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Summary: Evan Buckley was only a year old when he came online as a Guide. At 27, he's never met a Sentinel who calls to him, until suddenly he's being pulled onto the spirit plane while he sleeps, by two unknown spirit animals in extreme emotional distress.
Tagging some friends and people who've interacted with the snippets and posts now that the fic is completely posted :)
RYAN GUZMAN as EDMUNDO "EDDIE" DIAZ & OLIVER STARK as EVAN 'BUCK' BUCKLEY 9-1-1 - S08 E07 · Hotshots
I have to admit I find it kinda funny we’ve had
Lou spoil queer Eddie
Family feud spoil queer Eddie
Tommy all but say Eddie is queer
Dateline spoil queer Eddie
Everyone and their mom out here spoiling this man’s queer storyline 😂
How many times can they out Eddie without letting him out?
I don’t know what would be more hilarious . That deadline jumped the gun and potentially spoiled Buddie or that DEADLINE, the industry trade, saw the same signs we have and came to their own conclusion that Buddie is a will they, won’t they.
Frankly both options are a win to me.
Okay but for real, Deadline isn't some fandom website or blog. The person who wrote the 9-1-1 renewal story isn't a reporter in the fandom trenches.
Putting "The will they, won’t they between Stark’s Buck and Guzman’s Eddie continues, complicating things when the latter decides to move to Texas to be closer to his son." was likely something pulled directly from a press release from ABC and not the reporter editorializing or "pushing the buddie agenda". In fact, as far as I can tell, that reporter last wrote out 9-1-1 in 2024 after the tragic death of a crew member.
This isn't some Buddie friendly reporter from Pink News or even Entertainment Tonight, this is Deadline.
Sometimes, after a crazy Buddie fandom win or moment, I like to check out the bucktommy tag and block the truly crazy accounts. I also do this with the buddie tag. (because we have some sleeper whackjobs in the buddie fandom)
In this way, I keep my feed clear of completely batshit takes on my own terms instead of getting random fuckwit jump scares.
#i love beefy husbands
9-1-1 Buck + popcorn 🍿
Sorry for the lack of source I got too excited!!
Renewal for season 9!!
18 episodes once again.
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"Okay don't get mad," Eddie hears through the phone and for some reason it makes him smile.
"What am I getting mad about? Did you beat my pinball high score?" he teased, hearing Buck's light chuckle as he took a moment to hesitate.
"I slept with Tommy last night."
Eddie doesn't expect it to hit him in the chest as hard as it does. He's not even sure why.
"You... wait, you called him?" was all he could say as the idea of it sank in deeper.
"Uh, actually no," he said. "I was actually out drinking with Ravi and we just... ran into each other."
"Right," Eddie said, because what else could he say?
Buck continued with his story anyway. It was friendly between them, and they got to talking, he was a little tipsy and people don't lie about the whole liquid courage thing.. One thing led to another and—
"I don't know, I don't think either of us meant for it to happen but... then I asked him if he wanted to see my new place, I said I missed him, he said he missed me too and it was just... familiar I guess."
Familiar, okay well, that's not a way you would describe mind-blowing sex. Still, it did nothing to remove the swirling sensation from Eddie's gut.
"I mean I think we both just got a little emotional talking to one another and, well... I'm only human, and he looks good."
Of course he did, Eddie thought, teeth clamping down on his bottom lip. He's a good looking guy, why wouldn't he look good?
"Like I know I should probably go out and meet other people, but there's just something different about it when you know the person, you know what I mean?"
All too well, Eddie thought.
Ok, I feel really dumb, because I can't figure this out. What is the Buck watch?
Okay, tagging @stagefoureddiediaz because Kym is the one who's been tracking the watches, but I will give you a rundown.
Eddie has had a specific off-duty watch that was different from his work watch. This one. The first time it showed up was in 406 during his date with Ana.
Kym has nicknamed it the Christopher watch. Since it showed up with Ana, it leaves the question if this is a symbol of Eddie ignoring what he wants in favor of doing what he thinks is best for Chris.
Side note, but the only other time he has a different watch is in 613 during the poker date, that pretty gold one over there.
That leads us to 810 and what we are calling the Buck watch. This blue one he's wearing during the goodbye.
Why is it interesting? Well, in the car during 810, Eddie still has the beige one, but in the hospital, he has this blue one. So, continuity doesn't matter here, the watch is supposed to be noticed.
Since the hospital, every time we see Eddie, he is wearing the watch. Except for the bit where he asks his parents to cover the chess club and the dinner he is asleep at the table. It's also there in both scenes we see of Eddie in the stills for 813.
The best thing about it? This watch is a William Wood "The Red Watch", it is available in 6 colors, the one Eddie has? Blue Fire Hose.
I don't know how much you followed of my color meta, but Buck literally works himself into a blue color during his coming out arc. So Buck is a blue character. And they gave Eddie a blue *Buck's old nickname* watch. So, yeah. Gotta love the costume department.
