Listen, I need bucktommy reconciliation to be just as unhinged as their everything else (remember their awful first date? Remember the soot-based-coming out? Remember the break-up that somehow involved glee and the word âhimboâ?). So hereâs a ficlet of them getting back together (kinda 10-things-I-hate-about-you style but also not at all)
Theyâre hanging out as friends and Buck does something dumb but adorable and Tommy laughs and says âGod, I love youâ.
Buck looks at him horrified but Tommy is calm and collected, like he just commented on the weather.
Buck asks âWhat did you just say?â And Tommy is confused and replies âThat Iâm in love with you? What about it?â
But Buck is speechless, just looks at him with his mouth hanging open.
Tommy frowns and says âThis canât possibly come as a surprise. I stole an helicopter for you.â
Buck laughs incredulously âCome on Tommy, you wouldâve stolen that for funâ
âWell yeah but I explicitly said it was for youâ
ââŠand that was your I love you?â
âYeah??? What else did you think I meant?â
Now Tommy looks confused and this makes Buck furious. He repeats âYouâre in love with me.â Laughs hysterically, âYouâre in love with me and you thought I knew youâre in love with me.â
He puts his head in his hands and when he looks up heâs devastated.
âThen why the hell are we not together?â
Tommy hesitates for a second and then quietly replies âBecause you donât love me.â
âI asked you to move in with me. And I invited you over and we had sex and yes, I was a dick to you the morning after but I kept reaching out to you for the dumbest reasons.â
âYouâre moving and you need help setting up your new place. Thatâs not dumb.â
âYouâre literally here because I, firefighter and previously fire marshal Buckley, asked you to help me install smoke detectors. What do you think this is about?â
And Tommy has the audacity to look sad.
âI know you think you love me. But you love the idea of me. You think Iâm perfect and Iâm the opposite of thatâ
Buck is absolutely appalled âWow, someoneâs got a big head. The idea of you??? I think youâre perfect???â
He looks Tommy straight in the eyes and spits out âI think you fucking suck. I think youâre afraid of commitment, repressed, insecure, unreasonably jealous, and so self-centred you think you know whatâs best for me and how I feel without ever asking.â
âIâm not done. You donât let anyone in, and you bolt as soon as real feelings get involved. Youâre the biggest adrenaline junkie Iâve ever met and you fly like you need to outrun deathâ
âNot death, just the occasional federal authoritiesâ
âGetting stuck in traffic with you is something I wouldnât wish on my worst enemy. Youâre truly hooked on sugar and you become insufferable if you donât have âsomething sweetâ after a meal. You spend way too much on food and youâre an asshole when things donât go your way. Actually, screw that, youâre always an assholeâ
Tommy looks very uncomfortable âOkay Evan, I think youâve proved your pointâ
âShut upâ Buck yells and Tommy is taken aback âyouâre an asshole and I love you so much I donât know what to do with myself. I wish I could be in love with Eddie or literally anyone else but Iâm not, I love this huge fucking idiot and he loves me but wonât even let us be together because he somehow he got in his big head that thereâs no way I could possibly love him. But I do.â
Thereâs silence and they just stare at each other for a long beat. There are tears in Buck eyes and Tommy looks conflicted. Then Tommy smiles. Itâs a small, fragile thing, that reminds Buck of their coffee date, when he asked Tommy for a second chance.
âYou knowâ he says pulling Buck closer âThere are no rom-coms where happily ever after starts with âyou fucking suckâ. We should try pitching thatâ
Buck stills for a moment. Then he smiles brightly, he rests his forehead on Tommyâs forehead and whispers on his lips âSee? Told you. Huge assholeâ.
Tommy nods and their noises touch âBut you love meâ
âI really, really doâ