#shannon writes things

[alishasboe]

everybody wants to post about how hot and cool sayid is....... but nobody wants to post about how interesting he is or his arc or his tragedies or his flaws or how the writers let him down or how nonsensical his arc becomes or how he deserved better or how he's the victim of racist writing

[the-way-astray]

hate it when people act like fitz talks about being cognates with sophie a ridiculous amount. i could probably count on one hand the amount of times he says something to the effect of "but we're cognates" in the entire series

[circledwithaheart]

Sunday Sentences 🧜‍♂️

tagged recently by a few folks, but just have not had anything to share (thankssomuch, Work) Offering some mer!Buck today. It's-been-84-years-dot-gif b/c one section was giving me a hell of a lotta trouble. It still is so I moved on for now. Here's Eddie contemplating a pre-Basic trip to the coast. For no reason, of course, why do you ask?

Not to mention he should be spending what’s left of his freedom with Shannon, his wife and future mother of their child.  He should want to do that anyway, and he does. They’ve spent every second they can together – looking at apartment options, ogling clothes and other baby needs that are insanely out of their price range, choosing potential names. Weirdly, it’s been like a dream come true, even if the timing is anything but perfect. But there’s been a shadow clouding it all, too. The dose of reality when they told their parents. The sharp truth that their minimum wage jobs weren’t going to cut it. The continuous hurt and disappointment emanating from Shannon when he thought he was doing the right thing by signing up for the military.  Of course it’s not ideal, but it’s a means to provide, to take care of her and their future. A little time to toughen up in a space away from his parents while doing something that matters. He wants to become the sort of person his family needs him to be.  In the best case scenario he stays local, does his time, and they’re good to go. A shining spot on his resume that helps them along, no harm, no foul. And in the worst case scenario- well, Shannon and his mother remind him enough about that far too often. He knows what could happen. Maybe that’s why today he has to take the time and space he needs. To be a little selfish and rash.  Eddie rakes his fingers through his hair as a distraction, because it’s not just the friction with Shannon that has him restless. There’s something else, a sensation he can’t seem to ignore, no matter how hard he tries. A persistent pull on an invisible thread wound through his ribs, tugging sharply at him. Beckoning him. He could pretend he doesn’t know where it’s coming from, or where it leads, but that would be a lie, too.  He'd be stupid to pretend the relationship between him and Evan hadn’t shifted last time, something dually palpable and nebulous. Too vague to specifically identify, but maybe that was more because they were too cowardly to say it out loud. Even if they had, Eddie had Shannon. He has Shannon. And, soon, their baby. Not like that was a factor at the time.

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[the-hwaelweg]

Got a Job Down at the Pink Pony Club

Evan "Buck" Buckley / Eddie Diaz | ~4k words | M

Eddie moves to Texas, meets an old friend, pays his mortgage on time, trips his way into phone sex, gets a job at a strip club, figures out his life, and buys brand-name peanut butter, though not necessarily in that order.

Read on AO3

[dangerpronebuddie]

Just crying over the fact Eddie loved that Shannon was a Yapper™ and Chris admitting he can't remember Shannon's voice anymore.

[icapturedthecastle]

Okay so MQ didn’t give me the abortion storyline I hoped (fuck it I’m going to have go write it myself aren’t I) but they DID give me Ian immediately telling Poppy “I’m in this with you” and Shannon telling Poppy “remember, Ian will say that he is, But he won’t be in this with you” and Poppy ultimately saying “fuck it, Ian’s in this with me” so

That’s also good

[stagefoureddiediaz]

So I don’t think Gerrard knows about BT - we’ve only been shown him acknowledging (in a derogatory way) that Tommy is gay. But while buck was in the scene, so too was Chim and nothing was indicated about Bucks sexuality - so I don’t think Gerrard knows he’s bi.

So what if we get Buck and Eddie being all flirty work husbands and Gerrard sees them behaving as they always have and he tries to call Eddie out for being inappropriate and gay in the firehouse. Eddie just takes it but Buck isn’t having any of it (slashing his neck at Buck to cut it out and let it drop) and tries to defend Eddie. Gerrard gets mad at the insubordination and calls a line up - where he proceeds to go for Eddie with the wild orange packet. - calling him both racist and homophobic slurs (in a way that’s not quite over the line enough to get himself fired because he might be hideous but he’s not stupid) hence Bucks clenched fists as he can’t say or do anything.

[wexhappyxfew]

missing being on here greatly atm 😥 this was the time of year back in 2018 when i joined the fandom and every time this part of the year rolls around i’m reminded of that and my early days 😓 feeling sentimental about growing up and adulthood a bit heavily this weekend. i really want to write but there’s a future ahead of me and i’m spending it instead knee-deep in research statements and grad school applications (which is incredibly exciting). sometimes i do mourn those moments years ago though!!! 😢 hope you’re all doing well, staying both safe and warm and happy as we can all be! 💛

[cal-daisies-and-briars]

🗻🗻🗻🗻🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼⚡⚡⚡⚡⚡🦮🦮🦮🦮 excited about all, as usual!

THANK YOU!

12 for🗻

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“Who would that be?” Eddie whispers. He’s hoping Buck will be rude and selfish and ignore them. 

“I don’t know,” Buck groans, rolling away from Eddie and off the bed. So much for ignoring them, then. 

This is irksome to Eddie. He’s gone too long without understanding his sexual preferences to be interrupted now.

“Tell them to go away,” Eddie sighs, watching as Buck disappears down the loft stairs. 

He listens. He doesn’t watch, not at first. He doesn’t think it’ll be anything worth looking at. 

He’s wrong.

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18 for 🔼

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Another pause. 

“Part of it?”

“Yeah,” Eddie says. 

“Like not you with Shannon and you with me, but…”

“The three of us,” Eddie confirms.

“Wow.” 

Eddie isn’t sure how to interpret that. 

“Uh… I thought maybe that would be something you wanted, too?”

“No, no. I do. Eddie, I do.” 

Okay, well that’s good.

“Alright, then… Come over?”

“You’re sure?” Buck asks. “This isn’t something you feel, like, guilted into, right?”

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15 for⚡

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“Your case,” Hen confirms. “Your name was brought up a few times. They want to talk to you.” 

“I haven’t even passed the exam,” Buck says. “I haven’t even written the exam.”

He’s struggling to process the door that has just been thrown open in front of him. 

“Yeah, you might have to do that soon,” Bobby says.

“It’s not that bad,” Hen says. “Well… Compared to med school.”

“Okay, I have a penchant for failing tests, historically,” Buck says. “A-and, maybe I’m… I’m, like, too young?”

“No age requirement, Buck,” Bobby says. “That’s the presidency. But I hate to break it to you, you’ve passed that age mark either way.”

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12 for 🦮

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It takes him a while to find the strength to open his eyes. Like his body is protesting against consciousness. He doesn’t want to deal with what he knows has happened to him. 

He’s been shot. He knows he’s been shot. Again. He just doesn’t know why. Or how he survived, for that matter. It would be easier to stay asleep and just not find out. Not process. But he can’t do that. He has a son and partner to think about. A whole damn life that he somehow didn’t lose. 

[diazsdimples]

🫃🫃🫃🫃🫃 pleeease

Let's have some babies!!

“Baby, if Tommy says Buck’s fine, then he’s fine. Stop stressing.” “Eddie has never been stress-free a day in his life,” Tommy teases with a grin. “I feel like that’s a lot to ask.” The universe must take a brief moment of pity on Eddie, as Shannon’s witty response is stopped in its tracks. A look of discomfort flickers across her face, and she presses the heel of her hand to her abdomen with a wince. “Is that another contraction?” Eddie asks, immediately on high alert. He knew there was something going on with Shannon, his body feeling tense and on edge around her. And his instincts haven’t been wrong yet. “Eddie, I swear to God, if you ask me that again,” Shannon grits, her teeth clenched with discomfort. She puffs out a short breath and twists in her seat, a small whine issuing from the back of her throat. “I’m going to ask you that until the baby is in my arms,” Eddie retorts. He reaches over and stretches his fingers over Shannon’s belly again, and this time her abdomen is firmer, like an over-inflated beach ball. “This definitely feels stronger than a Braxton Hicks.” Shannon hangs her head back, resting it on the back of the couch, and Tommy gently runs his fingers through her hair as he comes to stand behind her.

Tagging @slightlyobsessedwitheverything @theotherbuckley and @swiftiefirefighters for expressions of interest

Make Me Write!

[semperama]

When Lena confronts Eddie in Malfunction, because Eddie says, "I thought we were friends," and Lena is like "I know all this shit you're going through, like your dead wife and your kid, and you don't even know if I have a cat or not," but this whole time Eddie is hiding what he's going through and how he's feeling from Buck........this is something, right? Something about how he can't bring himself to open up to Buck because he's afraid of what that vulnerability might lead to, versus dumping it all on a near stranger who he doesn't have to worry will actually try to care too much about him.

[letmetellyouaboutmyfeels]

As someone who watched last night’s episode, you had the right idea to stop.

Why’s it so bad

Because Tim Minear is a power-drunk hack.

[alkaysani]

in light of shannon diaz coming back and being established as an intricate part of the diaz family and all their growth, i will shameless self promote this fic that address just that, set after pepa starts to push eddie to date

in love, and in loyalty, we meet again

Published: 2023-06-02

“You know, Shannon really liked sunflowers.” “Then we should get some for your kitchen.” Eddie falters just a tad, as they walk through the farmer’s market, just behind Christopher. The teen was on a health kick, and wanted honey from a very specific beekeeper that had a stand at the other side of the market. Buck glances at him and watches, as his friend smiles just a little, before nodding. “Yeah, I think that’d be nice.” — or the one where Buck notices the way Eddie starts bringing Shannon back into their lives and meets her all over again

[wikiangela]

fuck it friday🎄

tagged by @steadfastsaturnsrings 💖

hi! so, the christmas sweater fic is posted, and I was gonna get back to all my wips but then I decorated my christmas tree a few days ago and had a new idea I think I mentioned in the last snippet so I started a new wip 🙈 here's a lil snippet haha istg it's going to be just a short and fluffy fic where buck eddie and christopher decorate a tree - but it already got away from me and i did just spend the first 700-ish words talking about shannon <3 (I clearly miss my beloved alive shannon fic and need to get back to her asap)

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But ever since then, the joy of Christmas sort of disappeared, it was just a holiday, just to get some time off school and get presents. He wasn’t all that interested in celebrating it, if he’s being honest.

And then he fell in love with a girl who was the Christmas spirit personified.

Shannon was the one girl in school who wore Christmas sweaters and Santa hats since December 1st. She was the girl baking Christmas cookies and bringing them on random days to give out to her teachers and classmates. She loved walking through the city at night and adoring all the decorations, and she couldn’t wait to decorate a tree with her parents. As a teenager she’d get part time and summer jobs just so she could afford small gifts for all her family and friends, and still spend time making something handmade for everyone on top of that. Shannon loved Christmas so much, it was her favorite holiday, and she definitely passed that down to their kid.

When they first started dating, Eddie found the Christmas spirit again, in her sparkling eyes and a beautiful, happy smile, and the way she looked so adorable in a Santa hat, and never cared that some assholes from their class would make fun of her for how into Christmas she was – she would bring them cookies, actually, with the biggest grin and the most thoughtful Christmas wishes. She was truly amazing, the light in her eyes never dimming. Until it all got screwed up.

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[lovenliterature]

Make it a choice

Laziness is the worst of you

That's why the accusations of it sting when they just don't understand how hard you are fighting your body, to cling to life, to grab onto some semblance of normality

I have been awake less than 12 hours and my body is wrecked and exhausted

The lights flash and I can see black creeping into my field of vision, a herald of the pain to come

Let me sleep, give me the freedom to be lazy by choice, again

[ahoyimlosingmymind]

finally figured out why Shannon can never hold Keefe accountable!!! it's because he would have shattered from guilt books ago if he was actually forced to feel guilty for all the crap he pulls!! (better, more serious thoughts in tags)