#maddie is dating chim

[firehose118]

Let me get a taste

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“Hen asked if we’re fucking,” Tommy says as he sits down at their table with his cake.

“Uh, what?” Buck asks. There’s no way he heard Tommy correctly.

“Hen asked if we’re fucking,” Tommy repeats. He gestures between them with his fork. “You and me. Well, I guess technically she and Karen both asked. They ambushed me to ask about my intentions.”

He takes a bite of cake and eats it slowly, moaning at the taste, just to be an asshole and rub it in Buck’s face that he can’t have any. Buck sometimes wishes he was the kind of person who found that annoying, but he likes it when Tommy does stuff like this; teases him and plays with him just this side of mean. Really likes it. And Tommy knows it.

“What’d you say?” Buck asks, a little dazed, caught in the fantasy of licking frosting off of Tommy’s lip.

He wants cake so badly. It’s bad enough he had to skip the mac & cheese at the buffet, now this? The cake on Tommy’s plate looks soft and fruity. Fuck keto. Fuck bodybuilding. It’s not fair.

Tommy licks frosting off of his fork and Buck salivates. “I told them we’re taking it slow. You’re setting the pace, and I’m just trying to keep up.” He lifts an eyebrow and savors another bite of cake

Buck laughs. “You made it sound like we’re fucking like rabbits.”

“Mhmm,” Tommy says around the cake in his mouth.

“And you… also said we’re taking it slow?” Buck’s eyebrows pull together in confusion.

“I did. They’re gonna have a hell of a time figuring that one out.” Tommy smiles as he takes the next bite of cake, obviously proud of the trick he’s played on their friends.

“You might be evil,” Buck teases.

“You love it,” Tommy says, scrunching his nose. “And anyway, it’s none of their business. You’re not a teenage girl in 1954, going out with some biker from the wrong side of the tracks. You’re a grown man. You can suss out my intentions for yourself. I’d hope you know by now that I didn’t agree to a second date at your sister’s wedding just to get in your pants.”

“I do know that,” Buck assures him. Their sex life is pretty active—very satisfying—but they’ve spent far more time talking, working out, cooking, and even cuddling than they have with their dicks out. It’s probably the most well-rounded relationship Buck has ever had. He feels respected. “You’re a total gentleman.”

“I wouldn’t go that far. I have to admit,” Tommy pitches his voice down, “seeing you in that medal… I’m feeling a little less than honorable right now.” He gathers the last bite of cake onto his fork.

Buck feels a thrill run through his body at Tommy’s words, but he’s watching that cake with rapt attention. “Give me the last bite,” he says. He sounds pleading even to his own ears, so he doubles down. “Tommy, please.”

“No,” Tommy deadpans. “If you’re gonna break ketosis, you’re gonna do it with someone else’s cake.”

“I don’t want someone else’s cake, baby, I want yours.” Buck goes for charming, flirty, seductive, but he’s desperate. He hasn’t had any carbs in days and the cake smells so good. He’s about to launch himself at Tommy and take that last forkful of cake himself.

“Mmm, lucky me,” Tommy purrs. “Pretty boy wants my cake all to himself and here I am, just trying to keep up.”

Tommy pops the cake into his mouth just as Buck lunges at it. His hand lands on Tommy’s empty plate.

“Evil!” Buck gasps, laughing.

“You love it,” Tommy repeats around his mouthful of cake.

“I really do.”

Tommy barely has time to swallow before Buck is kissing him; open-mouthed and honestly a little too dirty considering where they are and which homophobic captains are still around. Buck is chasing the taste of cake and frosting on Tommy’s lips, on his tongue, and he can’t help but moan as the flavors swirl and burst to life in his mouth: vanilla and strawberry and Tommy. He’s never tasted anything better.

Tommy pulls back before Buck starts licking the sugar off of his teeth. He presses a hand into Buck’s chest to gently push him back into his seat.

“Easy there, Evan. We’re still in public.”

“We got medals for breaking the law.” Buck’s eyes are dark, hungry. Now that he’s had a taste he wants seconds, thirds. Tommy’s been teasing him and all Buck wants is to get his mouth back on Tommy and never come up for air. “We can do whatever we want.”

Tommy laughs. “If only that were true. Save your appetite, though. I might have some cake you can eat at home.” He smirks, eyebrow raised. “If you behave.”

Buck smiles, wide and flirty. “Is it keto-friendly?” He leans closer again.

“All protein, baby.”

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

If I were Buck right now I'd put a bi and a rainbow flag with "ally" on my Instagram profile, then post a picture of me kissing Tommy on the cheek, then turn off my phone.

[ofspacecrafts]

Buck didn’t ignore/abandon/leave anyone for a date.

Buck came home to his boyfriend after a tough day and they ate dinner together.

[exhuastedpigeon]

Eddie’s going to be the last one of the team Buck comes out to and he’s going to be supportive because of course he is. He loves Buck, he just wants Buck to be happy and fuck Buck looks so happy - so free - now that he's figured out this part of himself.

But it’s also going to hurt like a bitch feeling like Buck trusts him least. Even though it isn’t that at all. It’s that Buck is terrified because what Eddie thinks of him matters so much, because he doesn't want Eddie to think he's been lying to him about such a huge part of himself.

[williexmercer]

don’t think about the finale and instead think of Henren taking Buck for his first pride being out (this man is an ally he’s been to pride before giving out free hugs)

And Buck is so happy with a bi flag on his face being with his family. Hen and Karen have lesbian flag capes and all of them mock the protesters. Bucktommy kisses in front of the protesters and they are all so happy

[grapejuicegay]

Sometimes I just start thinking about this moment - paired with Maddie's "I just think that maybe you're not sure of your own feelings yet. And if there's something that you need to tell Eddie, you will. Just, in your own time" - and then don't stop thinking about it.

Maybe I'm just reading into it but the way this moment moves. Eddie steps forward, Tommy steps up to exactly where Eddie was, Buck turns to look where Eddie was, doesn't find what he was looking for but still finds something good. It's not just ep 4 and 5 where the focus on Eddie blows me away, it's also this.

[mellaithwen]

something something the s2 to s7 parallels sure are paRALLELING 👀

[theeconfession]

saw some opinions about how buck and eddie shouldn't date since eddie is so bad at relationships and buck doesn't deserve that...like he is already in a relationship with buck...like that's why we can parallel to them to other canon relationships in the show...they just don't know they are dating...like imagine dating a guy like eddie who has a buck in his life at some point you will find out that its going to be chris, buck, his family(the 118 included of course) then you...how can such a relationship ever last?

[elizaisthetruehero]

Okay, so like yes, Tommy knows half the people at this wedding. But two he doesn't? Philip and Margaret Buckley. I'm just imagining Buck realizing that means Tommy will meet them, and freaking out that the parents who can barely get through a dinner without insulting and screaming at their kids will scare off the cute guy he really wants to dance with.

Because how do you warn dates about the Buckley family drama?

[bibuckaroo]

okay, i got here late so i don’t know if somebody ever thought of that, but like eddie and maddie appear in the same episode so i keep making connections with them because there are so! many! parallels! (and pls 911, why can’t you just make them besties? i’m on my knees here, two beautiful brown eyed people) and ever since that scene with maddie talking about how cute chim is and buck thinking she meant eddie (and how insane is that now that buck is canonically bi?), i couldn’t let go of the idea of maddie not clarifying that it was chim she was talking about (maybe because buck didn’t make the kid comment) and her and eddie actually do become really close because they both adore buck, meanwhile buck and chim think there’s something going on between them because buck tells chim maddie thought eddie was cute and they’re both freaking out (chim knows fully well why he’s freaking out but buck is just so, so confused, it’s his sister and the guy who was his instant best friend, shouldn’t he be happy for them? but instead he just gets a feeling that it’s so wrong) and then, there’s a rollercoaster of misunderstandings but with a happy ending ofc.

and if you want to take a step further, the reason maddie doesn’t clarify is because she realizes buck truly does have a crush and decides to put the fake dating trope to good use (this is fake dating with a twist, guys), propositioning eddie so they can see if buck and chim would be interested in them like that. pls, someone write this!!!

[hirakiyois]

still on the fence about how closely i want to follow 911 because i love these characters so much but also im not forgetting how comfortable so many people were being homophobic to real queer people in the name of defending an icky white character.

[gregmarriage]

having the shannon/eddie kiss, right before buck decides to break up with abby was…. certainly a choice™️

[thewingedwolf]

abc should just immediately go canon with buddie by having them kiss at Eddie’s apartment after a stressful call - one or both of them has a near miss, they’re drinking beers after Christopher has fallen asleep, mention how terrifying the call was, especially considering the lightning strike just a few months before and the highway collapse, and next thing they know they’re stress making out on Eddie’s couch until Eddie gets up and starts clearly panicking over the Gay of it all, and Buck decides they should call it a night - and then have the season deal with the fallout of it. That way they can make buddie canon immediately in the viewer’s eyes, while still letting us see them develop into a relationship!

[wikiangela]

Day 39 - April 21st, 2023 from 'for a holiday' - (three lines bc it's not much, haven't written a lot today hah)

Buck starts reading the book, quietly enough not to disturb other passengers, but still energetic, and doing all the voices, and at first Jee’s giggling, but then her breathing evens out, and before Buck’s even done with the very short story, she’s out like a light, one of her little hands gripping the fabric of Eddie’s shirt tightly. Buck looks at her fondly, or maybe at both of them, Eddie and Jee-Yun, and then snaps a picture with his phone. When Eddie sees it later, set as Buck’s new lockscreen, he sees that the picture shows Eddie with a sleeping baby Jee cuddled up on his chest, and Chris right next to Eddie.

[moonlightperseus]

i think its fucked up we havent had significant maddie hen interaction

[honestlyeddie-im-bi]

I don’t know. If buddie ever had to go canon, I don’t want it to be in a dramatic way. I want joy and happiness and them laughing through their first kiss. I want them giddy.

They’ve been through so much already, I don’t want any more trauma attached to something this important.