#buck is christopher’s second dad

[phannibal]

-> 2x03

[itsmajel]

"Hey, Buck, check out that gigantic shark plushy! Think we can handle it?"

"Hmm, it's pretty massive."

"Nah, you got this! You're already carrying me, so one more thing won't hurt, right?"

"Fair point! Let's see if that plushy's up for a piggyback ride too!"

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Hey! Long time, no see! I know I've been teasing about having art ready for ages, and then I disappeared—life, you know? I have a six months old now and turns out, naps and mom duties took over and I've not had any free time for ages. BUT, guess what? I rediscovered a treasure trove of art and as I'm currently nap trapped I couldn't resist sharing!

So, even if Buddie feels like ancient history now (idk I'm out of the game. Haven't even seen the newest season. So are we still feeling this? I most definitely am 😆 ) here's Buck with Christopher at the fair, triumphantly having won a giant plush shark. 🦈 This piece has been chilling on my ipad since JULY 2022 (ooopsie), and was requested by the awesome @heart4buddie. Yeah, I'm a tad late to the posting party, but better late than never, right? Enjoy!

[disaster-j]

Everyone's like "why is Eddie talking about Christopher like he's a college roommate all of a sudden" broskis have y'all never met a preteen?

[buddiesmutslut]

Hot Take

BUCK IS THE BEST PERSON TO GIVE DATING ADVICE TO CHRIS, HEAR ME OUT.

Okay, I know we're all laughing about women fleeing Buck and how awful he is at relationships, but I don't feel like that's true.

First of all, just because a relationship ends, doesn't mean that it FAILED. Dating is as much about getting to know YOURSELF, what you want out of a relationship and what your own boundaries are as it is about getting to know the person you're dating. It's about growing, and learning from your mistakes, and I feel like Buck HAS done that. I'm not saying he's a perfect dater (the Taylor/Lucy thing, wtf was that?) but also, he has gotten better.

With Abby, he grew from fuckboy Firehose to someone that is considerate and thoughtful to his partner. (I don't LOVE that we credit Abby for his growth, since he was the one that made the initial boundary to not meet up right away because he didn't want to fall back into that sleep with anything that moves mindset, but she is mostly credited with it canonically, so we're going to use it.) Also, she didn't leave because Buck was a bad boyfriend or anything. She left because she needed to find herself after her mom died, and that's it.

With Ali too, she left because of his job, because she couldn't handle being with a first responder, which is a genuine concern for a LOT of people. It's hard to love someone with a dangerous job like that, and not know if they're going to come home at night. It had nothing to do with who Buck was as a boyfriend.

With Taylor, that whole relationship was a mess, IMO, them getting together when they did was a recipe for disaster. Obviously, Buck shouldn't have asked her to move in because he was scared to tell her about Lucy, but I'm not saying he's a PERFECT dater, I'm saying he's learning, and that's what's important. When he did admit to the kiss, Taylor is the one that decided that it wasn't a hard line for her, or she would have broken up with him, living together or not. It probably would have been awkward and complicated, but it was all of those things when they DID break up later in the series. From this relationship, Buck learned that it's better to be alone than it is to be with someone for the wrong reasons.

He has had a lot of growth from s1 to the end of s6, and that is clear in his dating.

Now, everyone that's saying Eddie should go to Bobby or Chim for advice, I'm going to say this: It's easy to date when you immediately find the person you're going to marry.

Let me be clear, I'm not saying that Madney & Bathena don't have their own struggles within their relationships, but Bobby and Chim got pretty luck, they found women that they clicked with and then eventually fell in love with almost as soon as they went looking.

When Bobby decided he was ready to move on from Marcy, the ONLY person we actually see him dating in the show is Athena, and they end up married.

After Tatiana leaves Chim, and he decides that he's going to be himself and look for a genuine connection, Maddie is conveniently placed in front of him.

I'm not saying that either of them are bad daters, or bad partners or anything, but we don't really SEE them date. Maybe it's because they're older and they already know what they're looking for and what they can and can't accept in a relationship, but realistically, it's wild to think that you're going to fall in love and get married to the first person that you find when you start dating. The majority of people have to date around and actually look to find the person they're meant to be with, not magically find them right out of the gate.

Especially for a FIRST first date, it's all about figuring out how dating works, what is and isn't expected and acceptable and navigating getting to know a new person, as well as yourself, and I think Buck is the clear best option when it comes to experience about women. He's had several girlfriends and also convinced only God knows how many people to sleep with him, so he's obviously charming, and pleasant to spend time within a romantic situation.

Also, God knows nobody is asking Eddie for dating advice, since the man only married his girlfriend bc she was pregnant and then had to be told (BY BUCK) that he deserved to be happy in a relationship instead of sticking it out for everyone else.

Anyway, this has been on my mind ever since that interview came out with everyone making fun of Eddie for going to Buck because he's had (based on what we're reading about Natalia's character) 4 "failed" relationships, but again, I truly believe that a relationship ending does not automatically mean it failed.

Also, Eddie goes to Buck because they're CO-PARENTS & SOULMATES but all of this other stuff too 😂

[mattzerella-sticks]

Buck-and-Eddie roommates s8 where Buck has to cancel a date with Tommy to go step in for Eddie at a Parent-Teacher conference because Eddie can't make it.

[eugeniedanglars]

genuinely. the reason buck and eddie should get together isn’t even for shipping or character arc reasons. it’s literally just because christopher deserves to officially have them both as his dads

[rosstrytobe]

I hoped Eddie will figure it out that what he's asking Buck to do is to be his son second dad...

Even though, when he put him on his Will he didn’t...

[thefantastickatinator]

Buck will really just be out there coparenting Chris and noone says shit about it

[hirakiyois]

no what do you mean im not even thinking about a closeted demi/gay eddie growing up in texas, never really sure of himself until shannon came along and became a friend to him and he understood that as love because what else could it be. im not thinking about shannon telling eddie she's pregnant and eddie deciding he needs to provide for them, for their family, and the only way he could do that at that age was to enlist, and then maybe he wouldn't have to face himself and his feelings either. im not thinking about eddie seeing christopher for the first time and knowing he'll love him forever, only to look at shannon and feel the chasm inside him continue to grow, telling him to run away, back to the army. he still has to provide. im not thinking about eddie coming back to deal with shannon gone from his and chris' life and his own parents trying to take away the one good thing left in his life. im not thinking about eddie moving to la, for a better life for him and chris, and finding some semblance of it at the 118. im not thinking about eddie losing shannon and dealing with the guilt of it all but coming out on the other side with fond memories of her. im not thinking about eddie finding people that love him and support him unconditionally. im not thinking about him potentially finding someone he actually loves and that someone loving him and chris and being like a missing puzzle piece that completes the family, being someone shannon would have approved of. im not thinking about eddie trying to deal with his trauma and be better, not for anyone else but for himself, and having this person next to him throughout. im not thinking about eddie diaz.

[chronicowboy]

if buck's season 7 arc is gonna be about christopher, that's better to me than canon buddie.

Something about that doesn't it well with me. Feels fandom can't take the fact that Chris is Eddie's son.

no i'm fully aware that christopher is eddie's son. the amount i've written about eddie and fatherhood is exponential and i always want to write more because eddie is literally the best dad i've ever seen in media. what i meant by that post, admittedly not worded great, is that i don't want a big buck arc this season, he's had A Lot of storytime recently, so i'd love it if he got a little arc with christopher - which is a big unresolved aspect of his character especially after last season - meanwhile we get a full eddie arc maybe one following him juggling fatherhood with dating.

[whateverthedragonswant]

Holy crap a ferris wheel, omg Buck...

THIS EPISODE IS GOING TO KILL ME WITH THE BUCK AND CHRISTOPHER FEELS

[gayspaekles]

Yeah so I can’t unhear Buck saying he’s going to regret living with denying Christopher in his coma dream. Thanks a lot y’all 😭

[bucksbisexual]

was looking through 911 edits on tiktok and under a tsunami buck and chris edit someone (whom i assume has never watched the show) asked if buck knew who chris is to which the op replied that he's his legal guardian (in case of his parents dying) and a second father to him. the thing that's pissing me off is people replying to the creator of the edit correcting them and calling buck his 'godfather' like. no. he's not. there's an actual document that says buck has custody of chris after both of his parents' passing. godfather doesn't even reach the toes of the legal guardian title. buck is a parental figure alongside eddie at this point in the show, they've known each other for years and buck has helped eddie a lot with taking care of chris. so no. i won't accept the godfather title for buck.

[4utubing]

OMGosh…love this post—because Buck really is Christopher’s other dad—from another perspective…

Because, also, technophobe Eddie once placed internet use, in the Díaz home, on moratorium—and Chris said: “Hey, Buck…can we go to your house to play video games?”

That is what all kids do, in real life, when a parent says “no!” They go to the other parent, to try and get what they want.

More proof of Buck’s parenthood…

Eddie crossed his arms—and in a show of solidarity Buck immediately backed up Eddie by suspending internet use, at the loft, too.

Christopher must’ve been like…“WTF is going on, here?” LOL the poor baby never stood a chance against his dads.

Remember when even tho Christopher was scared in the tsunami many kids would want their parent/guardian but he just kept looking for Buck

Remember when Christopher couldn’t spend Christmas with Eddie so Christopher’s first thought was to spend it with Buck

Remember when Christopher was mad at Eddie and ran away to Buck

Buck is his other dad

[thegaybluejay]

So if Bobby is Buck’s adoptive Dad-

And Buck is Christopher’s adoptive Dad/second Dad/Stepdad (whatever you want to call it when Buck and Eddie get married and they are raising Christopher together)-

Bobby is Christopher’s Grandpa, thank you VERY MUCH-

(See proof below)

[hotshotsxyz]

7x10 coda. beware the spoilers

Three months pass, and Eddie still isn’t used to it. It’s too quiet at home, and too awful at work, and he still grabs two bowls every morning even though he’s the only one eating.

He thinks about quitting, again. Leaving behind Captain Asshole and following Christopher to Texas. He knows he can’t. He’d promised. Eddie clenches his fists and forces himself to finish buttoning his uniform.

He sends Christopher a text, the same one he sends every morning, then shuts his phone in his locker.

“Line up in five,” Gerrard bellows from the loft. “If you’re late, you’ll be scrubbing the rig with a toothbrush, no exceptions.”

Eddie stands mechanically and walks over to the bay.

Another day, another goddamn reason to bury himself in blankets and hide until the world ends.

Buck invites him over for dinner most nights, or offers to go home with him. Eddie says no more than he says yes, but Buck… Buck’s always known Eddie better than he knows himself. He doesn’t stop asking.

“C’mon Eddie, it’ll be fun—you, me and Tommy, we can come up with ways to drive Gerrard insane.”

Buck looks at him, soft and imploring, an expression Eddie rarely knows how to refuse. But despite everything that’s happened, Buck’s managed to carve out a small sliver of happiness, and Eddie doesn’t want to drag him down.

“You go ahead,” he says. “I’m picking up half a shift at  the 136 tomorrow. Need to get some sleep.”

It’s true and it’s not. He is picking up the shift, but he doubts he’ll sleep.

He goes back to therapy, but he never knows what to say. It was all—everything was in his head, last time. It’s not, now. It’s all real, and it all hurts, and no amount of talking about it makes it hurt any less. He says as much to Frank.

“Then why are you here?” Frank asks.

Eddie looks away. “I don’t know,” he says.

That’s not quite true either.

Kim calls him, and Marisol doesn’t. She leaves voicemail after voicemail, apologizing for that night. Eddie can never bring himself to answer the phone. Eventually, he blocks her number.

He texts his own apology to Marisol, but it never goes through. It’s probably for the best—he doubts the message would’ve made either of them feel better.

Eddie needs—he doesn’t know. Before, he would’ve said time. Now though, he’s got all the time in the world, and he’s desperate to get rid of it.

Buck calls. Eddie can’t answer him, either. He lets it ring out, then listens to the voicemail.

“Hey Eds, it’s me. I uh—just wanted to check in. It’s been a couple days. Call me when you can.”

Eddie tells himself he will, but he has no idea when that’ll be.

Christopher doesn’t text him, but he does text Buck.

Eddie never asks what he says, and Buck usually doesn’t offer to tell him.

“Just—he’s okay, right?”

Buck smiles, a little bit sad, and leans into Eddie’s space. “He’s okay,” he says. “He misses you, even if he’s not ready to tell you that.”

Tears streak down Eddie’s face before he even realizes he’s crying. Buck wipes one away and pulls him against his chest.

“What if he never comes home,” Eddie whispers into the soft material of Buck’s sweater.

“He will,” Buck replies. “He will.”

Good morning, Eddie texts on the one hundred and second day since Christopher left. I love you, and I hope you have a good day.

He drops his phone on the table and tries not to hope for a response. A second later, though, it dings. Eddie’s heart leaps into his throat as he scrambles to open the message.

Morning, Dad.