#season 7x4

[angelthemanspanker]

ngl the buffy s7/angel s4 crossover post has taken root in my mind and I can think of nothing else but the chaos of a hotel full to the brim with protagonists. what do you guys think would be the last straw for Angel's hospitality and why is it Connor laughing at one of Xander's jokes

[scintillatingshortgirl19]

they should've had a threesome

[buddiesmutslut]

Okay so Eddie is absolutely going to be queer this season, & I’m taking that from Ryan’s interview about how Eddie sees Hen & Buck living their truth and how he wants that for himself. Of course, we’ve already talked about him mentioning the two canonically queer characters, BUT!

I haven’t seen it talked about who he DIDN’T mention, & by that, I specifically mean Howard “Chimney” Han.

Chim, who’s canonically straight.

Chim, who JUST got married to his wife & the mother of his child this season.

If Eddie’s comparing & basing his life off of somebody, wouldn’t Chim be the obvious answer? His friend, who’s happy & settled into married life with his wife and their child, doing kind things like fostering his friends’ kid so they don’t have to be apart. Despite my personal feelings about Madney, they’re canonically a happy, healthy, married, straight couple. If Eddie’s straight, shouldn’t that be EXACTLY what he wants??

Even Bobby, who he’s bonded with over the death of a spouse. Bobby & Athena, who are also married & happy & straight, making it work after tragedy.

But no, instead of those people, he picks Hen & Buck. Hen, a married lesbian woman who’s fighting to get her daughter back (not in a GREAT place atm) & Buck, who just figured out his sexuality, is taking it slow with a man he hasn’t even called his boyfriend yet (I only mention that bc again, Eddie is a nester, he wants a family)

I think who he didn’t name is equally as important as who he did & that’s why I fully believe in queer Eddie Diaz at some point, & I think it makes the most sense at this point in his story.

(I think it would’ve also made sense after Ana & his breakdown & all the therapy he went through THEN, but I can only go back in fics, so s8, post-Chris leaving, blowing his life up time it is)

[achilles-rage]

i just watched episode 4 with my parents and was screaming when tommy kissed buck (bi representation!!!!) but then i looked over at my parents and they were so upset and when the show ended they said they hate the way the shows going so basically this is proof that i can never come out to them gn <3333

[djkerr]

Diane, why are you doing this? You're fighting for a cause you don't fundamentally believe in. Because you make me angry.

TGW 07x04 Taxed

[queen-daya]

Crosshair Smiling in Every Episode -> Unfinished Business (7x4)

[t1gerlilly]

OK. so this is partly about Eddie and how the toxic masculinity from his father has played a part in his relationships and his parenting of Chris. And it's partly about Buck - how he sees Eddie and connects to him. How he wants his love and attention. But most of all, wants him to be happy.

And I can't help thinking this shows the feelings i think will come up in 7x4

I want them both to be happy. I don't want them to be alone.

[marvelstarwarshero]

It's so much worse knowing what's going to happen in 7x1 "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be" I just can't make myself be ignorant about it so I get to have a pit in my stomach for the next 2 episodes before it

[lemotmo]

Sweet Jesus it's high-key hilarious laid out like this.

Q. But like it can go either way, you get that right? They have set it up to where you can decide it's about Tommy or Eddie depending on which way you want it to go. They've written it to be viewed as about Eddie or Tommy. We're not making that up???

A. My brother in Christ you are 100% making that up. That is unequivocally, one hundred percent not what the story is doing. The fact that I have to do this is shameful and proof of utter, willful ignorance, but you asked for it so here it is:

*Tommy comes in for the cruise ship rescue. We found out that he is former military, likes basketball, MMA, and Muay Thai. All things Buck VERBALIZES to the audience are things that he has in common with Eddie. MEANING THEY WERE CHARACTERISTICS GIVEN TO HIM TO SPECIFICALLY HAVE THEM IN COMMON WITH EDDIE.

*Buck acts like a lunatic for the entirety of 7x4 then inexplicably decides it must be about Tommy, despite the episode showing that it was very much about Eddie, so much so that Tommy himself is confused when Buck says he was trying to get his attention.

*They go out, Buck is understandably nervous, and then run into Eddie. Buck panics because he's not ready or sure what to tell Eddie yet. Tommy gets annoyed because Buck won't say they're on a date, he makes a closet joke, basically trying to force Buck to out himself in that moment, when Buck doesn't do it, Tommy gets upset and leaves him stranded at the restaurant.

*Buck apologizes to him, and invites him to Chim's bachelor party and wedding. For plot reasons Tommy accepts.

* Buck and Eddie decide on 80's theme for the party and decide to coordinate their outfits and go as Crockett and Tubbs. Tommy doesn't dress up, he offers up the fact that he is on call as his reason for not dressing up. He then leaves to go fight a fire. Leaving Buck and Eddie to spend the rest of the episode partying together. The show later releases a deleted scene of Eddie telling Christopher how he met his mother and that story proves to be a parallel to what we saw of Buck and Eddie during the bachelor party.

* Tommy shows up at the hospital where he and Buck kiss for the 2nd time. Eddie's reaction to the kiss, along with Buck's parents, are the reactions the show chooses to focus on.

*Tommy then disappears until the season finale. We see them have a dinner date at the end of the episode where Bobby nearly died, and Buck spent the entirety of it with Eddie dealing with Christopher and Bobby. Buck attempts to start a conversation about how he's feeling. Tommy turns it into a daddy sex joke.

*Tommy shows up again in 8x1, but only for one scene between him, Buck and Eddie where Eddie is trying to throw a birthday party for Christopher over zoom. He then disappears until episode 8x5

*In between that we see Buck struggling with Gerard as his captain. We get a shot of Eddie's voice being the voice he hears when he's trying to calm himself down.

*In episode 8x5 we see Buck buy what he believes is a prop skeleton but turns out to be a real skeleton. We get a lube joke between Buck and Eddie before Buck slips on pumpkin guts and separates his shoulder. Eddie rides to the hospital with him and stays with him, even talking to the doctor while Tommy hovers in the hallway. Once Tommy comes into the room, Eddie finishes a couple of Buck's sentences while he's telling the story to Tommy. Buck gets released from the hospital and goes home with Tommy. He wakes up with boils on his face, believing that the skeleton has cursed him, it was really an allergic reaction to the ibuprofen that Tommy gave him, because Tommy didn't know Buck was allergic. One of them calls Eddie to come over and tend to Buck's boils and despite the fact that Eddie and Tommy are both roughly saying the same thing Eddie is the one they show Buck reacting to and listening too.

*In 8x6 we see them have their 6 month anniversary date. The table next to them is having a divorce party, something the show makes a point of making the audience aware of. Tommy gives Buck basketball tickets, Buck has already told the audience he hates basketball. Tommy makes a joke about Buck taking Eddie to the game if he wants to. Buck didn't get Tommy a present at all. Buck realizes that his ex Abby is Tommy's ex Abby as well.

* Buck goes to talk to Maddie and Josh to get some advice. Josh gives a speech about how to know if he's in love or not, he says lots of things but one of the things Josh mentions is that Buck should honor the queer generation that came before him.

*Buck tells Tommy he is also Abby's ex and asks him to move in with him. He can't give any other reason other than what Josh said about honoring and respecting the queer generation that came before him. Tommy says no and breaks up with him by telling him that he knows how this ends and he's Buck's first, not his last.

*Buck goes directly to Eddie's house immediately following the breakup

*Buck is upset following the breakup and decides to start baking as a way to keep him preoccupied enough not to call Tommy. Buck finds out at the end of 8x8 that Eddie is looking at houses in El Paso

*8x9 opens with Buck and Eddie cleaning the locker room glass at the station and Eddie showing Buck a picture of the hose he put a down payment on in El Paso. Buck is upset by this news, but offers to help Eddie try and find a renter for his house. Buck sabotages all the showings to the point that Eddie tells him to leave. Before leaving Buck overhears Eddie telling the applicant that everything that matters to him is in Texas and Buck leaves upset. During a fire at an animal shelter Buck bonds with the beagle he rescues and shows up at the firehouse with him the next morning. Buck reveals to Bobby and the rest of the team Eddie's plans for moving, despite Eddie asking him not to. Buck tells Eddie that the dog is his new best friend and that unlike him the dog knows how to stay. Buck also reveals that he overheard what Eddie said about nothing L.A. mattering. Later we see Eddie accusing Buck of trying to force Eddie to choose between him and his son, something Buck absolutely did not do, but Eddie says it anyway, indicating that Eddie is the one who feels like he's being forced to choose. Then Buck reveals himself as the new renter for Eddie so he won't have to worry about anything and can move to El Paso and just worry about Christopher.

*8x10 deals with Maddie's kidnapping. We see Eddie driving Buck around and Buck has a mini spiral and tells Eddie that he is just moving back to Texas like it's nothing like it doesn't effect anybody else but it does. Eddie tells Buck that it's not nothing. The next time we see them is the goodbye scene at the uhaul. Both of them are awkward, and unsure of what to say or what to do. Eddie tells him that he knows this thing between them has been hard and they both could have handled it better. It is raining and soft music is playing over the scene. Buck says he baked chocolate chip protein cookies for the drive. They hug and the camera takes close ups of each of their faces. Both men are noticeably upset and struggling. Eddie looks back one more time before climbing into the truck and driving away.

*which brings us to 8x11. Buck can't sleep in Eddie's house and doesn't want to unpack because what he believes it means long term for Eddie and Christopher. Maddie tells him he needs to make new friends. He talks Ravi into going out drinking with him and talks about Eddie the entire time. Eddie sees Tommy and drags him over as a way to escape. Tommy asks Buck how he is and Buck tells him about Maddie and Eddie moving away. Tommy tells Buck he was unaware of this because Eddie basically stopped talking to him after they broke up. Camera pans to Buck smiling upon learning that. After learning that Eddie has moved away Tommy starts to flirt and Buck invites him back to his place. We see them arriving at the house and kissing and Tommy realizing that it's Eddie's house. Cut to the next morning, Buck wakes up alone and finds Tommy making breakfast in the kitchen. Buck tells Tommy that last night was fun but he understands that it changes nothing. Tommy tells him that it can change something and asks what he's doing on Saturday. Buck is confused and asks him why he doesn't believe Buck will break his heart anymore. Tommy tells him he is less worried now that his competition has moved away. Buck realizes he's talking about Eddie and tells him that Eddie is straight, Tommy openly scoffs at this statement which makes Buck even more upset. Buck then says he doesn't have to sleep with everyone he has feelings for and doesn't have feelings for everyone he sleeps with. Tommy leaves and we see Buck telling Maddie, TELLING MADDIE THAT HE USED TOMMY AS A WAY TO DISTRACT HIMSELF FROM MISSING EDDIE. He asks if he should call and apologize and Maddie tells him to learn to be alone. Tim confirms in an interview that Buck did not call Tommy.

That's it, anon. This is Tommy's entire arc on the show. Where, at any place is anything whatsoever that indicates any of this has anything at all to do with Tommy? Where is it? It doesn't exist. They had 31 scenes together and only 6 of those scenes didn't directly include Eddie or involve Eddie in some other way. Read that again. They had 6 total scenes that weren't about Eddie or didn't involve Eddie. But you expect me to believe that it's really about Tommy because Twitter says it is. Give me a fucking break. It could not be more cut and dry.

Thank you Nonny!

Yeah, we've been saying this for ages now. None of this was about Tommy, it was always Eddie. So yeah... nothing to add here. I think Ali was very clear and precise in her answer. 😋

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[angelthemanspanker]

the scoobies putting up the dozens of potentials in buffy's (big ass but like, for a family of two/three) house is so funny, all of the first's targets sleeping on the floor of a house made of cardboard a hop skip and a jump away from the centre of the hellmouth. do they know angel lives in an empty hotel

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

#Stop Changing Tim's House Every 5 seconds Challenge

[bucktommyyendgame]

Along the Lines

Hey hey! This is for my delightful friend @champagnetommy, who asked for louliver and is now getting more than she bargained for lol. This is so fluffy you guys. If fluffy RPF is not your thing, turn back. Hope you guys like it!

It is restricted on Ao3, so you can either read it here or there.

louliver (rpf) - words: 4.5k - rating: MATURE - complete

ao3 tags: pining, implied sexual content, not actually unrequited love, jealousy, tooth rotting fluff

summary: 5 times Oliver is jealous about Lou and the time that makes him stop, threaded through Buck and Tommy's biggest episode moments.

1. 7X4

Oliver’s never felt more confused about a single person in his life. He’d met Lou before, way back in season 2, but it wasn’t as though they’d worked together. He’d thought he was nice then but that was the extent of it. Now, though, now he’s having feelings he can’t identify, or worse, ones that he can identify but doesn’t quite know how to deal with. He’s been attracted to men before, but this feels like it’s on a whole different level.

“Hey there, you adorable man,” Aisha says, coming up to Lou and wrapping him in a hug. Lou wraps his arms around her in turn with a laugh and a slight blush.

“Stop,” Lou says, pulling away from her. “You’re the most beautiful person in this room.”

Jealous, comes into his mind right then. He’s jealous.

“I’m so glad you’ve come back, you know,” Aisha says with a playful slap to his shoulder. “The cruise ship episode was so much fun, and I’m looking forward to seeing you guys tackle this, for sure.”

Lou looks at Oliver with a smile before looking back at her. “I’m looking forward to it too. I hope this guy doesn’t give me too much of a hard time.”

Aisha laughs as Oliver rolls his eyes. Since he’s come back, they’ve worked up a teasing banter back and forth that Oliver enjoys. If he sometimes seeks Lou out for the teasing, well, that’s no one’s business but his own.

The big kiss and reveal is being shot tonight. They’ve been preparing for it all day, rehearsals and talks in Oliver’s trailer. The set has been mostly cleared out except for the essential crew and he’s grateful for it, because this is huge for Buck and he’s nervous.

Aisha leaves them to it and just as they’re setting up to start shooting, Lou turns to him. He’s about to go out and wait for his cue to knock on Buck’s door and Oliver kind of wishes he could stick around. Despite what he’s planning to tell anyone who asks, they did prepare for this and Lou’s been with him every step of the way.

“You good?” Lou asks in a low voice, so no one else can overhear.

Oliver nods. “Yeah. A little apprehensive, but yeah. I’m okay.”

Lou looks around, there’s a bottle of water sitting on Buck’s counter by the paperwork he’s supposed to be examining that a PA was just going to take, but Lou stops her.

“One sec,” he says, and she nods as he hands it to him. Oliver decides he might as well and takes a sip.

Damn it, he does feel better.

He hands the bottle to the PA who takes it away and they’re ready.

“Anything else I can do?” Lou mutters one more time.

“No,” Oliver assures him. “No, I think we’re good.”

“Lou, place please!” the director hollers and he shoots a little wink at Oliver as he does what he’s told. It takes over 30 tries but they get their shots. He says his lines, kissing Lou repeatedly until his mouth feels a little raw.

Lou was right, the gentler approach was the way to go. It’s sweet, intimate and he feels a little emotional when they’re done.

Lou hugs him goodbye as they leave, tells him he did a great job with a small smile as he walks Oliver to his truck.

He watches him go, thinks of the moment when Lou called Aisha beautiful, the rehearsals and talks, how caring Lou was about the whole thing, the way it felt when Lou smiled at him softly before making his way to his own car and he lets out a long, long exhale. He’s got feelings. He can’t believe he’s got feelings for him.

Well...shit.

2. 7X5

His hand covers Lou’s for just a moment or two longer after the director yells ‘cut.’ If Lou notices, he doesn’t let on.

Oliver lets him go and can’t believe he’s jealous of the character he’s playing who gets to hold this guy’s hand and have cute meetings in outdoor coffee shops.

“Great job, guys,” Brenna says, coming up to them with a bright smile on her face. “That was really cute. I think we’ll do a few more. Take a half-hour break and we’ll continue on schedule?”

“Sounds good,” Lou says and Oliver nods.

“Thanks, Brenna,” Oliver says and when he turns back to Lou, he notices that he’s drifted away and chatting with an extra.

It looks perfectly innocent, and when Oliver really pays attention, it actually looks like they know each other. Lou’s got that soft smile on his face, which turns mischievous as he says something and the woman laughs, tossing her head back and touching Lou’s arm.

“You’re ridiculous,” she says loud enough for Oliver, and probably everyone, to hear.

This time, Lou laughs and Oliver feels that stupid pang of jealousy that’s only become easier to notice when he realized his feelings.

He very briefly thinks about going over and pulling Lou away for...something...but realizes how ridiculous that would be. Instead, he decides he really needs caffeine. He gives the two one last look and goes to do just that.

He’s just grabbed one of his favorite energy drinks when Lou’s voice sounds from behind him.

“Hey,” he says brightly, his hands back in his--Tommy’s--hoodie pockets. “You disappeared on me.”

Oliver shrugs and tries to look nonchalant. He’s not sure it works. “You looked busy.”

Lou raises an eyebrow, looks a little confused and Oliver curses himself because he’s sure that sounded as jealous as he was trying not to sound.

“She’s fun,” Oliver says. “She’s done a few episodes with us.”

“Alyssa?” Lou says. “Yeah, I’ve seen her around here and SWAT quite a few times. She’s great. What are you drinking?”

Oliver would be startled at the sudden change in topic but he’s getting used to the way Lou’s conversational threads tend to bounce around. It’s often that he’ll pick up a conversation they’d had hours before.

He holds up a can to show and Lou chuckles. “That looks terrible.”

Oliver laughs. “They get the job done and I’ve become really attached. Wanna try?”

“Sure,” Lou says and he takes the can and sips. The resulting grimace on his face makes Oliver laugh again. “Oli, that tastes like blue-raspberry-flavored jet fuel.”

“Had a lot of jet fuel, have you?” Oliver teases.

Lou snorts. “Energy drinks over the years that have tasted like it, sure. I had an addiction to Red Bulls for a while that I think tore up my stomach lining for the rest of my life, and...you don’t care about this.”

“Nah,” Oliver answers sincerely. “It’s funny.”

What the hell, what can he lose?

“You wanna grab some food with me? We’ve got some time.”

There’s that smile, the one that crinkles the corners of Lou’s eyes. “Sure.”

He swears he feels Lou’s hand on his lower back to lead him away, but soon enough, the feeling is gone and he wonders if he’d imagined it.

3. After Access Hollywood

They’re just leaving the studio and walking to Lou’s truck when finally says something.

“Thanks,” he murmurs.

Oliver cocks his head at him. “For what?”

“For diverting that question about my dad,” Lou answers as he unlocks his car. They stop by the side and he shoves his hands into his jeans pockets. Oliver won’t tell him this, but he looks amazing. The white dress shirt and jeans, with the blazer, is a good look.

“Ah,” Oliver says. “Caught that, did you?”

Lou laughs. “Yeah. It wasn’t subtle, but it did the job.”

Oliver shrugs. “Even I could tell you were uncomfortable with the question. You and your dad aren’t close?”

He knows that because he couldn’t resist googling him when the bi-Buck storyline had been proposed but he doesn’t plan to admit that.

Lou seems to know that, though, because he raises an eyebrow, but he looks amused about it, so Oliver only feels a little ridiculous.

“You aren’t close.”

“That puts it lightly,” Lou says with a little scoff. “He’s an asshole. Most people hear my name and get more excited about him than wanting to get to know me.”

Oliver opens his mouth to say something, feeling horrified by the idea, but Lou holds up a hand. “It’s fine. I’m used to it and I’ve learned to, I don’t know, skirt around it, I guess.”

“It’s not fine,” Oliver insists. “That’s really shitty. I’m sorry you have to deal with that.”

Lou looks surprised. “Oh. Thanks.”

“And I don’t give a shit about him,” Oliver continues. “I was just more curious about you, knowing you were going to be my, uh, Buck’s, love interest and all.”

If Lou notices the slip, he’s gracious enough to ignore it. He nods. “That’s fair. But you can just ask me.”

Well. Okay.

He takes a deep breath and, before he can think better of it, blurts out, ���Are you seeing anyone?”

He’s not sure what he was expecting. Lou to laugh it off, or smile and say, ‘Hey yeah, I am’ but he doesn’t. Instead, he leans against the car.

“No,” he says. “I was dating someone last year, but he and I broke up well before I came back to 911.”

“Oh,” Oliver answers, trying to ignore the jealousy that pops up at the mention of Lou dating anyone. “That’s not something you find out by googling you.”

This time, Lou does laugh. “No. Oli, we just talked about what an asshole my dad is. What do you think would happen if his son came out as queer? I always keep it very quiet if I’m dating a guy.”

“Makes sense,” Oliver says honestly.

“Are you?” Lou asks. “Seeing anyone, I mean?”

“No,” Oliver confirms. “Girlfriend and I broke up a while ago. I haven’t really dated men much, one or two when I was younger.”

“That was a long relationship wasn’t it?”

Oliver looks at him appraisingly.

“Hey, you’re not the only one who knows how to use Google,” Lou teases.

Oliver snorts a laugh. “Fair. And yes. But we’d grown apart a long time ago.”

“Hmm. I’m still sorry. I’m sure it was hard.”

Oliver shrugs and changes the subject. “We don’t have to be on set until tonight.”

“No,” Lou says. “We don’t. Want to get some food?”

“Yeah,” Oliver says. Lou seems to hesitate for a moment before he leans forward and places a gentle, sweet kiss on Oliver’s cheek.

“Come on,” Lou says, finally opening the passenger side door for Oliver to climb in. “I know a place.”

“Lead on,” Oliver answers and Lou winks at him as he closes the door.

Oliver breathes and breathes and wonders if these feelings are only going to get more intense.

He supposes he’s about to find out.

4. 8X5

Shooting 8x5 feels weird when they know the breakup is coming in the next episode.

“I know I’m coming back eventually,” Lou says over dinner on his back deck. “But this kind of sucks.”

“I know,” Oliver agrees, reaching down to scratch between Bjorn’s ears. He’s been chasing Bear and Jade around the yard but he’s still a puppy who comes back to the available humans for attention every once in a while. “You’re so cute,” he says to him. “Yes, you are.”

Lou laughs. “Better watch it, he knows how cute he is.”

Oliver nabs a nearby tennis ball and throws it. All three dogs go after it and Oliver sits back in his chair.

“So,” Lou says, looking at his lines. “This episode still seems to be really fun. I want to show how much Tommy cares about Buck...maybe even loves him, even if they haven’t admitted that to each other yet.”

“That sounds good to me,” Oliver says, ignores, once again, that feeling of being jealous of a freaking character he’s playing. They’ve been doing...whatever they’re doing for about five months now and Oliver knows his feelings have, in fact, gotten more intense. They’re at each other’s houses more often than not these days. Sometimes, Lou gets busier with SWAT and they go a few nights without being together, but that means constant texts instead. They haven’t been out of contact with each other since that afternoon in the parking lot after the Access Hollywood interview.

“And Buck gets to be his brattiest,” Lou teases. “That gonna be too much of a stretch for you?”

“Hey!” Oliver says, grabbing one of the leftover rolls from dinner in the bowl on the table and lobbing it at his head. Lou easily dodges it with a laugh. “I’m not a brat!”

“You are,” Lou assures him. “But don’t worry, I like it.”

“Well, I would hope so, after all this time,” Oliver says. “You bring out the brat in me, you know.”

“I absolutely think you’re full of shit. I’ve heard the stories.”

“I don’t have any idea what you’re talking about,” Oliver says primly. “I’m a perfect angel.”

Lou rolls his eyes. “I think you just like to argue.”

“Well, that’s true. It is fun to rile people up. Speaking of which, you’re probably going to get a lot of shit after this one.”

Lou shrugs. “I stopped paying any attention to it. It bugged me at first, but I have my agent handle all that now.”

“That’s good,” Oliver answers. “I know you said you wanted to not address it, but you’ll let me know if you change your mind.”

“Hmm,” Lou says and Oliver knows enough by now to recognize when Lou’s done talking about something, so he lets it go as Lou continues, “So, Buck calls Tommy his boyfriend for the first time on the show.”

“Yes,” Oliver says carefully because it feels awfully pointed. “I’m aware.”

“Just think it’s cool is all, even though we know what’s coming.”

“Yeah,” Oliver agrees. “It is cool.”

Lou stands from his chair and Oliver gives him a blatant once-over. He looks good in a pair of worn jeans and an old USC t-shirt with his feet are bare and a pair of glasses on his nose. He looks cute, actually, and Oliver will always wonder how a guy that looks like Lou does manages to look as cute as he does sometimes.

He comes closer until he can straddle Oliver’s lap in the cushy deck chair. Without even thinking about it, he wraps his arms around Lou’s waist as he drapes his arms on Oliver’s shoulders.

“Don’t think these chairs are built for this,” Oliver teases as he rubs his hands up and down his back.

Lou shrugs. “They’ll be okay. Know what I think?”

“What?”

“I think I haven’t gotten your clothes off in forever.”

Oliver laughs and tugs his glasses off to set them on the table. “Mate, we had sex on the couch an hour ago.”

“Huh,” Lou says, leaning in for a kiss. “Too long maybe.”

“You’re ridiculous,” Oliver murmurs as he moves those kisses down the side of his neck. “Aren’t you old? How could you want to go again already?”

Lou retaliates by pulling the collar of his t-shirt down and biting sharply at his collarbone. “Forty is not old, Oliver. Don’t you remember how we spent that night?

Oliver yelps and Lou laughs against him, the jerk. But he also supposes it’s fair.

“I do, yes. Fine,” Oliver says, as he braces himself and stands. Lou gets with the program quickly and wraps his legs around his waist. “You win.”

“Damn right I do, Jesus Christ,” Lou says as he’s carried inside. Oliver’s grateful that Lou’s got a fully fenced-in backyard because he plans on taking his time for this round and the dogs will be perfectly content.

He all but throws him down on the bed and tries not to be too jealous of Buck and Tommy.

5. 8x6

It happens all the time and it drives Oliver crazy. He used to think Lou noticed it and just didn’t care but after five months of being in a...situation…with him, it’s also pretty probable that Lou is really just oblivious to the attention.

They’ve just finished the breakup scene and they were both right, it did suck. He knew they would both feel a little raw after the emotions of the scene and Oliver would have been happy to drag him off to his trailer to just relax together before Lou had been stopped by another extra, one that Oliver didn’t recognize, shooting a different scene.

“I’m such a fan,” the guy says. “I’ve been watching you on SWAT for years.”

Lou’s smile is sweet and shy and Oliver could swear his heart is in his throat. He knows Lou’s coming back to the show for the big breakup/reconciliation arc, but it’s going to be a while before he does, it keeps getting shuffled around based on a million factors that Oliver has honestly lost track of.

Well, not Lou’s schedule. That affects him pretty regularly, actually.

But they haven’t defined anything yet. Buck and Tommy breaking up feels final to them too and Oliver hates that this guy is getting attention that Oliver wants right now. He’s not above admitting that to himself at least.

“Thank you so much,” Lou is saying softly. The guy lays a hand on Lou’s arm and to Oliver’s pleasant surprise, Lou neatly sidesteps it. “I actually have a tight schedule right now, so if you-”

“Oh wouldn’t you-”

Oliver’s had enough. He shoves his hands in the pockets of Buck’s jeans and goes over. “Hey, Lou, need you.” He looks toward the guy. “Sorry about that.”

The guy holds up his hands. “Sure. No problem.”

He wanders off and Oliver grabs Lou’s hand.

“Thanks,” Lou mutters as he gives the hand a squeeze then lets go. “Normally, it’s really great to talk to people like that but I’m not feeling it this time.”

“I know,” Oliver says, tries not to miss the feeling of his hand. “That was pretty intense. You okay?”

Lou exhales and nods. “Yeah. Sorry.”

Oliver can’t help it, he puts a hand on his shoulder and squeezes. “Don’t apologize. Come with me, we’ll get some sugar in you and share one of those energy drinks you say you hate, but you always steal mine.”

“Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids?” Lou perks up and Oliver laughs.

“If they have them,” Oliver says, but he knows they will. He’s made sure of it.

“Come on,” he urges again, then looks around to make sure that no one is in the vicinity and leans in to say, “Maybe we can go find a quiet corner to make out for a bit.”

Lou laughs. “You’re on.”

+1 8x11

Oliver tugs just a little harder on Tommy’s tank as they round the doorway into the bedroom. Lou falls into him, laughing the whole time and Oliver just barely catches him around the waist before they fall backwards onto the mattress on the floor.

“Cut!” Aisha yells but Oliver barely hears her as he laughs and wraps his arms around Lou’s shoulders. He could swear he feels Lou press a kiss into the side of his neck, but before he can do anything about that, Aisha’s voice is closer.

“Boys, she says, “We’re good for now.”

“Got it,” Lou says, leaning back enough to brace his arms by Oliver’s head and this brings to mind nights with Lou just like this and he has to take a deep breath and remind himself where they are.

To Oliver’s surprise, Aisha turns to the crew hanging around and yells, “Everyone take a break. Meet back here in a half hour.”

Everyone agrees and Lou’s just getting to his feet, reaching a hand to pull Oliver up when she turns to them.

“So,” she says, folding her arms across her chest. She has an amused smile on her face and Oliver gets a sinking feeling in his stomach. “How long has this been going on?”

He looks at Lou. “Um. How long has what been going on?”

Aisha scoffs. “You guys. Come on. I’ve seen you, you know. In little corners. The touches, the looks. You guys think you’ve been so slick, but I hate to break it to you, you’ve been fooling no one.”

“Shit,” Lou mutters.

Oliver agrees. He supposes it’s the end of it now and the idea makes him miserable at the mere thought.

Aisha is watching them patiently and Oliver sighs, looks at Lou, who nods. To Oliver’s great surprise, he snags his hand and intertwines their fingers.

“Yeah,” Lou says. “It’s been going on for almost six months.”

Oh. He wasn’t expecting that, though, to be fair, there’d been no precedent for this. He’d thought Lou would continue to deny and avoid it.

“You guys seem happy,” Aisha says.

“Yeah,” Oliver says. “We are.”

“Good,” Aisha answers. “I’m really glad.”

“Does, uh, everyone know?” Lou asks.

“No,” Aisha says. “I was trying to see if that would get you guys to confess. You have actually been really discreet. Only, I saw you guys kissing after the break-up scene.”

Lou lets out a surprised laugh as Oliver feels his own eyes widen. “You’ve known for that long?”

Aisha shrugs. “I was content to wait until you guys were ready to tell people. But this scene...this whole thing...was very natural. A little too natural, if you get my drift. More people might notice and I wanted to make sure you guys were ready for that.”

“You’re a very good director,” Lou says and Aisha laughs.

“Thanks. But no, this was all you guys. And it was great. We’ll try for a few more takes.”

“That might be a problem,” Lou says and he shoots Oliver a sly look. “Someone ripped the buttons on that shirt.”

“Damn, Oliver,” Aisha says, giving him an impressed look.

“I may have gotten a little to into it,” Oliver admits with an unrepentant shrug.

“We’ve got a little extra time,” Aisha assures them. “I’ll see if I can get someone to fix it enough that it won’t be noticed. Great job. And congratulations.”

“Thanks, Aisha,” Lou says.

“Yeah, thank you,” Oliver agrees.

“I would like to reiterate that we have time,” Aisha stresses. “So, you know, if you want to head to your trailers and talk, well, that would be fine.”

She winks at them and goes to, presumably, find the shirt that was ripped.

Oliver turns to him. “Mine?”

“Yeah,” Lou agrees. It doesn’t take long for them to get there and when they do, Lou follows him in and spins him to rest against the closed door.

The kiss feels like the ones they had while they were Buck and Tommy but this time, it’s absolutely Lou and Oliver, by now altogether familiar and new at the same time.

He grips the back of Lou’s neck and Lou’s hold on his hips is almost bruising. Lou’s normally so careful with him that it’s always a rush when he goes a little rougher.

“So,” Lou says when he breaks away. “Are we telling people now?”

“I was always okay with telling people,” Oliver admits. “I thought you weren’t.”

Lou looks surprised. “I thought you weren’t!”

Oliver thinks about it. “We...uh...never actually talked about it.”

“We...just assumed…” Lou says, tilting his head to the side and biting the inside of his cheek. “So we’re just as dumb as Buck and Tommy.”

Oliver laughs. “Well, I like to think we’re just a little less extreme.”

“Don’t know about that,” Lou says. He leans his forehead on Oliver’s. “Guess I don’t have to be jealous of Buck and Tommy anymore.”

Oliver blinks. “What?”

Lou looks sheepish. “It’s so stupid, but with them, I knew where we were going. It was laid out for me before I agreed to come back. It’s a scripted story. With us, I didn’t know any of that.”

“Oh,” Oliver says.

“I said it was stupid,” Lou says with a smile.

“Maybe it is,” Oliver answers. “But I felt the same way.”

“You did?”

“Mmhmm,” Oliver confirms. “So yeah, maybe we are both idiots.”

Lou leans in for another kiss. “Apparently. Let me borrow a hoodie since you damaged my shirt.”

“God,” Oliver groans. “You are so demanding. Besides, what if I like you like this? In fact, what if I said you should be taking clothes off instead of putting them on?”

Lou’s grin is so sexy and Oliver knows he knows it.

“We do have time,” he says and he wiggles his eyebrows up and down.

And now he’s just a dork. Oliver pushes him away, or attempts to anyway, because Lou just pulls him in tighter. “You are so goddamned ridiculous. Why do I love you?”

Lou freezes and Oliver does too. “Uh…”

“You know,” Lou says tucking his face into Oliver’s neck in a mimicry of how Oliver, as Buck, had done half a dozen times by now for the hookup scene. “That’s an excellent question. See, I love you because you’re hot. Also, very sweet. And the accent is a plus, too of course, tell me more about the British transport system and why you hate it.”

Oliver laughs and laughs and laughs. “Oh my God.”

“You’re kind of a bitch too,” Lou continues, trailing kisses down the side of his neck. “That’s a real turn on.”

“Back at you,” Oliver says reaching for the hem of his tank top. Lou raises his arms so he can tug it off. “I love you because you’re hot and sweet, and totally oblivious, seriously, being in public with you is insane.”

“What are you talking about?” Lou says, looking totally confused.

Oliver cups his face, kisses him again. “Never mind. I’ll fill you in later. Come on, love, pants off. We’re in a time crunch here.”

“And you say I’m demanding. I wanna bottom.”

“Like I’m going to argue, Lou, Jesus,” Oliver says and really he’s good either way, but now that Lou’s brought it up, he’s totally on board.

“Well, that’s a first,” Lou teases and he’s naked in front of him. He helps Oliver out of his clothes too and they’re on the couch, the kisses deep and luxurious and it feels so damn good.

Oliver pinches his stomach and Lou jumps.

“I'll show you argue,” Oliver mutters.

“That doesn’t make sense,” Lou mutters as Oliver works kisses down his chest.

“Babe,” Oliver mutters against the appendectomy scar on his stomach. “Shut up.”

“Fine,” Lou breathes. “But just know that I’m not happy about it.”

“Lies,” Oliver says, then takes him in his mouth.

“God.” Lou just manages to resist the urge to arch his back, always so considerate.

He knows he really, really doesn’t have anything to be jealous of anymore.

And it feels amazing.

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[callmebrycelee]

One thing we don't talk enough about is Chimney's reaction to Buck and Tommy. The man is genuinely excited that his friend and former coworker is with his current coworker slash brother-in-law. This speaks volumes to how he feels about both men, especially Buck. Since season 1, episode 1, the relationship between Buck and Chimney has been very cool older bro completely annoyed by rambunctious little bro. Their relationship has evolved and improved considerably since those early days and minus the rocky moment when Chimney punched Buck, these two have grown very close over the years. Chimney has watched Buck grow up and mature. This is why he is so disappointed by Buck's actions during the basketball game in 7x4. When Buck and Tommy enter his hospital room, both covered in soot, at first he is confused but then you see that smile. It's the smile of someone who is pleased that two people he cares about have found each other and are happy.

[firewasabeast]

I might be deep into conspiracy here but I wonder if Olivers sudden "candidness" in his two recent interviews point to Eddie really leaving for good or something else happening that won´t allow for his usual nudge, nudge wink wink to the Buddies anymore. Bear with me a second:

When one journalist asked him about 7x4 (and basically tried to get him to retcon the whole thing into Buck actually having feelings for Eddie) he said something along the lines of being surprised about the show "going there". Buddies saw ofc bUddiE caNon! in that and others thought the show would dive deep into his abondement issues. I personally thought that maybe they will adress his sexuality and actually define it. BUT now I wonder if what he meant is the show actually spelling it out that there is nothing romantic between Eddie and Buck. That he was surprised that the show is adressing romantic Buddie in universe. I think that because I find it strange that we suddenly also get "Buck probably did not talk to Chris" and "Chris has only one Dad" and on top of all that the "Season 8 is when I stoped caring about fandom/SM"

It could be that there just won´t be a way for "baiting" anymore either because Ryan really leaves the show or they do something that just ends any notion of romantic Buddie.

From your mouth to God’s ears!!! 🙏🏻 🙏🏻 🙏🏻

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Are you checking up on me?

TGW 07x04 Taxed

[lover-of-mine]

Hiii Anna 💕💕💕

I saw your post about Eddie wearing black and it made me think about the locker room scene between Buck and Eddie in season 7. I can’t remember if Eddie is wearing black or just a darker color. What do you think about Eddie’s outfit in that scene?

I’m also thinking about how Eddie was wearing black during the basketball game and potentially (can’t remember off the top of my head) other scenes in 7x4. What do you think about Eddie wearing black when that episode was through bucks point of view? It also makes me think about 2x1 when Eddie is wearing the black tank top in the gym and his black LAFD shirt. What do you think?

As always, love your thoughts and hope you have a lovely day/night! 💕

-❤️🪐

Hi darling! I hope you're having a good day.

The locker room shirt is a darker denim wash, but it is not black.

And well, like I said, the black is used a lot surrounding Buck's queer arc, the basketball, the coming out scene, the gym, even the black jacket over the green shirt at the hangar. So he's been using it a lot lately.

And the black is present around Buddie a lot, the gym in 201, the wanna go for the title, that one gym convo in 404, the 502 convo, the 504 convo, the rain hug. And these are just scenes I can think of the top of my head lol. It's a neutral color, they use it a lot.

But talking about 201 specifically.

There's a lot going on here. Like, we have Buck being insecure as hell and this is pretty much the only scene they try to use Oliver's size to make Buck intimidating. It is framed as to make Buck look bigger than he is, to make how unfazed Eddie is more glaring.

I think the black here is about power. Buck is intimidated and Eddie is this army vet, who's incredibly handsome, competent, kind, and he's offering photography advice, and getting along with everyone. But he's also showing off his muscles, his fighting skills, he did one hell of a save earlier. And he's also not willing to take Buck's bullshit.

I think it helps highlight how Eddie walks in as a probie and fits in in a way that took Buck months to achieve. That even tho Buck is bigger and he's been there longer, Eddie is still getting under his skin. I think it is part of the reason why we never see thatcut of tanktop again. Sure, we see Eddie in tanktops, but they are more fitting, less there to show all his muscles. We're seeing Eddie through Buck's insecurities and that makes Eddie look like that.

I didn't draw this particular connection to the shirt we saw on that video because the type of shirt also matters, a black hoodie has a different connotation than a black suit for instance, does that make sense? Like how Eddie has the army green jacket that has a different use than an army green henley. Especially since we are talking black, a color that can have so many uses, I feel like the type of garment matters.