#firecopter

[kinardsevan]

headcanoning that whenever Evan and Tommy start bickering over something stupid (like leaving the cap off the toothpaste, or someone leaving socks in the middle of the floor), Tommy just pulls out fake mouth static. The first time he does it, it catches Evan so off guard that he starts laughing, and any time after that, when he does, it always breaks up the tension.

After a particularly rough fight (Evan got hurt at work, unecessarily in Tommy's opinion), Evan pulls it out on Tommy. And as much as Tommy wants to keep driving his point home, he knows Evan is actually hearing him. Maybe he even pulls it out a few weeks later in reverse when he gets hurt during a fire and ends up with minor burns.

But somewhere in the mix of it all, fake mouth static becomes 'I love you'. To the point that when Tommy says it to him for the first time, he just mimics fake mouth static at Evan one morning over coffee. Evan is barely half-awake, still letting the caffeine wake his grouchy soul, and doesn't really make out what Tommy is doing. The ADD in his brain doesn't process it for couple of hours until he's fully awake. At that point, they're at Bobby's for a party. Evan is hanging out with Chim and Hen, and they're telling May about the flight into the hurricane while Bobby, Eddie, and Tommy are over by the grill having a very serious discussion about proper searing. Chim gets to the part about fake mouth static, and it suddenly dawns on Evan.

And of course, he can't just wait then. He walks out on the conversation, over to Tommy, and drags him inside, backs him up against a counter.

"What did you say this morning," he asks, fingers curled into Tommy's belt loops to keep him close. "Over coffee?"

Tommy leans into him, whispers fake mouth static into his ear.

"Sorry, I didn't quite catch that," Evan replies, and he leans back so he can see Tommy's face.

And then Tommy's eyes are on his lips, not necessarily because he wants to kiss him, but because he's nervous. And then he looks up at Evan, manages to find the confidence to look him in the eyes, and tells him directly.

"I said I love you."

And of course it makes Evan blush, because he feels the same way, but its the first time they've said it, and he's never really been in love with someone the way he is with Tommy. So he just wraps his arms around Tommy's waist and pulls him closer, says, "I *fake mouth static* you too," before kissing him.

And then of course, post-kiss, when they're hugging it out, nuzzling each other, Evan actually says it, love included. But any time after that, when it's just the two of them having a moment, needing to connect in the chaos, etc., it's always fake mouth static.

[deadlydelicious]

ok but the two fingers that Tommy uses to bring Buck's head into position, like Tommy WANTED THIS MAN

[andimultiverse]

AHHHH, THEY'RE SO CUTE!!!

[karenandhenwilson]

I love how we have come up with half a dozen or more names for our ship.

This thought has been brought up by one of my fandom groups discussing all the different names we have for Buck and Tommy. It's fun to see them all and to talk about how they came to be. I think it really shows our excitement and joy and love for the ship. Wanna tell me in tags or reposts what ship name you like the most and the least and why and what you remember of the origins?

Also, I think it's really funny how a certain group of haters is so desperate in their obsession that they try to mock us about it but then also came up with their own version of a ship name just so they have a slur for it.

[thetangycheesemanwithaplan]

My walls are made of my heart (would you still break them gently?)

Two separate buildings, connected by a paper thin wall, brings two people together in an unexpected way. Buck and Tommy are complete strangers, but they're about to get to know each other in ways they couldn't even begin to imagine. There may be a wall between them but the walls around their hearts are about to crumble.

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[pleasedontleavequiteyet-x]

Not me wanting to write the reversal of what I see happening all over a03.

Not me having the idea that, on a drunken whim, Eddie kissed Buck one night on a dare. And Evan having a response to it. And feeling his heart stomped all over because for Eddie, it was a dare. And for Evan, it unlocked something. And just being sad, because it was never going to happen.

Until, sometime later, he stumbles right into Tommy. And here is this man who sees him, and is falling for him, and when he kisses him the first time, Evan can’t even remember what he was upset about, because this man he’s falling for, this kiss, this moment…is reciprocated. And it feels just a little bit like he’s never done it before. Except when he falls in love this time, someone else is falling back. Giving him the safety, security, comfort of being loved.

And because of all that, he can’t fathom ever having loved anyone else before. Because no one else has loved him the way Tommy does, and he loves Tommy in a way no one else has.

(eta: wrong blog; this is kinardsevan)

[kinardsevan]

No but seriously have we discussed the smile in 710, post “god I hope so”? Not the actual smirk, but the way Tommy just kinda fades out of the cheeky smirk into that smile that gives SO much about where their relationship is at? Because Buck totally could’ve been like “okay no, this doesn’t work for me”, and Tommy clearly would’ve rolled with it. But the fact that he’s giving back what he’s being given in that scene, and then it progresses into just the tiniest hint of a real smile, which in my opinion speaks to their relationship.

We’ve already discussed the fact that this scene means they’re comfortable with each other, that they can engage both physically and emotionally without fear of repercussions. But there’s just something to me about how the way the smile changes is Tommy letting a wall down. Like he’s not just being playful with Evan, but he’s genuinely showing that he wants this kind of engagement with him; he wants the emotional connection that runs deep enough that he feels safe enough to show how their flirting actually makes him feel.

Idk man. There’s just something about that 2 second moment in particular that stands out to me. It does SO MUCH for the entire narrative. Really creates some solid building blocks towards the idea that this show is serving us these two not just dating to date, but that they’re falling for one another. Evan with his overnight bag, taking his dad’s support of the relationship in stride. Tommy letting Evan in beyond just the little bits of the real version of himself he gives to the outside world. Dare I say they’re actually falling in love with one another?

I apologize, but this entire relationship IS my Roman Empire.

[kinardsevan]

subtle moments I need in season 8:

-handholding over dinner. Doesn't even really have to be the focus of anything; just something we catch in the middle of a scene.

-cuddles at the firehouse doors after a long shift. I really selfishly want this during Gerrard's arc, just a small show of solidarity between them

-acknowledgment of the relationship in its exclusivity. I don't care if this is "my boyfriend", "the guy I'm with", "i'm falling in love with him"

-Evan in one of Tommy's sweaters.

-Tommy tries to use "Buck" in a normal context. It doesn't work, and neither of them like it.

-a "from the streets to the skies" mug on Evan's counter

bonus: one to make me absolutely feral:

-Tommy has no problem lifting Evan. We get an entire episode where Evan is making a concerted effort lifting weights, that culminates in Evan lifting him at the end of the episode, which Tommy thinks is hot, but also makes both of them giggle.