it’s always about buddie

rated t | 7.5k | buddie | buck's coma dream, canon divergence, telepathic bond, friends to fiancés

And as ludicrous as it sounds—if this is Buck’s dream, and he’s been here the whole time, and Eddie’s just been, what, popping in each time he’s fallen asleep since Buck was hit?—it really would explain all the random things Eddie’s remembered each time he’s woken up. “Okay, let’s pretend I’ve gone temporarily insane and I believe you, that I believe that I keep falling asleep into your dream ever since–ever since you—” Eddie shakes his head, clears his throat. Fuck. “I think I can prove it to you, actually,” Buck says. “How?”

Or, the universe screams. Eddie just has to listen.

Abbott Elementary S5 + Gregory's looks to the camera

Words: 2,840 Rating: General Audiences Additional Tags: This is borderline crack, Getting Together, First Kiss, Eddie Diaz's Kitchen as a Character, i want that tag to become canon, Christopher Diaz is a National Treasure, Accidental Love Confessions, conversations with birds, injured animal, Canon Compliant up to 9x18, Kind Of, this takes place somewhere in the aether between season 9 and 10

what do i do with an injured bird in front of my house, he searches. The internet is less than helpful, though. Eddie scrolls frantically through search results, not really fully reading them, until he quickly gets overwhelmed. So Eddie stops searching and does the next best thing. He calls Buck.

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