the thing about buddie "versus" bucktommy is that this all follows the classic, seasons long, will-they-won't-they plot structure that we've seen with straight couples in tv procedurals and sitcoms for years
our romantic leads have a deep bond and unresolved sexual tension and maybe even come close to a kiss (👀) but it's always the wrong time and "they're with someone else and i want them to be happy" all while the audience desperately hopes they get together because they're so perfect for each other and clearly in love
there's a blueprint for this and there's nothing to say that buck having one queer relationship with someone that isn't eddie means that's all we're going to get
of course there's always the chance that the writers won't take the show the way it seems to be leading cough supernatural cough or that it won't go exactly as the fans hope (see every show ever since the history of time) but i think so far there's plenty of reasons to believe that buddie is still the eventual end goal
both buck and eddie have had several relationships with women over the past five seasons and that didn't stop us rooting for them to get together. it's actually a really cool and still pretty rare thing to get an unplanned sexuality realisation and canon queer relationship during a season of a show that's been renewed for another season and not right at the end because there was nothing left to lose (see legend of korra)
plus the show has had queer characters from the very beginning (hen, karen, michael) and introduced more over time (david, josh) who have all been shown to date more than one person so there's no reason to think they'd suddenly be worried about rationing the number of queer relationships a character can have
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the grimm werewolf and his wife, uh. someone and rosalind: office au?
He’d be lying if he said this, here, wasn’t his favorite part of a work day. She smiled at him over a cup of coffee, her laughter warming him as much as the drink, and he marveled at how incredibly lucky he was. It only lasted a few minutes; they had to clock in, after all, and face the endless streams of paperwork and phone calls. But he wouldn’t trade those few minutes for all the world. This was, he had to admit, a vast improvement over his last job.
As they made their way to the time clock she paused, resting a hand against his shoulder, and excused herself with a murmured ladies’ room.
It was only after she disappeared that Wu cleared his throat, stepping out of the shadows. The man was typically something of an office clown, causing the kind of shenanigans that made everyone forget he was actually kind of brilliant, but just at the moment, he looked impossibly serious.
“Hey, man. Everything okay?”
Wu sighed. “Look, I get it, okay? But you’ve got to let her go.”
Monroe bristled. He’d actually liked the guy, but to have the nerve to say something like that? “Excuse me?”
“I know you’re new, but you have to know that she’s married. And whatever excuses you’re making right now, I promise you it isn’t worth it. You’re just going to end up with a broken heart, and it’s going to make work all kinds of awkward, so just… Don’t.”
Offense gave way to bafflement, a slow sort of understanding dawning at the back of his mind. Did he mean-? Surely not. But then, it wasn’t like Monroe and Rosalee had exactly announced it to everyone. But it seemed pretty obvious, didn’t it? “Yeah, I think you’ve got the wrong idea here. Ros-”
Wu cut him off. “I’m not blind, you know? But she’s married, and-” He paused, glancing at Monroe’s left hand. “It looks like you are, too. The only thing I don’t know is whether or not you guys are already involved.”
The words came out before Monroe could think them through, quick and stunned. “Well, of course we are, but-”
“I don’t want to hear it, okay? Just-” Wu held up a hand. “Walk away, for all our sakes. You’re a better guy than this.” Then, before Monroe could string together a reply, he walked away.
The reality of what just happened was starting to hit him in full force, and a wave of embarrassment washed over him. Great; that would have been really easy to handle, and instead, he made it way, way worse. Now all he had to do was… Make sure that Rosalee never ever found out about it.
-
Five hours later, he and Rosalee were on lunch break, chatting about their day so far over sandwiches, when Nick strode into the break room, grinning ear to ear. Even before he said a word, Monroe’s stomach sank; somehow, he just knew.
“Hey, Rosalee,” Nick drawled, eyes dancing, “Have you heard the latest office drama?”
Rosalee smiled and shook her head, that indulgent look that she often gave Nick when he shifted into full annoying little brother mode. “Nick, you know I don’t listen to that stuff.”
“Oh, I think you’re going to want to hear this.” He glanced at Monroe, and his grin somehow widened at Monroe’s sharp look. Taking another step, lowering his voice dramatically, he told Rosalee, “Apparently, you’re having an affair.”
Rosalee scowled. “What? With who?”
“The new guy, of course.” He nodded to Monroe. “Apparently Wu confronted him about it this morning, and he practically confirmed it.”
Okay, so we’re just throwing me completely under the bus, huh? Sometimes, it was hard to remember that Nick was Monroe’s friend before he was Rosalee’s. Since meeting, the two had become like siblings, and while Nick was friends with both her and Monroe, they definitely had a unique bond.
Rosalee went completely still, a thousand expressions crossing her face, before she asked, voice a calm that was clearly forced, “What?”
“It wasn’t like that,” Monroe protested, for all the good it would do. “I was just completely confused. At first, I didn’t even know what he was asking!”
Nick didn’t even dignify that with a reply, just dissolved into laughter, as Rosalee hid her face in her hands.
“This isn’t funny,” she forced out, though her voice was a little too high, and she was clearly on the verge of laughter herself. “Are you telling me that the whole office thinks I’m having an affair with my husband?” On the last word, her voice cracked, and she gave into breathless giggles, as Monroe sat there desperately wishing he could just sink into the floor.
“Yep!”
“Did you at least tell them-”
“Nope!”
“Nick-”
“I didn’t want to spoil the fun.”
Fun. Right. Monroe was never going to live this down.
-
Rosalee worked fast, Monroe had to admit; by five pm, the whole office seemed to know the truth (in spite of Nick’s desperate pleas for them to just let the gag play itself out a little longer). This was both a great relief, and more than a little mortifying.
Still, as they clocked out, and Rosalee slid her hand into his, Monroe couldn’t help but smile. All in all, he really liked this job.
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oh hey, look what I found in my drafts in pursuit of some other idea of mine, I'd forgotten about this in the frenzy of experiencing every emotion known to mankind these last couple weeks courtesy of the most ruthless of emotional rollercoasters that was the good omens s2 finale and its fallout on tumblr.
Behold, an unedited compilation of my initial reactions to the entirety of good omens s2, ft a slowly less careful tracking of which episode any of these reactions originated from:
oh...my god....crowley and aziraphale before the beginning. they're so fucking adorable. AND CROWLEY'S HAIR.
making it look like azi was going to flip the sign to "open" LMAO BITCH U THOUGHT. and "i'm very good at forgiveness" p l s
aziraphale: ((b99 scene of that one lady jamming whilst Shit Goes Down)
jon hamm LMAO. "who told you I was naked?" and the arrows on the box pointing up
the expression on azi's face when someone mentions the naked man in front of crowley LMAO
"Does it calm you down" "not.really."
"Do we know a jim??"
FUCKING DRAMA QUEEN CROWLEY throwing a tantrum in the street lmaooooooo
they're so fucking married they're so fuckING MARRIED THEY'RE SO FUCKING MARRIED. the little "i didn't see you come in" "let me ring the bell to get your attention so you can't ignore me" THE APOLOGY DANCE
episode 2:
RAIN UNDER A CANOPY AND THEY'LL FALLIN LOVE. LIKE--THE FIRST RAINSTORM AND SHELTERING SOMEONE UNDER YOUR WING?? PERHAPS?
lmaooo like a game show announcer showing off the prizes
"i thought i would take the car. our car" RECORD SCRATCH. so....fucking married. like how much more obvious can you be....
THE GOOD OMENS BOOK.
muriel is precious, and crowley and aziraphale are so patient and gentle with them, they think so too.....adorable
episode 3:
THEY WORKED IN THE "YOU HAVE TO START THEM ALL OFF ON THE SAME LEVEL" and "that's lunacy" "that's ineffable" LINES!!!!
THE DANCE. AZIRAPHALE WAS SO EXCITED TO DANCE WITH CROWLEY. OH MY GODDDDDL HE'S WRITING HIS OWN A/C FANFIC
gabrie's FUCKING COAT. OH MY GODDDD
"I am, but rescuing me makes him so happy" FUCK. KO. THAT'S ALL SHE WROTE FOR ME, FOLKS. HELLO??? the self awareness but perfectly encapsulates their relationship....hold on a sec. man just hold on
....crowley is such a fucking bleeding heart omg. his little smirk through the window at azi taking charge
aziraphale's unending heart eyes as crowley just, like...exists.
crowley not knowing/"remembering" a single other angel or demon he's previously met but being the only one who recognizes the metatron....brilliant.
of course crowley is cleaning up the shop for aziraphale while he's gone.....of course he is.
WHAT IS THAT.
WAIT. WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT. WHAT THE FUCK??? IT ENDS THERE?? NO???
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