#eddie being the one to always explain to everyone what buck is yapping about

[sluttybibuck]

he loves his little yapper!!!!!

[schrijverr]

👑 for First Lieutenant Buckley

Another fun ask! Omg, i love that fic so much, this is super thrilling xp <3

👑: Say 3 things you like about one of your fics. (Asker can add a title of the fic they want the author to talk about.

Okay, so first thing, is the Buck and Eddie dynamic for this fic, like love romantic buddie too, but early day friendship is also so fun. Plus, I really liked the idea of Buck being Eddie's superior. There are a lot of fics wherein Eddie is the more mature and experienced between the two of them and that is fun.

However, in my mind they will always be the same age and it was so interesting to explore how Buck would have been in the leader position. Like making him Eddie's former CO and having Eddie defer to him was so interesting, because he does. He trusts Buck with his life. And the added 'everyone is confused why Eddie lets Buck do wild shit' is definitely a bonus.

Which is part of the second thing; secrets. I love secrets in fics. It is just so fun to put in little things that confuse others and then a reveal at the end, it's just so delightful. Buck having a more trained and disciplined background especially is so fascinating to me (I love a good 'Competent!Character' tag, especially when the character in question is seen as a more lovable goof). Like, Buck is a bit of a mess when he arrives at the 118, but he is also very competent and he does shit with too much confidence.

Like, yeah, you can argue that he's a cocky kid, but it works out for him. That can be bc it's TV land of course, but in universe, how do you explain that he can on the fly chase a runaway vehicle on a bike and stop it, that is insane. So, him knowing what he's doing but not sharing for whatever reason, is always so fun. Which also goes for coming up with a reason why he wouldn't be bragging, since that does seem more in character for him. So, it's a balancing thing of finding out what would need to happen for that to become a choice he would make.

And then, thirdly, I love a good different first meeting for Buck and Eddie and i do like this one a lot. With the way they interact first day only to immediately switch after two shifts, is so interesting to me. Bc why was Buck so defensive and then just stopped the second they did something together?

Yeah, there is the valid canon explanation of him feeling like he'll get replaced and then realizing he won't, just has more people, who'll actually have his back is valid and makes sense. But because the switch is so sudden, there are so many ways you can fill in those blanks differently and that is just delightful to me! :D

Okay, now im done yapping (a lie im never done yapping, but i digress)