#the conflict is between chimney and buck

[johanna-swann]

I'm still so disappointed with 911. Like yes, seaon 7 was messy, but the opening disaster was great and they got a few really interesting storylines rolling despite the very difficult circumstances.

But then they got renewed really early. The conditions were lining up perfectly, everything was falling into place. And yet season 8(a) is so much worse than season 7. Just look at where we left the characters in season 7 and where they are now.

Hen (and by extension Karen) was stuck with the custody battle storyline again, but for the first time there was an antagonist involved who had not only a personal vendetta but also the power to exact her revenge on a big scale while at the same time the very same conflict also had the potential to drive a huge wedge between Hen and Chim while they try to work out their weird patchwork situation.

But all of that got resolved in a single episode that also somehow had to fit random calls, Eddie's C-plot, their weird obsession with Hotshots and whatever Bobby and Gerrard had going on. And then this very personal vendetta between Hen and Ortiz wasn't even ended by them. It wasn't Ortiz giving up / forgiving Hen or Hen defeating Ortiz fair and square, no. Bobby and Gerrard who have never even had a scene with Mara got to safe the day. And then neither Ortiz nor this storyline ever get mentioned again.

Bobby lost his job, had a major health crisis, was borderline suicidal and lost his house last season.

Then we meet him in season 8 and he's just okay, mentally and physically, he gets his job back very conveniently automatically in one swoop together with Ortiz being dealt with. The rebuilding of the house is mentioned in one episode and never again.

Athena was really worried about Bobby by the end of season 7, her son moved back in with her after having spend the last couple of years at his dad's, she also lost her home and she once again went rogue as a cop.

In season 8 she's no longer worried about Bobby, everything is okay, there are no consequences for her actions job-wise, as I said the house thing isn't really talked about and Harry? Nobody knows what happened to him.

Eddie had the whole Shannon-Marisol-Kim thing blow up in his face with huge consequences. I expected him to go back to therapy, to maybe argue with his parents, to talk to Buck or Hen about losing Christopher like this, to maybe spiral a little and finally unpack the Shannon trauma.

Instead he mentions every now and then how his son is in El Paso right now, but doesn't really get into it, he lives his everyday life as per usual, doesn't seem particularly down or stressed tbh, he doesn't go to therapy, he doesn't talk about Shannon, he doesn't talk to his parents outside of one small exposition scene in 8x01, doesn't try to talk to Christopher about what happened. Instead he talks to a priest once which has the amazing effect that he dances in his house in his underwear once. I'm sure that fixed him. Oh, also he may be uprooting his life again without talking to anyone about it. Okay.

Are Chimney and Maddie even still main characters at this point? Sure, they have a lot of screentime and they had their wedding episode last season. They also temporarily took in Mara.

But despite fostering Mara, they had nothing at all to do with the little Ortiz related drama we got. They were just. There. In the background of a few scenes. I guess. We also don't see them adjusting to being married now or talk about what the future might hold for them now. They just accidentally got pregnant AGAIN and didn't really talk about the risks and implications and so on here either. It was brought up very briefly, but there was so much potential for actual discussion there instead of a one-off conversation.

Buck's the only one whose season 7 storyline really got picked up again a little. He discovered he's not straight and got himself a boyfriend last season.

They (briefly) showed us how that relationship continued - and then very abruptly ended in a very strange way. But once again they didn't pick up the queer topic. They treated Tommy like they would any other love interest which would be fine if Buck's sexuality was already established. But as a matter of fact it is not. Buck only recently discovered he's queer and we haven't seen any of the stuff that usually comes with the package. Are the Buckley parents okay with this? Has Buck chosen a label? Did he and Hen ever share a moment of solidarity? Was dating another man all of the sudden a big adjustment?

I fell in love with 911 because they had great characters, but right now the show is doing fuck all with those characters. They're all running in circles and even worse maybe, the characters feel less connected to each other than ever. Like. I'll keep up with the show via tumblr osmosis, but the show didn't deliver on a single thing in 8a. They literally did nothing right.

[bekolxeram]

I'm late to the party I know, but I need to learn how to make gifs first. I actually find the Bucktommy dinner scene a bit awkward, but not because they "lack chemistry" or the "flirting is problematic". It's not supposed to be just a cute bonus scene, it's engineered to stuff as much information as possible into mere 55 seconds. Here is my read on it:

The good old always at the hospital joke, probably just Tommy trying to lighten the mood after such a hectic day for the 118, but mainly a set up for the next part.

Buck does not see the humor in it, he seems upset.

Tommy has apparently gotten to know Buck enough at the stage to immediately clock it, and under all the dark humor and sarcasm, he does actually care about Buck's feelings.

The scene of Buck and Eddie in the hospital room with Bobby ends up on the cutting room floor, we've only got that one shot of teary eyed Buck when he breaks the news to Eddie at his house, so this is the first time in the episode Buck gets to express his fear of losing Bobby, his father figure.

And here we are, controversial moment number 1. There isn't much context attached to this line, so viewers interpret it differently. I'm in the minority camp that thinks Tommy is being serious here, Lou's delivery makes it seem like Tommy says this out of concern. I believe it's a call back to this line from the medal ceremony:

Here Buck is talking about Phillip the same way Tommy and Chimney (possibly Hen too) talk about Gerrard: like he's dead. Tommy is probably wondering if Phillip is another Gerrard situation, and he invites Buck to talk about it if he wishes to.

Buck gives a humorous but one word answer, so Tommy gets that he doesn't want to get too deep into it.

From this line on, it's a set up for the Gerrard reign of terror in S8. Tommy reiterates the jealousy he mentioned in 7x04, that he wants to become a part of the 118 family, which he only had a little taste of before he left to become a pilot.

Tommy backstory crumb. Buck and Phillip at least see each other at family functions, Tommy doesn't have a relationship with his dad at all. Judging by the medal ceremony, he doesn't seem to have any family left.

It confirms Gerrard as the anti-Christ anti-Bobby. Buck becomes the person he is because of Bobby, while Tommy behaved the way he did in the 3 begin episodes because of Gerrard. It acknowledges Tommy's toxic ways back in the days, but as we can see by the time Bobby became captain of the 118, Tommy was already on friendly terms with Chimney and Hen, we might have a chance to see the transformation in between next season. I've heard that season 7 is supposed to be a soft relaunch of the entire series, so maybe Gerrard is a good plot device to make new viewers understand the positive influence Bobby has on the firefam.

Classic deadpan humor from Tommy, Buck gets the message that he wants to keep the conversation lighthearted.

Now Buck has the power to decide which direction he's leading the conversation into, and he gives us controversial moment number 2, he brings up daddy issues and makes it horny. Look at his smirky face, he's definitely not trying to have a serious chat about father complex. He's the one who starts flirting, not Tommy, and it shows us unlike the nervous fumbling at the beginning of their relationship, Buck is now comfortable enough to initiate flirting.

Tommy can't say no to that face, so he flirts back, but it can also be interpreted as him being in denial of his obvious daddy issues. More conflict and angst for S8?

More flirting. Boy's got rizz towards all genders. He basically admits he might have "daddy issues" in a sexual connotation.

Now comes THE controversial moment of the scene, if not the episode. I've seen people online bashing Tommy for "making it sexual" (Buck did), "interrupting a meaningful conversation to satisfy his daddy kink" (no one is actually talking about any kink), or even "exploiting Buck's trauma to put him in an inferior role in a dom/sub relationship" (What? That's not what d/s is about).

I raise you the point that the word "daddy" is no longer some kind of kink exclusive lingo. This word has entered the popular zeitgeist the last couple years, and now it basically just means a sexy older man. I bet the daddy kink thing doesn't even cross the mind of most of the GA, they just take it as Tommy hoping Buck find this older man sexy. I think we might have collectively read too many smutty fanfics, that's why we all immediately jumped to the very extreme of the kinkiness spectrum when it comes to this scene.

Conclusion, the dialog in this scene may not sound natural, but that's not the point. This scene is in fact, an infodump. Kudos to the actors for making it cute.

[peppermintquartz]

I'm feeling bitchily critical today so. Let's get critical.

Reasons why Season 8 of 911 (so far) sucks:

Bobby and Athena are aimless

They have no house. The logical development is for them to look for one, one for their future. That is theirs. Where are the house hunting woes? The disageeements and compromises? Are they ever going to have a chance to find a place they both love? Or build one, even?

Athena's job description is all over the place

She's giving school talks. She's conducting traffic stops. She's escorting a prisoner across state lines. She is mentoring new officers. She's a goddamn Sergeant but what is her job scope? Every single thing requiring the presence of police, apparently!

Hen and Karen have little direction for growth

The Mara adoption issue could have brought out more of their relationship, developed them in terms of relying on each other through a difficult time. The storyline with Ortiz could have really delved into the struggles of the foster care system, and how Hen and Karen broke rules designed to protect the kids. (Seriously, if a child is removed from a foster family, it's logical not allowing the foster parents to meet the child that was removed for the safety of the child). Where was the appeal to Ortiz as a mother? Where was the struggle? Where is the tension between the Wilsons and the Hans? Instead there was a Deux Ex Gerrard. And I am not even gonna start on the whole "why didn't you take leave for Halloween" shit, that stuff should have been settled when Denny was a baby. What are their next steps? Same old same old?

Gerrard is a joke

An established bigot and racist returns. He could have been a great way to show how the 118 has grown beyond him and his bullying. Instead they're cowed by him, and lets him yell at Buck? Whatever happened to the "who cares" courage in Season 7? And he gets the reward of his dream job?

Eddie is still not healed

He emotionally cheated on his girlfriend with his dead wife's doppelganger. Has he even processed what that actually means? No! His son moved to Texas. Has he coped with the loneliness in his house? Who knows? Certainly not the audience, since we don't see him go to therapy or, hell, have a full breakdown! He confides in people who aren't his friends, let alone his so-called best friend! Bobby gave him a prayer book but we don't even hear Eddie rage at a God who keeps putting devastation and challenges in his way. What wa the point of the prayer book then? He just danced in his underwear and somehow that made him smile and now he's moving across the country and, what, giving up on his home and his job? Is that really healing, Edmundo Díaz? Or are you just running from the problem again?

Chimney has no internal or external motivation

He was providing for Mara for a few months. Was he stressed about it? Did he think about seeking a promotion for a higher salary? Also, he is an immigrant. Does that influence how he teaches Jee? Has he and Maddie, white suburban raised Maddie, ever discussed the potential problems Jee might face? Or whether they wanna include some Korean culture in Jee's education, since they gave her a Korean name? Does he ever think about any of these issues? Is he at all conflicted? What does Chimney want?

Maddie

She was the one who wanted to meet Tommy. Has she done so outside of the wedding? What was her opinion of him? Is Maddie content to stay in Dispatch in the exact same position? Has she any career ambition? And about Jee: does she never think about the Korean part of Jee? Connecting to her own culture? Learning Korean, maybe? That would have been interesting because perhaps she wants her daughter to connect to that part of her roots but Chimney doesn't, for his own reasons. Also, if she wants to have a second kid, why didn't she discuss it with Chimney outright before the pregnancy? Was she not taking the pill? Were they careless again? What would she do if Chimney didn't want a second child? Abort? Given how the first pregnancy was traumatic for the whole family, including her brother, this development is showing her to be pretty self-centered, frankly. I don't know this Maddie. She's not the same one that gave Buck her Jeep to escape, knowing that she'll be hurt by an abusive husband.

Brad

Why is airtime devoted to a character that is barely connected to the 118? What is the reason behind giving him so much focus? Is he supposed to quit acting and become a firefighter or something? What is the rationale for his existence?

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And I haven't even touched on Buck or Tommy.

[gaytommykinard]

i keep saying i'm not going to pay this show any more attention and I keep coming back with more thoughts and i decided to inflict them on all of y'all so here goes

hot take: the brad/hotshots storyline isn't inherently bad. it was entertaining. it was fun and campy, classic 911. i love it when shows get a bit meta. we stay sillay.

however it all falls completely flat, and here's why:

they butchered the main storylines they had set up at the end of s7 — Hen and Karen vs Ortiz (and Gerrard), the 118 vs Gerrard vs Tommy (don't play, they wrote it out with big block letters), Bobby's suicidal ideation, abrupt resignation and relationship conflict with Athena, not to mention NDE. the only storyline they seem to have spent any time on is Eddie and Chris — thank fucking fuck, some good food for Eddie.

they have disregarded previously established side characters in favour of developing Brad Torrence. where the fuck is Ravi? where's Sue, where's Linda? why is Josh only there as a mouthpiece to deliver a cringeworthy self-congratulatory speech praising Ryan Murphy's previous — and still DEEPLY biphobic — work?

the hotshots storyline of 8x07 and 8x08 should have taken place WAY later in the season: only after spending time giving their existing characters and relationships the focus they so sorely need.

Hen and Karen and their struggles with Mara being with Chimney and Maddie — where was the conflict between Hen and Chimney? blink and you miss it in 8x01. why was everything wrapped up so fucking quickly in 8x04? the pacing of that episode was INSANE. they could have drawn it out until the mid-season finale, and ended it on a positive note of Mara coming home.

Maddie and Chimney have had almost nothing all of 8a — what looked like a conversation about family planning, addressing their past issues, deciding to stick together and make it work this time, it was building up to something so good — and it crumbled before my eyes with the accidental pregnancy reveal. because we're dealing with teenagers who don't know how birth control works, not two grown adults in their 40s with a history of PPD. be so for fucking real.

and then: why bring back a homophobic, racist, sexist character, have him act EXACTLY like his old self — including throwing a subtle slur at his old subordinate who's just come out of the closet — and then reduce him to a cartoonish villain — did they perhaps realise that bringing back Gerrard was a big mistake? that no one wants to see this type of villain anymore? that his return undercut the justice of him getting fired by the LAFD for his bigoted behaviour? much to ponder.

Athena and Bobby nearly died, they lost their house in a fire (hello? ptsd flashbacks? no? okay.), then Athena nearly died AGAIN, but we don't need to linger on any of this. back to work, you two. Bobby, you get your firehouse back. Athena, back to doing bad cop shit, i guess. (they had a nice relationship moment with the house hunting and deciding to build etc in 8x04, and that's about it).

Buck had a consistent storyline between 8x01 - 8x04: struggling being under Gerrard, getting to work with Bobby again, and finally getting his captain back on a permanent basis. then we got 8x05 with Tommy — an episode dedicated on the intimacy and depth of their relationship — which they then completely fucked it up in 8x06. yes, the "past connection" reveal was a terribly done messy retcon of the entirety of s1 if you ask me, and a disservice to all three characters: Buck, Tommy, and Abby. the backlash from the GA following the breakup speaks for itself. but they then went to make a big joke of Buck coping with the breakup in 8x07 and 8x08. because we can't be serious about anything, ever. and again — I get it. it's the weewoo show. but don't tell me they haven't previously done well thought-out, touching storytelling. anyway, this got a little derailed because i'm still so fucking salty — the bottom line is, however they butchered Buck's storyline, at least he's had something meaningful.

the only other main that has had a meaningful storyline in 8a is Eddie. they've shown him struggling with being away from Christopher in almost every episode. i can't say i'm a big fan of the way 8x06 went for him (literally. enough with the movie references. tim minear have a fucking original thought for once). but I'm loving where his storyline is headed. that was a good 'cliffhanger' if you will. go back to your roots baby! go reconcile with your son — own up to your mistakes! talk to him about his mother! go to father-son therapy together! -> so much wishful thinking, y'all. we'd be lucky to get 1/10th of this on the show, but whatever.

tldr: no one gives a flying fuck about hotshots or brad because while we love the silly weewoo show, we need something to chew on before you toss us a half-baked dessert. to quote lou ferrigno jr, i am not satisfied.

[bucksboobs]

your other anon was so right. and it’s not like they didn’t have the space to stretch all of the confessions storylines out over another episode, considering 7 and 8 were both about brad for whatever reason?? especially the madney pregnancy, which felt very blink and you miss it. possibly a controversial take, but I thought the first 5 eps were good (recognizing that the Gerrard/ortiz thing got wrapped up a bit quickly but that was likely for logistical reasons, needing Bobby back as captain), but 6-8 fell apart.

My hot take is that they really should have let 804 be a two parter and taken that time away from the opening three parter.

Cut out the perfume call, the thing with the viagara used to treat pulmonary edema in episode two, have the plane crash happen half way through episode 801, cut out the subplot with the corrupt FBI agent and instead have Athena find it in her heart to forgive Dennis because she sees the man he is and not the man he was instead of him taking a bullet for her. (Maybe draw some parallels to the fact that Bobby’s addiction also cost lives, but Bobby has committed to being better) and honestly if they were never going to do anything with Gerrard “taking Buck under his wing” they should have cut the buzz saw incident too.

The “we’re gonna shut down the 118” court drama should have been an entire second episode with Gerrard talking with Ortiz as the cliffhanger in between so the recording reveal doesn’t happen until the end. There should have been time for Hen and Karen to have conflict with Maddie and Chimney over Mara being their foster for almost as long as she was with HenRen.

Masks ended up being the best episode because it got to slow down and let its characters breathe with Bobby back but that’s a privilege that should have been extended to the other plots as well. The overbloated premier trilogy took that breathing room from 804 and it shows.

[kinardsevan]

Prompt: Buck finds out that Tommy is actually related to TK Strand.

(ahem. you asked for this.)

ETA: I have a serious problem with word skipping when reading if you can’t tell 🙃

He never intended to find out this kind of information. He done the 23&me on a whim after joking around with Eddie and Chim at work when Chim had randomly dropped into conversation “did you know I’m eight percent Scottish?” And of course they didn’t know, because how would that information have been freely available to him? How would he ever have known? 

And then Chimney had gifted him and Eddie each tests for Christmas, and at the time, Evan had figured ‘why the hell not?’ So he’d done the whole thing. Spit in the tube, sent it in, figured maybe he could at least find out if he had to worry about cancer in his future due to the Daniel of it all. 

“You sure you want to mess around in that,” Tommy had asked him over dinner one night. “I’ve heard about people finding out about murderers in their family.” 

But he’d been so sure. So sure there would be nothing interesting that would come back. There was nothing fun about the Buckley’s. His parents are teachers. His grandparents died of natural causes. What’s the worst that could happen? 

Turns out it was a lot. 

. . .

He’s on the stairs when Tommy comes into the loft, duffel still hitched up on his shoulder. They’re supposed to be spending the weekend together, but Evan’s not really sure what’s going to happen after the last twenty-four hours. 

“Hey,” Tommy murmurs softly, letting his bag hit the floor as he walks over to the stairs. He perches down at the base of them, resting a hand on Evan’s knee and ilfting the other to his face, brushing away the tears there. 

“Hi,” Evan rasps back, still staring at his hands folded in front of him. 

“Eddie said Bobby sent you home,” Tommy murmurs. Evan nods. 

“What’s going on,” Tommy asks softly, concern laced around his words. 

Evan’s eyebrows are knit so tightly together they could one into one another and the line his mouth is pressed into could crack peanut shells. 

“I-…My…Um, Maddie…” The words keep dying in his throat before he can get them out, and it just keeps making the knot in his chest tighter. 

“Is something wrong with Maddie?” 

Evan’s head lifts then, meeting Tommy’s eyes. There are conflicting emotions in the blonde’s sapphire eyes. Sorrow. A little bit of anger. Something else Tommy can’t place. Loss? 

“No,” he replies rapidly. “No, she’s fine. B-but she’s… she’s not-…”  Evan shakes his head at himself and reaches for his phone next to him on the stairs. He unlocks it, swipes at it a few times, and then passes it to Tommy. Tommy stares at him for a moment longer than necessary, and then looks down at the screen. 

“Family tree,” Tommy comments, moving the screen around to see the connections. It takes him a moment, but then suddenly he’s pulling the phone closer to his face, moving things around. “Where’s Maddie and Chim?” 

Evan lets out a noise somewhere between a laugh and a sob, pressing the back of a hand to his nose as he sniffles. Tommy just keeps staring at the phone. 

“This has to be wrong,” Tommy comments. He sets the phone down and looks back up at Evan, cupping his face. 

“It’s not,” Evan rasps, blinking more tears down. “I got the first set of results weeks ago. Told them the same thing. They had me send a fresh sample and retest.” 

Tommy deadpans at him, eyes widened. “Evan.” 

“They’re not my family, Tommy.” His voice is so small and broken that it breaks Tommy, and he can’t stop the tears in his own eyes. “I never fit in because I didn’t belong to them. I’ve never belonged to them.” 

Tommy slides his hands off Evan’s face then and stands, pulling the blonde up with him as he does and into a tight hug. Evan burrows his face into Tommy’s neck, crying softly into the fabric of his maroon henley.

“I’m so sorry, Evan,” he murmurs to him, hand to the back of his head and lips to his temple. For all the jokes everyone has made in recent weeks after Chimney had gifted his friends the test, nobody, not even Tommy, could’ve forseen this outcome. 

They stand in that position for a while, letting Evan process. When it seems like he’s calmed enough, Tommy pulls him over to the table and they sit down next to each other. Tommy pulls Evan’s chair right up next to his, stretching his arm across the back of it and resting his free hand in the blonde’s on the table. 

“There’s nothing that says you have to do anything with any of this information,” Tommy tells him. “Maddie is still your sister. Your family is still your family.” 

Evan sniffles, leans over and rests his head on Tommy’s shoulder. 

“I know them,” he murmurs a moment later, his voice cracking. “The-…my biological family. I know them.” 

“You do,” Tommy asks. He tries not to sound overly curious in case Evan doesn’t want to give more information. 

Evan nods, lifting his head back up. “You remember my friends who came through a few weeks ago to visit?We went to dinner with them?” 

Tommy’s brow furrows as he tries to recall what Evan is specifically referring to. When it clicks, he looks back over at him. 

“TK and Carlos?” 

Evan nods. “H-his parents-… o-or I guess….” He pauses, shakes his head. “Owen and Gwyn had a kid their first year of college. Me, apparently.” 

Tommy frowns at him. 

“They placed the baby for adoption,” Evan continues. “With the option for the baby- me… to seek them out if I decided to once I was an adult.” He pauses for a moment, scowling at his table. “I don’t know h-how, but m-my parents...they tried to have a savior sibling, for Daniel. And it didn’t work. But they knew people through the hospital, a-and when I was born…” His voice trails off, his expression shifting to one of disgust. He looks up at Tommy. “I was technically a match to Daniel. But the graft didn’t take.” 

Tommy narrows his eyes at him, the weight of what Evan’s telling him sinking in. “They adopted you so they could have your bone marrow?” 

Evan lets out disgusted laugh, shaking his head. 

“And then when I couldn’t save the son they actually wanted, they acted like I wasn’t their problem,” he mutters. “And they never told me. “ 

Tommy huffs. He lifts his arm from behind Evan and pulls him in, presses his lips to the blonde’s birthmark. 

“I know it’s not a consolation, but you can still know them,” he states softly. “You already have TK in your life.” 

Evan shakes head, pulling away and looking at Tommy again, more tears in his eyes. 

“Gwyn is dead,” he tells him. “She’s been gone for two years now.” 

Tommy’s head tilts at the information, sorrow and compassion crossing his face. TK also had mentioned when they met that his father was a cancer survivor, and the realization of both of those factors is almost gut-wrenching. 

“I don’t have the right answers for this,” he admits softly. “But I can be here with you through it, whatever you want to do.” 

Evan nods. He leans back over, resting his head on Tommy’s shoulder. Tommy presses his face into Evan’s hair, leaving quick, gentle kisses there as his fingers massage gently on his scalp. 

“You’re the only person who’s ever loved me just as I am,” Evan murmurs, snuffling back a small whimper. “The only one who’s ever decided I was enough this way.” 

Tommy gulps down past the knot in his throat as he fists a handful of Evan’s hair, holding him close a beat longer. 

“Never gonna stop,” he rasps after a moment. “This version of you is enough, no matter what anyone else thinks.” 

[chimneyz]

To Think We Could Stay the Same

Words: 7,801 and Counting | 2 out of 15 Chapters

Evan 'Buck' Buckley/Tommy Kinard

post episode 8x06 | angst with happy ending | make up

It appeared Evan Buckley and Tommy Kinard stood outside the realm of space and time, nothing else mattered. Buck’s breathing hitched as his feet melted into the pavement below unable to move, his skin itched as he gazed at Tommy. He gulped down the anxiety filling his mouth but leaving it dry as the anxiety filled his stomach weighing him down. His eyes scanned Tommy, soaking up every bit of him. He looked like shit, good, as long as he looked like how Buck felt, good. Tommy’s hair curled more than its usual shaping, to Buck it wasn’t the clean cut he was accustomed to but disheveled, dark circles rested under Tommy’s eyes, a stubble hand grown in on his cheeks. Conflicting emotions stormed through Buck’s mind, he wanted Tommy to hurt as much as he did, it was only fair that way. But my God did it hurt to see Tommy this way.  “Firefighter Buckley,” Tommy nodded as he passed, almost robotic, emotionless.  Firefighter Buckley? Oh, that enraged Buck. Before his brain and logic could catch up, Buck turned toe, following Tommy closely behind.  “ Firefighter Buckley? Is that all I get?” Buck snapped.  Tommy didn’t turn to face him, only moving to the wreckage. “Hey!” Buck grabs his shoulder swinging him around, to actually look him in the eyes. Tommy couldn’t even give him that, focusing his eyes on Buck’s left shoulder instead. “I am talking to you Tommy!”  “Buckley, this is not the time!” Lucy hissed.  “I-It’s fine this won’t take long, go get the patient, I’ll be ready shortly.” Tommy worded carefully.  Hesitantly, Lucy looks between the two of them then leaves to check on the patient getting details from Eddie about the man in the car. Luckily, Bobby was busy elsewhere working on a small fire in one of the cars that had been evacuated. Buck could feel the eyes of both Hen and Chimney passively watching as they assess some of the other less injured people at the ambulance. But Buck couldn’t care less that all of this between him and Tommy would be on display for the world to witness, he needed to get this off of his chest.  “What the hell is wrong with you?” Buck sneered, “First you dump me after me telling you how I could actually see a future with you, you say it’s to protect yourself, which is bullshit. Then the first time we see each other after…. You act like there was nothing between us? You won’t even look me in the eye! Why? I want to know why Tommy!” 

SUMMARY: The breakup was harder to deal with than they had expected, both Evan 'Buck' Buckley and Tommy Kinard now have to face the new chapter of their lives alone. It seems like the universe has other plans though.

(new chapter every friday)

[notafragilething]

Late Night Buck & Tommy Rambles Bonus Content: My First Theory of the Year!

If you missed it, I posted my first ramble of the season here where I went over Tim's most recent interviews and some predictions based on those vibes.

But I have also developed a theory. One that is probably wrong but makes sense in my brain based on this behind-the-scenes clip from a few weeks back along with everything I talked about in the main post.

And I need to share this and get other people's opinions because it's been consuming my thoughts all day.

Basically in that clip you see Chimney and Buck run down the stairs and Eddie take the fireman's pole while lights are going off indicating an emergency. However, instead of running to the truck you see Buck run in the opposite direction (past Chimney and Eddie) who stand there looking confused for a moment before running to the trucks. The emergency vehicles than all proceed to leave without Buck.

The only way I could see Buck taking off like that during an active emergency is if someone important to him was in danger. Removing everyone actively working at the 118 during this scene, that basically leaves Christopher, Bobby, Maddie, Jee-Yun or Tommy.

I'm immediately ruling out Christopher both because he's not in town and no way would Eddie stay behind. He'd be out the door before Buck. I'm also ruling out Maddie and Jee-Yun for the same reasons because that same can be said for Chimney in this scene. He wouldn't be sticking around either. I also feel like if Bobby was in danger you'd see a bigger reaction form ALL of the 118. Which leaves the most logical choice being Tommy.

There's a lot of ways it could play out where Tommy gets hurt, is in danger or Buck simply thinks he is (we know the 217 responds to an emergency with the 118, it seems like there will be an airplane emergency so a helicopter crash isn't out of the realm of possibilities either, etc.) That part isn't important but the outcome is.

So here is how I think the Buck and Tommy storyline may potentially play out in the first three episodes of the seasons based on the previous stated interviews and this scene (with my assumption that Tommy is a likely person he's rushing off for).

I think the season will start with Buck and Tommy being together but less defined. They're happy together and a couple but things haven't got serious yet. They're just happy and into each other.

Cue, at some point in the opening arc, Tommy getting hurt or Buck thinking that happened. He's already having a rough time with Gerrard but now Tommy's hurt or in danger. I 100% could see Buck taking off for Tommy because narratively that would just add fuel to the fire with the conflict between him and Gerrard (and would give Gerrard a valid reason to penalize Buck because taking off during an active emergency is probably frowned upon).

But Buck picks going after Tommy because of course he does. He wouldn't be Buck if he wasn't reckless and put others in front of himself.

Tommy obviously ends up being okay but I could see this being the catalyst for Buck realizing oh shit I have big feelings for this man. Like omg I'm falling in love with him feelings. Which, narratively, works to progress their relationship into a more serious one that the audience will now be invested in because we saw this big, grand moment.

It would also have the writers showing, not telling us that the two had progressed from the more casual dating / early rom-com relationship they had in season 7 into something more long-term and serious.

So, what do you think? Am I onto something here or did I just come up with a good fic idea?

[aeraspais]

hi! i saw your tweet about how the buck and maddie relationship (at least when they were younger) veers into emotional incest and how the chimney and buck conflict in s5 kinda backs that up and tbh i’m soooo glad someone is talking about it… 911twt is just soooo averse to any mention of incest i got dogpilled for it once 😔😔

Like — no, for real, shut up!

There are not enough of us in this fandom that has their third eye open over the Buckley siblings, and it makes me sad that this is such a controversial view because of this mass cultural repulsion towards victims of incest. When people express disgust they are revealing that they view survivors as impure and undeserving of empathy, which it’s the reserve. Its empathy at its deepest level — to survive the abuse and neglect of their parents, Maddie and Buck replicated just the mother–son model, but the wife–husband as they grew older. Buck asked Maddie to leave Doug, her abusive husband, and run away from Hershey with him. That’s a romantic declaration between siblings. Like, I’m not suggesting anything sexual happened between the two, when I suggest that S5B Buck’s actions felt more than an overprotective partner than brother. It’s just his emotional ties to Maddie just outgrown their function. Buck no longer needs to be his sister’s son-husband because they’re building families of their own: Maddie with Chim and their daughter Jee, and Buck with Eddie and his son Christopher. After their respective trials, Maddie and Buck realized that they can finally be siblings.

[callmebrycelee]

No one's more excited to see Buck and Tommy together than me but ...

I'm also excited to check in on Bobby and Athena. They endured a lot of hardships last season and I hope this season is all about rebuilding. I'm also curious about their living situation. Where will they move to? A new house? A condo? Also, saying goodbye to so many years of memories in that home we've seen since the very start is going to be hard for the both of them.

I'm also excited about Hen and Karen and their adoption journey. I hope that Olivia Ortiz gets stung by 100,000 bees and Hen is the one who saves her life. I hope this woman gets her comeuppance because using your political influence to exact revenge on a family who didn't do anything is beyond ugly. I hope Hen and Karen get to adopt Mara. Mostly, I just want the Wilson household to be happy.

I'm also excited to check in on Chimney and Maddie. Last season they got married and I wonder if being married changes nothing for them or if things do change for them. Also, Jee is getting big which means more challenges for the couple. I want to see Chimney and Maddie bicker over having different parenting styles.

I'm also excited to check in on Eddie. Last season was not a good one for Mr. Diaz. His family life and romantic life are in total disarray and he's long overdue for some deep introspection. I hope Christopher comes back but I do want to see conflict between them. Christopher is a teenager now and he's a lot more headstrong. I want to see them go to therapy together. Mostly, I want to see Eddie go on this journey independent of Buck. That doesn't mean I want them to not be friends. What I mean is that I want to see Eddie truly step away and fix his life. I think we're going to see a better version of him by the season's end which I cannot wait to see. Also, I need the mustache gone.

I'm also excited to check in on all the other characters. I wanna see May and Denny and Christopher. I want to go to the call center and see Josh and Linda and Sue. I hope to see more Tommy. I want to see the Lees be grandparents. I wouldn't even mind a visit from the Buckleys. Shipping and ship wars are fun but let's not forget that this is an ensemble show telling multiple stories. Let's celebrate all of those wonderful stories!!!

[seamlesssleep]

thinking about the potential for some really good eddie-athena conversations if/when we get eddie's coming out arc. because eddie is someone with Multiple narrative parallels to bobby, but eddie-and-shannon draw comparisons to michael and athena. canonically we already have the allusion to comphet with eddie feeling unable to 'fix' his life and himself, placing responsibility on shannon (kim's version) to do so, which is reminiscent of michael's "i let you love me because i thought that you could fix me" in season 1.

but there's also a parallel made between shannon and athena as the wives who initiate the divorce, and i found athena's reasoning in s1 to be really compelling:

"i love you. you're my man, the father of my children, my best friend...us staying together like this - holding onto this house, holding onto some picture of what was, is making me hate you".

firstly, this was growth for athena, who admits in 1x02 that she was in some level of conscious denial about michael's sexuality because she wanted a life with him and didn't want to let it go, proposing a celibate marriage and continuing to wear her wedding ring across episodes.

that denial - that "holding onto some picture of what was" is echoed in eddie's idealised view of his marriage, except his is made more extreme by shannon's death. he holds onto memories of them in la, that same picture of her at the beach in 2x17, and strips away the context until he's looking at a marriage that could have lasted a lifetime.

but equally, when kim pulls her dress up stunt, what is most at the forefront of eddie's mind is shannon leaving intentionally . when she left for LA and, in his mind, her asking for a divorce. the two events are conflated for him, and then her death is added to that in the admission that she can never return. they're all blurred together - the letter eddie and chris read after her death being the same letter that was intended for chris after she had left.

and the thing is, eddie and shannon's marriage after that initial two year separation is marked with uncertainty (not mentioning their conflict). at the beginning of s2 eddie doesn't wear his wedding ring and describes shannon as not being in the picture, yet admits they're still married as a matter of technicality to carla when the school admissions require him to. shannon more or less asks her husband of almost a decade "what are we?" at the beginning of 2x17 to which eddie replies "i don't know". he asserts to buck that he and shannon are still married in 2x17, but questions whether they'd have to get married again, and it's played as a semi-genuine question. when eddie points out to shannon that they're (technically) still married at the dinner in 2x17, she says that they should get a divorce.

and then she dies.

chimney tells eddie to say goodbye to his wife. everyone refers to shannon as his late wife or dead wife. she is memorialised as shannon diaz. and maybe she would have wanted to keep that surname - i mean athena still goes by grant professionally - but the complete absence of a maiden name, of a sign of who she was before she was married, is significant to me. context stripped away again. only eddie and bobby know shannon asked for a divorce at all, so isn't it essentially like it never happened?

but it did happen, and it's the thing that eddie still needs closure from. he questions shannon (kim's version) about her leaving, asking "why".

there's no 'why' about her dying after a car accident. he was there, he's an EMT, he understands what happened. and while it seems like he's talking about shannon leaving the first time, he's contextualising that event with the divorce that came after.

because he knows why shannon left to go to LA. shannon tells him in 2x07 why she found it so hard to come back to chris, reiterates that she left out of love for chris and fears failing him in 2x17.

but shannon doesn't really explain the need for a divorce - for shedding the ambiguity they already have in their marriage and permanently detaching from eddie. that's solely about their romantic relationship: the fact that she perceived it as something that made her more likely to fail chris, more likely to fail eddie as a co-parent. eddie says "you left me" to kim, not 'us' - not him and chris - because asking for a divorce did not change shannon's intentions to be a mother to chris, but did signify her lack of intention to be a wife to eddie. with that context, shannon writing chris a letter (that she never sent, but whatever) after she leaves the first time but leaving eddie a note becomes this retroactive sign of her differing intentions towards the two of them - of her "not [loving eddie] enough" as eddie posits in the scene with kim.

but that's not the case. shannon says she didn't leave chris because she didn't love him but because she did and i believe that logic can be applied to eddie. at every point in their relationship we see shannon trying to connect with eddie, trying to communicate with him, telling him that he doesn't need to fulfil the roles or obligations he thinks he does. i don't know if she was in love with him in season 2, or ever, but she loved him.

"my man, the father of my children, my best friend."

kim may have been wearing shannon's appearance but she had no real clue what shannon had felt towards eddie. she couldn't provide eddie with real conversation, real answers to make sense of. and to an extent, nobody but shannon can give eddie those answers.

but i believe that athena grant would definitely have some worthwhile perspective, and that perspective is going to be a significant part of eddie making his peace with that relationship. of him being able to look back and find the answers in that 8 year relationship, and to let it go.

[bekolxeram]

Out of all the discourse, one thing puzzles me the most: people dissuading others from, borderline shaming them for, enjoying Tommy as a character or his relationship with Buck because of his perceived lack of screen time.

When has the duration of a character's appearance become the sole indicator of their quality? Anyone remember Figwit from LOTR?

He was on screen for 3 whole seconds, among other extras no less. Some viewers noticed him, they liked his vibe, they enjoyed looking at this gorgeous dark-haired elf even more than Legolas, so they made a fansite for him. Fans started inventing backstory, writing fanfics, making fanarts about him, and his popularity ballooned from there. So much so that Peter Jackson brought him back for the 3rd film, with a line this time. That was pre-HBO Flight of the Conchords fame Brett McKenzie we're talking about, he was basically just a random kiwi at the time. That is how fandom has always worked, in 2001 or in 2024.

Tommy shows up for waaaay more than 3 seconds, although a lot of stuff was only implied, possibly due to the time restriction, he is an important part of S7. This is also exactly what makes him refreshing: the unknown. It's not only fun to speculate in fanon, it's also interesting to explore in canon.

What happened between him and his father? What was it like working under G*rrard while closeted, having to lie about yourself all the time? What happened post-G*rrard during the 118 orphan era when they could only rely on one another, how did he end up as such good friends with Chimney and at least friendly with Hen? What prompted him to join Air Ops, essentially paying out of his pocket to put his career on hold for 2 years, shortly after Bobby's arrival as captain, did he have something to do with it? How will the 118 interact with Tommy now he's back into their lives?

It also opens up a whole new set of dynamics for Buck. His job was a source of conflict for his previous relationships, now he's dating a fellow firefighter, how will it pan out? It's also the first time he's dating someone who has prior relationships with the 118, someone he makes the conscious decision to actively (and quite aggressively) pursue.

I for one thoroughly enjoyed Tommy's presence in S7, his lack of screen time comparing to the mains only left me wanting for more.

[jackwhiteprophetic]

More madney/buddie parallels I'm thinking about:

In season 5 there's a whole thing with chimney and buck disagreeing over helping maddie (eddie discusses this with buck), and we look at how buck has always been, in the past, the person that knew maddie the most, and he has to adjust to there being new people in her life that might know or understand how she is now in different ways than him.

In season 6 we see a very similar thing with maddie and eddie being contrasted over how they try and help buck with his recovery after the lightning strike. (chim also discusses this with maddie), and the audience is shown that maddie also has to adjust to not always being the one person buck can turn to, and that there may be other people with new roles in his life.

A lot of the 'conflict' shown between buck and maddie throughout the series has been them trying to grapple with the image they have of the other from childhood (maddie needing to take care of and parent buck, buck thinking maddie will always run away from him) and adjust to the lives they're living now. I think it's really interesting that in both of these situations, the other sibling is presented as having been somewhat wrong, highlighting the massiveness of the roles chim and eddie have in their respective partners' lives.

[w00wzerz]

Eddie : *sighs dramatically*

Christopher : Dad! This is the fourth time you’ve made that weird sound with your voice since we started the game.

Eddie : I’m sorry buddy, I’m just a little worried.

Christopher : About what?

Eddie : Buck was supposed to call me back hours ago. I don’t know, it feels like he’s avoiding me.

Flashback

It was Valentines Day on a Thursday afternoon when Buck offered to pick Christopher up from school while Eddie helped Chimney and his wife Maddie, decorate their new home.

Buck sighed loudly as he drew a seat in front of Christopher at the dinner room table.

“Are you okay Buck?” Christopher’s brows furrowed as he watched Buck’s cheeks paint a light pink flush. His lips grew into a sheepish smile.

“Your dad left a card in my locker today.”

“Oh yea? What did it say?” Christopher asked curiously.

“He said, he was happy to have the 118, you, and me, apart of his life.”

Buck paused suddenly, shaking off the slight smirk that gradually creeped across his lips.

“And… He said he loved me.”

Christopher’s eyes lit a bright sparkle, “Well yeah Buck, we all do.”

“And I love you guys too!”

Buck grinned widely, reaching over the table and ruffling Christopher’s hair.

The loud ding from the door bell forced Buck to make his way over to the front door, where he immediately halted in his tracks at the sight of an annoyed looking Chimney who held a heart shaped box of chocolates and a giant, red card with the words “WILL YOU BE MY VALENTINE” written in bold silver glitter across the front.

Hen honked her horn loudly from the truck. “Hey Buck!” She screamed through a hysterical laugh. It appeared that Chimney lost a bet between the two that ultimately ended with him standing on Eddie’s doorstep at the moment.

“Well your BOYFRIEND!” Chimney screamed dramatically, “made me drop these off for you because he was too afraid to do it himself.”

Buck eyes squinted tightly, he peered through the window of the back seat of Hen’s truck. His heart fluttered when he caught sight of an anxious Eddie, fidgeting back and forth in his seat while refusing to make eye contact with him.

“Eddie?” Buck asked himself below whisper. “But he already got me a card.”

“Well,” Chimney sighed “he got you another one.”

Chimney slid the card and box of chocolates into Buck’s hand when he spun on his heels and sprinted back to Hen’s truck.”

“Hit it!”

And they were gone, leaving a conflicted Buck standing on Eddie’s door step, his hands filled with an oversized card and expensive box of chocolates.

Flashback End

Eddie : I was so stupid! I should’ve gotten out of the car and given the gifts to him myself.

Christopher : Well, yeah dad,that was kind of funny

Eddie : Stop laughing! I’m freaking out right now!

Christopher : Okay! I think you should call him.

Eddie : You don’t think it’ll make me look desperate? Just calling him out the blue?

Christopher : No. What if he likes you too?

Eddie : I’m such an idiot.

End

[morganski-19]

Ok, so I've done a little research and rewatches of the previous midseason finales, and I think I have a few ideas of where this could go.

Firstly, no NDE. If there is a NDE, which I still think is very possible this season, it's most likely going to occur after the mid-season break. I went back and looked at all of the episodes that have the big, most memorable NDEs from all the characters, and all of them are after the mid-season break or early at the beginning of the season. So, while I do think this foreshadowing is going somewhere, it's not going to happen next week.

So, where does that leave us?

We know a few things from the articles that were released this past week (I'll link the ones I'm talking about in case you want to read them yourselves). One, that loose ends are going to be tied up from the last 8 episodes. Two, that there is not going to be a big cliffhanger, but that one character will be hanging off a cliff. And three, that there is going to "Wait what now? What did you say? moment.

Those are really the big ones. There were a few other things like the actor who plays Brad saying that him and Eddie have a connecting moment in the next episode, which I think can play into one of the things I'm going to talk about.

And really, anything that I read in an article I take with a grain of salt. They can't tell us exactly what's going to happen, and also have misdirected multiple times in the past. Whether that be intentional or unintentional. However, there are some things in the above articles that I think have some truth.

In the previous midseason finales, a good majority of the storylines of the first half of the season were wrapped up. They played their part, and provided the characters a chance to move forward in the next half of the season.

Just some examples. In the s2 finale, Eddie reintroduced Shannon to Christopher, ending that particular conflict between them. In s3, Bobby got his test results from that radiation exposure, and Maddie confronts the memory of Doug again to let him go. In season 4, Eddie tells Chris about Ana, and Maddie and Chimney discuss birth plans. All of these things both close certain parts of their storylines, while open up continuation points for the second half.

Then, toward the end of the episode, there is something that acts as a cliffhanger to keep the audience entertained over the break. Most of the time, it is something that happens to a singular character, and isn't as large as a NDE or giant conflict.

Again, some more examples. In s2, Doug reappears pretending to be Jason Bailey. In s3, we find out that Michael has a brain tumor. In s4, Buck is reintroduced to Taylor and they decide to become friends. s5, Eddie leaves the 118. s6 Wendall is killed. And then in s7, even though a short break, Buck invites Tommy to the Madney wedding.

All things that compel the audience to continue watching, while also not being gigantic cliffhangers where the character's life is immediately in danger.

So, where does that leave us for s8?

There are only two main things that haven't been wrapped up, or really talked about, since the beginning of the season. Bathena's house, and Chris in Texas.

And one of these things has actually been discussed in an interview with Peter after episode 7, where he says that won't be discussed until after the hiatus. Or at least "he didn't know anything about it yet". Which yeah, that could be a misdirect. But I couldn't see that being the big thing that leaves someone hanging off a cliff. It's just too inconsequential and also involves two characters instead of one.

This leads me to the other unwrapped plot point, Christopher. Who has basically been MIA since the first episode, except for little nods here and there from Eddie. And honestly, that pisses me off. There has only been a little growth from Eddie while Chris was gone, something that was promised as an opportunity for Eddie to realize who he is.

It's safe to say that I really hope that Eddie is the one left on the cliff hanger next episode. I initially wanted Chris to be the one to initiate a phone call with Eddie, extending his side of the olive branch, but I'm not so sure that's the direction they're going in anymore.

Jumping away from that for a moment, I want to address that possible conversation between Brad and Eddie. Assuming that this scene doesn't get cut for time (which they have been doing with a few scenes talked about in episodes recently), I have a strong inkling that it could be about estranged kids. Brad mentioned having a bunch of ex-wives, it wouldn't be a stretch to say that he has a child with one of them. And given how he treated the waitress in the last episode, it would not surprise me if he treated the mother horribly, and also did not step up as a parent.

I think that route could be interesting for Eddie since it would maybe remind him of his father. And therefore, all the ways he tried to be better than his father. It could make him want to take a step forward, now that he is learning to not punish himself for this, and try to reconnect with Chris again.

Which I think will lead to the hanging off the cliff moment, as well as the "wait what" moment.

I don't think Eddie's going to be able to connect with Chris, but his mother. And his mother is going to say that Chris wants to stay with them a little longer, further continuing her path of keeping Chris away from Eddie.

And then in a perfect world, Eddie gets his ass on a plane to talk to his son face-to-face because he can't trust his mother to be the main method of communication. But who the fuck knows if that is actually going to happen.

They've also, from what I've heard, finished filming ep 9. Which probably doesn't mean a lot, but it makes me think that some scenes in ep 9 might need to be filmed with how they look in ep 8 for continuity reasons. Or maybe it was just a contract thing, idk. Again, probably meaningless but that is weird.

[cal-daisies-and-briars]

Music Monday Tuesday

Thank you @your-catfish-friend for tagging me!

Rules: Choose a few fics you wrote that were inspired by a song - not just with song lyrics in title - and share the tune and the link to the fics. If anyone wants to guess which goes with which go for it in comments or tags!

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This is hard because most of mine are directly using the titles... So INSTEAD what I am going to do is link some less popular songs that inspired fics to the fic (so NOT my Taylor Swift name fics).

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Nothing Left But You 

In May of 2021, 25% of Earth's population suddenly disappears. Including Eddie.

In May of 2026, they all come back.

Eddie finds himself suddenly in the middle of a world he doesn't recognize, where the people he loves most have changed significantly.

Any Other Way (ongoing)

In a switcheroo alternate universe, Buck spends young adulthood in the military, while Eddie, who has no idea Christopher exists, spends his twenties messing around, finally enjoying freedom away from his family’s expectations. When they both end up in Los Angeles, at the 118, some things are different, and others will be the same in any universe.

Got Weird

Shortly after Buck and Natalia break up, Eddie gets tipsy and makes a rather forward move. Then immediately panics (not that Eddie panics, of course) and backpedals. Eddie spirals, Buck is confused. Lots of spontaneous kissing ensues.

Claim Your Ghost

After a near death experience on a call, Eddie starts having strange hallucinations of people who have died. There’s definitely no way he’s seeing ghosts, right? Because Eddie doesn’t believe in ghosts…

Winter Prayer 

When a work conflict prevents Athena from accompanying Bobby to Minnesota for the ten year anniversary of his family dying, Buck and May offer to go instead. Over the course of the trip, they all learn more about each other, and Bobby faces his grief.

Why Not Take All of Me?

When a small disaster strikes the morning of Maddie and Chimney's wedding, Buck, Hen, and Chim find themselves unwittingly caught up in an emergency across town, while Maddie and Eddie get stuck in an elevator.

Fuck Up the Friendship (my first ever fic)

Eddie and Buck respond to a call where one best friend confesses their love to another - leading to a pretty awkward argument between them, and maybe more?

Me and Lazarus

As Buck lays comatose after being struck by lightning, Maddie reflects on the life of the first brother she lost, how that impacted her life, and the ways grief has shaped them both.

Cowboy With a One Track Mind (ongoing)

Spin-off Sequel to Evan Buckley & the Coma-Verse of Madness - Chapter 7 (Land):

Grieving and tortured, Evan Buckley has been living alone in Montana in a remote cabin for nearly a decade. After an incident that leaves him missing six months of his life, and suddenly in connection with a group of strangers from Los Angeles, Evan must decide whether to remain in his self-imposed exile, or take a chance at life again.

a mouth full of teeth and nothing to sing 

Post 07x03, Hen struggles to process the cruise ship rescue and drunk driver call in the midst of ongoing tension with her friends.

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@diazsdimples @steadfastsaturnsrings @alliaskisthepossibilityoflove @mangacat201 @daughterofscotland

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