#s09e01

Who else was in the house when Chim came over to Eddie's? (It's been six months, what did you think was happening?) A short episode coda to S09E01.

The whole fic is posted here for your reading pleasure; you can also read it and other 9-1-1 stories of mine on A03.

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Eddie runs his hand through his hair and straightens his clothes as he makes his way to his front door. He’s got no idea who could be here at this time of night. He’s moderately surprised to see Chim, standing awkwardly on his doorstep with a six-pack of beer. It’s a time-honored Buck move, and it’s weird to see Chim in his place.

In hindsight Eddie should have thought up a reason not to let Chim inside, but he’s a little distracted. Within moments he finds himself sitting in the living room as Chim launches into conversation about Hen and team dynamics and the absurdity of one or more of them going into space.

It's not hard to talk to Chim about this or anything, really – when you’ve spent years shooting the shit with someone in the long hours between calls it’s pretty much automatic. Eddie can’t count the number of times he’s let Chim babble on about something or other, although usually Buck is there too.

Eddie lets his brain float on autopilot as Chim talks about who Hen’s plus one is going to be. It’s pretty obviously been Eddie, lately, and he can’t help but smirk as he remembers how well he has been able to wind Buck up by buddying up with Hen. One of these days lasers are going to come shooting out of Buck’s eyes.

Chim starts in on something about B shift schedules and the new probie who always brings in fruit from the farmer’s market and Eddie realizes that they have unfortunately moved on to an entirely new topic. Eddie really doesn’t want this visit, or whatever it is, to go on too much longer. He did have plans for this evening, and doing further totally unnecessary bonding with Chim was not on the schedule.

The logical thing to do, he thinks, is to finish up his beer and then stretch and say how tired he is, remind Chim that he needs to get home to Maddie and the kids, and then hustle Chim out the door. Of course when Eddie tries to chug his beer he goes a little too fast and gags himself, winding up coughing like crazy. Chim jumps up and – rather loudly and dramatically – starts lecturing Eddie about how emergencies follow them wherever they go and it’s a good thing that there’s a paramedic in the house and that Eddie should know better.

“Eddie – are you okay? Are you choking? Eddie, hang in there-”

because a subconscious would surely just randomly whip that up if there wasn't any reason for it, right?

Sam's internal organs have major burns! How is that man even alive?

Ayoo Bobby!

Dean logic: one for yes, two for no. Are you alive? 😂😂😂😂

Does anyone why Jared looks so sick this season? It is a character thing? I mean trial Sam was definitely supposed to be sick but in this season, it looks like Jared lost some weight.. a bit severely.. thinner frame, sunken cheeks, hollow eyes

When you realise Dean in Sam's subconscious is abusive too

I absolutely love how The Death himself came to reap Sam

Death feeling honoured to reap Sam

There ain't no me, if there ain't no you

I mean.. Supernatural is about Dean and Cas. Sam is a spare... sure, keep telling yourselves that

Damn, Jeremy Carver gave us some good dialogues

Jared, I love you so much! Gadreel!Sam is soooooo precious.. the use of uncontracted verbs.. the stiff walk, the frosty eyes, the extra huskiness in his voice. If you close your eyes, it almost sounds like Tahmoh

Overall 10/10.. one of the top five season premieres in my opinion. The plot was done well.. loved the high stakes.. Dean's desperation to fix Sam.. conflict inside Sam's head and of course Death's cameo