#buckabby

[tvuniverse]

9-1-1 -> BuckAbby // Buddie

(inspired by these posts x, x, x)

[chinzhilla-archive]

Bye, Buck.

[angels-all-sin]

#in buck’s first transformative relationship, he’s hesitant, because he thinks that he’ll easily end up hurting his partner #but they don’t believe that will happen #in buck’s second transformative relationship, he jumps in head first, but is more comfortable than he’s ever been, so he hasn’t fathomed a world where he could end up hurting his partner #but they have

[ambernotember]

What about a S1 AU where Buck doesn't just meet Abby, but also her husband Tommy?

Abby is interested in Buck because something in her marriage is broken, though Tommy insists everything is fine. But Buck and Tommy are also very drawn to each other... Could be very messy or easily resolved if you wish?

I picked - MESS. <3

1. Buck and Abby play out like we expect for the first few episodes. At least from Buck’s side. The scenes at Abby’s apartment now include a man in the background, fuzzy and out of focus. They don’t seem to interact.

2. Buck gets the text about Abby’s mom, and shows up at her apartment. A man answers the door, and Buck immediately notices the ring on his left hand. And then the matching band on Abby’s when she joins him at the door. What. The. Fuck. Buck’s stomach feels squirmy and bad. He’s been uh, definitely forward with Abby, and he thought she’d been feeling the same. He offers to take some flyers and drive around, and Abby jumps at the chance to go with him. Her husband, Tommy, says he’ll stay at the apartment in case Patricia comes back. Abby and Buck sit in awkward silence in his car as they drive around. “You didn’t tell me you had a husband,” Buck finally says. Abby makes a little noise. “I think we’re only together because he doesn’t want to divorce me when my mom’s sick.” And that. That’s kind of sweet? And also kind of fucked up. “So, you were flirting with me?” Buck checks. Abby purses her lips. “Yes.” “So, what does that mean?” “What do you want it to mean?” Oh, this is so much worse than snake lady.

3. They find Patricia, they same way they did in the show. Abby’s husband shows up to drive her home, because she won’t get in a car she doesn’t know. She also keeps calling Buck Tommy. Tommy looks at Abby and just says to get home safe, he’ll see her later. Abby’s place is out. Buck’s place is out. They go to a hotel that is way too fancy for what’s about to happen. Buck washes her hair in the shower later and wonders how the hell he got here. He drops her off in front of her apartment building, wondering what Tommy’s going to think about her coming home with wet hair and smelling like hotel shampoo and soap.

4. Abby comes by the firehouse after Chimney’s accident, and brings Tommy. Apparently Tommy used to work there!? And knows all of them!? The others apologize for not realizing they were talking to her. Tommy’s arm is wrapped around Abby’s waist the entire time, and Buck can’t stop staring at it, how Tommy’s pinky finger is invisible where it’s tucked into her waist band, how Abby laughs against his shoulder when they start telling stories about the old days, the way Tommy whispers in her ear, her hair hiding his face. Hen sends him what feels like a million warning looks. All Buck can think about is how Abby’s hair felt against his skin, the way she’d laughed with him, when her face had been tucked against his shoulder in a very different way. Abby sends him the address of a different hotel practically before she’s left the firehouse, tells him to stay the night this time. Buck drops her off the next morning again, and even though Abby’s apartment doesn’t face the road, he feels like he can feel Tommy watching him.

5. Buck realizes, when he’s helping Tommy move the no-longer needed hospital bed out of the apartment, that this is the first time he’s actually been in Abby’s apartment. He’d seen it, briefly, the day Patricia went missing, but he hadn’t been inside. Tommy’s taking the bed somewhere in his truck. Abby kisses Buck in her apartment, takes him to bed in the bed she shares with Tommy. At one point Buck jerks towards the door, convinced he’d heard it open, but no one’s there. They shower together, Abby jokingly mourning the hotel showers because Buck is almost too big for this one, and tells him that she’s filing for divorce. Tommy’s walking in as Buck’s leaving. Buck’s ears feel like they’re on fire. He hopes Tommy doesn’t notice nothing had been done while he was gone.

6. Abby and Tommy get divorced. Buck basically moves in. A month later, Abby’s gone.

7. Buck runs into Tommy on a scene. They’re clearing the same floor of an apartment building. It’s empty, thankfully, and they’re half running down the stairs together when Tommy goes “Hear you’re living in my old apartment.” and Buck nearly trips and falls, would have if Tommy’s strong hand hadn’t shot out to catch him and haul him upright. Buck has a flash of a memory, Tommy’s arm around Abby’s waist, and the next thing he knows he’s outside with no memory of how he got there. Hen checks them both over, talking quietly to Tommy and shooting daggers at Buck. Things have been… tense… at the 118. Buck’s tired of the disappointed look Bobby keeps giving him, and Chim and Hen have become more insular than usual. Tommy laughs, an unexpected sound. Buck can’t help leaning closer to hear what he’s saying. He catches “I’m gay, Hen.”

8. Tommy. Is. Always. Around. Well, not on shift, because he has his own station, but every 118 hangout now includes Tommy. The bonus is that everyone is treating him normally again. The downside is literally everything else. Tommy’s also treating him nicely?? What?? The fuck?? Buck drinks a lot at the hangouts. One night he drinks too much, and he’s practically stumbling over his own feet. Tommy offers to take him home, joking that at least he knows where Buck lives. Buck’s pressing his forehead against the window of Tommy’s truck, trying not to embarrass himself any more than he already has. “Why are you nice to me?” he asks. “I slept with your wife.” “At least one of us did,” Tommy mutters, probably not meaning for Buck to hear him. “Listen, kid. Our marriage was long over, but Patricia got sick and I wasn’t going to leave her on her own for that.” “It’s not like it was better that you stayed,” Buck says, then drifts off until Tommy stops in front of the apartment building, in one of the guest parking spots. Buck protests that Tommy doesn’t need to walk him inside, but Tommy does, making sure Buck drinks a glass of water and takes some advil before he leaves.

9. Buck does it again. Because he wants to see what Tommy will do. And Tommy takes him home again. He even tucks him in this time. It turns into kind of a game. Buck wants to see how far Tommy will go, when he’ll become too much for Tommy. Tommy’s buying him drinks at the bar, spotting him for tips, sharing his nachos, driving him home.

10. Buck pretends to get drunk. He has one beer that he nurses, then switches to what he says is a mixed drink, but it’s just pop. Tommy drives him home again, and Buck pouts and asks Tommy to walk him inside. Tommy does, a little reluctantly. When he closes the door behind them, Buck pushes him up against the door. “What are you doing?” Tommy looks a little panicked. Buck looks at him for a minute. “I think you and Abby like me for the same reasons.” And he kisses him. Tommy tries to push him away, says Buck has been drinking, he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Buck laughs and tells him he only had one beer. He pushes Tommy towards the bedroom, and Tommy goes easily. Afterwards, they lie together under Abby’s sheets, skin damp from sweat and come. “Weird that we both had sex with the same person in this bed,” Buck muses, running his hand through Tommy’s chest hair. Tommy’s gone when he wakes up.

11. Buck puts in for a transfer and leaves the 118.

[cranberrymoons]

no because it literally rules that abby clark got dumped by her firefighter fiancé and as a rebound she dated a younger hotter firefighter who was for sure better in bed than the other guy. and then she took him to her mom’s funeral. like can you imagine how crazy the cousins group chat went when abby showed up to the wake with a 25 year old on her arm instead of the made-of-wood guy she’d been dating for the past 4 years or whatever. god.

[livesbetweenpages]

You know what I keep remembering? How Abby never talked to Buck after she left, whether because of time zones or because eventually she just couldn’t. And how Buck was still very much in it with her, still stepped into her life, but had to learn where she was from Instagram and maybe a few texts. Buck didn’t know she’d be on the train. Asked her when she knew she was never coming back.

Meanwhile, Eddie’s in El Paso and not only is Buck very much still in it with him, co-parenting and reassuring Eddie and just listening to him, he’s in constant communication with him. It’s not just phone calls but FaceTime. While Buck’s at work and Eddie’s at home. While Buck is at home and Eddie’s at work. They’re both living their lives but everything is still so entangled. Buck doesn’t have to guess what is happening with Eddie: Eddie calls to make sure he knows. Buck is the first and for a while the only person who knows about the firefighting job falling through, knows about what happens with Chris, knows about his worries and his fears. All the while, Buck can’t ask Eddie when he’s coming back because for all they know, Eddie isn’t. Yet. He doesn’t have to question anything else either.

[nosecrinklewrites]

AU where Abby is still engaged to Tommy, when she meets Buck. Sparks fly and Abby forgets she's not supposed to do anything about that. Things with Tommy have been… stale, for a long time. Comfortable, but nothing like what she feels when Buck pays her the smallest amount of attention.

Tommy notices. Abby isn't subtle. She mentions Buck, maybe more than a little. Tommy isn't hurt, doesn't ask any of the questions he's supposed to. He's been wanting to end things for a long time, but he fears if he's the one to end it, it will hurt Abby more, than if she was the one to leave.

The more she talks about Buck, the more things begin to crystalise. If Tommy can push her into Buck's arms, maybe things between them can end well. Abby will have a brand new boyfriend and Tommy can… Tommy can figure out what comes next.

Buck shows up at the apartment, unplanned. Maybe Abby sounded sad when they spoke on the phone. Something makes him want to check on her. But Abby is working late, so he meets Tommy. Tommy invites him in, tries to be subtle, but Buck isn't picking up what he's putting down, so he ends up saying it as it is. If Buck has feelings for Abby, he should pursue her. It doesn't go the way Tommy thought it would.

Buck asks what's going on. Are they in an open relationship? Is it a cuck thing? A unicorn thing? Tommy is annoyed that Buck doesn't say sure, Tommy! I'll seduce your fiance, you don't have to tell me twice! No, Buck is inquisitive and wants to know everything. Abby comes home, before Buck can get his answers.

Abby gets flustered and realises what her relationship with Buck might look like. It's a mess of an evening. Buck stays for dinner. Abby spends the whole night trying to convince all three of them that things are decidedly platonic – also after Buck leaves. Tommy says it's OK, even though Abby is clearly frustrated by that. Tommy could at least pretend to be a little bit jealous!

Buck talks to Hen about it. He figures Bobby is a little too traditional to be helpful with whatever is going on. When Hen realises it's Tommy Kinard, she gives Buck his phone number.

Things only get more complicated when the two of them meet up. Tommy tries again. Buck understands Tommy's plan, but he doesn't understand why Tommy doesn't like Abby. Tommy has to patiently explain that he loves Abby, but not in the way she deserves. Buck is little dense, and Tommy sees no other way out, than coming out.

The concept of not liking women at all throws Buck for a momentary loop, but he gets back on track and makes puppy eyes at Tommy, because that sounds really tough. And sad. For everyone involved. Buck agrees to keep seeing Abby and see where things go. He doesn't know her that well yet, so he can't say for certain, but if Tommy promises it's OK, he'd like to spend more time with Abby.

Being with Buck makes Abby light up in ways Tommy has never seen before. Tommy is happy for her. He himself feels lighter.

Until Buck starts checking up on him. Buck's been wanting to kiss Abby for a while now, but he needs to know it's still OK. If Tommy is still OK with it. If Tommy has talked to Abby about it yet. Tommy was hoping he didn't have to, but Buck insists.

It's a difficult conversation, with no clear conclusion. Abby is free to do whatever she wants to do with Buck, but he doesn't label it. Neither one of them do.

It works out, for a while. Abby is happy with Buck, and Tommy is happy for her – for both of them. Unexpectedly, Abby wakes up to the fact that she can do whatever she wants. All these things she figured she was getting too old for. Hearing about all Buck's travels inspires her. Suddenly, Buck and Tommy are single.

They try to make sense of things together. They've been together in this, in a way. They can't exactly explain the situation to anyone else. Buck loves a project, so he asks Tommy if he needs help with the whole coming out of the closet thing. Tommy says no, at first, but after thinking it over, he wouldn't mind the support. Buck thoroughly researches gay bars and finds what he considers is the best one.

A lot of revelations happen in that gay bar. No one is more surprised than Buck. They have fun, at first, but with every guy that approaches Tommy, Buck gets more wound up. He doesn't know Tommy that well, but he knows Tommy can do better – Tommy deserves better. Buck is too busy guarding Tommy, he doesn't notice the attention he's getting himself.

They've hardly had anything to drink, when Tommy herds them back out the door. Buck is ranting about the state of things, making sweeping generalisations about gay people and LA's nightlife, when Tommy asks if he wants to head back to his place. Buck looks at him, with those eyes of his, and says yes.

They share a beer in the kitchen, the air between them too charged to sit down. Months of knowing each other from a distance culminate in a clumsy and curious kiss. They both know all the reasons why Abby liked each of them, but they don't know each other like that, not yet. Buck can't believe how right it feels to kiss another man. How good it feels to be wrapped in Tommy's arms. Tommy is overwhelmed by how uncomplicated it is. He doesn't have to convince himself he likes it.

Tommy has complicated feelings about having sex in the bed he bought with Abby – a bed he knows Buck has shared with her, too – but his feelings for Buck aren't complicated at all.

[thingsisaidweredumb]

it's just really insane to me how much abby and tommy changed buck's life by breaking up. they just really both saved him at different points and changed his whole self concept. they're the most important people to his relationship history and it all starts with them together and tommy breaking abby's heart.

and then if you think about it, tommy.... tommy is the single most important person in buck's dating history because he broke up with abby at such a crazy point in her life which is why such a great woman took a chance on such a mess as buck.