whatever it is with his full chest. Because she thinks she’s burnt through all her courage, just kissing him. She needs him to be brave right now, because suddenly, she’s feeling very meek.

“You’re the one who told me to go after him,” Eddie says.

She nods again. She had done that.

“You… Shannon, it was you who made me think that maybe things that looked different from what I was taught to expect could be better. Better for me. Better for all of us.”

“Right,” she says. “That’s… I still believe that’s true.”

“Okay,” he says. “So then… So… What if it’s best when it’s all three of us?”

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Thoughts on Vampire!Eddie ??? (I'm a little bit in love w the idea rn)

at first he didn’t want to tell buck. he was being all cagey and repressed about it. but buck kinda figured it out, put some of the pieces together. he’s not dumb. and so eddie confessed one night while they sat on his couch.

buck: do you like… need to drink blood? everyday?

eddie: well..ideally yeah but. it’s not like in the movies. we can eat regular food, we can drink animal blood it’s just. not…

buck: it’s like junk food vs organic? lol

eddie (relieved that bucks still buck. not freaked out. not looking at him like something to be scared of): yeah. lol yeah basically

buck: well… you could always. i mean. if i get a paper cut . maybe you could..

eddie: no! no way. no i would never do that. besides once. once I taste it it’s harder to. to go back to..

Eddie gets a vampire cold. nothing serious but especially since he doesn’t get human blood daily he can’t fight it off as easy. so he feels like shit. bucks in the kitchen chopping vegetables to put in his soup even though.. he’s not even sure it’ll even help but. anyone, vampire or not, likes warm soup when they’re sick. eddie shuffles in asks if he can help in anyway, buck ofc says no but that eddies bedhead is hot even when sick and he doesn’t know how eddie can look that good even with a cold. eddie blushes. not. in a human way but in an eddie way that buck loves. small smile, little head shake that says omg shut up but also. keep talking. it’s all very mundane despite the vampire sized elephant in the room until.

“shit”

buck cuts himself. dropping the knife he holds up his pointer finger. warm red already dripping down the side of it. realization hits buck and he looks up at eddie who looks. frozen in place. no not frozen. restrained. hungry. like it’s taking all the resolve in his weakened body to stay in that spot. he also looks. ashamed. which buck hates the most. eddie should never be ashamed of how he was made. of who he is. bc buck loves him. he would give eddie anything. all of him. what’s mine is yours eddie he had said once. and he meant it.

buck takes a step forward.

“Buck dont” eddie holds his hand out.

“eddie… it’s okay.. i want.. i want to help you feel better i want to help you.”

“buck..” eddie closes his eyes, gathers himself. when he opens them again bucks rounded the kitchen island is now in front of him. he holds out his finger, an offering. if you want this, if you want me, you can take it. use it in whatever way you need.

eddie pauses. stares. then, as if he’s made some sort of silent decision with himself, gently takes bucks hand. buck feels like he can’t breathe. eddie brings it up to his mouth. places the lightest gentlest kiss just above the cut, (which is already starting to coagulate. it wasn’t deep.) and grabs a paper towel off the counter, wraps bucks finger, holds bucks injured hand in both of his and w a small smile, voice rough from the intensity, says, “the soup smells delicious buck, i can’t wait to try it.” he gives bucks hand one last squeeze before letting it go. buck feels slightly shaken. almost like after a close call at work. but eddie looks steady, sure, not fighting himself like earlier. so buck takes a breath. exhales. smiles and says “it Does smell delicious doesn’t it” and eddie laughs. it’s beautiful. grounds buck. settles that nervous energy. “see? ok cowboy, I’ll grab the bowls and then you meet me on the couch. we’ll start a movie.”

buck nods, tends to his finger the old fashioned way, not by your vampire bf sucking the blood out of it, he thinks slightly dejectedly, and puts the finishing touches on the soup.

eddies grabbing the bowls and utensils. but buck. bucks been looking at him bc. actually. eddie had the smallest drop of bucks blood on his bottom lip. from the kiss. he wasn’t even sure if eddie noticed it. Bucks attention is half on the stove but still on eddie. always on eddie. and before eddie heads to the living room, eddie takes a quick glance at buck, sees if he’s looking. bucks perfected the act of obliviousness, so eddie, thinking he’s free from bucks gaze, tentatively and gently brings his finger up to his bottom lip. swipes. and tastes. like when you’re taste testing a dish. small, delicate, efficient. but eddie? he savors. allows himself the quickest of indulgences. closes his eyes. breathes in deep. takes one last glance at buck, making sure he wasn’t caught. and heads into the living room. buck smiles, he’s stirring the soup but he’s not even there right now. he’s on eddies bottom lip, on the pad of his finger. On the tip of his tongue., He feels a rush go through him. electric like lighting. maybe tonight’s not the night. he doesn’t know when it will happen, but somehow he’s going to let eddie know. this isn’t just for eddies sake. this isn’t buck just offering up his body his blood in order to find some absolution, some salvation. buck wants this just as much as eddie needs it. he thrums with this resolution. ladles out the soup. and heads into the living room.

#anon. idek #but i think eddie is hesitant to drink bucks blood bc he doesn’t want buck thinking he’s just more parts for someone to use!#but buck is a beautiful crazy in love girl and wants to be inside eddie forever and he WILL make it happen!!!#he’s got a plan!!#anyway #asks #this is not edited i just banged this out in one go so everyone must be very gentle

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trombonechurchill · 3 days ago

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Watching the Credits - Chapter Two

BuckTommy, Chapter Two - 3,880 words, Rated T

Tommy was a big mega star. Tommy's cool. Tommy has a Wikipedia page! Buck doesn't think his ego could handle being friend dumped by someone like Tommy. He should just cut his losses and run now. "I should just cut my losses and run now," He tells Eddie. "You won't get paid if you leave before shooting's over," Eddie offers. Buck hits him again. --- In today's chapter, our leads have matching crises, fruit as improvised weapons, and Ravi makes the world's briefest cameo.

Tommy's a whole different person on camera.

Watching him now, Buck easily sees how he made it a whole week on set without realizing who their lead actually was. The guy currently standing on the sound stage is not the same guy Buck was talking to an hour ago.

Even between takes, the difference is stark; harsher. Tommy's all straight lines, suave, composed, untouchable. There's no sign of the scrunchy smile and goofy chatter from earlier. Buck thinks it's perfectly reasonable he didn't recognize him, no matter how hard Eddie and Chim had laughed at him over the crafty table earlier. This guy on set right now could be a stranger.

A movie star.

A movie star who wants to get drinks after they wrap today.

Oh god.

"What am I going to do," Buck laments to Eddie, glad he hasn't drifted much further from the craft table than he usually does. Buck asked him about it once, wondering if Security wasn't needed in more, you know, important areas, and Eddie had just shrugged. Buck's can't really blame the guy, if it's one thing that can be said for 118 Productions, they don't skimp on the food.

"I dunno, man, maybe if you ever learn to stop looking at the camera Bobby will actually let you stay in shot for once," Eddie says mildly. Buck whacks him with the back of his hand.

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lemotmo · 1 day ago

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I have never sent you one of these before so I hope I did it correctly. I found this very helpful because I also don't always understand the nuance or subtlety of a scene. Glad to know it's not just me.

Q. I'm not sure if you can even do this but I have autism and I struggle immensely with understanding subtext, framing, sarcasm and anything else really that I'm supposed to be able to pick up on in media. The direct dialogue or action in a scene tends to be what I take as fact. I understand that's not the case and things are always there that aren't being spoken or directly stated. Can you try to explain the Buddie stuff that points to them going canon? I want it but I don't know how to spot those clues. Does this even make sense? Please feel free to ignore this if it's not something that's explainable.

A. Hi, anon. Your question makes perfect sense and I am more than willing to try and see if I can explain or offer some context into some of the scenes. I have a friend who has Asperger's and he struggles with all these things as well so we try to explain things to him as often as he needs. For the sake of length, and not wanting to make this thread too long to keep up with, I will relegate my examples to a few things from seasons 7 and 8 only. Otherwise we would be here all day. I will start with episode 7x4 because that's the episode that is most widely misinterpreted.

As everyone now knows the episode ended with Tommy kissing Buck, keep in mind that we had spent the entirety of the episode up to that point watching Buck apparently being jealous because Eddie was spending time with another guy. The direct dialogue of the scene leading up to the kiss, when Buck tells Tommy that trying to get his attention had been exhausting, is the argument people use to show that the episode was really about Tommy. But Tommy himself doesn't believe that. The audience sees Tommy surprised by that statement, because he was also aware Buck was bothered by Eddie spending time with him, but he clearly thought Buck was bothered for the same reason the audience thought Buck was bothered, because he wasn't the one Eddie was spending time with. That's why Tommy responds with a confused/surprised "Me"? The episode played very much like Buck was jealous of Tommy NOT Eddie. The most obvious example of this was the scene in the firehouse when Eddie is on the phone in the locker room and Buck is trying to get his attention while working out. The show never tells us who Eddie is actually talking too. We don't know who's on the other end of the conversation, neither does Buck. The only thing Buck sees is Eddie laughing and having a good time while ignoring him. Tommy wasn't at the firehouse so he was never going to see Buck trying to show off around the weight room and Amazon priming a basketball to himself so he could pretend he was interested in something he knew Eddie was interested in. The other interesting thing about that episode was the way Eddie was framed, in other words shot and filmed, throughout. He was consistently lit in golden/sunlight, colors associated with warmth and happiness/joy. Tim made a point of telling everyone that the episode was from Buck's perspective which means that's how Buck sees Eddie. Buck associates Eddie with happiness and warmth and joy. The joy theme is important to remember because it comes back into play during season 8. I'm not in any way suggesting that once Buck became aware of his male attraction that he didn't find Tommy attractive, he clearly did in some capacity. But it is not out of character for Buck to over correct himself in the wrong direction. Both times he asked his partners to move in with him were direct results of his belief that he needed to make up for some wrong he had done to them. He asked Taylor to move in with him after he kissed Lucy and he asked Tommy to move in with him after his reaction to the Abby news, and Josh's speech about what they owed the older queer community. Josh said many things in that speech, a speech I did not love, but he said many things and it was telling that the only part of that speech that seemed to register with Buck where Tommy was concerned was the part about what they owed to the community that came before them. It was wrong to ask on both occasions. Taylor said yes. Tommy said no. We will get back to the Tommy one shortly but those are perfect examples of Buck over correcting himself in the wrong direction in order to avoid dealing with the actual issues.

When we arrive at season 8 we get the scene of Buck hearing all the different noise and static in his head when he's trying to calm himself down while Gerard is yelling. The only voice that is clear and audible for the audience is Eddie's voice. Eddie's voice is the one used to calm and recenter Buck. It was an intentional choice to make it Eddie's voice. not his boyfriends voice but Eddie's voice. Episode 8x6 was the biggie though. The episode is titled Confessions. It was the only episode of the season so far where Buck and Eddie didn't say a single word to one another, but I'll come back to that. Eddie was the focus of that episode, it is important to note that episodes 7x4 and 8x6 were directed by the same man. It was intentional on the show's part for these two episodes to sync in some capacity. They have kept the Buck storyline and the Eddie storyline linked since the beginning of season 7. Their storylines are connected. We see Eddie at the juice bar pick up a bottle of juice and hand it to the cashier. He changes his mind though and swaps it out for a bottle of water (a good note to have here is that in the first episode when the crew is running the stairs Buck is holding a bottle of juice, not water, once they make it to the roof). Father Brian watches this interaction and decides he wants to talk to Eddie. We then see Eddie sitting outside at a table, with plenty of empty tables around him, but Father Brian asked if he could join him anyway. Father Brian attempts small talk, and Eddie, unprompted, tells him, 'sorry, I'm straight'. This is not something television has straight characters do. It's not necessary to declare your heterosexuality. In fact it is far more common for television to use dialogue like that to foreshadow a sexuality realization for that character. It is a very common beginning to a sexuality arc. Father Brian then wants to know why Eddie swapped his juice for the water. Eddie tells him he felt like water instead and Father Brian then equates Eddie denying himself the juice as a way of denying himself joy. He tells Eddie that he's punishing himself. Then they talk about why Eddie has the mustache. Eddie tells him he wanted a full beard but the LAFD doesn't allow full beards. A very interesting conversation indeed for a character who has just explicitly stated that he's straight. We all know the term 'beard' and its history within the queer community. Father Brian then tells Eddie to do one thing that brings him joy. That entire scene was written like foreshadowing. I will skip ahead now to Buck and Tommy's break up. Tommy explains to Buck that at some point he is going to figure out what it is that he really wants and even though he won't mean to, he will hurt Tommy once he figures that out. Tommy has known since 7x4 that something is there for Buck where Eddie is concerned. But he also knows Buck is not ready for that realization yet. He makes a point of telling Buck that he's his first not his last. They also made a point of having Buck say sometimes those can be the same, meaning your first can be your last. Tommy says sometimes that can be true but not most of the time. Meaning there is an exception to that rule. The right person can be your first and your last. Tommy was not the right person. Fast forward to Eddie shaving off his mustache and doing his risky business dance.

Buck goes to Eddie following the breakup. Eddie answers the door in his underwear and he and Buck do not speak. Buck holds up a beer bottle and walks in. They don't talk. They sit on the couch in silence drinking their beers. That is the final shot of the episode. An episode entitled Confessions, and the only episode of the season where Buck and Eddie don't say a single word to one another. Again the framing of that scene is also important because of what surrounds them in the scene. Buck and Eddie are on the couch. It's right it's where they belong but the timing is not right. The blurry picture of Christopher between them on the table behind them is intentional. Christopher is missing from their little unit. Then there's the picture of Texas on the wall behind Eddie. Texas, and everything it represents for Eddie, looms over them. Those are the obstacles that have to be dealt with first. They existed in that shot because Buck, and especially Eddie, cannot escape them. They have to be dealt with and fixed first. They didn't talk because they have things they need to do first.

The last shot of the mid season finale being Buck sitting alone on the Diaz couch was also foreshadowing. Eddie is going to Texas. Yes, that scene also indicated that Buck is finally at a place where he won't be able to ignore or misinterpret his feelings for Eddie any longer. Eddie isn't there yet. Texas has to be dealt with first. Therefore Eddie couldn't be physically on the couch with him in that scene because Eddie has to leave first. Eddie has to be the one person who leaves Buck and chooses to come back to Buck.

I hope this made sense, anon. It was still longer than I anticipated. Please feel free to ask me anything at any time. I am more than happy to try and explain something as best as I can, if I can. I have no idea if this was helpful but I hope you were able to get something out of it. 🩷

Thank you Nonny! This is lovely!

Such a great breakdown of the overarching Buddie storyline for Buck and Eddie. Such a great resource for people who have trouble recognising subtext and nuance in a storyline.

I am going to add my own breakdown of the entire last Buddie scene of episode 8x08. Right after it aired someone with autism contacted me with the question if I could break that specific scene down for them.

You can find it here: breakdown of 8x08 final Buddie scene

If anyone ever needs more help in this department, feel free to send an ask. Just like Ali, I'd be happy to try and explain what the viewer is meant to take away from a scene.

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