Overheard from the 118

The Husbandification of Evan Buckley Series (On AO3)

The Husbandification of Evan Buckley - Part 1 (On Tumblr)

The Husbandification of Evan Buckley - Part 1 (On AO3)

Parent-trapping your Best Friend: Ethical Dilemma or Best Idea Eddie Diaz has ever had? - The Husbandification of Evan Buckley Part 2 (On Tumblr)

Parent-trapping your Best Friend: Ethical Dilemma or Best Idea Eddie Diaz has ever had? - The Husbandification of Evan Buckley Part 2 (On AO3)

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Three Line Thursday WIP Teasers

1 - 8.9.22

B-Shift Paramedic: I need to swap out on Saturday. Someone HMU please.

Bobby: Wait, so HMU isn't "hold my umbrella"?

Chimney: No. It’s actually "hummer med underkläder", which means "I love you" in Swedish and I think that's beautiful.

Eddie: "Hummer med underkläder" means "Lobster with panties".

Hen: How do you even know that?

Eddie: My Mother wanted at least one child that could speak to her parents when they called so she wouldn’t have to.

Chimney: You know what, Diaz. Your childhood trauma and resulting multilingualism is really getting in the way of my best work.

Eddie: Your best work? Tricking Bobby into thinking hook-up slang means something innocent?

Bobby: HOOK-UP SLANG!!?!? I texted the Commissioner “HMU” during that hurricane last week??

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.

Ramon: And then the company I worked for went bankrupt after I retired. But, hey. I guess they just don't make them like me no more. I was the last of my kind.

Eddie: Thank god. I mean, I just don't think there's enough mental illness in the world.

Ramon: For what?

Eddie: For more than one of you to be going around fucking up the population.

Ramon:

Buck: *Holding a Fire Grenade* This here is my favourite piece of firefighting equipment. It's cal-

School Child: You've said that about every single thing you've shown us so far.

Buck: Said what?

School Child: That the thing is your favourite. You can only have one favourite thing. That's, like, the definition of "Favourite".

Jee-Yun: There was a motor close to my school today.

Maddie: A motor- a motorcycle? Did you see a motorcycle at school?

Jee-Yun: Ah sorry, no. It was a murder.

Maddie: Howie, get my purse. The blue one.

Chimney: Or, first, we could confirm this with someone that doesn't get their news updates from Paw Patrol?

Maddie: Are you suggesting that our daughter is a liar?

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?

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?

Zoom Connection Page: “Your internet connection is unstable.”

Athena: That sounds perfect! Doesn’t that sound perfect, Bobby?

Bobby: No.

Maddie: Guess who? She’s gorgeous and so smart <3

Maddie: And she’s gonna be very mad if you get it wrong <3

Eddie: You’re not planning another Hot Air Balloon joy-ride disaster, are you?

Buck: God no, but since you and Tommy get along so well, can you help me figure out a nice date for him?

I mean it was nice to know that they brought joy while I was gone, but it definitely was a shock.