#thanksgiving running

[alchemistc]

The call comes in just after 2 PM, and Tommy's in the air five minutes later. White male, early thirties, took a tumble off the incline at one of the intermediate hiking points near Griffith Park, the engine can't winch him up without exacerbating his injuries.

It's a quick flight. Nothing remarkable at all, until Hurst has been down on the ground for a few minutes too long and then Tommy's captain is on the radio asking him to hand over the controls to his copilot the moment he lands at Presbyterian.

He's pissed about it the entire length of time it takes for the winch to pull up Hurst and their new passenger - time and a half for a 48 hour stretch isn't anything to scoff at.

And then he hears Hurst rattling off information as the door shuts, and he's desperately trying to remind himself that no amount of outside noise has ever distracted him before.

Evan Buckley, 33, moderate concussion, sprained ankle, three broken fingers, possible broken ribs, pulse is steady but BP is trending high.

Happy fucking Thanksgiving.

---

Tommy's phone rings as they're making the handoff at, and he answers more out of habit than anything else. It's Cap again.

"You can either ride shotgun back and be man behind or I can shift your time and a half somewhere else because you've had a family emergency," Hobbes says, and Tommy would love to have a snappy retort but he's still thinking about the way Buck had come out of it enough to tell Hurst his boyfriend - "ex-boyfriend, sorry" - flies for 217 too. Hobbes clears his throat. "Considering your last family emergency was when I forced you to take a holiday off, I know which one I'd choose."

Tommy blinks. They're almost to the doors.

"I'll see you in a few days, Captain," Tommy murmurs and hauls ass towards the retreating medical team wheeling Buck into the hospital.

---

He'd listened while Hurst and her partner - a loan from 136 he still hasn't actually been introduced to - pumped some pain meds to keep Buck from hurting himself more, but it's still a surprise to see how zonked he looks, pupils wide and eyes glassy as he blinks slow blinks up at the ceiling, the doctors, and Tommy.

Buck tries to tip his head sideways when he catches sight of him, and pulls a face when the C collar impedes the movement. A hand snags out, catches on the seam of Tommy's flight suit, and Tommy can't quite help himself. He reaches out and holds the hand in place.

It's easy to keep pace with the orderly as they leave the elevator, and Tommy knows exactly how many doors he's allowed through before he's got to make his way to the waiting room and figure out where the fuck to go from there.

Buck's face is scraped up good on one side, and the hand not in Tommy's is splinted too much for him to catch the full damage. There's more blood than Tommy can consciously account for in the moment, although most of it looks to be drying. The hand in his squeezes. "S-someone should ca-." He winces. Seems to lose his train of thought. Rolls back around to it right before the final set of doors. "You'll call Tommy?" he asks, a desperation on his face that does something ruinous to Tommy's gut, but the orderly has already slowed down and now she's looking a little like she'll shove Tommy off if he doesn't let go of her patient.

Tommy nods. Squeezes. "I'll call Tommy."

Buck's smile is lopsided and loopy as Tommy lets go of his hand.

"Good," he murmurs, and the doors swing wide and then shut behind him, and Tommy spends a solid five minutes staring at the spot where the red striping in the tile at his feet doesn't quite match up to its neighboring tiles.

---

He's a coward, so he calls Eddie first and puts his foot in it immediately.

"Why was Buck alone on a hike on Thanksgiving?" he asks, before Eddie's even finished his greeting, and he's glad he's stepped outside to make this call. He's not moderating his volume at all.

Eddie pauses. Seems to reboot. "Wait, what?"

Tommy recounts what he knows, which isn't a whole hell of a lot, if he's being honest. "So. When can I expect the cavalry?"

Eddie's silent for a beat too long. "I'm in Texas, Tommy. Is he - is it serious? How bad -?"

"He was conscious. Slightly more than superficial injuries. He'll - recover."

He'll be fine doesn't have the right ring to it, when he's just watched the man wheeled away without even recognizing Tommy.

"He went on a hike? What kind of idiot -?" Eddie asks, and then he's silent for a beat too long. "Tommy, don't take this the wrong way, but if there's even a small part of you telling you to make a break for it, do it now before he has a chance to get his hopes up."

Tommy feels it like the knife it's meant to be. It'd be shutting the door, really - in the short term, he'll remember asking someone to let Tommy know, and he'll assume Tommy didn't show. In the long term he'll remember exactly who he'd spoken to and he'll be pissed enough to make it a clean break.

It hasn't even been a month, and Tommy's out of distractions. No work, no house to clean and reorganize, no engines to tinker with, a phone on half battery.

"I need to call Maddie," he says, and he can hear the echo as Eddie shifts to speaker.

"No need. She's on her way. With like, half the station, apparently." He rattles off what must be a text from the group chat.

Tommy shoves down that familiar ache while Eddie sounds off everyone who is currently in the process of abandoning their holiday dinners to come sit in uncomfortable waiting room chairs and twiddle their thumbs. He should leave. Cut the loose threads, take an Uber home, convince his captain he doesn't need Friday off.

He's silent long enough that Eddie feels the need to check and make sure he's still there. There's an ambulance swinging into the bay thirty feet from where Tommy stands.

"You screwed up," Eddie says, and Tommy grimaces, swallows, ignores the thrum of anxiety pooling in his gut. "Showing up for him now would go a long way towards making a reconciliation viable. If that's something you want."

Tommy doesn't know what the fuck he wants, anymore. He's never allowed himself to have it long enough for it to settle. But he knows how it'd felt to know the first person on Evan's mind in the midst of his pain medication haze was Tommy.

Tommy pulls up the first delivery service app he sees and wonders how big a tip he should give for ordering a dozen coffees an hour before closing time on a national holiday. "You know what everyone's usual coffee order is?"

Eddie adds him to a group chat that's going to drain the rest of his battery before Evan's out of surgery.

>>>Part Two

[kingjasnah]

insane that taravangian had some of my absolute favorite moments in wind and truth. "hey jasnah was it girl power when you used your radiant abilities to straight up MURDER three darkeyed men in the back alleys of my city in book one because a 17 yr old asked you an ethics question you didn't like?" BITCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😭🗣️📢📢📢📢‼️‼️‼️

[acquired-stardust]

The Simpsons: Hit and Run Playsyation 2 2003

[enidtendo64]

the ‘Shauna gets Yolked’ saga

[notbecauseofvictories]

it's so interesting talking to and around my father, because personality-wise we are extremely similar (so much so that sometimes I'll say things, then my mother will go quiet and respond...you know, you sounded just like your father) but I grew up as a woman, and he grew up as a man, and that does that make an appreciable difference.

[an-unrecognizable-face]

so a week ago my friend started a “house counter” where she adds a tally mark to a sheet of paper every time she hears me mention house md, i believe my record is 20 in a school day??

[zsbrainrot]

I’m late but Happy Birthday to Yuri Katsuki!

[cosmicwhoreo]

Alright. Golden chocos morning routine after snuggin up with bold and beautiful.

Put in simple terms~! Calm before the storm

He values his valuables. Especially since most of them are capable of leveling entire islands- So his first order of business is check bloody EVERYTHING. Of course he sets up defense mechanisms that act on their own before napping, but that doesn't really ease his mind any.

[floor-mac-n-cheese]

Happy thanksgiving to all who celebrate have a Funny Valentine in a turkey costume

[padyandmoonfoot]

james and lily and regulus are the type of couple to run 5ks on Thanksgiving (okay, Regulus complained about it, but he ended up winning anyways) (James ignored him for the rest of the day because of it)

[awesomecoyote337]

Happy Thanksgiving Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Fans

Happy Thanksgiving.

I know this might sound corny but I'm thankful for queer representation in Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.

There's canonically queer characters (Gelato & Sorbet, Scarlet Valentine), androgynous characters (Squalo & Tiziano, Dr. Ferdinand, Mrs. Robinson, etc.), both (DIO), or trans characters (Dragona)

They'll never make me hate you, canonically queer Jojo's Bizzare Adventure characters.

[beepborpdoodledorp]

A family doesn’t have to be a man, a woman and a child. Sometimes a family is just two lesbians, one of the lesbian’s eternally tormented estranged brother, a 12-year-old train conductor in constant violation of OSHA protocols, the depressed wine aunt librarian who hasn’t seen the light of day in decades, and a donut with a face

[maestrozaverick]

Happy thanksgiving everyone!

[world-class-curiosity]

ok so usually i’m not like the biggest fan of thanksgiving. like hooray food and stuff but it’s just never been my favorite holiday (also there’s the. Questionable. origins of it but perhaps i am just the friend who’s too woke). however, this year, we are going to a family friend’s house and i am very excited for one very specific reason. our family friend’s daughter has recently taken to calling all people older than her “cringe.”

and i cannot wait to prove her right. i am going to be the cringiest person at that dinner. the minute she calls me cringe, i am going to say “i am cringe, but i am free” and then tell her “skibidi omega rizz” and watch her reality shatter in front of her. as someone who had to deal with the mortifying experience of their mother dabbing in 2016, i know exactly the emotions she will feel and i cannot wait.

[sylveonkawaii289]

🍪🥧🧡Everything Pie Cookie 🍪🥧🧡

Since its November, I figure I had to draw this cute gal! :3