#the buckley siblings deserved better

[menace-behaviour]

Buck: I was put on this earth to do one thing.

Buck: Luckily, I was also given bad birth parents and ADHD, so I forgot what it was and I can do whatever I want.

[fionaswhvre]

I can't believe there are Buck stans out there who hate Maddie for leaving him?? Did y'all never watch the show or do you not understand how abuse works?? Maddie is someone who grew up with parents who were too busy grieving their dead child to love their remaining children. While Buck had his older sister looking out for him, she had no one until she met Doug. Doug was probably really nice to her at first. Maybe he was the first person to show Maddie the kind of love she always wanted. Maybe he was showing Maddie he was protecting her by keeping her away from the rest of the world. Like Eddie, Maddie was always the caretaker. She raised Buck and took care of her grieving mother. So when she found someone who was willing to take care of her, in his own fucked up way, she found herself drawn to him because she had never been shown any better love.

So of course she doesn't want to leave the one person who's willing to love her. That doesn't mean she doesn't love Buck. She loves him like her own son. She gave him her own jeep, essentially cutting off her own means to escape an abusive partner.

She was also a teenager who fell in love with the wrong person. She is not a villain, she is a victim.

[cuddlyreader]

Maddie calling herself “the fugitive” and Buck “the settler”

Maddie: “I’m always running. You’re always..,”

Buck: “Clinging.”

Excuse me while I sob.

[subtlehaz]

I’ve seen people saying that the cheerleader convo with the kid’s dad is a one way ticket to gay Eddie

And while I don’t disagree because it needs to happen and I love how they’re planting enough seeds that even if people don’t get it NOW, they’ll get it when they look back, I have another thought

Eddie said something to the other dad that was like “maybe he’s not reaching out because he’s waiting for you to come” and I’m like. Edmundo Diaz do you hear yourself. Go pick up your teenager baby right tf now. He does not need space he needs his dad.

[lily-blue-blue-lily]

evan buckley i love you such a normal amount

[mvltisstuff]

hi!! could you possibly do a one-shot with evan buckley where reader is having a horrible time and asks to come over but once they do they attempt to undress buck and have (ya know) with him but he realizes like right after his shirt was taken off that reader is trembling and shaking.

maybe it’s because of a fight with their sibling or something but it ends with him just holding them until they fall asleep and he’s all like “i’m gonna marry them.”

OFC you can take this into a whole different route!! thank you so much in advance!

in for it - e.b

summary: when y/n gets hot, and especially bothered, buck has to figure out why.

evan buckley x reader

a/n: hi!! again, so sorry for how delayed this is, but i hope its still enjoyed for those willing to read :))

buck and y/n had been texting all day, shooting each other suggestive messages and flirty little remarks. buck knew he was in for a treat when he got home, considering all of the bold things his girl had said to him throughout his shift.

however, that was not the case. when he returned home, he called out for y/n, but got no response. he got slightly worried, but y/n's a big girl, she knows what she's doing. he placed his bags down by the front door and pulled out his phone.

Hey, just got home. Everything good?

Yeah. I'm on my way home

he obviously believed her, he has no reason to not trust her. so, he took a beer out of the fridge and went to go sit on the couch and wait for her.

when he heard the doorknob twist, he got a familiar feeling of excitement he always knew when y/n would come home. he heard her kick her shoes off and throw her bag down. it sounded louder than normal, so she must've been really excited to come home to him.

when she came over, she threw her jacket on one of the chairs, leaving her in jeans and a white tank top. she looked as beautiful as always, never needing to dress up for buck because anything she wore was pure fashion in his eyes.

"hey, sexy," buck flirted as she walked over to him. she instantly grabbed his face, pulling his lips onto hers. he could smell the wine on her breath and the taste of it on her tongue. her hands wandered around his neck, slightly gripping onto it. he could feel her racing heart against his own chest, almost faster than he has ever felt it. "how were things at joes?"

her fingers quickly ran down to the hem of his t-shirt, tucking underneath and starting to pull it up. right before the fabric covered his eyes, he took note of y/n's red eyes and furrowed brows with her jaw tight. "fuck him." she spat out after his face was out. he looked her directly in the eyes as her hands continued to wander down to his crotch.

her fingers twitched against his belt as she struggled to unbuckle it, and her breath became more hitched. her face had not changed expression, like she only wanted to get this over with. when she would take her hands away, the only thing buck could notice was her shaking.

'wait, wait-" buck starts. "slow down for a sec."

"are you not hard?"

"well, i was, because im always hard with you, but not anymore. i can't be when you're so visibly upset."

"i'm not upset," she murmurs under her breath, down on her knees in front of him.

"and im not blind, baby," he grabs onto her side and pulls her onto his lap. "tell me whats wrong."

"he acts like i owe him everything. he acts like i do nothing for our parents and he doesn't even want me as his sister. why do i always have to make everyone happy?"

"but you need to be happy first."

"he doesn't care."

"is that an explanation for why you tried to suck me off while being so pissed?"

"i thought i'd start with making you happy," she tells. "and you love blowjobs."

buck chuckles while running a hand down her back. "but you make me the happiest. and he's a douche. you deserve more as a sister and a daughter."

y/n grins at him, her body starting to calm down against his. "thank you. you make me happy, too."

"of course, angel," buck leans back to get a better look at the beautiful girl on his lap. "we can keep going if you want, but you look tired."

"i am, but i want you to be satisfied."

"i will be fully satisfied taking you upstairs, getting changed, pouring us more wine, and laying with you all night."

"are you sure?"

"i will spend the rest of my life assuring you that that is all i ever need from you."

she places a more gently hand on his cheek, pecking him on the lips and pulling away with a smile. "i love you."

"i love you, too." he taps her hip with his finger. "now, go put on our show and change, and ill go get the pinot gris."

[bidisasterevankinard]

Buckley siblings hc: Maddie took Buck to Daniel fav ice cream cafe on Dan's birthdays every year, making Buck promise to never tell their parents where they were. She called it "siblings day". Every year she was trying to find courage to tell Buck the truth, but never could because she knew he brother deserved better. So she ate her ice cream, silently begging both Buck and Daniel forgave her for not being brave enough and swallowing pain to smile and joke with Buck, wishing it was three of them here

[steddieunderdogfics]

For Monday’s Work in Progress theme rec:

kneeling at the altar of your love by habsolutely

https://archiveofourown.org/works/42795300/chapters/107504715

kneeling at the altar of your love by habsolutely

Rating: Not Rated

9,598 words, 6/13 chapters

Archive Warning: No Warnings

Tags: Courting Rituals, Alternate Universe - BDSM, arranged collaring, but not really, Kneeling, Rich Eddie Munson, Eddie Munson Lives, Eddie Munson is a Sweetheart, Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart, Steve Harrington Needs a Hug, Eddie Munson Needs a Hug, Bisexual Steve Harrington, Gay Eddie Munson, Slow Burn, Kink Negotiation, Praise Kink, Mutual Pining, Light Angst, Developing Relationship, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Vecna is Defeated (Stranger Things), BAMF Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Protective Lucas Sinclair, Protective Dustin Henderson, Eleven | Jane Hopper Goes by Eleven or El, Siblings Will Byers & Eleven | Jane Hopper, Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington Friendship, Past Steve Harrington/Nancy Wheeler, Minor Jonathan Byers/Nancy Wheeler

Summary:

“You better not be fucking with me, Eddie, not about this. It’s my whole life on the line here. No sane Dom is going to want a Sub that looks like me, covered in scars neck-down. Even with the Harrington name, I’m fucked and we both know it.” (Or, Steve's family are traditionalist who want to get the most out of their disappointing Submissive son. Luckily Eddie has some tricks (and old money) up his sleeve.)

Thanks for the rec!

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[try-set-me-on-fire]

brick. sincerely. i need you to stop. for my own safety and sanity. please 🙏

:)

Later, Bobby will feel a little guilty for being the one who was there. It was complete chance, an entirely accidental set of circumstances. Maddie, it should have been Maddie here, or at least Maddie here too, but Chimney got caught in traffic ferrying Jee-Yun to Mrs. Lee’s before his shift started so he’d had to apologetically hand her off to Maddie at the hospital so she could finish that journey and he could go straight to the station. Hen and Athena were both at work already. The Buckley parents were off somewhere, doing something. Last they’d talked they had complained of the discomfort of waiting room chairs that Bobby had politely sat in for the better part of the last week. Eddie might have been in the hospital or might have been at home with Chris, Bobby never thought to ask afterwards. Not too far, never too far, the palpable desperation of his want to be close to Buck driving him away from the man’s side just as much as it kept him close.

So it’s just Bobby in the room, alone there for no more than 20 minutes when Buck’s eyes start moving behind their lids again. It’s happened fairly frequently over the past 24 hours since they’d taken him off the ventilator, and they’d all tried to learn not to get excited about it and failed every time. Bobby holds his breath as he watches Buck keep taking his own, following the flick back and forth of movement.

He just doesn’t think he has any more claim to Buck than any of the rest of them. He doesn’t deserve to be here more than Hen and Chimney, his siblings by choice, or Maddie, his sister by choice and blood and time and hard work. He doesn’t deserve to be here more than Eddie does, Eddie should be here, Bobby knows his heart would unbreak, seal right back up to see Buck wake again. Christopher, even, the child Buck is helping raise and is so good at doing so, should get to be in this chair at his side. It’s not fair that he - captain and sometimes friend and father only in an abstract, unspoken way that Bobby doesn’t much believe he’s done enough to earn - is the only one present when Buck’s eyes finally, finally flutter open. Bobby had forgotten, somehow, how blue they were, even this tiny peek of them.

“Nurse!”

He’s surprised his voice doesn’t crack more than it does as he calls out, but then he’s not thinking about it at all because Buck’s open eyes drift towards the sound, and Buck is looking right at him.

“Buck- Buck, hey, kid, can you hear me?” His voice shakes and so do his hands as they reach and hover over Buck’s chest and face.

Buck stares blankly at first, blinking slowly, and then his nose wrinkles in such a familiar way that it almost chokes Bobby from the inside. “B…”

“Yeah, yeah, hey, I’m right here-“

Buck blinks again, and Bobby thinks someone should turn the lights off for him, and he vaguely notices that hospital staff are rushing into the room, but then Buck’s eyes are widening and his arm is moving - moving! - and Bobby is catching his hand and Buck’s fingers are curling around his own. “Bobby,” he says, voice raspy and a little slurred and maybe the most beautiful thing Bobby has ever heard.

“Y- yeah, kid, I’m here.” He rests his free hand against Buck’s face and Buck leans into his palm, and tears well up immediately at the small amount of pressure.

Buck searches his face with a frown and Bobby wishes he knew what he was looking for so he could give it to him and smooth over the slant in his eyebrows. “You… you’re okay?”

“Yeah, kid, I’m okay, I’m right here, I’m okay.” Bobby runs a thumb over Buck’s birthmark, squeezes his hand. “It’s okay, you’re awake, your eyes are open-” he has to stop to laugh, it bubbles right up out of him even as the tears spill over. “Your eyes are open. You’re here with me, you’re awake,” he laughs again, choked up with it, and leans his forehead down to rest against Buck’s. Guilt will come later. For now everything is okay, because Evan Buckley died last week and is now nodding against him, breathing on his own, holding his hand, awake, awake, awake.

[undreaming-fanfiction]

My lovely readers, I swear I'm not dead. My work has been crazy and I had almost a month of health complications. Plus I'm working on my Big Bang fic! Some of you will be very happy about that one...

But now, some AU ideas.

Pantheon of gods isn't really set. Sure, you have functions of gods like the god of the dead, of the sun and so on, but the given god isn't a single entity. Instead, it's reminescent of a jury duty. You get your notification and get transported to your godly domain. For the time being. Could be a year, could be ten. And if you think you're not qualified? You're wrong.

Former bully Steve who withdrew from everyone following his fall from grace becomes a god of mending relationships. He stands in front of arguing couples, broken families and estranged siblings, hands on hips, perfecting his no bullshit policy. "I don't care if Aunt Nellie stole your grandmother's silverware, Ethel. Silverware is stupid. But what is even stupider than silverware is sulking about it for decades even after her children returned those stupid forks and spoons. Now, repeat after me: I will go to my niece's birthday party and I won't act like a bigoted cunt there. Oh, you take issue with my language? Well, I take issue with your attitude, Ethel."

Eddie, who considers himself a coward, becomes the god of unexpected courage. He appears in the time of highest need and usually panics way more than the person he's supposed to help. "Uh. Oh fuck. Shit. So...this isn't great, but you can do it. I think. Look, public speaking is a bitch, but guess what? If you don't go up there and say what exactly is wrong with this school, it will be another jock praising the local equality and friendly spirit and all the crap you know isn't true. So you know what? Fuck them! Go up there and tell them that the bullying isn't gone, they're just hiding it better, and watch how the smiles drain from their faces. Make them pay, now go go go!"

It all goes fairly well until they are both sent to Nancy Wheeler and Robin Buckley. Eddie is working his ass off to give Robin courage to confront Nancy about avoiding her after she let it slip she's a lesbian. In the meantime, Steve's chewing Nancy out for being spineless in her relationships and "I don't care if you have a sexuality crisis, Nance, Robin doesn't deserve this behavior from you and if you don't go to her house and tell her you're sorry for making her feel like you hated her for her sexuality, maybe kiss her in the process, I don't care, I'll do something drastic. Just watch me."

And maybe Steve and Eddie make the two girls realize there isn't a problem, that they actually like each other a lot. Maybe they go for a drink to celebrate the job well done. And maybe, after they get released from their godly duties, they find each other in the real world and use some of those negotiation skills and courage to find someone to share their life with.

[inkinmyheartandonthepage]

WIP WEDNESDAY

Here's a little snippet of one of the WIP's I have going on! A little bit of Buckley angst with some buddie thrown in ;)

“Just in time Buckaroo,” Chimney grinned as he helped himself to a burger patty.

“For what?” Buck asked, looking around the group with a confused smile as he gripped his plate in one hand. He placed his beer on the table, wiping his palm on his jeans.

“To tell us how you celebrated your 21st,” May said, grinning at Buck.

“An age-appropriate version,” Athena added, eyes narrowing at Buck in warning. “If you don’t mind.”

Buck ducked his head, letting out a chuckle.

“I’m guessing strip joint,” Chimney said, grunting when Maddie elbowed him in the stomach.

“Don’t be gross,” Maddie said. Then she looked to Buck. “Please tell me you didn’t spend it in a strip club.”

“Wait – you weren’t there for his 21st?” Karen asked, looking between the siblings.

“Ah, no,” Buck said, scratching the back of his neck, glancing at Maddie.

Maddie’s smile had dropped from her face, and she pressed her cheek against Jee-Yun’s as she blinked sadly at Buck.

Eddie bit back the retort that bubbled up in his throat by downing another mouthful of beer. He was sure that if he ever met the Buckley’s in person again, he would not be able to hold back his anger towards them and the way they had treated Buck. He deserved better than them.

“Sorry,” Karen winced, understanding that she had touched on a sensitive subject. She shifted closer to Hen, leaning into her side.

“It’s fine,” Buck said, shaking his head at her apology. “And no, I didn’t spend my 21st in a strip club.”

“Let me guess,” Hen said, a teasing smile on her lips as she pushed the conversation through the awkward moment. “A big bash in a bar! With all your friends.”

“Yes!” Chimney said eagerly. “And I’m guessing that is where you did your first body shot.”

“Uh, yeah,” Buck said through a smile. “Something like that.”

“Dad,” Christopher called out across the yard. “Dad! I spilt sauce on me.”

Eddie clapped Buck on the shoulder, handing off his plate into Buck’s free hand. “Duty calls.”

When Eddie had Christopher semi-clean (and he wasn’t sure how he was going to get that sauce stain out but that was a future-Eddie problem) the conversation had moved away from 21st birthdays and into the latest drama that was unfolding at Karen’s job.

[piedpipercalls]

Steddie | Rating: M | WC: 15.3k wip | CW: None | Tags: Pre-Relationship, Falling In Love, Recreational Drug Use, long philosophical talks, Steve Harrington & Maxine "Max" Mayfield Have a Sibling Relationship, Robin Buckley and Steve Harrington Share a Brain Cell, Gay Eddie Munson, Steve Harrington is a Sweetheart, there is more than one bed but they share one anyway, Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Codependent Robin Buckley & Steve Harrington, like cats who can only be adopted together, Bisexual Steve Harrington, but he is still figuring that out, a good old fashioned steddie fic, also a character study in how steve cares for the party, Disabled Eddie Munson, Disabled Maxine "Max" Mayfield, Disabled Steve Harrington, 99 percent cannon compliant, with the only exception being that Eddie survived the events of season 4

Excerpt:

"I promised Lucas we could go on a date after the Vecna thing, and I’ve been putting it off. He wanted to see a movie tonight and must have blabbed to the Hellfire guys. I’m still not sure I’m even going.”

Steve took one of the crispier fries since she preferred the soft ones. “You still aren’t sure you want to date him? Is he still in the doghouse?”

“Oh, he’s earned the date. As much as I hate to admit it, he’s been great during all of this. Super patient and perfect. It’s disgusting.”

This earned a laugh from Steve, “So what’s the problem?”

She ate a few more fries, glaring so hard that he thought she might be trying to disintegrate the table or something. Finally, she sighed, grabbed one of the longer fries, and tore it into smaller and smaller pieces, piling them on the napkin in front of her. “It doesn’t seem fair.”

Steve frowned. Okay, now he was lost. “What? It isn’t fair that he’s nice?”

“It isn’t fair to him. I was a total jerk. I kept pushing him away and blowing him off. Before Vecna, before Billy even. I kept blaming him for all of the trouble in our relationship. I broke up with him like seven times, Steve. He deserves better than that.”

[911angstinautumn]

You always was a ghost around me (I want to keep you in our memory)

By: @disasterbuckdiaz

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Relationships: Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Evan "Buck" Buckley & Evan "Buck" Buckley's Parents, Daniel Buckley & Evan "Buck" Buckley

Characters: Evan "Buck" BuckleyEddie Diaz, mentioned buckley parents - Character, Mentioned Maddie Buckley - Character, Mentioned Daniel Buckley - Character

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, The Buckley Siblings Have Bad Parents, Maddie and Buck and Daniel deserve better, Grief/Mourning, Also cake might be involved in process of dealing with trauma, this fic is about Buck dealing with Danie's death and Eddie being supportive boyfriend, Supportive Eddie Diaz, i think i should use it cause Eddue supports Buck here, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, well maibe not cause it's after 6s au so, Established Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Future Fic, after 6s

Summary: Tears were streaming down his face without his control, and Buck let them. He allowed himself this moment to break like a year ago when he first realized why this day every year in his family was such a way it was. Why did Buck always feel empty and sad, why did he hear how Maddie and mother and even father cried. Why his parents were especially absent on that day.

The answer is: that day is forever recorded as Daniel's birthday, but he had too little of them.

He cried and cried until the candles were about half the size, then Buck blew them out, but before doing that, he looked up and said.

“I’m sorry. I'm so sorry. You should have more time. We should have more time. I wish I could help you, big brother.”

Or, for three years Buck deals with grief of loosing Daniel alone at Daniel's birthday, and fourth time he is not alone anymore.

[rigginsstreet]

the physical resemblance between billy and robin is too strong to be ignored so au where neil keeps sneaking out at odd hours and max comes to billy like “i think your dad is cheating on my mom” and billys like “eh i dont know...” and makes lays out all the ‘evidence’ she has which is really nothing, and billys trying to convince her that neil leaving susan would be a good thing, for susan and maxs sake, but max still wont let it go, so it ends up with max dragging billy on stakeouts with her. following neil around, which is dangerous as shit but max is a dog with a bone and wont let it go, so billy figures she’d be doing this anyway and its better to have him around in case neil catches her, so.

eventually they end up outside a house, which max recognizes at robins, and shes like “neils having an affair with robins mom?!” and billy... he’s familiar with adults having The Audacity™ but even he has to admit mrs buckley having an affair in her own house is... a lot. bold, to say the least.

max wants to go confront him right then and there and billys like no thats stupid we’ll figure something else out.

his version of figuring things out is running to robin the next time he sees her to be like ‘yo your moms fucking my dad just thought you should know” and robins like “what the goddamn hell are you talking about ???”

billy explains what he and max saw and robins like “wait neils your dad?!”

so basically neil and robins mom hooked up years ago while neil was in hawkins visiting family or on a business trip, whatever. didnt know he knocked her up. robins mom ending up meeting mr buckley after robin was born but still too young to really know better so robin just took his last name and he was always dad. but with neil living in town now robins mom decided to reach out and have them meet because its a small town, their paths were bound to cross, and robin deserves to know who her bio dad is. and neil never offered up his last name because he knew it would get back to billy and hes trying to avoid a whole scandal. the buckleys dont know what a menace neil is. robin knows billys dad is an ass...but again, she doesnt know neil and billys dad are one in the same.

cue robin saying how nice neil has been to her and billy having a whole crisis because why doesnt he get that version of neil? but he knows why... he doesnt want to burst robins bubble but the whole nice guy act is just a show and if robin sticks around long enough she’ll see his true colors.

AND on top of all this billy and robin have to confront being siblings and dropping this bomb on poor steve lmao whos honestly ecstatic. his boyfriend and his bestie are siblings? feels very convenient for him. until they start pulling the “dont fuck with my brother/sister!” card on him ... and then steves having less fun. max is excited to have robin as a sister now, though. because theyve decided even if theyre not blood related its close enough and no, billy, they dont care what you have to say about it.

[ravens-words]

••••• 《 Timeless 》 •••••

Fics [>2k]

Everybody Knows [14.8k]

The five times someone assumed they're together, and Eddie had to correct them, and the one time it happened and he didn't have to.

to watch you fall [12.9k]

Buddie through Maddie's eyes.

to live for the hope of it all [6.1k]

The team faces the possibility of losing Buck, and it forces Eddie to confront the feelings he has for Buck.

Java Blues [5.5k]

Bobby doesn't share his coffee with anyone. Ever. (Unless it's Buck.)

Or, eight times Buck drank Bobby’s coffee, and the one time Bobby made it for him.

I'll be loving you for quite some time [5.7k]

Five times Buck and Eddie needed an excuse to share the bed, and the one time they didn't.

In Your Arms [4.9k]

Hurt!Buck, Caring!Eddie and love confessions

i will write the stars for you [4.1k]

Emotional Hurt/Comfort. Christopher is an angel. Eddie's in love. Also, a little Firefam love.

You're in my heart like an Infection [3.8k]

Hurt Buck (Appendicitis). Idiots in love. Getting together.

nothing safe is worth the drive [3k]

Eddie, not for the first time, wondered what he'd done to deserve Buck in his life.

Getting together, Chris and Buck cuteness.

Lavender Haze [2.3k]

They go to an ice rink. Buck makes a fool of himself, and they finally kiss.

Ficlets [1_2k]

N/A

Drabbles [<1k]

N/A

•••••••• 《AUs》 ••••••••

Fics [>2k]

Zombie AU

Ficlets [1_2k]

Trouble [1.1k]

Eddie has a sexuality crisis less than five minutes after meeting Buck.

Drabbles [<1k]

N/A

•• 《Episode Related》 ••

Fics [>2k]

I'll hold you longer than forever [2.4k]

"God forbid you make this easy on me, huh?" The beeping of the heart monitor is his only answer. Eddie sighs, takes Buck's hand in his, and squeezes it. He knows he should talk to him, let him know he's there, but words escape him every time he tries. So, he watches the mechanical rise and fall of his chest instead, watches his face for an indication that he's waking up, even though he knows he won't find it. He watches, and he waits.

Post 6.10. Eddie POV. Getting together.

Stuck In Love [2.1k]

So," Eddie started, feigning casual as they waited for the elevator to reach their floor, "you broke up with Taylor."

Buck and Eddie are trapped in an elevator.

A Box Full of Memories [3k]

Buck doesn't care about his birthday.

Eddie is determined to change that.

Ft. Buckley Siblings Love (and a certain baby box) , Pining Eddie, and fire fam feels.

you were not made to be loved in parts [2.6k]

Post 4.05. Buddie.

Buck recieves the comfort he deserves.

help me remember to forget [2.2k]

"I keep telling myself that, but it won't. It never gets better; it just keeps getting worse." "It won't always be that way, kid. I promise."   Buck and Bobby comfort. Buddie ft. Bobby Knows TM.

heaven can't help me now [11.7k]

You can't keep a secret forever, Maddie figures that out the hard way.  (4.04-05)

Wait For Me to Come Home [5.2k]

Eddie is hurt in the street fight, and Lena calls Buck to take him home.

Couldn't see it coming, love [10k]

A look into what happened before, during and after the tsunami.

Ficlets [1_2k]

workin' on empty [1.8k]

He chocked on his next breath, his limbs went weak with relief. The relief was short lived, however, when he managed to get a good look at the situation they were in. Buck was kneeling, hands behind his head, and a gash on his head. His eyelids were drooping, and he was swaying slightly.

5.06 Speculation fic.

Drabbles [<1k]

Distance [627]

Eddie takes Christopher to see Buck.

Post 5.06

•••• 《Crossovers》 ••••

I could lie to you all my days (but you're the one) [10.5k]

Buddie and Tarlos. Buddie get together, Tarlos help out along the way.

[eddiediaaz]

Todays episode was such a bummer. No Eddie in buck's dream. Like I understand if the writers don't want pair them romantically but no one in their right mind can deny the importance of Eddie in buck's life. There were no logical reasons why Eddie wouldn't be in buck's dream. The writers aren't even trying to be subtle about it.

And I don't understand what is this obsession with forgiving asshole parents in Movies and TV shows. I hated how Albert tried to force a reconciliation between chimney and his father. And I hated even more how Mrs. Han tried to portray Chimney as prideful for not forgiving Mr. Han.

i have to admit, this was my first initial reaction to the lack of eddie in buck's coma dream. i get it. it's a normal surface level reaction, i think. with all the specs and clownery (affectionate) all of us do on tumblr before an episode airs, it's easy to expect something and then be disappointed when we don't get it. but!!! after some time, after some analyzing, after reading some people's takes, i have a more nuanced opinion now. sure, i would have absolutely loved to see eddie in this weird dream buck's mind cooked up, but i think what we got spoke volume. just the fact that the first two things that made him go there's something wrong here were eddie having his back, and then christopher in the tsunami? Choices Were Made. now. i'm not great at writing long and beautiful meta, i think other people have done it better than i ever could. i particularly love these posts:

this great in depth buddie meta

buck facing his childhood trauma

eddie does not fit in the parental or sibling love boxes

as for the parents storylines (the buckleys and hans)... yeah okay. i agree. i know that for some people forgiveness is important, or forgiveness is something that they need so they can move forward and not be stuck in the past. i understand that, i respect it. but i also believe that there's also a good story in not forgiving someone who has wronged you (and i don't feel like the buckleys or hans deserve their forgiveness tbh). i wish they would have gone down that path for at least one of them. i also feel like it's rushed, especially for chim and his father. i thought the reason why chim's father abandonned him was so surface level. he was too prideful? really? i mean i get what they're trying to do, but we need to see more. i really really hope we see more of it, there's much more to tell here. i absolutely love the eddie and ramon storyline, as well as the hen and toni arc. these characters had more in depth conversations, it felt more genuine and real to me, and, ultimately, not rushed. i for sure disagreed when buck said "i know you did your best" to his parents, because that is simply not the truth. but i also think it made sense for his character. buck loves people, he wants to be loved, and he wants a family so bad. so while i was disapointed to see where it's going with the buckleys, i'm not surprised. who knows, maybe there will be more!

i absolutely think this episode was about buck and his self worth, about buck and his relationship with parental figures. it wasn't about buddie at all and that's okay. i personally really enjoyed the episode, despite my initial reaction to the lack of eddie. it's for sure in my top faves, i thought it was absolutely brilliant. all the easter eggs and nods and the editing and camera work and just. i loved it!