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“I don’t want to be alone right now.” + Bucktommy (I'm guessing from your page?)

“I don’t want to be alone right now.”

The whispered confession was almost so quiet, Tommy nearly missed it. But he didn't. He didn't and each weighted word opened up a hole in his chest that let in air he didn't know what to do with.

Tommy inhaled. The air filled into his lungs and held. The weight didn't go away.

Tommy exhaled and sat down beside Evan, leaning in just enough to brush against his arm even though he knew it was a mistake. One he wouldn't be able to break away from the moment they came in contact again. Because Evan opened up to touch like a flower seeking sunlight. Every kiss, every brush of his knuckles, every caress of his finger tips made Evan beam up at him like Tommy had just give him the world and Tommy never knew what to do with that.

He still didn't.

But he brushed his arm against Evan and Evan opened up only to wilt even further in himself as if he simply didn't have the strength anymore. His knuckles went white with how tightly he was gripping onto his legs, curling into an even tighter ball that seemed almost impossible for someone so big and so bright that Tommy couldn't imagine a world without him in it.

"What happened?" Tommy asked when the silence got too thick like humidity hanging on their skin.

Evan blinked fast, ducking his head to hide his face in the crook of his elbow, and didn't answer.

Except maybe his silence was an answer.

Or maybe part of an answer.

The hitched breath, the quiet sob, were both things Tommy knew Evan probably wished he hadn't heard. But he did and Tommy couldn't do nothing. Even if it meant ripping out his own heart and giving it to Evan to crush beneath his fist, Tommy would do it if it meant helping him, protecting him from whatever hurt was hanging around long enough to make Evan cry.

"You changed your lock screen?"

Eddie looks up at the sound of Buck's voice, noticing his phone in Buck's hand.

"Yeah, it's been a while actually. Why? You don't like it?" Eddie questions. "Not a flattering enough picture of you?"

Buck blushes as his eyes drift down to Eddie's lock screen again.

"No... I just... didn't realize I was lock screen worthy..." he mumbles. Albeit, it was a picture of him and Christopher together, but still... that as a lock screen on Eddie's phone made them seem like... a family... and no, not a family like the 118 as a whole, but a separate family, like Hen, Karen, and their kids, like Chim, Maddie and their kids.

"Of course you are," Eddie says like it's no big deal, like the thought of them being a family didn't have Buck's stomach fluttering.

"You see, Nora?" Barry asked the baby in his arms. "Mama likes her silly jokes so much, she knows this isn't Doctor Who."

Sure, it hadn't been instant realisation she was messing with him when she muddled the names of sci-fi shows up, but he had realised when he'd seen how much Iris and Caitlin were smiling as Cisco went into his incredibly long explanation of what Star Trek was and why it was incredibly insulting Iris thought it was Red Dwarf, how did she know Red Dwarf and not Star Trek?

"There's a TARDIS in it," Iris said, nodding at the screen.

Barry blinked.

"Huh," he said. "Either that's just a reference or Peppa Pig is doing a Doctor Who crossover I didn't know about. Cisco did tell me I should watch Peppa Pig with Nora this week."

"That's because he's too embarrassed to send the message Kamilla sent me," Iris said. "Pass me the remote?"

Barry did and Iris switched the channel over to Sesame Street. They were in the middle of a scene and Nora immediately babbled and reached out for where Vibe was standing next to Big Bird.

Cisco looked mostly nervous, obvious even with his goggles, but he was telling Big Bird all about how scary it was when he got his powers, and how he only learnt to control them because his friends helped him.

"Apparently he saved someone who worked on it last week and their nephew just revealled he has meta powers but was too scared to say anything, so they asked Vibe if he could be on," Iris said. "Don't worry, Caitlin's recording it. And Kamilla. And Armando, Mrs Ramon, Felicity, and Kara."

"Oh good," Barry said. "I think someone might just have to go visit her godfather after she's seen the whole thing, don't you, Nora?"

Phil was not surprised Melinda would make that comment. One of the things that many were surprised about the supposedly rigid agent is that she loved Star Wars, as much as Phil loved Captain America. To be fair, if there was a hot historical drama about Captain America, Phil would be locked in his room to watch it as well.

"Fine we won't go out to dinner then," Phil said before a grand idea popped up into his head, "how about we Mando and chill instead"

The wide devious smile formed on Melinda's lips, told him she was more than pleased with the idea.

Hey bestie 💙

Buck's abandonment issue rear their ugly head. 🙃

[742 words | Angst | Comfort]

angst prompts

Buck had grown accustomed to it. He got hurt. People leave. Or he just slips off their radar again. It happened with his parents. It happened with Ali. It happened with the entire 118. (Though he did admit that one was his fault) But it still hurt. It still added to the pattern.

And yeah, he had been hurt on the job since then, and this pattern had been broken. But this time, this was the first time since Buck had stood in Eddie’s kitchen and told him he loved him, and hadn’t breathed until Eddie said it back.

Their start had been simple and easy, not dramatic. No confessions under fire or with hands covered in blood. Not in a hospital room or an ambulance. Just a simple near accidental peck on the cheek one night. Then a soft and natural, but still earth shattering, I love you while the dishes were being stacked.

Omg I WHEEZED with laughter when I read this!!! YES FUCKING PLEEEEEASEEEE 😂😂😂

I can just imagine it, Eddie is pissed because Chim has dropped ONE MORE GODDAMN HINT and he doesn't know what to do about it because he and Buck *aren't* like that (although in all of his best dreams they are). So he's stewing while Buck cooks breakfast, and Chim is out getting groceries for the house.

Buck gets a text on his phone, and without a word pokes Eddie in the side and when Eddie looks up, Buck grabs his arm and yanks him upstairs to the loft. 

Eddie is like "WTF" and Buck is like "Just got a 5 minute warning from Chim. He said he'll be here soon so if we could finish going at it before then." 

 "...So?" Eddie still doesn't get it. 

 "SO, what if when Chim comes back, we *are* still going at it??" Buck smirks at him evilly, then bounces lightly on the bed until it groans, eyebrows raised.

At first Eddie doesn't get it. And then he does and his face lights up. "Oh you are SO on!" 

When Chim walks in, it's to the sound of grunting, Buck moaning Eddie's name as the upper floor of the loft shakes from Eddie and Buck's movement (and also bouts of silent, rib cracking laughter).

"What the f..." He drops all his groceries, standing frozen by the door, unsure what to do with himself. 

Suddenly they all hear a loud CRACK followed by the sounds of two halves of a bed slamming into the floor and Eddie's grunt and Buck's yelp. 

 "...Oh shit." Buck sounds lost. "Are you able to order new beds during a pandemic?" Eddie can't contain his laughter inside anymore and explodes. 

Florist AU and Secon Love AU. Ooo I love this so much yes!

Okay so Bobby moves to LA for a fresh start sometime after his family dies and opens up a shop that's a mix between a flower shop on one part and a store that sells organic produce that's all grown in the big garden behind the shop.

The first time Athena enters the store is on official police business. The law practice two doors down in the same block calls in for a noise complaint. Turns out, all of Bobby's chickens in the back that he has for fresh eggs ran out and was running all over the place causing chaos. Athena arrives and Bobby quickly hands her one of the chickens he caught so he can quickly get another. Let's just say their first meeting doesn't go quite well. Especially since Athena was already annoyed just got handed her divorce papers from Michael that day. But before she leaves, feeling bad, Bobby decides to give her a bouquet of flowers free of charge for thanking her to help. At first she refuses but then accepts when he gives Athena her favorite flowers with her having to tell him. "It's a gift." He says.

The next time she visits the shop, is after her best friend Hen has her new doctor's office next door after Athena had saw that the space was for lease the first time she was at the flower shop. She comes with May before visiting Hen so she can buy her flowers for her new office space. When May is delighted to see the natural flirtation between her mom and the florist as they banter back and forth about what would be the best flowers for an office building (her mom would debate with a florist about flowers) she decides to do some matchmaking. So she interrupts their conversation as May asks if they can hire Bobby to the flower arrangements for sweet sixteen that was coming up in about a month. "I didn't even know you wanted flower arrangements." Athena says, eyeing her daughter suspiciously. May shrugs. "Now I do."

Once they both accept, May then adds that she wants to make it really elaborate so she'd want to come over a lot to go over the different designs. When they agree, she then asks Athena that since she'd be busy with school if Athena could go over the designs with Bobby. She's suspicious of her daughter and is about to protest when Bobby adds that he wouldn't mind so she accepts. His employee, Buck, then quickly asks where is the party being held. "At my house." Athena answers rarely. "Perfect!" He exclaims but then clears his throat and explains that maybe Bobby should visit her house "for research purposes" to help him decide on which flowers would be the best "you know, for the aesthetic." Bobby gives him a looks that roughly translates to "cut it off" but Athena just smirks and agrees.

"You should exchange numbers to decide a date." May suggests with a bright smile. Athena rolls her eyes bc her daughter is many things but subtly is not one of them.

After they exchange numbers and make their plans, a few days later Bobby arrives to "survey the house's aesthetic". What Athena didn't know was that May had ordered food from her favorite restaurant which not only conveniently arrived just shortly after Bobby did, but had his favorite meal as well as Athena's. They both then admit that they knew were being set up and laugh about it both apologize for their kids obviously working together for trying to make it happen. Athena is honest and tells him that she's just gotten off from a divorce and tried a few dates but just wasn't ready. To which he tells her that he completely understands and feels the same way. "Divorce?" She asks. "No." He looks away. "Widowerer."

He gets a far away look in his eyes and after she says her condolences Athena tries to soothe the mood and offers for them to still eat the meal since it was there and their favorite meals. She offers for them to just have a nice, professional meal without having it to be anything.

They end up making out on the couch like a couple of teenagers. (After the delicious meal and a few glasses of wine).

But they then decide that they shouldn't go any further because they weren't ready and to just leave it at that.

The next time Bobby is at her house (after asking to drop by to see if the arrangements he had in mind would look good) they sleep together.

And so became the routine of saying that was just a one time thing and more bc they weren't ready and then coming up with an excuse to see each other again and hooking up like couple of horny teenagers.

A few days before May's party, Bobby tells Athena that he's not one of those people who can just continue to hook up with someone without any feelings attached. She tells him that she's sorry but she's just not ready for jump into a relationship again so soon, to which he understands but is heartbroken all the same.

But ever since then, Athena feels an ache in her chest but tries to ignore it. When May's birthday comes along and they're getting ready for the party, Buck arrives with all of the flowers. Athena feel an ache in her chest that she hadn't ever felt with Michael at Bobby's absence. Noticing her mood shift, Michael talks to her and tells Athena that May told her about Bobby (who May had also seen quite a few times since they first met). He tells her that she is allowed to try to find happiness for herself, which help makes Athena decide that she's gonna give it a shot with Bobby, if it's not too late.

Noticing this, May tells her that they have time before the party so she expects her to "go your man" and come back with Bobby in tow because she really wants him to be there.

And so, with pure determination, Athena asks Buck to take her back to the flower shop, to which he happily complies.

When they arrive at the shop, Bobby is surprised to see Athena there but she tells him that she wants to give it a real try, if he'll have her. After he asks if she's sure, not wanting to rush her into anything she wasn't ready for. She smiles and says yes, asking if he's ready as well. As an answer, he proceeds to rush in to kiss her like there's no tomorrow.

Afterwards, both Bobby and Buck go to May's party and Athena and Bobby officially start the beginning of their second shot at a happily ever after.

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Did not mean for this to be so long. Lol oops. But if I ever wrote this as a fic I'd def have more details and show more of the firefam still being close even in this au, but yeah here you go.

Thank you so much Kate!!

“Please don’t laugh,” Chimney said miserably as he dunked his hands into the sink and turned on the faucet. 

“I’m...not laughing,” Maddie said, though judging by the way she looked like she was going to burst, Chimney was pretty sure she was holding back quite a few laughs. “I just think maybe next time we’ll wait a year before introducing Jee-Yun to fingerpainting.” 

Chim snorted. “Now that, I can get on board with,” he said, scrubbing his arms. He looked at his hands and groaned. “The packaging said this was washable paint! Why is it so hard to get off?” 

“Yeah, I think our walls are going to be permanently decorated,” Maddie said, and Chimney groaned. “And Jee-Yun may just have splotches of blue and purple on her face.” 

Chimney groaned louder, and Maddie burst out laughing. 

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” she said, wiping tears from her eyes. “It’s just funny.” 

“I know,” Chimney said, and he frowned. “It’s just, when my dad said that he had us doing things like that to ‘challenger our minds’ I just thought maybe I could do that, and then -” 

"Hey, hey, hey,” Maddie said moving towards Chimney. “Trust me, you don’t have to mimic a single thing that he’s done. You’re doing amazing, so amazing.” She kissed his cheek and smiled. “And I like our walls better this way. It was a bit too bland before.” 

Chim laughed and turned, kissing Maddie on the lips. “I love you,” he said, resting his forehead against hers. 

“I love you too,” she said back, and the two smiled at each other. 

Albert and Buck ran into the bathroom a second later, and Chim and Maddie startled. 

“Don’t get mad,” Buck said.

“Why do you guys have paint on you?” Maddie asked, brows furrowed. “Weren’t you supposed to clean up Jee-Yun?” 

“Okay, yes, but then she got into more of the paint-” Buck started. 

“Don’t get mad-” Albert said. “It’s kind of on your kitchen walls. And your stove. And I’m pretty sure it somehow got into the fridge?” 

“Don’t get mad,” Buck said. 

Chim pinched the bridge of his nose. “Well where’s Jee-Yun?” he asked. “Did you at least move her from the finger paints?” 

There was a crash from the kitchen, followed by a baby’s laughter. 

“Don’t get mad,” Albert and Buck said almost in unison, before rushing away. 

“All right,” Maddie sighed. “Let’s go see how bad it is.” 

“Let’s take 10 seconds,” Chimney said. “I want to live in a world where we don’t have to repaint our walls.” 

Maddie laughed and leaned against Chimney, and the two stayed together for a few seconds before another clang was heard, and they went out to face their destroyed apartment.