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[elvensorceress]

know that I'm with you the only way that I can be

eddie & bobby, implied pre-buddie | gap filler in the middle of LabRats | rated: G | 2K

Eddie accepts the call and hadn’t even looked at the name. It’s not Buck. And it’s not a FaceTime. Which is surprising on both counts but not unwelcome. It hits him with a rolling wave of homesickness though. Still. Eddie smiles when he answers. “Hey, Cap. How’s it going?”

“Hi, Eddie,” Bobby says. “It’s good to hear your voice. It’s not the same without you around.”

God, he feels that. Nothing is the same without his team. But Eddie has Chris. They’ll be okay. “I miss you, too. Sorry, I should have called you sooner. I’ve been thinking about you though.”

“Me too. And don’t worry about that. How is Christopher? Are you two settling in out there?” 

Eddie glances in the direction of the living area where Chris is on the sofa playing a solitary round of racing against the game. Where Eddie’s son is happy and they’re back together, Diaz boys against the world, and Eddie couldn’t ask for anything else. 

Maybe he can ask for a few things. Like something to fill the Buck shaped hole in his chest. But he’s not pushing his luck here. 

He still has Buck. They talk all the time. Every day. 

“Chris is good. Moved back in with me a couple weeks ago. We’re so much better. It’s great. What about you? How’s Athena? And the kids?” Eddie should really call May and see how school is going. She texts him silly memes and instagram posts every so often, and sometimes makes fun of whatever Josh has posted about Glee this week. As she should.

“That’s great, Eddie. I’m so glad you two worked it out.”

“Me too, Cap. Holy hell, me too.” Eddie waits for a moment, hoping Bobby will answer his questions. 

He doesn’t. 

Maybe Eddie should ask again? 

Or maybe something happened? 

“Is there,” Eddie starts and how does he even ask. What does he ask? “A reason you called me?” 

“Yes,” Bobby answers. 

Eddie checks the time and the calendar, and A Shift should be off the clock by now. Should be. But they were on the last shift. They were on not long ago. 

“Did something happen?” Eddie asks lightly, trying not to worry. He doesn’t need to worry. He’s not worrying.

“Yes.”

Fuck. Okay. So. He’s worrying. Eddie’s heart immediately pounds. There could be lightning or earthquakes or psychotic kidnappers, and any one of his team could be in trouble. 

“Is it,” Eddie swallows hard and has to know. He can know. He can take it. God, please don’t let it be Buck. Please don’t let something happen to Eddie’s partner because Eddie left him and isn’t there. “Is it Buck? Did something happen with Buck?”

“No. Not exactly. He’s safe as far as I know. He’s been with Athena.” 

Okay. Then Eddie can breathe a little again. “Who then? What happened?”

There’s a pause before Bobby answers and Eddie can hear something in the background of the call but has no idea what it could even be. “I can’t give you many details. I don’t have much time.” 

He doesn’t have much time. Bobby. Doesn’t have much time. 

Bobby doesn’t have much time. 

(read on AO3)

[unfunnystandup]

[mrstarkkk]

 He only goes running if he’s upset and he’s wearing his sad hoodie. And by the looks of it, it’s been washed -which is bone chilling!

[elvensorceress]

I like the idea of Chris poking around in Eddie’s old room and finding things from his dad’s childhood and then asking questions and bonding with him and repairing their relationship.

But would Helena and Ramon actually have kept anything of Eddie’s? Or would his room have been converted the second he left…

[elvensorceress]

You read my mind 😘 Have a fic! 💕

HC that Buck showed up to Eddie’s house bright and early, and is planning an entire day for them because he doesn’t want Eddie to spend the entire day in bed wallowing and miserable without Chris

[unfunnystandup]

no thoughts head empty

[legallyjavert]

Valjean: Why are you looking at me through a fork?

Javert: I’m pretending that you’re in jail

Valjean: Why?

Javert: It’s spiritually healing

[mrstarkkk]

More than anything... stay blessed.

[tall-dwarf-22]

Javert: *effie trinket voice* that is ILLEGAL

[elvensorceress]

So I’ve been thinking.

What if it wasn’t *Buck* who Tommy was potentially trying to out with his closet space joke?

I know we all assumed, but given Tommy says, “yeah. okay 🙄” about Eddie being straight. And how he was likely trying bond with (and potentially date?) Eddie before Buck had a meltdown and they kissed?

What if Tommy was looking at the oblivious disaster announcing that he’s moving in with the woman he’s been dating for two minutes and thinking well surely Buck knows his friend reeks of the depths of closeted denial and his supposed relationship is a travesty (look at all the mentions of her— everything Eddie says in s7 is, I’m ditching her to do something else / it’s temporary/ I want to break up and leave her right here / I’m only emotionally cheating on her with four other people including my dead ex wife) so Tommy turns to Buck to say, can you believe your loser friend and his sham life that will no doubt implode any minute? (no foreshadowing here whatsoever)

Because… if anything was cringier than Mr Ally in that scene, it was Mr GlassHeterosexual. Just saying. Maybe Toolbox just wanted to bond over them both being rejected by Eddie.

[unfunnystandup]

going to the bathroom at a party and staring in the mirror as you try to convince yourself you’re not high

[theinvisible-girl]

LMAO

My website – My Facebook page – See me on LINE Webtoon!

[legallyjavert]

Jean Valjean: okay lets focus on the positives, what are your good traits?

Javert: I’m Loyal, I’m persistent, I have a lot of energy, I ... I’m just describing a dog aren’t I?

Jean Valjean: well yeah but people love dogs...

[villierscy]

citiesofsong replied to your photoset: East End (Spitalfields) 9/8/13

Tigger, you have to take me on a bastardised Ripper tour at some point. These are gorgeous. <333

You wouldn't have wanted to go on this one, I was walking for at least 2 hours. (And most of that in the wrong direction.) 

"Oh, there's a group of people on a tour, which makes that location No. 13, wait, how did I walk as far as Millers Court? - Right, we're at the prostitutes' church, now come, that's the Ten Bells, which means I'm in the right direction - the Gherkin means that I'm approaching Mitre Square. Aha."

[mrstarkkk]

[hughvaljean]

i wonder if aaron is the type of actor who walks around naked backstage