WIP WEDNESDAY
tagged by @chococara25
didn’t have a chance to do it last week, so I’m here this week. a teeny 🤏🏻 bit more of the S3 fic.
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In his corner a few short feet away from Buck lays Bear, who whines lightly at the phone, but doesn’t get up because Buck doesn’t move.
After a few seconds more, it goes silent; whoever is calling him has clearly hung up. But then it starts up again, the vibrations sounding extra loud in the mostly empty living room.
The device is close, within reaching distance to Buck, yet something in him hesitates to pick it up. He reasons silently that it could be Tommy, or Eddie, or Bobby, checking up on him. None of that feels right, however. Again the phone falls silent, and Buck goes back to the repetitive motions of the leg exercise. But just when he thinks the caller has gotten the message—that Buck doesn’t want to talk—the phone starts up for the third time in as many minutes. And this time, Bear does move. The Malinois stands up and moves closer, using his nose, he scoots the buzzing phone towards Buck.
“Yeah, okay, Teddy Bear, maybe it’s…” he drops off mid sentence when his eyes finally catches the name at the top of the screen.
Mom.
To say that’s the last person Buck expected a call from wouldn’t be too far off.
It also explains the niggling feeling in the back of his mind telling him to not pick up the call. But now that he sees it, he can’t help himself. Buck’s thumb is swiping across the screen and answering the (unwanted) call before he could think more than a second more about it. His body is already tense before the phone has even reached his ear, before any words have been uttered.
A warm mass, fur soft and weight grounding, settles beside him. Whatever expression must be on his face, whatever emotions he must be projection, his pup knows that Buck needs the anchor, because suddenly Buck feels like he’s on a poorly built raft out adrift at sea.
“H-hi, mom?” He hates how uncertain he sounds. Almost scared.
“What took you so long?”
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(no pressure) tagging: @exhaustedpirate, @dark-alice-lilith, @michaelormewood
