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#After School Excitement
shitouttabuck · 5 months
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this could be the year for the real thing
buck/eddie | 1.7k | 7x06 coda(ish)
Eddie can count on one hand the number of times he’s been this horrifically hungover. His pre-teenage-pregnancy body bounced back blessedly quickly from tailgate parties and keg stands and beer pong tournaments, but after that? His cousins threw his bachelor party before he married Shannon, which involved a lot of mixed liquor, and then there were a couple miserable nights out after she left him, and now, last night, him and Buck the sole bachelor party members standing after Chim didn’t show up.
This is his worst hangover, because at least all the other times he wasn’t seized with worry about one of his closest friends and regret that he and Buck hadn’t noticed the empty hotel bed the night before. The nausea from hell doesn’t help, either.
Chim’s safe now, under the careful monitor of Cedars hospital staff and Maddie no more than three feet away from him at all times. The relief is a palpable thing, and Buck offering him a steaming paper cup of green tea soothes the churning in his gut a little bit, too.
He takes a sip and sighs gratefully, slumping against Buck in the hospital waiting room chairs when he takes the seat beside Eddie.
“Still queasy?” Buck asks, voice a rumble.
“Mm,” Eddie says, “back-to-back shots of tequila and sambuca are not it.”
Buck shudders beside him. “Don’t,” he begs, closing his eyes and tipping his head back. “I’m still very much in range of hurling.”
“Have you eaten anything today?” Eddie’d only managed half a banana when he went home to shower and change, but he knows Buck’s been with Maddie most of the day, and when it comes to taking care of other people, he sometimes forgets about himself.
“Had a granola bar,” Buck says, eyes still closed. “Can’t—don’t wanna think about food yet.”
His stomach chooses then to grumble audibly, with traitorously comedic timing, and Eddie snorts. Buck opens one eye to grin at him.
“Don’t listen to her,” he says, patting his belly. “She doesn’t know what she’s talking about.”
“She doesn’t, huh? Then I guess she’s not interested in stopping by the juice bar on Sunset on the way home? Some sweet, sweet smoothies, all that fresh fruit and hydration, don’t even have to chew…”
Buck’s stomach rumbles interestedly and they both laugh.
“That sounds—so good, actually,” Buck admits. “We can pick up the peanut butter one for Chris, he’s always hankering—”
He breaks off as Hen appears at the end of the hallway, looking around and hurrying over as soon as she spots them. Eddie doesn’t think anything’s wrong—she’s beaming—but he and Buck sit up quickly in their seats anyway.
“Ugh,” Buck says, and Eddie’s dizziness at the sudden movement wholeheartedly agrees.
“We’re having a motherfucking wedding,” Hen grins, tugging them both to their feet, uncaring of their delicate dispositions. “Right here, right now.”
“Hospital wedding?” Buck asks, eyes wide. “Holy shit, okay, what do we need—who do we call—fuck—”
“Calm down, Buckaroo,” Hen smiles. “Just get friends and family over here, Karen’s gonna pick up Maddie’s dress, I’m gonna call Bobby, and we’re having a wedding.”
Buck’s already pulling up a copy of the guest list on his phone, squinting at it and muttering names under his breath.
“You boys got this?” Hen asks while dialling Bobby.
“Yep,” Eddie gives her a mock salute. “We’ll split the list and make some calls.”
He types out half the names Buck reads off to him in his notes app, and the two of them work through them methodically, calling Chim and Maddie’s nearest and dearest for this impromptu ceremony.
“Chris will kill us if he misses it,” he says suddenly, and Buck looks up at him, mid-text.
“He’s with Isabel, right? Pepa’s place is only a ten minute drive from here.”
Eddie nods. “I don’t have my car, though. You drove me.”
Buck tosses him the Jeep keys. “I’ll finish calling people, you go get them.”
“Cool,” Eddie says, and nearly bodies himself with the instinctive urge to lean over and kiss Buck on the cheek as he stands. It’s surprising, even though it shouldn’t be, because it’s an urge he fought and failed about thirty times last night, Buck’s sweaty skin pressed to his, salty under his mouth every time he dropped an innocuous, friendly kiss to his face with nothing but alcohol in his veins.
It hadn’t seemed out of place then, everything shiny and bright, Buck leaning right back into him.
Now, under the fluorescents of the hospital, organising a makeshift wedding for their family? Eddie doesn’t think it would land quite the same.
“Back in twenty,” he tells Buck instead, and has to physically tear himself away from the smile Buck turns his way, warm and golden under the harsh lights.
Chris and Abuela are delighted to be included, and, true to his word, they’re back at the hospital as the rest of the guests begin arriving, too.
Eddie’s—okay, he’s not going to say he’s not a crier, it’s just that his best friend is Buck, who cries at anything remotely tearjerky, so in comparison, Eddie’s not a crier. Now, though, they’re both very much damp-cheeked, much like everyone else crowded into this hospital room, watching Maddie and Chim exchange rings and vows with little Jee between them.
They’re a family, have been and would still be even if they never got hitched, but the fact that Chim refused to wait another few weeks, another few days, another minute before marrying Maddie? Eddie’s chest aches in the best way, and he slings an arm around Chris, and, before he knows he’s doing it, he looks for Buck.
The ceremony’s over, and Buck’s grinning at his phone, and Eddie pats for his own automatically, anticipating a goofy text.
But Buck’s edging backward, slipping out of the room, still grinning at his phone, and the ache inside Eddie spreads like an inkstain, blotting his insides.
And then Buck reappears with Tommy, which Eddie knew he was going to do, because who else would have Buck smiling at his phone like that, leaving his sister’s wedding even for a minute. Not me, Eddie doesn’t think. He doesn’t.
He’s not ready to make sense of the churning inside him—he doesn’t think he can blame the hangover for this one—when he clocks Tommy’s soot-stained everything and the way Buck’s own smudgy face matches like a puzzle piece.
He sees the way Chim notices, and Hen and Karen, Bobby’s eyes going wide and then soft. He sees the way Margaret Buckley doesn’t even attempt to school her face into anything but distaste and he hates her, but Buck’s not even looking at her. He’s looking at Bobby, and then he’s looking at Chim, and he’s smiling, this wide, guileless spread of happiness across his face.
Eddie’s helpless to smile too, the churning too complicated to parse beyond easy joy at every step of Buck’s sexuality journey, and this second-hand relief he’s not sure he’s got any entitlement to—he doesn’t, does he? Sure, he can be relieved that Buck doesn’t feel like he has to stay closeted, that everyone who matters loves him just the same, but he doesn’t get to feel like any of the relief belongs to him. Not now.
Not—yet.
Tommy’s made his way to Chim’s bedside to congratulate them properly, and Buck’s squeezing through the guests to get to the Diazes.
“Hey, bud,” he says to Chris. “Hi, Isabel.”
His face is still a smear of soot, and Chris giggles. “Buck. Your face.”
Buck frowns in confusion and Eddie steps over to him, hand already reaching to wipe the soot off his face, just like he has a hundred times at work. Except Tommy’s already there, licking his thumb and rubbing firmly at Buck’s chin, a gesture so familiar to Eddie that watching it happen separate from him feels like getting punched in the throat.
And beside the joy and the second-hand relief, there’s—this sense of profound loss. This emptiness, a space inside him he didn’t realise Buck had been occupying all this time. And now it’s like Eddie’s entered the room, finally, but the door is swinging shut on the far wall and Buck’s footsteps are echoing softer and softer as he leaves. Eddie’s late, he’s missed something he didn’t know was waiting, much less had a timeline on it.
The room empties out slowly, everyone giving the Buckley-Hans some space to rest, and Buck disappears down the hall hand-in-hand with Tommy.
“Y’all ready to go home?” Eddie asks Abuela and Chris. “We can get take-out.”
“Is Buck coming?” Chris asks.
“Uh, I don’t think so, mijo,” Eddie glances down the hall. “Although—” he pats his pocket, retrieving the Jeep keys, and startles when Buck appears by his shoulder.
“You have my keys,” he informs Eddie, stretching his hand out for them. Eddie drops them in his palm dutifully. “Juice bar? The fancy one on Sunset.”
Chris whoops excitedly, and Eddie smiles, even as his brow furrows.
“You’ve not got a hot date?” he asks Buck quietly as they walk to the exit.
“I drove you,” Buck shrugs.
Eddie rolls his eyes, stopping Buck with a hand at his elbow. “I think we can manage getting a cab.”
“I seem to recall you promising me a ‘sweet, sweet smoothie,’” Buck says, raising an eyebrow at Eddie. “You tryna stiff me, Eds?”
“Wouldn’t dream of it,” Eddie lifts his hands in surrender. “Uh—do you wanna ask Tommy along?”
“Nah,” Buck says easily. “Maybe another time. He’s just gotten off shift. I’m seeing him tomorrow, anyway.”
“Okay,” Eddie nods slowly, ache bittersweet. “Just us, then.”
Buck beams. “Me and my boys,” he crows, wrapping an arm around Eddie’s shoulders and tugging him forward so he can wrap the other one around Chris. Isabel makes a noise of offense, and Buck hastily amends, “Me and my boys and Abuela. Dream team!”
Christopher groans at the very public embarrassment and Abuela smiles indulgently at Buck and Eddie lets himself get pulled along, safe in this room in his heart that won’t ever be empty, even if Buck’s not filling it in the same capacity as Eddie’s getting ready to allow himself to want.
It doesn’t matter. The door on the far wall’s not quite swung shut after all; it sits ajar, crack of light and Buck’s love spilling through. Maybe one day he’ll come back through it. Maybe one day Eddie’ll follow after him enough to ask.
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naixaie · 1 year
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. 🥺🦋✨
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routin3s · 7 months
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drums vs guitar vs keyboard (after school edition)
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poorly-drawn-mdzs · 1 year
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MDZS x Warrior Cats AU (part 1): That boy can meow!
Names and a huge inspiration credits to @clintbeefwoods!
(part 2)
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randomminty · 1 year
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Yeahlow
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pansyfemme · 1 month
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i went out to lunch with two old highschool teachers of mine and a close friend who was also kind of a teachers pet today and it was really nice but it is kind of funny like. being able to swear and talk about drugs around them. im not uncomfortable, they’re two very respectful people, my friend and i are both adults and we’re not their students anymore (one doesn’t even work at the school anymore, the other is leaving the school soon) but it’s just kinda funny. like its natural, their two favorite students are me, who openly shows them my transsexual nude and suggestive art (which they love) and my friend who’s quite literally planning to get certified to grow and sell weed soon, so not adressing that would be kind of the elephant in the room. but so much of that school was about pushing kids into a certain way its kind of cool to be able to just be fully honest with them. it was sweet
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m3-kk · 3 months
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TCF NOVEL SPOILERS- My TCF notes
Hmmm it’s been a minute since I posted any of my TCF notes about the chapters.. so here ya go! THIS US PART 2 SHAWTYS!!
Ch. 1- YESSS CHAPTER 1!! Not the Kings Palace going kaboom 😶 Cale needs to rest!!! Slacker chan!!!
Ch. 5- AHHHHHHHHHH LEE SOO HYUKKKKKKKK LETSS GOOOOO! BLACK HAWKK OOO
Ch. 6- His name is now Sui Khan 😮
Ch. 7- 🍪 Cookiess! So we have to travel different dimensions now? Cale needs a break 😭😭
Ch. 8- World with the white mages = Xiaolen Planet
Ch.9- YAY DIVINE ITEM MIRROR LAPTOP THINGY! We are definitely going to like the other worlds people evil smirk 😏
Ch. 10- HAH CALE HUNG UP ON DUKE FREDO LOL! Sooo Cale is a god. 😀
Ch. 12- Dead mana is purer AND Cale’s power is more efficient here? Interesting..
Ch. 13- Hey we have a spare world tree!
Ch. 15- Mary is registering as a candidate to be a necromancer empress GO MARY!
Ch. 16- AW HER FAKE NAME IS “Heni Wishrop” HENI STANDS FOR HENITUSE!
Everyone thinks our Mary is powerful hehe!
Ch. 21- Working with Zero & the 4th Prince for the Harmony test :D
Ch. 22- OOooo Black Rain 🌧️
Ch. 24- Now we actually need to kill those hunters. How dare they lay a finger on our family. Let’s flip them over immediately.
Ch. 25- Yay! Hong & On <3 Let’s go to the infected area! 2nd Princess?
Ch. 26- the 2nd imperial princess has been converted to Caleism hah m! Tree-bush monster ye fire, destruction, protection!
Ch. 27- Are you human? HAHAH CALEE
Ch. 28- That Marquis guy is smart. Cale really is acting like a purifier so funny!
Ch. 31- Blood Message! How scary!
Ch. 34- Attacking the bad guys >:]
Ch. 36- BURNNNNNNN 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Ch. 37- 50% power to get 2,500% as a result! SO EFFICIENTTTT WEEEEEE
Ch. 38- THE HUNTER WHO HUNTS HUNTERS! GO CALE SO POWERFUL HA!
Ch. 39- Cale.. not everyone is a super powerful ultimate other worldly being like you! I feel bad for Goldie Gramps 😭
Ch. 40- In Prison with the fam 😜
Ch. 41- We are going to loot!! Goldie Gramps is angry and that dragon is timid but crazy. I love our family! CHAOS LOVE
Ch. 42- DESTROY THE ESTATE MWAHAH
Ch. 43- So sad that we couldn’t loot 😭🥲
Ch. 44- Ooo Opening the safe 💰
Ch. 54- ooo revealing us to the empire?
Ch. 58- Choking? Reminds me of Adin
Ch. 63- HAH I KNEW IT THE FAKE WT IS STAYING YOOO
Ch. 64- INFOOO! Not the Patriarch blowing up that’s crazy! We could’ve gotten so much more info! But oh well! Five Colors ooo!
Ch. 65- HAHAH THE GOD OF DEATH IN THE GROUP CHAT HAHAH I LOVE HIMM HEHHEHE (I love this chapter)
Ch. 66- AWWW Chatting with fire of Purification in puppy form!
Ch. 67- This is so cute I’m glad we get a lil’ rest just chatting with the nice puppy ❤️ I love!!!
Ch. 69- Almost the end of this arc!
Ch. 71- HOME WITH THE MONEYYYYY
Ch. 73- Ron, Beacrox! I missed uuuu!
Ch. 75- Aw the Henituse Fam! Billos!
Ch. 76- You get a mine, you get a mine. EVERYONE GETSA MINE!!
Ch. 78- YOU HAVE BEEN PROMOTED YOU ARE NOW ONE OF MY ELITE EMPLOYEES!
Ch. 79- @CP we have a mommy on our side? Mummy’s boy emperor as well???
Ch. 81- CENTRAL PLAINS?! The sworn brother goodbye was cute.
Ch. 83- We meet CP’s clone?? Cutie??
Ch. 85- The disrespect! They can’t pronounce our Cale Henituse’s name!
Ch. 86- NEW NAMES LETSGOOO
Ch. 90- YOO we got a golden plaque!
Ch. 91- Cale ignores Toonka but not Roan!
Ch. 93- We found the living jiangshi!
Ch. 94- enlightenment is crazy****
Ch. 97- Talking with the Sword Sainttt
Ch. 100- Purification! Chapter 100!
Ch. 101- One word, blood. SHITTTTT NOO
Ch. 102- AWKWARD! Yay Choi Jung SOO
Ch. 106- LET HIM EATTTT
Ch. 108- So many ally’s yay !!!!
Ch. 112- We. Are. Going. To. EATT! (a elixir)
Ch. 113- 70% shield 53% water
Ch. 116- The Alliance leader is being bitchy SHOW EM’ WHOSE BOSS! (Roan misses Alberu)
Ch. 118- Don’t hurt our Cale! Please!
Ch. 119- Aw I love when Choi Han & Beacrox talk together about family
Ch. 121- Ah the god ole trash bastard days
Ch. 123- Green Forest Bastards try and mess with us?! Angry Cale! >:(
Ch. 124- OO Cale is the BOSS MAN
Ch. 127- 68% then 72% of fire!!
Ch. 128- Pfft Caleism has a poem now lol.
Ch. 129- HUHH Big complicated lore??
Ch. 131- WOAHH The Heavenly Demon is a smart cookie fr fr wow intelligent!
Ch. 135- The Left Guard is so cute awe
Ch. 136- Oh no the Heavenly Demon ain’t doing so good :[
Ch. 137- Helping out the HD again. Spy?
Ch. 139- Aw Choi Family spars. I love it
Ch. 141- HD is being healed yay
Ch. 142- I was so concerned about Cale the whole time! Bloody Battle
Ch. 146- (I hope everyone at home is ok)
Ch. 151- TALKING WITH ALBERU YAYAYAY
Ch. 152- Pinnacle Demon is poison crazy
Ch. 153- We going to destroy things now?
Ch. 154- YAY DESTRUCTION DESTROY
Ch. 155- FINALLY FLIP THINGS OVER KYA
Ch. 157- OO WATER AP FOUND SOMETHIN
Ch. 158- OMG DRAGON LORE?? YAHOO
Ch. 159- “Raon’s lackey” I got the chills!
Ch. 160- OOOooo I’m hooked! Dragons<3
Ch. 162- Oh DAMN! We got a mf jackpot! Water is 300 percent stronger than the OG. No blood shed! Dragons are great!
Ch. 163- HAHA LOOTING ANCIENT STUFF
Ch. 165- Scale+Crown+Crown=Red Crown
Ch. 169- Shit is going down! TSUNAMI!
Ch. 171- How dare she think to threaten us, she shall die by Choi Hans sword.
Ch. 176- Old man Baek describes Cale’s world and “reads” him
Ch. 183- I love that we can run wild!! 😜
Ch. 185- THE PRIESTESS the youngest daughter of Orsena!
Ch. 186- The Dominantung Aura
Ch. 187- Our little Han got stronger (I’m so fucking proud of him 🥲)
Ch. 188- We killed her.. Last words?
Ch. 189- The Formation Collapsed!
Ch. 190- Raon’s MC moment. (Cute bond)
Ch. 191- Using water AP to Max! Or not?
Ch. 192- the Punto Banhui and Tears💧
Ch. 195- You got games on your phone?
Ch. 196- Everyone wants Cale to be a god
Ch. 199- WE LEFT!!! NOW WE ARE HOMEE
Ch. 200- Awww so cute at Alberu’s casa
Ch. 201- That actually so funny 🤣
Ch. 202- Zoom Call with Ahn Roh Man talking about gamess. Similarities?
Ch. 206- Aw it been a bit since we chilled
Ch. 209- Speech ruined! (So every time Cale has to do a speech it’s interrupted)
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gnomeantics · 1 year
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STARKID TRENDING CATEGORY 5 AUTISM EVENT
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ra-vio · 1 year
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Congrats to Teto on her synthv debut
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livejournallegacy · 11 months
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Because it has to be so lonely To be the only one who's holy
Paramore - Playing God
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geminifourth · 2 years
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You can do it too. Try listening to the sound of your heart.
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orcinus-veterinarius · 6 months
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My second externship ended on Friday, bringing two amazing months with whales and dolphins (and pinnipeds, penguins, parrots, sharks, stingrays, otters, octopus, turtles, and a whole lot of fish) to a close. I learned so much and was so honored to have the chance to work with these beautiful animals and the talented, dedicated people who care for them!
Just one month until I’m Dr. Mando!
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disposal-blueeee · 8 months
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another super self-indulgent chapter 20 / 21 drawing
edgar belongs to jhonen vasquez
scriabin belongs to @zarla-s
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wexhappyxfew · 17 days
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hoping to get out a Silver Bullets piece tonight….unspecified exactly WHO it will feature tho. that’ll be a surprise hehe 🤭
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sweetandglovelyart · 4 months
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Knightfall in Dream Land - Page 11
Meta Knight meets the Meta Knights, gets some armor, and sets off in search of Whispy Woods.
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quick question from this podcast (and your) #1 fan
so as you (maybe) know im making a magnolia after the bell fan ep for fun and for a school contest thing!! but um...what itty bitty head cannons for ash (magnolias reporter) should add??? as you are the creator of this amazing podcast I thought I would ask you :3
Ohh I totally headcanon them as the straightlace goody two shoes that never breaks the rules as opposed to the Reporters punk “The police might be after me. I’m running on a monster and a dream” vibes
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