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Buck is the one with a toxic husband or wife he ran away from, and Maddie is a firefighter.

Buck is an operator because even though he would like to be a firefighter, it still stresses him out too much to go outside and be in the open air.

Buddie with Eddie being down bad for his colleagues brother and them flirting on the com.

Chimney/Maddie working together 🫶

Buck: I literally asked you guys about your grief all the time. I literally ran depression screenings on you all. Including you, Hen. This was a plot point.

Chim: The writers don’t watch previous seasons Buck.

Buck: This was what Eddie had his whole “Trials and Tribulations of Evan Buckley” about. Hen, he literally went to you and Karen about this and then asked you to tell me he was going back to El Paso.

Hen: Bobby meant the most to me.

Buck: He was literally my replacement father?

1) eddie wants buck to treat him like a partner/spouse the way eddie treats buck like a partner/spouse. he can't articulate it though, so they just go round and round while eddie flounders. when eddie feels unmoored, he gets mean

2) buck wants eddie to tell him things! buck still doesn't get HOW important he is to eddie. a lot of times, eddie tries to pretend something isn't real or isn't happening by keeping things from buck. this is how eddie tries to protect himself from feeling things. buck knowing makes it real. but instead of buck realizing this is happening because of HOW important he is, buck usually diminishes his own importance in eddie's life and can get passive aggressive

3) and personally, I think this is the MOST IMPORTANT part.... buck and eddie can get messy with each other. they can say hurtful shit and keep secrets and have emotional crises... but they can't stay mad at each other. they are safe to fall apart together. that's the most important thing 8x17 showed us imo. they both said hurtful shit, but they forgave each other like it was nothing because that is what they mean to each other.

first thing in the morning—take three slow deep breaths (air/sky) more grounding than immediately checking a phone

notice your feet on the ground taking root when you stand up for the first time of the day, take a little stretch (earth/land)

wash or splash your face to get alll the way awake. then chug a big glass. (water/sea)

appreciate any trees, plants, dirt, or clouds you see

place both hands on your heart to feel your own heat and warmth. feel your heart beating. “i am alive” (fire)

wear or carry a rock, hagstone, crystal, talisman, or amulet

in times of stress or dissociation, rub your thumb in small circles on the back of your other hand to ground and soothe. (clockwise for attracting an intention, counterclockwise for banishing)

color magic with clothing

add cinnamon, lavender, or peppermint to coffee according to intention if you don’t want to drink tea

stirring tea/coffee according to intention

sometimes i pick a little affirmation for the day— “may i forgive myself” “the universe is within me/the wild is within me”

visualization—inhale a bright light and let it fill your lungs, exhaling clouds of negativity

or create a shield with breathing. with each breath, imagine a bubble forming around your body, then your aura, growing with strength.

cleansing shower at the end of the day (intending it to cleanse my aura makes me more motivated to take one, idkw)

if taking a bath, add a dash of moon water

sniff lavender essential oil before bed