âI blame gravity. Or you,â Tommy blurts out, even though he really shouldnât try to flirt while heâs tired, hungry and on the job.
âHey, you ran into me! 10/10, would catch you again,â his counterpart delivers in a very flirty voice.
Tommy grins at him and does his best to match the teasing tone. âI might take you up on that.â
But the other man frowns ever so slightly, tilting his head like a confused puppy. Shit, maybe Tommy misread him and the guy always sounds like that. For a long beat they stand in silence, looking at each other, and neither of them seems to know what to do.
âSo how did you get the fire under control so quickly?â Tommy finally asks, because he needs to say something to move past this awkward moment.
The cute guy grins at him once again, snaps his fingers and whispers: âMagic.â
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lost for words by @corporatebanana (corporatebanana on AO3)
Summary:
Tommy learns firsthand after his crash that traumatic brain injuries can cause neurogenic stuttering. He knows he should be telling the world how grateful he is to have survived a helicopter crash with just his stutter as his only lingering condition, no matter how long it takes for him to get the sentence out.
Tell that to the gurgling pit of shame that stops Tommy from even trying to speak, though.
When Tommy's speech therapist mentions practicing more outside of their sessions, Tommy figures the only way to get someone to want to listen to him speak is to hire them. An escort's a perfect solution to his problem, really. It's a bit of a problem that Evan's so hot he has Tommy tongue-tied in a whole new way. He should just ignore all that, though; Tommy didn't hire Evan for sex, so they won't be fucking.
They won't be fucking, right?
Main Themes:
Evan âBuckâ Buckley/Tommy Kinard
Author Tommy Kinard and Sex Worker Evan "Buck" Buckley
the walls came tumbling down by @winter-parrot [buckaroni (winter_parrot) on AO3]
Summary:
buck transfers out of 118, and ends up severely injured. bobby is still his emergency contact, so athena gets the phone call about it. tommy finds out by pure chance. everyone, buck included, has a crisis over it. aka the hiatus hospital!fic in which i take the post-breakup "one of them ends up badly hurt and the other emergency contact" genre of fics and the twist it around for fun and profit (tormenting all my blorbos at once)
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âMy husband was the closest thing to a father that kid ever had,â Athena snaps. âNow, Iâm well aware that doesnât make me his mother, but it does make me some kind of family. So tell me, what happened to Buck?"
Thereâs a long pause on the other side, long enough for Athena to hurriedly get dressed in the first things she can reach. It doesnât really matter what; sheâs aiming to avoid being arrested for public indecency, not impress a date. Sheâs shoving her feet into her shoes and debating the merits of just showing up to First Presbyterian, guns metaphorically or perhaps literally blazing, when the woman finally answers. âThey brought him in twenty minutes ago. Building collapse. Heâs in surgery now.â
âIâll be there in ten,â Athena says, and hangs up.
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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
We Do Not Part by Han Kang
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles by Patricia Terry
A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon
The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Miye Lee
Voting ended onJul 13
It's time to choose our book for August, and the theme is Translated Books! Feel free to vote even if youâre not part of book club; weâll be voting amongst the top three in our Discord. If youâd like to join the book club, send me a message and Iâll give you the link! Book summaries are under the cut!
Snowglobe by Soyoung Park
Enclosed under a vast dome, Snowglobe is the last place on Earth thatâs warm. Outside Snowglobe is a frozen wasteland, and every day, citizens face the icy world to get to their jobs at the power plant, where they produce the energy Snowglobe needs. Their only solace comes in the form of twenty-four-hour television programming streamed directly from the domed city.
The residents of Snowglobe have everything: fame, fortune, and above all, safety from the desolation outside their walls. In exchange, their lives are broadcast to the less fortunate outside, who watch eagerly, hoping for the chance to one day become actors themselves.
Chobahm lives for the time she spends watching the shows produced inside Snowglobe. Her favorite? Goh Around, starring Goh Haeri, Snowglobeâs biggest starâand, it turns out, the key to getting Chobahm her dream life.
Because Haeri is dead, and Chobahm has been chosen to take her place. Only, life inside Snowglobe is nothing like what you see on television. Reality is a lie, and truth seems to be forever out of reach.
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
In a small back alley of Tokyo, there is a cafĂŠ that has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. Local legend says that this shop offers something else besides coffee--the chance to travel back in time.
Over the course of one summer, four customers visit the cafĂŠ in the hopes of making that journey. But time travel isnât so simple, and there are rules that must be followed. Most important, the trip can only last as long as it takes for the coffee to get cold.
Prepare to meet four visitors, each of whom is hoping to make use of the cafĂŠâs time-travelling offer in order to:
-confront the man who left them
-receive a letter from their husband whose memory has been taken by Alzheimerâs
-see their sister one last time, and
-meet the daughter they never got the chance to know.
We Do Not Part: A Novel by Han Kang
One winter morning in Seoul, Kyungha receives an urgent message from her friend Inseon to visit her at the hospital. Inseon has injured herself in an accident, and she begs Kyngha to return to Jeju Island, where she lives, to save her beloved petâa white bird called Ama. A snowstorm hits the island when Kyungha arrives. She must reach Inseonâs house at all costs, but the icy wind and squalls slow her down as night begins to fall. She wonders if she will arrive in time to save the animalâor even survive the terrible cold that envelops her with every step. Lost in a world of snow, she doesnât yet suspect the vertiginous plunge into darkness that awaits her at her friendâs house.
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles by Patricia Terry and S Rosenberg
Retellings of the Old French story of King Arthur, Guenevere, and Lancelot have left out a fourth figure amongst these legendary star-crossed lovers, the man who loved the knight, Lancelot. He was Galehaut, a mortal enemy of Arthur, and the invincible Lord of the Distant Isles. And he was Guenevereâs rival for Lancelotâs passion. The story is now complete, as a tragic double-love story, its complexity and emotional depth restored for the modern reader.
It is an extraordinary tale. For love of Lancelot, Galehaut surrenders his political ambitions, submitting to the rule of Arthur; the same love leads him to facilitate relations between Lancelot and the Queen. The mighty Lord of the Distant Isles, who had seemed destined to conquer the world, becomes a paragon of love-inspired self-sacrifice in this ancient tale of one man who deeply loves another.
A Magical Girl Retires: A Novel by Park Seolyeon
Twenty-nine, depressed, and drowning in credit card debt after losing her job juring the pandemic, a millennial woman decides to end her troubles by jumping off Seoulâs Mapo Bridge. But her suicide attempt is interrupted by a girl dressed all in whiteâher guardian angel. Ah Roa is a clairvoyant magical girl on a mission to find the greated magical girl of all time. And our protagonist juts may be that special someone.
But the young womanâs initial excitement turns to frustration when she learns being a magical girl in real life is much different than how itâs portrayed in stories. It isnât just destinyâitâs work. Magical girls go to job fairs, join trade unions, attend classes. And for this magical girl there are no special powers and no great perks, and despite being magical, she still battles with low self-esteem in this sharp satirical fantasy. Her magic wandâŚis a credit cardâwhich she must use to defeat a terrifying threat that isnât a monster or an intergalactic war. Itâs global climate change. Because magical girls need to think about sustainability, too.
The Dallergut Dream Department Store: A Novel by Miye Lee
What if there was a store that sold dreams? Which would you buy? And who might you become when you wake up?
In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious thereâs a department store that sells dreams. Day and night, visitors both human and animal shuffle in to purchase their latest adventure. Each floor specializes in a specific type of dream: childhood memories, food dreams, ice skating, dreams of stardom. Flying dreams are almost always sold out. Some seek dreams of loved ones who have died.
For Penny, an enthusiastic new hire, working at Dallergut is the opportunity of a lifetime. As she uncovers the workings of this whimsical world, she bonds with a cast of unforgettable characters, including Dallergut, the flamboyant and wise owner, Babynap Rockabye, a famous dream designer, Maxim, a nightmare producer, and the many customers who dream to heal, dream to grow, and dream to flourish.
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reason:
Honestly they're so similar and would have amazing chemistry in the MCU if it hadn't ruined everything, but in the comics they get alone well and Tony even fixes his arm sometimes; both nerdy dorks that like to tease and flirt and crack jokes and hang out, and I think a lot of things would be better if they kissed. :)
It feels like I'm fallin' in love by @aesthetictarlos (actually_allie on AO3)
Summary:
Buck wakes up to a ray of sunshine hitting his face, and the first thing he realizes is that he's not laying on his very comfortable and expensive bed but on the couch instead. The second thing he notices, after he forces his eyes open and sits up, is the naked man sleeping face-down on the rug.
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Or, the one where Buck and Tommy meet under different circumstances and go from strangers to friends (with benefits) to lovers.
Main Themes:
Evan âBuckâ Buckley/Tommy Kinard
Friends to Lovers
Hurt/Comfort
Alternate Universe - Different First Meeting
Completed
Series:
Love actually is all around - BuckTommy Week 2024 (7 Works)
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Buck to the Beginning by @ladyeyrewrites (LadyEyre on AO3)
Summary:
What if Buck time travels to the beginning of season 01 when he's struck by lightning? What will he do when presented with the chance to fix his mistakes and help his friends and family avoid their worst tragedies?
EXCERPT:
If not for his training, this would be the moment where Buck stops in his tracks, confused, wondering where all the rain went, what that flash of light was, how itâs suddenly a bright sunny day when a heartbeat ago it was the middle of a dark and stormy night, and why all of this seems vaguely familiar. But thereâs no time for that. Thereâs a drowning victim to tend to.
