You know what makes this line so extra insane other than everything about it. This is 3x11. They only ended the divorce era in 3x06 and 3x07 is an Athena Flashback episode, so they’ve only been friends again for like three episodes but Buck is like, no, Eddie forgave me and I live here now. Duh Maddie.
the thing about the shooting is, eddie only survived because buck was there. and like, well. none of them actually needed to be there. they weren’t technically on shift yet and it was another house’s call. but eddie was involved, and if eddie is involved the 118 is involved. if eddie is involved buck is involved. and, look. any one of the firefighters that were there, on shift, could have done what buck did in terms of tending to the gunshot wound, keeping him alive. it’s what they’re trained for. but only buck, ONLY EVAN “BUCK” BUCKLEY could crawl and drag himself over the gravel underneath that engine and drag eddie out of there with one fucking hand. only buck could fight for him like that. only buck is the reason eddie didn’t die on the street. buck was there. and that saved eddie’s life. “no one will ever fight for my son as hard as you” is true, completely. but it’s also “no one will ever fight for me as hard as you”. like, in both the tsunami and the shooting buck couldn’t do anything to prevent it, but what he could do and what he DID DO, was fight like hell for them both.
No but like when Eddie cut his wire down the well they told Buck he couldn’t go after him because they’d have ‘two cut wires’. You know how INSANE it is that they canonically acknowledged that Buck and Eddie would not only endanger themselves for the other (which we already knew) but they would endanger themselves TOGETHER which means they both would have possibly died together when the well collapsed.
“We only ever wanted to go together”
“That’s love”
Then that moment happened when Buck tried to dig down 40 feet of dirt to get to him with his BARE HANDS and collapsed in tears when he couldn’t
CHRISTOPHER: Can we go out to get ice cream? BUCK: Did you ask your dad? CHRISTOPHER: He said no. BUCK: Then why did you ask me? CHRISTOPHER: He’s not the boss of you. BUCK, internally: It’s a trap, it’s a trap, it’s a trap.
ryan saying he’s down for buddie as long as they keep their special bond as friends, and oliver saying that, if buddie were to happen, than it’d have to be a natural progression to their relationship is everything to me. THEY GET IT!
because what makes buddie so great is exactly the fact that they’re best friends. they have years of history and trauma and development and so much trust and companionship… they became integral parts in each other’s lives. when they become canon, their friendship and dynamic should be something that prevails above anything else. it should feel absolutely organic and normal.
also crying at eddie walking in with an “AY😎” and his arms spread wide like he’s about to do a twirl for buck clearly waiting for him to say he looks good and he’s getting a good grade in couples costumes with his beautiful boy best friend (something that is normal to want and possible to achieve) and deflating when buck’s high-strung ass starts on him for being late. bonus points for buck not having anything to say about anyone else being late cause they’re not, not really, the groom isn’t even there yet, it’s just that he needs eddie there with him as soon as possible for moral support
captain gerrard goes up to the fruity five with their medals and goes “ugh. this department is filled with a bunch of queers.” and eddie goes “oh i’m not—“ and gerrard looks at him like he’s genuinely fucking stupid
