#i want henren to be happy

[buck-up-buck]

Soooooo I didn’t do this last season but I decided to do a bingo card for everything I think/would like to happen in season 8- let’s talk about it shall we.

Let's talk about the obvious- the one thing I think the fandom all collectively wants. Mr Diaz to come out of the goddamn closet. Now, Gay Eddie makes so much sense, but also, so does Demisexual Eddie. I feel like, especially with his relationship with Shannon, him coming out as Demi would make so much sense.

I would respectfully like the writers to leave Henren alone this season. Give them a win, give them Mara back, let Hen beat the shit out of Ortiz, and then leave them ALONE. I want no drama for my moms this season please and thank you.

Now saying that (don't hate me) I think Hen is due a major injury... I am just saying, if someone is gonna be hurt this season, it being Hen would make sense.

RIGHT, give me a BuckTommy argument, give me some BuckTommy angst, and then, have them make-up. We have seen so much growth for Buck these past few seasons, let's see him resolve a problem in his relationship by communicating. And then, have them make out afterwards. Please.

I feel like we are so overdue a Halloween episode. We have a full season this time around so I want them to make full use of it. Saying that, let me also bring in the fact that I do also want a Christmas/Thanksgiving episode as well. Give me family bonding with the 118. Another Christmas Party, Bathena using their new place to host Thanksgiving, something, anything.

I know we all want it but, GET GERRARD FIRED. I don't want him to be injured, I don't want him to die, I don't want them to skip over the arc they ended with entirely. I want someone to get dirt on him, and take it to the chief, and for his ass to be dragged out of that firehouse.

I don't know where this sudden obsession with seeing Sal again has come from, but I would love a Sal redemption arc, or even for him to be a little bitch for Gerrard and also get dragged through the mud. Just, Sal.

SHALL WE INJURE OUR FAVOURITE HOT PILOT. I am not saying a major injury, but something, a little sprinkle of worried!Buck. Let's see him panic over his boyfriend.

I know I will hate it if It actually happens, but a mid-season cliffhanger. I think, we need something to keep us on our toes while they break. GIve me "missing groom" but more drama.

I have been asking for this since season 3 but GIVE ME A MADDIE BEGINS EPISODE. I want to see baby Maddie meeting Doug for the first time, I want to see them moving to Boston, and then moving back. The first time he hit her and his pussy ass apology. The day she escapes, and her journey to Buck. I BEG.

Bring Chris home please. Just, give Eddie his son back. PLEASE.

I want a Bathena cracking a case wide open and going full blown detective. I want to see Bobby with a murder board and Athena being so done with her husband but so in love. Give me treassure hunt vibes, but just, Bathena solving murder.

RIGHT- HERE ME OUT (this will get a separate post here). I want a Buddie begins episode. I want, realisations, and then, flashbacks galore. I want snippets of Buddie during Bucks recovery after the bombing, different POV's of things that have happened throughout the seasons, Buck sleeping on Eddie's floor the night he got home after the snipper. I want- I want so much.

Saying that, I also want, another Buddie argument. I want an argument over Buck and Tommy, or over Chris, or over work, just, give me, some Buddie beef. And then another hug when they make up. (or a kiss lol)

HOW ABOUT WE GIVE OUR OG GAY BOY A BOYFRIEND. Give Josh some loving.

BuckTommy having a dinner date with Bathena and/or Madney. URG, yes please. Cute vibes all the way.

Right, so when Madney got married, I so wanted the fact that Jee had a baby-girl balloon to foreshadow another baby. I know they were in a hospital and improvising, but OMG that would be such good foreshadowing. I want Maddie freaking out because what if she messes up again, I want Chimney doing the same, thinking he is going to lose Maddie, and then I what them to talk about it. I want Maddie to witness all the firsts she missed with Jee. I want another Madney baby. Or give them a dog. That will appease me.

Dosed is probably one of my favourite episodes ever, so if we could get another episode on par with dosed and jinxed, I would love.

Let’s get Mr Diaz in therapy shall we. I want to see Franks reaction to all the shit he did in S7.

I mean, I wish for this every season just because I love whumping my favourite Buckley so bad, but how about wr injure Buck again. Give me worried!Tommy/worried!Eddie/Dad!Bobby.

It would be such a missed opportunity if someone doesn’t get stung by a bee. I am just saying.

I am soooo obsessed with Christopher already suspecting that Eddie is gay, or at least having feelings for Buck. Like, I want him to come out and Chris be all like “thanks for telling me but I know dad” (insert teen eye roll).

I WANT BUCKLEY PARENT BEEF. Their redemption arc is so over and done with, especially after their reaction to Tommy, so I want drama.

Yuuup, I think that pretty much covers it. Let me know your thoughts, and if you made it all the way through this, I love you, have a cookie.

[pelorsdyke]

as always I am championing for more maddie/karen bestfriendism. more karen/chim bestfriendism. more plot points for karen that don’t revolve around traumatizing her and/or her wife and/or their children. do not fucking misunderstand me this does not mean I want s8 to use the black lesbians as mothers for the gay men ships.

[i-dont-even-know-anymore976]

more of my dreams for s8

(mainly for bucktommy im ngl - i love them and they're rotting my brain)

TRIVIA NIGHT. with everyone from the 118 and their partners but buck and tommy are on a team and it quickly becomes clear that they are an absolute menace to society when paired together (like we already know tommy attends a trivia night - let him match buck's energy - i want him deeply passionate about winning)

buckytommy dinner w/madney - we see the like neatly laid table, clearly set up for a grown up dinner only its just maddie and chim sat there and it pans round to buck and tommy having been pulled into playing tea party, or ponies, or smth with jee bc she wanted their attention and buck is physically incapable of saying no to her (the same way tommy cant say it to him 😜) (tho lets be real - he was playing princesses either way) (chim is just thrilled with the blackmail/mockery martial he is gathering)

muay thai lessons - only it quickly becomes clear buck hates it (idk in my mind buck is like innately opposed to violence. he'll put himself between two people but he'll never be the one to throw a punch. that's just how he is)

he does however very much enjoy watching tommy and eddie spar (i want full bridgerton levels of pining/horniness (think daphne at the boxing match))

more hen/karen

specifically more of henren's private investigation firm™ - i want them all up in councilwoman ortez's business (but generally just more henren. HAPPY HENREN.)

this one technically kind of follows on from my last list of dreams but i want athena to discover henren's and also bobby&michael's "investigations" (just picture her expression. her disbelief that she puts up with these well-intentioned idiots. it would be glorious)

and finally - more seriously - bobby retirement/promotion???? most people probs hate that but i kind of feel like the 118 are all kind of stagnant at the moment? so the only way to keep them together is to move bobby on 😞 idk maybe we can just have food-truck!bobby

[divine-victory]

I just had a prophetic vision Nia and her mom are coming to talk on behalf of Hen and Karen so they can get Mara Back 😌😭

[laylawatermelon]

They got so much potential storylines.

Relationship issues, work tension, Chris adjusting, after Chris adjusting teen problems, another kid (a bbygirl PLSSSSS), marriage, fear of marriage, doubts, spending time alone (learning how to schedule did without each other/make time for themselves), other queer stuff like parties and clubs, kids graduation, henren adoption/foster help, actually doing the adoption foster stuff, Chris going to college, raising a kid together, aunt Maddie helping out with the teen girl stuff, baby jee as honorary big sister, baby 118 literally just being with each other.

This got away from me.

But you know what I mean.

Give me the domestic gays! (Pt 2 cause henren is the original)

[can-i-get-a-yippee]

I think HenRen needs more life-death angst,,,, gimme a disaster situation where Denny and Mara are alone in a disaster and Karen and Hen are fighting through chaos to get to them,,,, Karen being at home with their kids and a knock at the door from a police officer informing her there’s been an accident,,, the 118 showing up to a car accident and recognizing Karen’s car, nearly destroyed, at the scene

[everything-else-from-noxx]

the scene where karen finds out about the embryos is just so fucking heartbreaking

[moonlightperseus]

okay like i want to preface that i do not have anything against the storylines that they are doing, i’m straight vibing with this season, having fun. i just want to say it’s a little frustrating to me that 911 keeps tacking on these buck and/or eddie centric “surprise” scenes at the end of an episode because then it becomes the big talking point of the episode after the fact and a lot of the other stuff that happened in it falls away to the sides a bit

[meraus]

Karen having a horror movie moment has me in stitches

[usercelestial]

soulmates au where hen and eva are soulmates but hen and karen chose each other and that matters more than whatever the universe told them because karen would move the stars themselves if it meant spending the rest of her life with hen

[tommygettingwrittenoff]

i need 911 to make henren happy and then leave them the fuck alone

[softestepilogue]

i can do math.

eddie + buck= bi4bi

[basically-i-write-shit]

This is nothing against Karen but I sort of always knew she would give Hen an ultimatum one way or the other.

[buckxtommy]

no but the potential all of the possible double dates w bucktommy have has been driving me INSANE

i want bucktommy madney "buckleys found the two softest and dreamiest guys as their perfect match" double date. tommy opening doors for buck & buck helping him wear/take off his jacket. maddie teasing buck about the princess treatment he's getting. tommy offering to fly madney to their dream honeymoon/vacation destination. tommy's eyes fixed on buck almost the entirety of the night.

i want bucktommy henren "nothing but wlw mlm solidarity" double date. them judging each others' celebrity crushes. tommy half jokingly asking karen the secrets to a happy queer marriage, but listening to her answer so intently. buck noticing the longing in his eyes and holding his hand under the table. hen and tommy reminiscing that night at the bar where they showed each other their scars, hen smiling, "you found someone who won't get scared off at last, huh?" bucktommy offering to babysit denny and mara whenever.

i want bucktommy josh & his date "a table for the gays" double date. tommy is surrounded by these queer men in their 30s, sat back, watching them fondly. they remind him of his 30 year old self, how he could have been, had he been out. they talk about anything and everything, the gay dating scene in la, how is it to date a fellow first responder, what their weirdest grindr experience was. their laughter echo through the restaurant.

i want bucktommy bathena "meeting the in-laws but not really" double date. dinner at grant-nash household. bobby telling stories from times tommy was a rookie. tommy refilling buck's glass of wine while buck is enthusiastically talking about something. tommy's hand on his thigh for most of the night. bathena exchanging knowing glances, thinking, oh, he's gonna be so good for him.

[whatsourmotto-whocares]

Happy Pride! 🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🩷

I drew Buck x Tommy to celebrate. 🏳️‍🌈 🩷💜💙

You'd never be able to convince me that Buck isn't absolutely weak for Tommy manhandling him. 🥵

I wanna do more art of these two for Pride Month... What should I do next?? 👉🏽💌 (spicy reqs welcome 🌶👀)

I also want to do some Henren art ❤️‍🔥 And maybe a Josh portrait too bc he is adorable and deserves more love.

(also please be nice, I have RSD and posting art feels very vulnerable, if you don't like it just keep scrolling)

[buddierecs]

meddling buddie fics

(basically the firefam trying to set up buddie!) this list has different rated fics, so please look at the rating make sure to kudos/comment on these amazing works :)

ripples all the way down by: iriswests "christopher partakes in some parent trapping" word count: 57k rating: mature important tags: jealous!evan buckley, jealous!eddie diaz, slow burn, miscommunication, happy ending epiphanies, soft words, and hushed moans at the brink of dawn by brewrosemilk "...."hey - while we’re… describing people. people we know, people we don’t - why don’t you describe eddie for me?” “what?” buck frowns, looking up from his beer. “let’s call it a game,” chimney shrugs." word count: 19k rating: explicit important tags: love confessions, first time, porn with feelings, frottage, barebacking, riding, come eating across our great divide (a glorious sunrise) by: catchingpapermoons "eddie gets buck to come to couples therapy with him." word count: 53k rating: mature important tags: couples therapy, getting together, ptsd, angst with a happy ending, idiots in love operation idiots in love by: thisisallinmyhead "tired of the mutual pining, the firefam decide it's time to nudge eddie and buck in the right direction. because families meddle, right?" word count: 20k rating: general audience important tags: idiots in love, meddling, mutual pining, bets, love confession, secret relationship and i feel just like i want to kiss you underneath my mistletoe by: oklahoma "5 times the team tries to get eddie and buck to kiss under the mistletoe and the 1 time they do. kinda." word count: 9.3k rating: teen and up important tags: 5+1 things, meddling, love confessions, kissing, hijinks & shenanigans, team as family locked in (for your own good) by: ellesworth86 "some people need to get their heads out their asses and admit their feelings, so bobby locks them in his office." word count: 1.6k rating: general audience important tags: idiots in love, meddling, love confessions, panic attacks once is chance, twice is coincidence, thrice is meddling by: my_hopeless_opus "s7 where both buck and eddie are freshly single and lonely, so all they do is thirdwheel madney, henren and bathena until the couples get tired of them and decide to set them up." word count: 10k rating: teen and up important tags: meddling, fluff, angst, getting together, team as family, multiple pov

if anyone has any other fics similar to this, please let me know! i know that there are so many more, i just couldn't figure out the correct tag to find them :)