#see y'all monday

[tenisperfection]

More couch drabbles courtesy of this spoiler for 6 x 01. Buck/Eddie.

Like these things go, the innocuous comment lands hard and finds itself a corner in Buck’s brain to fester.

“If my couch was like this one, I’d sleep on it all the time,” Buck groans as he sinks into the new couch in the Diaz household. Christopher, laughing next to him, bumps into his shoulder.

"Buck, you don't even have a couch."

Buck laughs with Eddie at that both because it's funny and because of how Christopher's wit has been growing as quickly as his limbs.

He doesn't think of it throughout dinner or on the drive home. He doesn't feel melancholy, its arms chilling his insides with a slowly tightening grip, until he steps into his loft and sees emptiness where his couch once sat.

There's been nothing there since Taylor moved all her things out, hiring the same movers who brought everything in and took Buck's couch out, never to be seen again. Buck had been meaning to buy another one every day since she left, but by the time month three rolled around, the emptiness looked like it belongs. It festers, and Buck suddenly notices other things he'd taken out of his apartment to make room for Taylor: the side table he liked to put his coffee on the rare days he had time for coffee at home, the lamp shaped like a fire extinguisher that Taylor had called too masculine and Buck had shoved to the back of the downstairs closet.

He's not sure why it still lives there, hidden away. Before he goes upstairs, Buck brings the lamp out again and wipes the dust away, putting it back where it once lived. It doesn't turn on when Buck plugs it in and flicks the switch, and he sighs, making a mental note to grab some light bulbs when he's out.

He goes to bed and tries not to think of the space below him, empty. Dark. Festering.

***

Eddie comes over for a beer the next day and makes himself at home on the balcony. Buck sits next to him in companionable silence and thinks about how he's never known what companionable silence was until Eddie.

Eddie breaks it.

"I'm thinking of getting a grill," Eddie c, eyeing the one in the corner of the balcony.

Buck laughs. "Don't. Just take this one. I haven't touched it except to move it around."

Eddie looks at him, eyebrows raised. "You don't even like grilling," he says, as if remembering a fact he'd learned a lifetime ago that he's forgotten he has the knowledge of. "You think there's no—"

"—point to it," Buck finishes and lets the smile threatening to take over his entire face win. "I'd much rather just eat what other people grill and make all the dips."

Eddie hums. "Why did you get it then? They aren't cheap."

Buck thinks of the couch as he answers.

"I didn't."

Eddie looks at him expectantly.

Buck relents. "I mean, I did, but Ali and I, when I rented this place, we got all the stuff that we might need, and she really has an eye for this stuff, so I kind of let her take the lead."

Eddie nods. "She liked to grill?"

Buck shrugs. "I think so. She left before we ever got to the grilling stage of the relationship." Buck means it to come out as a joke but it falls flat. Eddie stays silent, staring out into space.

"Can I ask you something?" he asks after Buck finishes his beer. Eddie automatically rises and goes back in to the kitchen, and Buck knows that in twenty seconds, he'll have a refill.

"Sure," he calls out after a moment, and Eddie presses a cold bottle into his outstretched hand.

"Why do you not have a couch anymore?" he asks.

Buck blinks.

He could tell Eddie what he's been telling him and Maddie and everyone else; that he's hardly home enough, that he only really uses his apartment to sleep, and that buying a couch that would go unused is like letting your ex-girlfriend talk you into a wine subscription when you don't even like wine that much.

Buck doesn't want to tell Eddie that. Not again, not anymore.

"I'm not sure," he says slowly, "but I have a theory."

"Okay," Eddie says, as if Buck's told him he's hypothesizing about the mysteries that lie in the deepest corners of the oceans.

"Ali picked that couch too," he starts, and Eddie, because he's Eddie, catches on almost immediately judging by the minute twitch to his left eyebrow.

"I liked it when we went shopping," Buck continues, "she said a lot of things about how youthful it would make the place seem while still being classy and understated. She said it wasn't too masculine or feminine, so it would suit both of us, even if I still don't know why we were gendering a couch." Eddie smiles at that, and Buck goes on, suddenly eager to finish now that he's began.

"Anyway, I knew it looked nice and large and that I could afford it even if Ali offered to pay half. I let her and we brought it home and it somehow ended up lasting even after she left."

"I wasn't the biggest fan," Eddie comments, smiling wryly. "I mean, it was a fine couch, but it always was so—"

"—it's the material," Buck finishes, because he's seen Eddie sit on it one too many times to know how he feels. "It felt too posh and cold and it was after Ali left that I realized that in all the talks about getting what would fit the apartment best, we never talked about comfort even once."

Buck looks away from Eddie at that. Eddie's couch, both old and new, molded to Buck like it was welcoming him home, and Buck doesn't want to look at Eddie and see him realize why Buck sleeps like a stone every time he stays over.

"So I guess it was good Taylor made you get rid of it?" Eddie asks quietly. He says Taylor's name with great reluctance, and in spite of himself, Buck smiles.

"Weirdly, I missed it once it was gone."

They lapse into silence again, sipping their beers as the late afternoon sunshine paints everything golden. Buck tries not to be obvious as he steals glances at Eddie, bathed in contrasts of light and shadow in a way that's hard to look away from.

"You still didn't answer my question," Eddie reminds him after their beers are done again. This time, Eddie stays by his side and looks steadily at Buck.

"I didn't get a couch because I guess I don't know what I'm looking for," Buck admits, staring down into his lap, suddenly finding it hard to hold Eddie's gaze. "I've never bought a couch before, not by myself, and not for me."

"Isn't comfort a good place to start?" Eddie asks, and Buck shrugs again. Eddie laughs suddenly.

"You know, your birthday's coming up," he says, running a hand through his hair. "We—Hen, Chim, Maddie and I—we thought we could all chip in and buy you a couch, but Bobby put his foot down on our group gift."

"Oh," Buck says.

"Yeah," Eddie nods, and he plays with the label of his bottle as if contemplating a truth he's just come upon. "Something about how you shouldn't choose a couch or a bed for anyone else."

Buck's throat tightens.

"Guess he's right," he says gruffly. "Though if you guys want to give me money—"

Eddie's laughter breaks the seriousness. "No promises, but I can go with you to bring a couch back. The truck will have room for it."

"Maybe I'll take you up on that," Buck responds, "or maybe I should just steal your couch when you're not looking. It's really the best one I've been on, Eddie."

Buck feels rather like the time he was caught in a grocery store holding laxatives for a cat that he didn't have, except that there's no embarrassment this time, just the quiet agony of having revealed too much.

"Yeah?" Eddie asks quietly. It's the softest his voice has been in an afternoon filled with soft voices and quiet confessions. "You look like you're at home when you're on it."

Eddie doesn't add like you don't when you're here but Buck hears it all the same.

"Maybe I'll just get the exact same couch," Buck says in response.

Eddie smiles. "It's your choice."

Buck echoes the words and the smile. "Yeah," he says. "Mine."

***

The couch Buck ends up getting is similar to Eddie's though not identical, and Eddie, as promised, helps bring it to the apartment.

Seven months later, he helps carry it home. They put it diagonal to what Buck calls the Diaz couch. The two couches, while similar, are mismatched enough that it won't earn them any points from Architectural Digest.

Buck loves them more than he thought it possible to love inanimate objects, pieces of wood and fabric and wire molded together to make an abode. Eddie, passing by, presses a kiss to Buck's shoulder, and Buck makes a mental note to give Bobby a hug when they go into work tomorrow.

"We still have to bring in the coffee table," Eddie says, "Coming?"

"Yeah," Buck says, following. "I'm right behind you."

#i don't know why i keep writing about couches but anyway #911 spoilers #buddiefic #buddie #911fic #i promise i'm done i'm going back to my pirates now #see y'all monday

[oro-e-diamanti]

in a shocking turn of events, I have finished the next chapter of puppet

#that's it #see y'all monday #hope it doesn't suck

[michsmeesh]

have u ever drawn modern au jovier? love all ur work btww^__^

i have drawn them already but i'll gladly draw them again and again and again and again and

#this. took. 3 days #this is gonna be the last request for a while #maybe even last proper art post for a while bc i'm going back to work on monday snif snif #but i hope this will feed y'all well while i focus on work for the next few weeks 😭 #anyway i can and WILL talk about my modern au jovier headcanons #at least in this universe they can be somewhat happy :// #they just make me sick what can i say #also if you see any mistakes in this no you dont. #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #john marston #javier escuella #jovier #michsmeesh #my art #art request #modern au

[crescentfool]

somehow i never drew the big cat from persona 3??? so here is ryoji and the big cat. as a treat.

#persona 3 #ryoji mochizuki #hi my name is lizz and i love cats! #minato arisato #<- he's there i guess #lizzy does art #WE'RE GOING TO PRETEND ITS STILL MONDAY. #i can't even use my oh so very behind timezone as an excuse its. its tuesday here lol #i meant to do this yday but i got distracted with moving things around on my computer #BUT THE SPIRIT IS STILL THERE!!! i am going to strive to do mochizuki monday to doodly the boy :) #i still need to readjust to drawing ryoji again so i will be using mochizuki monday to make sillies of him i hope everyone will enjoy!!! #i also have a sketch of minato with the big cat... i think i will color that after artfights done :3 #ALSO UNRELATED BUT. i have noticed that the ryoji havers are all have the trans flag in their icons... which one of u started this #THIS IS A POSITIVE THING BTW. i love seeing all of y'all lined up in notifs of ryoji posts and im like !! LOOK!!!! <3 #i've also seen that ppl are cooking in the fic tag... im so excited to read again i love u fic authors i blow u a kiss

[weirdoonskateboard]

Credit:lyric_wrestling on IG

#undertaker #WWE #damian priest #the judgement day #mark calaway #y'all need to see the interview where Damian was asked about this #rhea ripley #dominik mysterio #finn balor #r truth #monday night raw #wwe raw #wwe smackdown #friday night smackdown

[minzbins]

hi everyone! just wanna let y'all know i won't be active from tomorrow until sunday bc i'm traveling abroad to meet my best friend of 6+ years, @bangzchan, for the first time and we're going to meet+see luminous together 🥺😭

i will check my tag #melontrack once i come back, so if there are things you don't want me to miss you can use that 😊🧡

#mel talks #still can not believe this is happening and it's been some weeks to let it sink in but wtf skdjfshjbhersuhiduoflrjfj #meeting viki will be sooo much fun but also i'm nervous bc it's the first time skhskjfkl but aaaahhhhh i can't wait 🥺😭 #this will be my first kpop concert btw.. i'm nervous excited anxious hyped sdkhjfdkrjlkl #also meeting lumi will be aaaaahscdkjlkdglk scary but hopefully fun?? #i'm also traveling alone for the first time ever.. first by train #and then i will be flying for the very first time.. i'm very anxious but i'm sure it will be fine 😭 #see y'all sunday or monday whenever i get back to tumblr again 🧡

[k8aclysm]

Tried something new with my hair today. Turned out pretty good imo.

#my posts #my face #lesbian #wlw #trans #transfem #mtf #lets see if i get flagged by this dogshit website shall we? #really feeling my makeup today too wowza #ok to rb #happy trans woman monday y'all

[goldenpinof]

i know its just simple business but it's also like it's simple business!! look at the final tour show dates reaction now vs previously! what a crazy thought that an active audience due to months of content makes a difference! there will be a bloodbath once tickets become available and it's like see it's not that hard!! i'm venting to you kate because i know you know. like i'm glad WAD is getting her moment to shine bc she deserves it but she could've had sooo much more

I KNOW. it's tearing me apart. i'm like, so so happy we got something now, after dnpg and dnp brand return. but i'm also like, he should have listened to us from the beginning! so sad, so funny, so exciting! i haven't been that happy when the original wad was announced. and now, after almost a year, it feels like we and Dan just deserve it. these shows are a celebration of sorts. i hope no one fucks it up. (i wanna know who is responsible for marketing for these 2 shows. if anyone is reading this and is going to m&g, please, ask him.)

idk if the shows will get sold out within a couple of hours. could be. could also not be. a tricky situation, i have some doubts, i hope i'm wrong. and i hope everyone, who wants and can buy tickets and go, will be able to do that. even if it's not m&g, the show itself and phannie vibes worth it. i would bet my money on the phandom experience being better than the show experience, especially now.

communities that shit together, stay together <3

#i hope we don't crash the website on monday. i need to make screenshots. don't make it harder for me y'all <3 #also. i have so many Qs about marketing aaaaaa #when will Dan make an actual post on ig? tumblr post? #dnpg video with promo before monday or on monday? #maybe i wouldn't risk it. maybe i'd waited a couple of days to see how the sales go and if the shows even need promo in videos. #if i were him that is #so many questions so little answers #answered #wad dvd #simplydnp

[djservo]

how i sleep at night with my slack notifications off <3

#logged on to see 40 messages from the weekend lookin to cover something last minute ummm u got the wrong girl sorry! #when i clock out im OUT see y'all on monday godspeed!!

[thyandrawrites]

It really was like

Horikoshi: happy birthday, Shigaraki!

Horikoshi: *throws him into a blender and amps up the speed to max, grinning wide*

That's peak favourite oc energy right there. Can't fault him for it, really

#I'm not even mad #I peeked at the spoilers cause I kept seeing doom and gloom about shigi and I got curious #Y'all come on. That's like. A regular Monday in favourite oc-land #I was expecting some other bloody limb loss but emotional devastation is par for the course. Smh #(I'm joking btw don't come at me) #Thyandra.txt #Bnha

[thegreenleavesofspring]

Monday again.

#I don't actually hate Mondays like a lot of people do #It means a return to routine #Having the weekend off is nice but so is returning to work #Knowing I'm that much closer to my next paycheck #Getting the Child back on his schoolwork #Anyway I'm off to work see y'all when I next need a mental rest

[ivymarquis]

christ I have loaded up the dinosaur which means a) masterlist update incoming and b) what the fuck is with the new layout

#i function primarily off of mobile I saw y'all talk about it but I was safe until this very moment #who approved this? #also lets see if I can write some things??? I wanna crank something out for gazfest before monday ayooo

[crescentfool]

ryoji... ryoj..... RYOJI !!!!!!!!!!! 🤧

#lizzy speaks #sorry y'all im still not over the ryoji reveal #they didn't include him in the trailer only to make him materialize out of thin air #i would draw something in commemoration but i am on designated art break until monday 🤧 #but its ok!! i've been reflecting on what i want to do with my art and im excited to get back to it #i want to get better with my fundamentals so that i can draw better backgrounds. i like how bgs can provide such nice context #im tired of drawing my guys on basic ass grid patterns and solid colors... i know bgs are a lot of work but i think its smthn im- #really really interested in... anyways... #i hope you are all having a nice september :) im glad to see people enjoying the art i find and rb!!

[boinin]

*screaming*

HIOOOORIIIIIIII 😫😭😆😁🥳🔥⚽

*confused, normal volume*

Sendooooou? 🤨🤔🤷‍♀️🥳🍣

*quietly*

Kiyora 😔

#it's a breather chapter #but ISAGI y'all #look at him bossing Noa around #and risking being benched #for his VISION #and hiori 🩵 #I'm so hyped to see our blue sheep tear up the field #but like #did they have to do Kiyora (+ kiyora fans) like that #called Sendou coming back in (lesss go bbygrl do something) #*logs in* #*yells about new chp leak* #*vanishes again* #/s france is treating me well #almost got heatstroke today lol #which is lame cos it's much cooler than it has been but whatevs #i've resisted checking tumblr until now! but staying off grid a while longer #back to my usual BS from Monday on ^^ #blue lock #blue lock spoilers #blue lock manga spoilers #bllk spoilers #bllk manga spoilers #blue lock manga #shitpost #tag rant #bllk chp 230

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: April 15

"Something in the Way She Moves" by James Taylor

#song of the day #it's been two weeks + two days since the last song of the day #the issue is you see that I started the songs up again in December because my insomnia was fucking up my perception of time #and I wanted some kind of regular marker to help me keep track #and then what happened two weeks + two days ago is that I lost all track of time and subsequently the songs of the day failed #I'm gonna see if I can keep up again for a bit now that I've re-restarted without an alarm on my phone #but if I miss any this week I'll just give in and turn the alarm back on #updates from the last two weeks are going to sound so chaotic let's see #I got a new project at work /and/ I got demoted /and/ I got added to a higher access level /and/ I'm in charge of a new database #yes all of those things together. I'm to be an accountant now! not instead but in addition to my other stuff. should be interesting #I didn't get April Fools off like I was scheduled to because all my scheduled vacation got unapproved #(I was here for about twenty nonsequential minutes to boop people and I'm glad I made time for it. extremely fun to boop) #I lied shamelessly to get eclipse day off and we went on a full-day roadtrip and it was wonderful. everything I dreamed and more #I killed one of my baby succulents through clumsiness and rabbits ate my pea plants but my sage and cabbages look promising #got a massive pot of mint flourishing on my porch and the horseradish is gorgeous #got Duncan lights and plants and a filter system for his frog tank but we haven't set up the substrate yet #so there's just potted plants sitting inside a terrarium. very amusing honestly #I've been playing a little Stardew and eating a /lot/ of hot sauce and tofu #drinking tons of klass aguas frescas--especially the soursop one. holy shit is it good. the mango and hibiscus also #and these past few days I've been sleeping better #for most of those two weeks I was getting a handful of twenty-minute naps each workday and then crashing unwillingly on the weekend #I haven't read any comic books since February :'( this weekend we're going to costco and then I'm reading comics until Monday #what have y'all been up to? I've missed being around #edit: oh shit the actual song part. anyway this is James Taylor! makes me happy and helps me settle. good vibes songs #I'm half-panicked about work all the time recently and then also today was tax day (Nick's taxes. blegh) #James Taylor doing some heavy lifting round here

[wxndswept]

"The hell are you going now?"

"There's an issue in the Breeding Room, Miss Ruan Mei asked if I could check it out."

"...."

"No, the cat bean... No, she's not... Look, she asked me and I said yes! The Express is literally docked at the station! Ugh, whatever, I don't have time to deal with your judgmental ass!"

#(random ic) #one banger before i go to beat rebirth see y'all Monday night