Caro I saw you reblogged the AU prompts post sooooo if you want one:
5 (or more) facts about an AU where Buck runs a doggy daycare and Tommy has just adopted a bonded pair of dogs.
ok, first time doing this so i'm sorry if it's not what you were expecting!
we're gonna add a sprinkle of canon and make it so that buck found blaze and saved him and then found his owners and the way the reunion made him feel, got him to find a job at a doggy daycare. he's the favourite of the dogs and can be found in the middle of them at all times just getting licked to death in there;
two dogs are rescued from a fire and taken to the shelter by the ambulance (they just had some smoke inhalation) and they are scared that they don't wanna leave the back of the ambulance and one of them snarls at the paramedic who tries to get them out; slowly and carefully, buck manages to get into the ambulance, ignoring the audience he's garnered from the other firefighters; buck gets snarled at but manages to get close enough to earn the doggies' trust and that's when he notices that one of them doesn't have a leg and that the other one is very protective of the other;
with patience and calm, buck manages to take the three-legged dog into his arms while the other follows close-by, never taking his eyes off buck and the other dog; buck thanks the firefighters for bringing them, noticing how one of them keeps glancing between buck and the dogs, "feel free to visit them anytime" buck says and goes into the shelter, he names them chip (the protective one) and dale (the three-legged dog) and they slowly get more and more comfortable around buck;
one of the firefighters, the one buck spoke to, comes to visit the shelter the evening after "i had to finish my 48 but i really wanted to see how they were doing" he says when buck greets him, "they're doing great, actually, they were just scared" the firefighter nods and buck smiles "do you want to see them?" and despite being nervous, he agrees, on the way buck introduces himself "i'm evan, evan buckley, most people call me buck" "tommy kinard, most people call me tommy" and buck laughs and ofc tommy has the heart eyes;
they go in to see the dogs and they are excited to see buck OFC and then they look at tommy, who keeps his distance just in case, with curiosity and a small bit of fear; buck sits on the floor and waits for dale to get into his lap like that's his place and tommy watches as chip investigates the scene, like making sure dale is in good hands, before looking up at tommy again; buck pets chip's head who doesn't look away from tommy and then buck urges tommy to slowly sit next to him, and even if he's unsure, tommy does it, slowly and carefully sitting next to buck and chip zeroes in on buck and tommy's knees touching when they're sat down, mostly bc it's very close to dale's snout, but tommy notices too and he and buck lock eyes for a moment before he moves away; chip seems to relax at that and then proceeds to sniff at tommy's legs and snarls quietly when tommy moves his hands too fast onto his lap; "relax" buck says, to both dog and human "he's just trying to figure you out" and then he grabs tommy's hand, chip's eyes intent on that, and tommy inhales sharply but buck is more focused on getting chip more relaxed, hands together buck slowly urges it closer to chip who is so focused too; when they're close enough, chip sniffs tommy's hand, moving his head back when tommy flinches his fingers a little at the sensation "it's okay" buck says, to both of them again, and chip comes back to sniff tommy's hand, getting slowly closer and closer until buck urges tommy's hand to pet chip's head and it's like both dog and tommy hold their breath, chip relaxes first and then tommy and buck watches as tommy gets more confident in petting chip who slowly gets more relaxed around tommy and even climbs onto his lap enough to sniff at tommy's face and licks his cheek, his chin and jaw and tommy laughs at it, smiling wide as the dog gets bolder in his licking, tail wagging like a helicopter rotor;
chip firmly in his lap, buck urges tommy to pet dale who had been watching the whole thing from the comfort of buck's lap, and slowly tommy lets dale sniff at him, watching how chip pauses to watch it all, and then slowly pets dale's head who quickly gets comfy with him and even sneaks a couple of lazy licks at tommy's wrist who smiles widely when chip relaxes against tommy again, "they are precious" and buck breathes out a "yea"; after a while bc neither of them wanted to leave and even the dogs whine when they get up, leading to tommy squating to get a few more enthusiastic licks from both dogs while buck watches;
"you should come back again" buck says from the other side of the counter and tommy smiles "yeah, will you be here?" buck smiles "i own this place" "oh, right, uhm, i will be back then" and does the finger guns on his way out "see you soon, tommy" "see you soon, evan"; and tommy comes back, whenever he's free, sometimes for a few minutes, sometimes for hours, and buck is there but sometimes he's busy but chip and dale get more and more comfortable around tommy and then he talks about adoption and buck is very adamant that he can't separate them and is blabbing about responsibility and space and all of that when tommy holds his hand and says "i want them both" and buck relaxes and starts working on the adoption papers and stuff and when it's finished tommy goes "feel free to visit them anytime" and buck smiles;
and buck does visit and slowly tommy gets the courage to ask him out and blah blah blah happily ever after where they share a house with chip and dale who definitely sleep in their bed everynight even though they are not supposed to but "come on tommy look at those eyes" and tommy is never winning an argument bc now he has three puppy eyes looking at him at all times!
i also just realised that i might have gotten the prompt wrong BUT uhm i hope this makes up for it!!! also chip and dale to me!! (chip is the australian shepherd but with heterochromia and dale is the three-legged golden retriever)
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