#eddietommy friendship

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wip wednesday

thank you for the tag @rcmclachlan!!!

my brain has been infidelity hours 24/7 for the past week+, so here's some single dad tommy to give me some hope in humanity.

in this verse, tommy's son shawn, denny, chris, and shawn's OC bff are all the same age and school pals. this is set around the start of s2.

A few days later, Tommy and his giant morning coffee are walking Shawn to the schoolyard when Shawn gasps. "That's Christopher, he's in Denny's class and he's so cool. He just moved here from Texas with his dad and his dad's a firefighter, too!" "No kidding," Tommy says. "Wanna go talk to them?" Christopher is already waving at Shawn, who bolts towards him. The adult next to him has a hand on Christopher's shoulder, protective, and his eyes are narrowed at Tommy. Tommy gives his best helpless goofball smile before he jogs over after Shawn. "Hey, I'm Tommy," he says, offering his hand. He takes it with a tight smile, the grip a little too firm to be friendly, exactly. "And I see Shawn's already introduced himself."  "He sure has." This guy finally smiles because Shawn's devastatingly cute and earnest when he wants to be. "Eddie, Eddie Diaz, and this is Christopher. We just moved here from El Paso."

"My dad's a firefighter, too," Shawn says quickly. "He's a pilot, he flies helicopters and planes." Christopher gasps. "Really?"  The firefighter thing seems to have loosened something up in Chris's dad. "For the LAFD? What station?" "217 out of Harbor. How about you?" "I'm a probationary firefighter over at the 118." Tommy chokes on his coffee. "What? That's my old house." "The 118!" Shawn yells. "I used to be there all the time when I was a baby. There was this captain who was a total jerk—" "Not Nash," Tommy interrupts. "He's a good guy." Tommy peeks around at Shawn, turns him around a little. "And we don't use that kind of language here at school when there's new friends and their parents we want to impress." "Are you saying he wasn't a jerk?" Shawn asks. "You call him a jerk all the time!" "I'm saying don't call people jerks until you're 50 feet off school property, huh? That goes for any other colorful language you pick up, sponge." Tommy turns back to Eddie and Chris, smiling. "Seven. What an age."

[iphyslitterator]

Blindside

@118dailydrabble, day 71

more gay virgin tommy

They're toweling off post-sparring when Tommy says, “Listen… I'm going to break up with Evan tonight.” Eddie's face finds an odd midpoint between blindsided and impassive. “He might need a friend.”

“Is this the thing Buck won't tell me about?”

“What did he say?”

“You didn't trust him with something and won't let him fix it.”

“There's nothing to fix.” Eddie hums. “If I'm too closed off, and he can't read my mind… it's just a bad fit.” Eddie raises his eyebrows. “...He's the first man I slept with, and I didn't tell him.”

“...Wow. Okay, yeah, I get it.”

“So you agree.”

“Oh, no, you're an idiot,” Eddie says cheerfully. “Grab some water, Tommy. We're gonna talk.”

[bucksboobs]

Tommy rushing to the scene of a Hurt Buck would also serve severely especially if Eddie has to be the one that says “Buck needs us to hold it together ok?” But Tommy is openly sobbing because he’s never cared about anyone the way he does for Buck and Eddie’s like “ok fine let’s go see him.”

[gaytommykinard]

i don't know if i have the energy to write this into a full fic but i want to write something from tommy's pov and i got this idea that could work as a prequel to the fix it fic i already wrote but basically

chimney shows up at his house with a six pack and tommy opens the door and wordlessly steps aside to let him in

of course chimney is there because he heard about the break up and he wants to offer tommy a shoulder to cry on because he knows tommy is hurting just as much as buck is, and buck has his sister and his best friend and his makeshift father figure, but tommy doesn't really have any close friends; a lot of surface-level friendships with the people he hangs out with, and he's good with his coworkers but harbor station isn't like the 118. he also knows it's only been a few days and the wound is still so fresh, and when tommy doesn't show signs of opening up, chimney does.

he wasn't going to share the news of the pregnancy, they aren't telling people yet because it's too soon, and he didn't think it was a good time to flaunt his joy so to speak, but it works as a segue to a conversation about his relationship with maddie, everything they've been through - tommy doesn't know the half of it, because while they've seen each other a lot more often in the past six months, they haven't had a chance to hang out one-on-one and dig deep. he tells tommy about all of it, from the beginning, how they met and how they started dating, the first surprise pregnancy, the separation, the engagement, all of it. and everything he's learned these past few years, all the ways he's grown as a person since tommy's transfer.

and he tells tommy about the buckleys of it all, how maddie is the one who runs and buck is the one who gets left behind. he sees the way tommy's expression shifts when he hears that, and he says, "yeah, you fucked up big time, buddy." because it's the truth, and because tommy hurt his brother, after all, and chimney's always going to have his back.

and finally tommy cracks and admits how much he's been struggling, second guessing himself, part of him knowing it was self-sabotage and part of him justifying the decision with all the logical reasons it was the right thing to do, but he never thought about how it would have affected evan, and now he's beating himself up over it, because he'd been selfish and impulsive and cowardly, and he wishes he could have stayed and talked it through instead of running.

in the end chimney tells him it's not too late, and he deserves a second chance, and he bets anything buck is willing to give him that. tommy replays their conversation in his mind the next day as he's driving to evan's loft to pick up his things. end scene.

[bisexualbrainrots]

We will never get a scene like this but just imagine for a second: Eddie and Buck say their goodbyes, he hops into his truck, we get a bit of sad Buck looking at Eddie leave and get back into his car, taking in the sight of Eddie's place before he leaves.

Then, we go back to Eddie as he's driving, and stops at a red light. He takes a breath before reaching for his phone and placing it on a holder, fiddles with it for a few seconds and suddenly, there's a loud ringing.

It lasts for a few seconds and as the green light reminds him to keep driving we hear a confused “Eddie?” and he simply replies:

“Hey, Tommy."

End of the episode.

[romanbridgers]

"why is eddie always with buck and tommy hmm? it has to mean SOMETHING, it has to be INTENTIONAL." yeah it IS intentional that eddie has scenes with buck and tommy because the three of them are FRIENDS and they also have their own individual friendships with each other. thank you.

[iamnotaguestinthishouse]

someone write me that eddietommy first meeting in the army au then lose track of each other but assume the worst then meet again in an lafd hanger to go rescue Bathena which leads into BUDDIETOMMY FEELINGS GALORE

[buckleydiaz]

Some conflict/drama would be *delicious* but they've already established the eddietommy friendship and they said they don't want tommy to come across badly so I doubt we'll get that :/

i don’t want tommy to come across badly i want eddie to come across like he’s obsessed with buck (he is)

[mysterious-shelf]

all this new content and speculation and discourse has distracted me from equally important matters, namely the (platonic) eddietommy of it all … because the potential there is for their relationship this season??? so many possibilities and i’d eat up every one of them

eddietommy bonding over all things buck

eddietommy butting heads over who gets to spend time with buck

alternatively, eddietommy being sympathetic towards each other regarding buck time — tommy insists eddie spends more time with buck while eddie swears he’s fine (he’s not)

eddietommy, in the midst of the buck time drama, confessing that they miss hanging out with each other just as much; tommy was eddie’s friend first, after all!

this post because eddietommy should be able to exist independent of buck

tommy desperately trying to keep eddie from going down the same path he did 20 years ago and turning into a gerrard minion (this scenario has had me frothing at the mouth since the s7 finale. like you don’t understand i need tommy to beg)

veering into fic territory with this one, but tommy reassuring eddie that he is a good dad. bonus if he uses his own shitty dad as a contrast. bonus bonus if he’s angsty about it “do you even understand how lucky christopher is to have a dad who loves him like you do?”

(now this is very much fic territory but i want the last two points to be combined and turned into a dramatic scene where they’re both yelling at each other but they’re not really fighting and they both just break down in front of each other because big men being sad is like crack to me)

eddietommy performing michaelbobby-level shenanigans

eddietommy bonding over their army experiences

this fucking post about eddie’s potential reaction to tommy’s helicopter crashing

eddie just having someone else who he can bro out with and also be vulnerable with. 7x04 sets thier friendship up as one that’s so unique and intriguing and if it isn’t explored in s8 i will be pressing charges

[cjlouwho]

eddietommy friendship dynamic is something that can be so personal

[iphyslitterator]

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@118dailydrabble, day 66

What kind of God, Eddie wonders, would make him pull another friend out of a chopper just to watch them die?

“Tommy, get up,” he begs hoarsely. “Trust me, c'mon. Get up.”

Tommy murmurs sleepily, motionless, done.

Eddie thinks about Christopher's picture, still in his pocket one failed move to El Paso later, and looks at Tommy, who by all accounts has no one, and takes a guess.

“You have to get back to Evan,” Eddie says. “Remember? Evan's waiting.”

Tommy stares glassily, then croaks, “Evan.”

“That’s right, you have to walk, we have to find Evan.”

“Evan,” Tommy echoes, getting to his feet. “Evan's waiting.”

“Yeah,” Eddie lies, relieved. “Yeah, man, he's been waiting the whole time.”

[acesartemis]

Eddietommy(can be buddietommy too if you wish) - mistletoe

The offer to fly Eddie to the fight in Vegas was definitely supposed to be a date—Tommy getting drawn in by those doe-brown eyes of his. Eddie was so stupidly oblivious to the moves Tommy was trying to make, by the end of the night he gave up. 

Maybe Eddie wasn't even into men? He did have a kid after all, one he wouldn't shut up about. Then again, every other story that spewed from his pretty mouth was about Buck. 

Huh. Maybe Tommy was too late?

Turns out they aren't a thing, but are a something. Tommy is okay with that. He knows well how navigating feelings is a marathon and not a sprint.

Nevertheless, he gladly latches onto Eddie’s friendship with both hands. Tommy could always use more people in his corner. He enjoys the younger man’s presence, and it's a relief to finally have someone that relates to his past in the military, someone that shares his sense of humor and respects Muay Thai like he does. It's unbelievable how well Eddie and he connect.

But over the past few months, Tommy could feel things shifting. Hugs and touches linger. Smiles and gazes grow softer.

But Eddie still hasn't made a move.

Bobby and Athena host Christmas at their newly built home, graciously inviting Tommy and Lucy too. The latter of which mysteriously keeps Tommy’s glass full of wine.

He’s warm, brain fuzzy, watching as Buck and Eddie pass out the gifts to everyone. He’s clocked the mistletoe a while ago, already audience to a few interesting matchups—Karen giving a small peck to Buck, Howie and Hen fake making out, Lucy laying a good one on a struck dumb Ravi.

“Fuck it,” he whispers to himself, downing the rest of his wine. He moves forward and stops just as Eddie is crossing the threshold to the living room, effectively blocking his path. He nods up to the ceiling at Eddie’s questioning look. His beautiful golden brown eyes go wide and a blush creeps up his neck as he spies the mistletoe.

Tommy uses two fingers to tilt Eddie’s face up to his. Eddie’s breath tickles his lips for a moment as Tommy smiles. He presses a small kiss to Eddie’s nose and delights in the small sound of disappointment that escapes from Eddie. 

“You are so oblivious, you know that?”

“Huh?”

“I’ve only been sending you signals since we met.”

“Oh.”

Yeah, oh.

Tommy laughs softly. His hand comes up to thread through Eddie’s hair, settling in the back to cradle it. His other hand curls into Eddie’s green Henley and pulls the shorter man toward him, the gifts in his arms forgotten as their lips finally make contact.

Well worth the wait.

[heauxplesslydevoted]

Your bff jokingly says he’s gonna take you to Vegas to gamble with your newly acquired math skills, but he actually does go to Vegas with someone else. This EddieTommy friendship might be Buck’s 13th reason 😭

[buddiekinard]

i think my ideal endgame might actually be queerplatonic relationship buddie-bucktommy and an eddietommy friendship with the potential for me/us to read more into it as we will idk

[romanbridgers]

can i just say i love the eddietommy friendship dynamic?? lou and ryan have great platonic chemistry and i really hope we get some genuine eddietommy scenes separate from buck x tommy/buddie/the trio.

[no-goodbyes-no-regrets]

U know,I'm enjoying the Buck, Tommy and Eddie did in the show, but I'm confused why the romantic throuple stuff is always tagged with bvddie and bvckt0mmy as well, it's just like inviting more discourse in.

I don't like seeing that side in the bucktommy tag just like I don't like seeing bvddie stuff in there (IMO actual shipping stuff should stay in its own tag rather than infiltrate other tags).

In ur vast tumblr wisdom, do you know why it's just seems to be acceptable to do that? It's a bit tiring often having to spend a while scrolling thru the bucktommy tag, past posts tagged with bvddie, bvddietommy, 911 discourse, and having to hunt for actual bucktommy stuff in the bucktommy tag.

Or is it just my own profiles problem? I'm genuinely exhausted (& started to get resentful seeing so much Eddie), I just wanna see Buck and Tommy being cute without having to search in their own tag for it 😭😓🥺😢

(I do block people as well,but it seems endless!!)

(u don't have to answer this if you don't want to, but it (and toxic shippers) are actually driving me away from tumblr and I love it here usually! It just seems to be getting really bad since the last episode)

My vast tumblr wisdom?? Lmao I know I live here but I'm not an expert anon!

But I do get what you mean. There are a lot of reaction post to insane takes from buddie fans (are they even really buddie fans? All they seem to do is hate on bucktommy/Tommy/Lou) in the bucktommy tag. I guess people just want to vent and know they will at least find like-minded people in the bucktommy tag. Though I think most people do use some kind of discourse tag - so you can blacklist those. I follow a few buddie fans who just enjoy their ship and don't harass Lou or tag Oliver in erotic art of him and Ryan or stuff like that, and I just blacklist buddie and some other tags they use for their ship posts and that's that.

If you're on web a lot you should get xkit (or xkit rewritten as it's called these days) by the way, it has all kinds of great features - including completely hiding posts that contain words or tags you have blacklisted.

As for the throuple posts, I guess because it's all still kind of new - and starting to pick up more the past week or so - that people aren't really sure what tags to use? And people who like bucktommy (might) like Buck/Tommy/Eddie romantically too.

I made a couple of posts (that I plan to turn into actual fics eventually) focusing on Tommy and Eddie as friends and tagged them eddietommy - and I think people use that tag for Eddie/Tommy romantically too, and that's why I tagged it bucktommy too.

I guess it would be easier if we all used the AO3 format for fic tagging - character/character for romance and character & character for friendship or family...

But I guess all you can do is blacklist tags and block people or blacklist their usernames if you don't want to block. This is the curate your own experience website after all.