#firefly 911

[menace-behaviour]

Buck: *Having 'Sad Hoodie Hours™️' at Maddie's house*

Maddie: *Handing him a mug of hot chocolate* Okay, spill. Why do you have that "My goldfish ran away from home" face on?

Buck: Me and Tommy have been on opposite shifts for like 3 weeks now. I just miss him and I'm trying to not act out about it. I actually considered driving to the LAFD Air Base and starting a trashcan fire in the parking lot. It's either that or sending him notes made with letters cut out of old magazines.

Maddie: You know, I’ve got a whole box of old positive pregnancy tests in my bathroom cabinet. If we hurry, we could get to FedEx before closing and have him in a panic by noon tomorrow.

Buck: You’re a national treasure and I love you.

[babybyebuck]

"Keep looking at me keep looking at me keep looking at me"

[9-1-1-slag]

Buck: *holding their hand* It's not watching you die that made me realise I love you. It only made me realise how important it was that you knew.

[babybyebuck]

Kinda sick of the rhetoric that tommy sucked for not taking buck on fancy dates "like he did for eddie"

He took Eddie to common interest spaces because they were the same person. Buck and Tommy were more opposites attract in that sense, atleast how theyre laid out narratively.

Also tommy did ask him out on a public date to start and it crashed and burned because Buck understandably needed a bit more time before his radical self acceptance activated. So yes, more lowkey "with one another only" dates for a bit make sense.

Also Buck "I booked a hot air balloon ride to woo Abby" Buckley also did not take Tommy on any significant dates that we know of.

Ion know why hate on just Tommy for it. The man has flaws but the big Eddie dates aren't one of em.

[menace-behaviour]

*Gearing up to save Bobby and Athena from the Cruise Ship*

Buck: *Loudly* Woah! What is that?!

Eddie: This is an aircraft hanger, Buck. You know that’s a helicopter.

Buck: *Regular Volume* I saw an Instagram Reel that said if you look confused enough in a cool place, hot and nerdy dudes will just flock to you like flies.

Eddie:

Buck: And I’m trying to land a hot pilot husband. I can’t keep being the only smoke show in the relationship!

Eddie: Is that really your priority, right now?

Buck: I’m multi-tasking!

[babybyebuck]

I wonder if Buck had Maddie's voice in his head helping him focus and work and keep going when his own voice didn't tell him to, back when he was running across the country, away from home.

I wonder if the voice ever changed, Bobby's, Eddie's, maybe for a short while, Tommy's.

I wonder if he has anyone talking him through right now, or maybe its just 6 words over and over "They are gonna need you, kid."

Maybe thats all thats keeping him going, good big brother, good friend, good little brother, a shoulder to lean on.

Maybe there's no voice telling him to look at his own wounds at all anymore.

Not for now, anyway.

[menace-behaviour]

Tommy: Hey Eddie, I think we should talk. I feel like you’ve been keeping your distance since Buck and I started dating and I’m worried that I’ve overstepped without realising it.

Eddie: Oh, no, I’ve just been busy with work and adjusting to raising a teenage Christopher and also with dating my dead wife that wasn’t dead anymore.

Tommy: Okay, what? That’s a lot to unpack. What do you mean your undead dead wife?

Eddie: Don’t worry about it, okay? Buck is so perfect for you and I'm so happy for you! You both deserve a win in this department.

Tommy: Do you actually mean that?

Eddie: Yes! Well, except for the part where I'm secretly in love with him, but you know, I'm happy for you! That’s what matters!

[babybyebuck]

Neither of them took the other out on dates. Neither of them cares about the other; end of story.

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Hi Nonnie,

So, I do not think they cared about one another specifically when the relationship started. I think at the beginning Tommy cared for Eddie and Buck was a good thing that came along at a good time. At the Beginning, I think Buck liked Tommy for being his Bi awakening and Being Cool.

But they both did grow to care for one another. Do I think they were full on in capital L love? No. Not yet.

They had dates. They were private. Tommy was a good first relationship for Buck with a bad end. There could have been a better end if there had been a better start. Aka Tommy 1) communicating more 2) giving Buck patient time to figure his shit out and Buck also 1) taking 30 seconds to think things through 2) communicating more