space, the final frontier

@pscentral event 39: pride

All I ask is that when you look at me, see me. See me the way I see you, as a proud member of this department. One of the rare few that chooses to spend their lives in service of those who are hurt and those who need to be saved.

buck, a fully grown 32 (?) year old, moving in with his mother figure, athena who thought she had an empty nest having to deal with that kid

and it turns out to be really cute because actually athena, in a unpredictable and probably grief fueled manner, loves being mother hen to her buckaroo and buck revels in that motherly love

buck cooks for athena which helps her heal that bobby shaped hole in her heart, athena looks after buck and packs him a healthy breakfast for work which just makes buck cry on the inside, they talk about bobby when no one else will talk about him and share fond memories

and she is genuinely concerned when buck doesn’t come home at night because he spends so much time at eddie’s place (she clocks their situation really, really fast and ends up being a massive catalyst for buddie to finally get it together and is a bit sad when buck moves back in with eddie)

the cuteness is just elevated like tenfold when buck babysits jee at their place and athena, in addition to getting to be a mother hen, also loves to be a grandmother hen - they color together and bake together, just the three of them, and athena loves her jee cuddles almost as much as buck

even when buck moves back in with eddie and chris, they make it a point to have at least one night per week just the two of them, athena and buckaroo, it’s almost like they can feel bobby’s spirit wrap itself around them when they’re together and it really heals something in both of them