"I don't know if you can hear me, Evan Buckley. But I do know that you never give up. So, don't start now."

"That man has lost two children..."

"He cannot survive losing you."

😭💔

Eddie: Hello?

Buck: Hello, Eddie.

Eddie: Buck?

Bobby: Is he ok?

Eddie: We thought you were… nevermind, where are you?

Buck: A hospital.

Eddie: Are you ok?!

Buck: No.

Eddie:

Eddie: You wanna elaborate?!

Buck:

Eddie: Evan Alexander Buckley!

Buck: I just woke up here, man! What do you want me to say?!

Bobby coming up to Buck's side and Buck was holding his head wound*

BOBBY: Kid, What the hell happened

BUCK: See that pole?

BOBBY: yeah..

BUCK: I didn't

I don't know if you can hear me, Evan Buckley. But I do know that you never give up. So don't start now. That man has lost two children.

Whenever I write a Buddie wedding, I don't know where to put Bobby, because:

- he can officiate, I think he once mentioned being able to do that?

- him walking Buck down the aisle? I am CRYING

- but also: him being Buck’s best man????? That would be so sweet!!!

Athena: Are you still mad?

Bobby:Eddie at least should ask for our blessing

Athena:We aren't Buck parent's

Bobby:We aren't?

If you think Bobby and Athena are not Buck's parents I recommend you watch Fight or Flight again. Why you ask? Well because 1) Athena clocks that Buck is going to try to unlock Chimney's phone in a frankly ridiculous way instantly which leads to 2) helping him get the information they need out of the phone and driving his through the country instead of detaining him (as she should because among other things he broke chain of custody) and this happens after 3) Bobby signals for him to follow Athena and 4) gives him the ground rules in front of her which include: "don't leave her sight", "don't lie, don't withhold any information", "don't break the law" and, the greatest hit because it gets a scoff from Athena "don't do anything that's going to force her into early retirement".

Thank you for coming to my ted talk.

You know what i’m really looking forward to

Buck and Bobby. like i want the father-son relationship to be at its peak. I want the “dad” i want the “son” no…. actually i need it.

it’s so special to me

and like parental approval (bathena obvs) would be so important to him and he deserves it

also the fact that both bobby and athena bring up buck as the person who would be scaling the cruise.

Like that’s your son

psa if we really have the re-introduction of “Bobby is Buck’s dad” dynamic tonight I’m gonna be soooo obnoxious about it I’m gonna be even worse than when the “mum brought two kids into the marriage you brought one” aired

Buck: Fight me.

Bobby, in the distance where Buck can't see him: You lay one hand on my son and you will never see the light of day ever again.

Out of everything in 6x10 I predicted would break me, I don't think anything could've prepared me for the stunned, horrified look on Bobby's face throughout the whole ordeal, but especially when Chim does CPR on Buck. That made the situation REAL to Bobby. As Chim does compressions, Bobby is in the background just staring in dismay and horror as someone does CPR on his son. He's already lost 2 kids, a wife, and now one of his dearest friends.

My mans is now watching as his adopted son, who he loves so dearly, is having CPR performed on him. He had to watch him fall and then watch helplessly as Chim does CPR on him. He screams for him but he gets no response. He knows he's still a captain, but he's a dad too.

The moment they walk through those glass doors and hand Buck to the hospital staff, the adrenaline will wear off, he will stop being a captain, and whether he likes it or not, he will shatter and break under the weight of all his grief and guilt that he's carried around for so long.

Now he might lose another child and feel that same stabbing guilt in his chest as he did when his first two children died. Yet again, he can only watch helplessly from a distance and can't do anything to save them. If you think he's going to handle this with ease and not feel unimaginable guilt for sending Buck up the ladder and blame himself, just like how he blames himself for the death of his first family, you're wrong.

Buck had a very rough day worrying about Bobby. 🫶🏼 6x18

The way Bobby and Athena talked about Buck after Bobby did that big stunt was such parent vibes 😂 that's their son

Buck with Margaret and Philip: My best in never good enough

Bobby about Buck: He need to understand that he's good is good enough

oh me? what am i thinking about today? buck and bobby going to a bruce springsteen concert. exclusively. what’s bucks favorite song? did bobby cry during thunder road like i always do? did bobby laugh when buck did the courtney cox dancing in the dark dance? did buck call bobby pops and the person next to them seriously thought they were father and son? do i make a playlist for this? do i write a fic? am i projecting my own bruce springsteen love and daddy issues onto this?