it's so interesting to me that taylor was the one who had the 'stop making everything about you' conversation with buck that wasn't 'stop being so selfish' but instead 'other people have their own shit going on and you need to stop assuming that you're the cause of every bit of negativity in a room', because like.... that really is the way buck tends to ACTUALLY make it about him. if someone is mad, he assumes they're mad at him. if the vibes in a social situation are weird or awkward, he assumes it's his doing. partly ADHD, partly the way he was raised to get no attention at all unless he was a problem. and taylor got that about him in a way i'm not sure many other people do.
idk. they never would have worked long term, but there's a reason they were drawn to each other, beyond just attraction. in a lot of ways, they have similar damage.
(of course the other part of this for buck is that if something is his fault then he can fix it, and there's nothing he chafes at more than feeling helpless)
