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Just some ideas, love your fics btw, you have to be my fav motm fic writer

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Sorry for the late response! It was hard to write while my whole family was together so I had almost zero privacy! But I hope you enjoy!

tashi would definitely do it without realizing that it might be kind of erotic to him. like they’re on the courts together, she’s feeding him balls to hit back to her side and knock over the cones, and art waves his hand to halt her for a second as he catches his breath. he has this weird look on his face and he lifts one leg to bend it at the knee, pushing it inwards so that his thigh rubs his crotch. he tries to be subtle about it, but he’s obviously trying to coax a certain type of feeling away.

tash is just looking at him like he’s some sort of alien, her face scrunched up subtly as she walks up to the net. “what’s your deal?” she shakes her head

art gives her a nervous smile and then bites down on his lip. “i—heh—i kinda have to go to the bathroom,” he murmurs

and tashi sighs in response, heavy and tired, rubbing at her brow. “we just started training. you owe me ten more forehands.”

he withers and shakes his head. “uh.. i mean, i really have to go to the bathroom..” his whole face is pink now (and not from the cardio).

she gives him a look.

“ten more forehand shots—good ones—and then you can take a break, alright? you’ll be fine, you can handle it.”

and he wants to protest, but for some reason the authoritative tone of her voice and the idea that she’s actively controlling a bodily process of his sends a weird wave of heat thrumming through his gut. his cock actually twitches. it’s weird. it’s hot.

“o-okay..”

so they return back to their places on far opposite ends of the court, and he does as he’s told. he hits back ten balls as she hits them over to him, and every second is more excruciating than the last. and god, does he sprint off that court when it’s over.. rushing to this spot on the outskirts of the outdoor courts, burying himself in a secluded mess of trees and bushes, before he finally grants himself some relief.

the words that tashi had said to him after he had hit the final ball ring out in his head.

“alright. you can go now.”

something about it was so incredibly sexy. he’d never realized he was into that sort of thing.

I was weary of them just not touching on Buck's love life anymore and him finishing the season single, but yet again when Buck gets a plot, the focus is on him thinking about his future and them reiforcing he wants to settle down with someone.

Unless Tim shits the bed, I have a feeling we're heading towards a positive outcome by the end of the season.

I’m so late on responding to this, but I do still have hope. It really depends on how he handles the trauma/possible addiction that may come from what’s happened.

I’ve never really given up on the hope of seeing Tommy return. I think there’s something to be said about how lauded Lou is over on The Pitt, and honestly if that’s not enough to tell Tim he needs to lock that shit down *now*, then I don’t think he can be helped. This is a guy who’s finally gotten in front of a wide enough audience on an Emmy-nominated show to draw serious attention in his direction. And I’m not saying Tommy main at this point, bc I can fully see offers being shot in his direction very quickly.

But I do think there’s very much an option there (given that we know that Lou does in fact care about Tommy as a character and what he means for television audiences), for him to have contracts similar to TT. Give him 5-6 episodes a season, one or two with really meaty stories, and allow the relationship to grow, while also allowing him to pursue other projects.

Of course, he’s also welcome to sign on with 911 if he really wanted to full time… but I do think he’ll likely have better options offered to him now, and part time to be better.

That all said, I’d be very sad to lose Tommy. I stand by the fact that the show will not get another LI who will be as good for Buck as Tommy was/is. The care and work that Lou puts into his characters is a testament to that, but I think there’s also something to be said about the way he and Oliver work together in this space. And as crappy as we complain about 911 becoming, I can’t fault OS for staying when he’s the male lead at this point, and it’s a guaranteed paycheck as long as he wants to keep doing it.

That all said…. In a dream world, they’d do Air Ops and treat it and OG the same way that shondaland did with greys and station 19. Have the the shows intermix, have Buck and Tommy on both, and still tell great stories.