Buck goes over to Tommy's place late one morning, coffees in hand. They agreed to go out today, maybe go for a walk in a nearby park or something, no solid plans for the day other than spending it together.
When Buck gets there, though, he feels something is wrong. The curtains are closed, for one thing. And when Buck knocks, he doesn't hear any immediate movement towards the door. Usually, Tommy opens the door before Buck even makes it up the drive.
But today, Buck knocks, and he waits.
Had Tommy gotten held late at work? Buck knows he had a shift that was supposed to end a few hours before, but maybe he got stuck with overtime and didn't have a chance to call or text. But his car is there, in the same place it always is, and there hasn't been anything on the news about any major disasters.
Buck knocks again and considers calling or texting when he finally hears shuffling on the other side of the door, then the jingle of keys before the door opens.
Tommy is... A mess, honestly.
His hair is sticking up in every direction, old sweatpants with a hole at the knee, and a worn out old hoodie which Tommy shoves his hands back into the pockets of when he sees Buck.
"Hey, Evan." He swallows, voice think with some heavy emotion. "I'm so sorry, I... I forgot we had plans today, I—" he's hunched into himself, and he looks smaller than Buck's ever seen him.
"Tommy," Buck reaches for him with the hand that isn't holding the coffee cups. "What happened? Are you okay?"
Tommy shrugs, hesitating before stepping aside to let Buck in. "Rough shift," he says after an extended silence. "Everyone... The team all made it out, but... We lost someone. I lost someone."
Buck sets the coffee cups down on the entrance table and pulls Tommy into a hug, tucking his head into his shoulder and holding him tight. Slowly, Tommy's hands raise enough to wrap around Buck's waist.
"I don't think I'm gonna be much company today," Tommy sniffs after a while. Buck can feel a wet patch on his shoulder, but doesn't mention it.
The fact that Tommy trusts him enough to be this vulnerable with feels like something sacred, something he's been searching desperately for. Up to now, Tommy has been the one adjusting to make space for what Buck needs, but it's time for Buck to step up, to be there for Tommy.
"I get it, but I'm here." Buck kisses Tommy's cheekbone, just below his eye and he tastes the salty tang of tears there. "If you'd rather be alone, I-I get it. I can go home, and we can reschedule this. But, Tommy, I don't care if all we do is sit on your couch in the dark, okay? Whatever you need, I'm here."
Tommy holds Buck tighter for a moment.
"Evan," he says, in the same way he always says it. Like it's a something precious and delicate and wonderful. Buck's not sure where it came from, but he adores it.
"What do you usually do after a bad shift?' Buck asks.
Tommy sniffs, and it takes a while to answer. "Usually..." He clears his throat. "Usually I curl up in bed or on the couch and watch a rom-com. I know, it's a little—"
"Don't you dare say it's embarrassing," Buck warns, cupping Tommy's jaw and running his thumb over the stubble there. "Go make yourself comfortable, drink your coffee, pick a movie. I'll make us some snacks and join you in a minute, okay?"
Half an hour later, Buck settles on the couch—the coffee table full of popcorn, chopped vegetables and dips to snack on.
Buck reclines against the arm, and pulls Tommy on top of him, head on his chest. It's a tight fit, but from the way Tommy settles into him, Buck knows it's what he needs.
Tommy hits play, and Buck smiles at the opening monologue. "Love Actually?" He asks.
Tommy makes a sound, a soft sort of hum. "It's... kind of my favourite," he admits.
Buck smiles and kisses the top of Tommy's head, then replaces his lips with his fingers, running them over Tommy's scalp.
"That's really cute."
Tommy nestles in closer to Buck's chest, and neither of them say anything else for a while.
"Thanks," Tommy says, when they're about halfway through the movie. "For staying."
Buck kisses his head again, and Tommy lifts himself up a little so he can turn and kiss Buck on the lips, instead before settling back against his chest.
"Thank you, for letting me stay. For letting me look after you."
The words are on the tip of his tongue as he looks down and watches Tommy turn his attention back to the movie, watches him mouth along to a handful of lines.
I love him, he thinks. He doesn't say it out loud, not yet, but the realisation is soft, and warming, and perfect. And he will say it, soon. When the time is right. And he hopes Tommy will say it back.
For now though, Tommy is like a weighted blanket on his chest, comforting and warm, and Buck's content to just stay here for as long as he can.
They'll put on another movie, finish the snacks, maybe order takeout for dinner later, and Tommy will smile again, will laugh again, will kiss Buck the same way he says his name.
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Sonic characters on a road trip headcannons! ☆
Going on a road trip with Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, shadow, Sliver, rouge, Blaze, and Amy - Genre: fluff, crack fic - gn!reader - modern au
this is going to be the worst car trip of your life sorry reader.
First of all, most of the people on this trip are so irresponsible, like I would rely on Tails and Sliver for actually getting food. Even then tails is googling to make sure he gets the right food because “everybody needs to eat a healthy diet” and sliver ignoring that completely trying to buy a year supply of candy from target WHILE USING YOUR CREDIT CARD. At least he has coupons. 💀 💀
You guys probably won’t even get 10 minutes away without Sonic trying to do some crazy bet. He’s trying to start beef with Shadow in the car because he thinks he can win. In his defense he says “I didn’t know he was so competitive!” The only reason he did it because he believed he would win so it would boost his ego. I hope you can drive well.
Let’s just imagine you have those camper vans you’re taking to wherever in the would you guys are going. I would imagine you stop at a pit stop to fill up on gas and eat some food etc. You might just go in the back and see Rouge, Blaze, and Amy having a whole spa day in the back. They’re just hanging out painting each other nails and talking about some new gossip around town.
Even though its quite insane to have a spa in your camper van it’s more peaceful their than the other part. It’s going to look like a whole super bowl party in the back. Sonic, Shadow, Knuckles, and Sliver are having the most intense uno game you’ll ever see. In the end Knuckles breaks the table, Sonic and Shadow are about to get in a full on fist fight and Sliver is trying to get away from the crime scene with Tails. Sorry for getting left out reader 😭
It gets worse though, somebody let sonic cook in the kitchen AND HE DIDNT FULLY COOK ANY OF YOUR FOOD. So now everybody panicking because you’re just sprawled out on the floor feeling horrible. Yes they are panicking about you having food poisoning but also because they got nobody to drive them to wherever you guys decided to go. You recover days later, but not without banning sonic from a kitchen for life.
Maybe you should of just taken a plane. 💀
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Sorry it’s been so long (living tombstone reference) since I last posted, anyway here are some fnaf au ideas
What is Ballora killed Elizabeth instead of Circus baby
What if Henry became Springtrap instead of William
What if Charlie was the protagonist and Michael became the puppet
What if one of the missing children survived
What if Sammy Emily was the protagonist of the novels instead of (robot) Charlie
What if Micheal died at Circus babies instead of Elizabeth
What if one of the bullies was the protagonist of the series
What if Cassie had been the one to go to the pizzaplex first instead of Gregory
What if Glitchtrap was Elizabeth in disguise
What if Vanessa/Vanny was possessed by Cassidy/the one you should not have killed instead of William/the mimic(?)
What if Evan/Crying Child never died
What if Henry killed the missing children
What if Micheal didn’t die in the fnaf 6 fire
What if Elizabeth possessed the teen Charlie robot and was there throughout the three novels
What if Evan/Crying Child became the puppet
What if Elizabeth and Charlie swapped places
What if Gregory was helped by the Daycare attendant instead of Glamrock Freddy
What if Henry was the one being tortured in ucn instead of William
What if all three Afton children lived
What if Phone Guy killed the missing children (fnaf: the musical reference)
What if Micheal was never scooped
Pls credit me if you use any of these
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I just thought of this idea..
So, sonic wachowski tells Shadow and silver Whipple about their alternative counterparts, and the next time Modern sonic and shadow visit, wachowski convinces them to take the Whipples with them to the Boom world, and they meet the boom counterparts.
And somehow Boom shadow for some reason finds Shadow Whipple and thinks that it’s probably one of Eggman’s robots trying to dublicate him, or one of the Fox’s inventions.
Either way he doesn’t like it, so he grabs Whipple’s arm and teleport him to a far place and attacks him.
Shadow whipple already having chaos energy in him (duh) is able to defend himself and fight back. But he’s still young and Boom has more experience.
In the middle of the fight, Modern Shadow who got worried and went to find the kid when he realized he was missing, comes in and beats Boom because not only he has experience too he uses chaos energy.
After the fight and boom promising to meet them again on his terms, Modern heals Whipple with the Chaos Emrald he has and chaos controls them back to Boom Team Sonic, Modern, and wachowski (as well as Silver Whipple).
Then something clicks to Shadow Whipple and he started to question..
Why didn’t he feel chaos energy from that shadow, and he felt it running in this Shadow?
He knows he and Modern shadow have kinda the same backstory as far as he knows..
And chaos energy is related to it.
But what does this mean to the other shadow??
Just something I thought of, i tried to make Boom shadow the same as in the game and show but idk if this is accurate enough.
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