#antismiles

[extasiswings]

me reading the news

LIVE FEED INTO MY ROOM RN

[hmslusitania]

i choose to believe this episode is a set up: taylor is gonna get a job offer or the like out in boston and then tim’s gonna start a 911 boston with her and eli and idk maddie’s old nurse friend. (i don’t know and i don’t care.) please. just get her off my screen. i’m so tired.

It does seem like a backdoor pilot doesn’t it? I mean, I love Eli and would be happy for him to have a role but like. I only tolerate Lone Star for the non Owen characters and I would not go in for a third spin off. But! Hey! If it redistributed some characters ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[buttercupbuck]

wait. is buck’s loft actually burning down or are we just happily partying in clown town?

we’re manifesting jump in

[capseycartwright]

lorna you know i always wanna know more about academy au

for that u get a nice angsty bit

A firefighter was stuck under the ladder truck.

Male.

Eddie barely let the 136’s truck come to a stop before he was jumping out, running to the scene of the bombing. The terror and confusion in the air was palatable, and for a second, Eddie was back in Afghanistan, and he couldn’t breathe, and –

It was Buck.

Of course it was fucking Buck, who was pinned under the weight of an entire ladder truck.

“Buck!” Eddie yelled, ducking and weaving between the crowd, pushing past LAPD, relying on his uniform to get him to his best friend without issue. Buck’s squad looked confused at his yelling, but Eddie didn’t have the time or patience to explain who he was.

Not when Buck was shivering under the weight of the ladder truck, his left leg trapped – and crushed, the medic in him noted. Crush injuries were tricky.

“Eddie?” Buck’s voice was hoarse and confused.

“I’m here, Buck,” Eddie dropped to his knees, taking one of Buck’s hands in his own, Buck’s skin cold, and clammy. “I’m here, Buck,” he repeated, ignoring the questioning look he was getting from – uh, Hen, he was pretty sure it was Hen.

“We’re out of time, Cap,” Chimney spoke, shaking his head. “We need to get this truck off him now.”

“Is there anything we can use for leverage?” Eddie questioned, looking around.

“No time,” Lena interjected, finally catching up with him. “Captain Nash – do you think we’ve got enough manpower to lift this thing?”

Bobby’s jaw was set in a harsh line. “I don’t think we have a choice,” he admitted. “Everyone, on three.”

Eddie gripped tightly to Buck’s hand, brushing a hand through his friends blood matted curls. “It’s okay, Buck,” he soothed. “You’re going to be okay.”

[dhaaruni]

Invisible Women was really good (if also, y’know, understandably infuriating). Thanks for reccing it way back when!

Omg I’m so glad you liked it!

Always my eternal goal in life to make people angry with the state of the world haha

[thisissirius]

and the way the postcards were maddie’s lifeline!!! she kept every one even when she didn’t feel safe enough to reach back and the relationship was strained. i’m SO happy they fleshed out an even richer and hurt my backstory for the whole ‘oh so you did get my cards?’ from her arrival and the flashback of her picking up his xmas card that hellacious christmas and finally feeling able to leave doug. that montage was everything. WE STAN A UNITED FRONT!!!!

exCUSE ME pali please. you're killing me ;_; honestly buck being able to count on maddie is the PERFECT thing. and maddie being able to run buck clears my skin and feeds my crops. we don't deserve the buckley siblings but we love to have them

[doeeyeseddie]

lmaoooo i’m happy i’m not the only one utterly confused why taylor was at eddie’s welcome home party. feels sooooo out of place

oh my god right???? her and eddie aren’t friends, and the rest of the firefam isn’t even there? we don’t even know if eddie knows about the change in her and buck’s relationship, and even if he does, this doesn’t feel like the kind of “event” she should be at 😂

[anotherashley]

UGH ever since i saw that damn JGL tweet yesterday i've been frantically digging up old rec lists so i can sate my arthur/eames nostalgia /shakes fist at him

I can’t believe Joe just sprung that on us out of nowhere! I was not prepared lmao. But dude, pal, buddy, my friend. Please share some of those recs with me!

In fact here’s three of my faves as an offering:

Things Are Gonna Slide by five_ht

Eames forges Satan for a job, and can't quite shake it when he wakes up. Arthur learns some things. A story of sex and weird mixed-up feelings (mostly sex).

Origins ‘Verse by laceymcbain

Exploring Arthur and Eames' backstory in the military where they each lead an elite unit in the dream-sharing trials. The Powers That Be would prefer to keep the participants in the dark, but Arthur and Eames find each other, fall in love, and change dream-sharing forever.

In Our Line Of Work by enjambament

Arthur wakes up and realizes the last ten years of his life have been a dream. He is nineteen, and he can barely remember where he is. What he can remember is the ghost of Eames’ hands pressed down on his chest trying frantically to stop the blood flooding up around his fingers as Arthur died (as he woke up).