#Buckley Parents

[myfav0tps]

People reacting to Buck and Tommy:

Them reacting back:

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— requested by anon

[buckera]

Listen, I know you're mad at your dad. And I get it.

[existential-queeer]

Choose your next words very carefully you moldy wrinkly fucks

Wipe that horrified look off your face Margaret before I punch it off and just smile because your son is happy and cared for by the hottest pilot in the hemisphere

[emmy-likes-attention]

Thinking about canon bi!Buck and the amazing support system surrounding him:

remembering the Buckley parents exist:

[alchemistc]

Saw a gifset that included Marge and Phil greeting Tommy in Chims hospital room again, and I know I've already explored this in a fic but I don't know which option is funnier:

1. Buck gave his parents a heads up that his date to the wedding was a man and then didn't give them anything else. Just "Hey my date Tommy is gonna be at the 118 table for the reception, Maddie and I already updated the seating chart, love you guys bye": so Marge's glance at Phil boils down to "I thought he was joking but that man just ate our son's face, likely somewhere in this hospital." and Phil is sizing up the guy as Buck slips past with barely any acknowledgement on his way to introduce Maddie and Tommy. Phil is intimidated and aroused.

Or

2. They have no clue who Tommy is, they have just watched their daughter get married in a hospital room and now their son is carting a dirty sweaty man straight past them up to his brother-in-law's bed, and it is very fucking clear they've been making out somewhere in this hospital. He says "Look who showed up." like this man was expected by the room at large, and he will not let go of the man's hand, he is smiling and giddy and his face is covered in soot and Tommy makes eye contact with them as he passes and maybe just nods his head because he knows most of the people in the room at least in passing so he can make a guess as to who these two are. And Marge looks to Phil like "Did you KNOW about this?!¿" and Phil is too busy being fucking impressed by the size of the beefcake his son is dragging along by three fingers to notice his wife trying to have a homophobic moment with him.

Either way, the look Phil is giving Tommy reads to me as confused and impressed. Like. He's Looking Disrespectfully at his son's boyfriend in that moment. He does not understand but he's secretly high fiving his genes for bagging that man.

[tevanbegins]

Chimney and Tommy's reactions whenever their parents-in-law visit: 😖😐

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Margaret Buckley: So, Tommy, you and Buck have only been dating a few weeks and you're already his date to his sister's wedding. {passive aggressive chuckle] It's nice, we just don't want you two to take things TOO fast... Tommy: Yeah, but we figured why not - since I'm already pregnant. (Tommy leaves as Margaret chokes on her drink)

[bluesquirrel15]

Headcanon: the Buckley parents have never been appraised of Buck’s dating life and this is the first partner they’ve ever seen or heard about.

[jackwhiteprophetic]

Thinking about the nerve of the Buckley parents to tell Buck they're proud of him for being a firefighter and saving people because it's what he was "born to do" YOU RAISED A CHILD WHO FEELS GUILTY FOR SIMPLY EXISTING. HIS SELF-SACRIFICING NATURE IS NOT SOMETHING YOU GET TO CELEBRATE. Without even explaining the context of the situation to him, you raised him to internalise the idea that he has to make up for something, that he will never be enough but should keep searching for what he should have saved, that he isn't meant to be here if not for a specific purpose and that he should chase the hurt and pain that he sees, because if he can't fix it he could at least die for it. The fact that the Buckley parents had this conversation with him, encouraging this idea that he should have to die for someone so that he can finally save 'enough' lives to make up for the person that 'died for him', and then he goes on to desperately wish he could have died for Eddie in the shooting, he either wants to have died for Eddie or with Eddie, AND THEN EDDIE is the first person in his life/canon to stop him and say you're not allowed to die for me. You have to LIVE for me and my son instead. Because your life has VALUE, not just Buck, but EVAN, you have ALWAYS meant something and you have always been worthy of life and love and you're not replaceable or expendable. It is okay that you are here, and alive, and that other people are dead, and that I got hurt when you were there. It's okay to be left behind and to still keep going. It's not your job to repent over this. The fact that Eddie somehow found a legal way to tell Buck that he's not allowed to die for him, and is canonically the first to tell Buck that he can be loved and love people without proving you would die for them is actually so fucking beautiful I could talk about this for HOURS.

[heterosexistly]

Wedding Preview 7.05

[ikilledyvette]

(Realized I was never gonna finish this long ass 9-1-1 fic before the premiere, so today I’m doing the seriously condensed version for Tumblr—which I still have to break into two parts, ffs.)

It’s Thursday afternoon, three days before Father’s Day, and the atmosphere at the 118 is grim. Gerrard is gone, at least, and everyone celebrated with cake—specifically, a Ding Dong, The Witch is Dead! cake, complete with a chocolate house crushing little black boots—but to everyone’s surprise, Buck isn’t exactly welcoming Bobby home with open arms anymore. He hasn’t forgiven Bobby for resigning in the first place. Making matters worse, Margaret and Philip Buckley are flying in for the weekend. Also, Eddie is depressed because Chris hasn’t called since he left for Texas six weeks ago, and Eddie doesn’t expect to hear from him on Sunday, or possibly ever again.

Hen tells Eddie Christopher will forgive him. “He’ll come home. He just needs a minute.” Eddie says that six weeks is a hell of a minute, but Hen persists. “You’re a good father,” she says, ignoring Eddie’s humorless laugh. “You messed up; I’m not saying you didn’t. But that doesn’t negate all the good you’ve done, too. Kids, they want you to hear them. They want you to show up, so when Christopher calls, pick up the phone and listen. You two love each other, Eddie. It’s going to work out.”

But Eddie’s gaze just drifts to the kitchen, where Bobby is quietly looking at the stack of uneaten fire-engine-shaped mini-waffles that Buck refused to eat, even though he’s the one who bought Bobby that ridiculous novelty waffle-maker in the first place

“You ever think maybe love just isn’t enough,” Eddie says, and Hen isn’t sure how to answer that.

*

Meanwhile, Chimney, thankfully, has the day off and is drinking a beer with Tommy. (Hen, left to deal with these weird morose vibes at the 118 by herself, quite rightly considers this a betrayal and has appropriately sworn revenge.) Chimney and Tommy talk a little about their own families: Tommy hasn’t spoken to his dad in years; meanwhile, Chimney finally gave up months ago after actually telling his dad how he really felt about being abandoned. He just needed to hear his father apologize once, just once—but he couldn’t do that, not even that, and Chimney decided enough was enough. 

Tommy, who’s only ever met the Buckley Parents one time (but has quickly clocked to Buck’s wildly shifting moods whenever discussing them), asks Chimney how much of a disaster this weekend is likely to be. Chimney tells Tommy that—apart from big family secrets and the general emotional trauma—every time the Buckleys visit, someone comes close to death: warehouse fire (Buck), lightning strike (Buck), viral encephalitis (Chimney). 

“Maybe don’t go up in a helicopter till they’re gone?” Chimney suggests, and Tommy says, “Jesus,” and gets another beer.

*

Back at the 118, things have gone from bad to worse. A call leads to Buck recklessly risking his own life to save someone. He walks away with only a few bruises, but Bobby yells at him for nearly getting himself killed. Buck snarks that he must still be that young, impulsive hothead after all. Bobby, a bit at a loss, tells Buck that he has come a long way, but he can’t put himself in danger just because he’s angry at Bobby. 

“What is this really about? You can talk to me, kid. I’m here.”

“Right,” Buck says, scornful. “You’re here. For ... how long again? Seven more, I think you said? No—no, you never actually said, did you? That one’s on me. Right, Cap?”

The bell goes off, ending the argument. Bobby tries to talk to Buck again after the shift, but Buck is already out the door. He barely gets any sleep that day before he and Tommy drive over for The Big Family Dinner. Tommy tries to talk Buck into staying home, suggesting they go tomorrow night instead, but Buck insists it will be a Thing if they don’t go.

Dinner goes badly. Margaret and Phillip aren’t intentionally rude or actively malicious, but there’s still a thread of casual biphobia in much of what they say: Evan’s always going through these phases. Well, if it’s not a phase, Evan, you must have known; how could you not? Please don’t misunderstand, Tommy, of course we like YOU. Very much! Yes, Tommy, thank you for your service. We’re just saying, Evan likes to throw us for a loop now and then. Really, Evan, you’ve had so many girlfriends you’re basically straight, aren’t you?

Buck finally loses it shortly after Maddie goes into the other room to check on Jee Yun. Margaret suggests that while she’s happy that Buck and Tommy are happy, of course—happy for now, at least—she’d just hoped Buck would’ve started to settle down by now, get serious about someone, rather than start experimenting. Phillip also jokes that he’d thought Buck had outgrown making bids for attention, and Buck just—snaps. 

“Why did I have to work so hard to get your attention again? Right. Cause it was too hard to look at me. Cause I was the reminder of what you lost, the screwup you got left with. Maybe if Daniel had grown up and turned out bi, you’d—"

—and Margaret slaps Buck across the face. 

It shocks everyone, very much including Margaret, but when Buck finally blinks and glances at his dad, Phillip automatically moves to stand behind his wife, silently taking her side. Buck, a bit dazed, mutters he’s sorry and tells Chimney not to tell Maddie what happened, right before Tommy all but pushes Buck out the door and drives him home.

Buck, still a little shellshocked, mostly can’t believe he said what he said, insists he shouldn’t have gotten that upset, and tries to brush off Tommy’s efforts to comfort him. Tries to get him to leave. Tries to distract him with sex when Tommy refuses to leave. Tommy, not having any of it, sits Buck down and talks a little about his own childhood, how he’d run away from home after his father had found out Tommy was gay, how—broken and bleeding—Tommy had never called, never looked back. Buck protests it’s not the same because Margaret and Philip aren’t abusive, have never hit him before tonight, aren’t really homophobic—at least, not in the same way—and also, Buck deserved that slap. 

“Who throws a dead kid in their parents face?” Buck asks, miserable.

“Someone who lived under the shadow of a brother he never knew about for 30 years?” Tommy asks, then takes Buck’s hand and makes Buck look at him.

“Look, maybe it’s not the same. You’re never going to convince me you deserved it, Evan, not any of it—but what I’m saying is, when people repeatedly hurt you? You don’t have to look back. You don’t have to keep trying. You can, if that’s what you want—but you don’t have to forgive anyone just because they’re family. That’s not what being a family should be. And, for what it’s worth, that includes Bobby, too. Just ... maybe consider what you’re actually angry about—or if it’s even anger you’re really feeling here—before deciding to cut him off for good.” 

Slowly, Buck sinks into Tommy’s side. Tommy wraps an arm around him. Kisses him gently just above birthmark.

(Part II is finished, coming tomorrow or the next day)

[bellabrady]

incorrect 911 quotes part idk

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THIS SCENE 😭😭

[watchyourbuck]

thinking about tiny buck today. how alone he must've felt, how useless without even knowing why. how he thought he had to hurt himself to get their attention and love bc nothing else he ever did was good enough to earn it. how he must've thought he was stupid and untalented. how he must've thought maddie was abandoning him. how he had to spell out to his parents to love him anyway, bc in his head he had to be loved despite of who he was, and not because of who he was. how he must've laid awake at night wondering how long their care would last; what else could he do that would be bad enough to feel safe. how he must've come to the conclusion that he didn't matter. that his life wasn't worth it. that finding himself wasn't important. how all of that carried out to his adult self. how he covered it with sex and recklessness. how he was careless with his life. bc thats all he ever knew. everyone else mattered but him. how he thought eddie was going to take chris away from him bc he couldnt fight off a natural disaster. how he thought he had to be perfect yet never believed he could be. how he constantly said that firefighting was everything he had. that he was nothing outside of it. how to this day he sometimes thinks he doesn't deserve things. how there must be a tiny version of himself in his heart, still waiting for his parents to come home and tell him he's loved unconditionally. only to be disappointed every day. margaret and phillip buckley i will never forgive you.

[dovrianaftlalini]

I just imagined chimney finding out about buck and tommy (he asked in 7x06 if they were together before his amnesia so this means he already knew before the day of the wedding) because maddie put tommy in the table alongside the buckleys + Lees and Chimney was like " not that i don't consider him family, but tommy should be with the rest of the 118, why are you putting him with our parents and your brother?" And then maddie just says "because he is my brother's plus one"

PLS SOMEONE WRITE SOMETHING LIIKE THIS. I'm begging