If you're still doing the 5 facts, 1 AU game, what about an AU where Buck and Tommy live in the same apartment complex and have a meetugly over the community garden?
1. One of the perks of the condo Tommy moved into after he left the 118 was the supposed community garden. Tommy says ‘supposed’ because after the first year it was clear that he was the only one who used it, and the rest of the residents were happy to let him take it over completely, especially because he shared his bumper crop of zucchini and carrots with them and left little vases of fresh flowers at the check in desk for anyone who wanted some to brighten up their places, they just had to return the vases to Tommy’s apartment when they were done. Tommy’s just gotten off a 48 (more like a 52 at this point), and he did his big shop at the garden center and he’s ready to go turn some flower beds before he hits the bed. Except. One of the flower beds — the one he had planned for his tulips and daffodils, THE BULBS HE HAD PLANTED IN THE FALL, has been completely torn up. He’s too tired to be angry at this point, but he knows he’ll be fuming in the morning. Afternoon. Whenever he wakes up from his eight hour nap. He plants the rest of the boxes like he’d planned, leaves his little hand written labels in front of each perfectly straight, perfectly spaced, line of plants. Shoots a text to Pamela, head of the welcoming committee, to find out who has newly moved in. He’ll get justice for his poor plants.
2. Buck is STOKED. He had completely forgotten about the garden the condo had, but now that his cast is off and he’s doing PT, the daily walk down to the garden and light lifting of a watering can sounds great. He takes the stairs down and the elevator up for a lower impact on his body. Maddie drives him to a little garden center where they recommend some easy to care for flowers and some fertilizer and a little gnome decoration that he thinks will be cute in the corner of one of the boxes. Maddie helps him carry the flats into the courtyard, but he’s adamant about planting them himself. There’s — something — in the planter. A lot of somethings. He figures he’s stumbled across a squirrel’s winter stash or something, and carefully plucks each of the … things out of the dirt. They’re too big to be acorns, and he’s not even sure they have those in California, he’s never paid attention, but he doesn’t want anything digging up his flowers, so best to get them out now.
3. Maddie calls Buck the next day and tells him he left his gnome in her car and Chimney’s going to bring it to the 118 so Bobby can bring it over when he takes Buck to PT the next day after he gets off shift. Buck feels bad he’s making more work for them, but Chim starts sending him gnome photos from the station and the fire engine and — it’s probably a reference Buck should know, but he thinks it’s funny all the same. When Bobby picks him up for PT, the gnome is strapped in with a seatbelt in the backseat.
Pamela has told Tommy about the new couple in 17D — only the guy was on the lease but Pamela was good with realtors and had found out the girlfriend travelled a lot for work. Tommy had been keeping an eye out for him, but so far hadn’t run into him. As mad as Tommy was, he didn’t really want to go knocking on the guy’s door to yell at him about flower bulbs.
Bobby makes sure Buck takes the gnome after PT, and Buck walks him straight to the courtyard so he won’t get forgotten again. The rest of the boxes had filled in since he’d claimed one, and he was glad he’d gotten it when he did because the labels on the others all seemed like the same handwriting and clearly someone was a space hog.
4. Tommy goes down to water his plants and there’s a gnome — a GNOME — in the other planter box. It’s mocking him. He pulls out his phone and texts Howie. ethically, is it bad to steal the gnome out of the planter box another resident stole from me? Howie just sends back a bunch of laughing emojis first then, thank god someone gets film references. if you have a polaroid you should totally do it. Tommy does in fact have an old polaroid camera and film. He tucks the gnome under his arm when he leaves. He pops back into the courtyard on his way to his next shift, leaving behind a photo of the gnome that says “this is for the bulbs.”
5. Someone STOLE Buck’s gnome. And left a photo of him with a cryptic message. Bulbs?? Buck hasn’t touched any light bulbs. What the fuck? Is one of his neighbours pranking him? Confusing him with someone else? Buck sends a photo of it to Chimney and is like, what movie reference am I not getting here? Chimney sends laughing emojis and then an apartment number and says “ask him” ???
Buck goes to the apartment and knocks on the door and this guy, who is huge by the way, opens the door. Normally Buck would be a little more hesitant but he’s fuelled by confusion and anger and he holds up the polaroid and he’s like “I didn’t take your light bulbs now give me back my gnome!”
The other man snorts and leans against the door frame. “Not light bulbs, my tulip bulbs. And my daffodils.”
Buck’s confused. “I have no idea what you’re talking about?”
“The flower box. You dug up my flowers.”
“Those weren’t squirrel caches?”
“They weren’t — no. I planted them last fall.”
“It’s a community garden.” Buck feels bad but not bad enough to give in.
“Yeah, and you’re the first person other than me who’s used it in three years.”
“Uh. I could buy you some new bulbs?” Okay, maybe Buck should have asked someone before he started digging.
“It’s too late to plant them for this year, but thanks.” The guy actually cracks a smile, so maybe he’s not about to beat Buck’s head in. “How did you know the photo was from me, by the way?”
“Oh. I guess we both know Chimney? He took photos of the gnome at the station and when I saw yours I texted him and asked him what movie reference I was missing.”
“You’re at the 118?”
“Yeah.” Buck brightens up. “Are you a firefighter too?”
“Mmmhmm.” He nods. “Tommy Kinard, 217. Used to work with Hen and Howie.”
“Evan Buckley,” Buck shakes the hand offered to him. “I am, uh, really sorry about the flower bulbs. I thought the garden would be a good way to get some extra rehab.”
Tommy invites him in to sit down and asks politely about the rehab, offering to help out if Maddie or the 118 isn’t available. He gives Buck back the gnome and Buck snaps a quick photo of him with it and sends it to Chimney.
“Have you really never seen Amelie?” Tommy asks curiously. “It’s a classic.”
They order pizza and Tommy gets them both a beer and Buck settles in for a weird and wonderful french movie on Tommy’s ridiculously comfortable couch.
+1 That fall, Buck buys Tommy more bulbs and helps him plant them. By spring, there’s only one apartment responsible for the community garden again, because Buck and Tommy have moved in together. Chimney tries to claim them as one of his matchmaking couples but they both deny he did anything more than send Buck an apartment number, and hey, if Buck hadn’t known yet that he was into guys, how could Chimney?
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