re-reading my own fic because the author has exactly my taste in tropes, ships the same ships in the right way, and also shares my sense of humour. what a find, what a revelation. i hope they write more of this sort of thing.
So I was writing a small paper in Microsoft Word and the program suddenly crashed (I saved a couple minutes before, thank god) and I get this message in the corner of my screen two seconds afterward
My first 9-1-1 fic in over a year! Thank you, season 7.
@badthingshappenbingo square: Bloodied Knuckles
Read it here or on AO3. More of my BTHB fics here.
"What happened?"
Tommy shakes his head, but doesn't stop Buck from taking his hand. "Turbulence." He moves his other hand up and out, replaying whatever hit his knuckles took to the inside of the cockpit in the storm.
"Shit," Buck murmurs, assessing the damage. There's dried blood in the torn-up skin, like Tommy had washed his hands when he got back on land but all it had done was re-open the wounds.
"Evan." A pause when he doesn't look up, then two fingers under his chin to get him to meet his eyes. (A shivering thrill and a quick pull of breath; always; every time.) "I'm okay."
"If it gets infected you could lose your hand," Buck counters, already leading him over to the kitchen sink.
"That is called spiraling." Tommy lets himself be led; lets Buck turn on the water and lean against the counter to supervise.
"Yeah, I'm good at that."
Tommy hisses quietly when the soap hits the open wound. Buck leans in and kisses his shoulder, and Tommy hums and carefully scrubs until the soap is gone and the dried blood with it, and his knuckles are raw and pink but not bleeding anymore.
Buck's already holding a clean dishtowel, right out of the drawer, and he catches Tommy's hands and gently pats them dry, inspecting them like his eyes might be able to spot any remaining germs.
"Okay," he says, finally satisfied. He motions for Tommy to sit down on a bar stool and goes to get the first aid kit. Carefully wraps the gauze around his hand and tapes it into place. "There. Anywhere else?"
Tommy's other hand meets Buck's waist and draws him in, steady between his knees. "I don't think so. Unless you'd like to check."
Forehead to forehead. Buck breathes him in; closes his eyes. Feels Tommy all around him, steady and strong. "Might be a good idea," he says, and manages not to trip completely over the words.
"Can never be too careful," Tommy agrees, and then Tommy's lips are on his, like that first night but familiar, now. The brush of gauze against his cheek when Tommy brings up his fingers to trace his jaw. "Dinner first?"
An exhale of a laugh; heart beat ticking up; a smile he can't contain. He nods against Tommy and kisses him again. Yeah. "Dinner first."
A different sort of WIP: The song I'm writing for @buckupbuttercup's Buddie Bakery AU! I was hoping the SoundCloud player would embed, but it doesn't look that will work, so click through above // listen here.
you, you shine like summer
and i thought the world was bright before
i thought that i had all that i could need
but you somehow were brighter than
everything that came before:
this sudden burst of light beyond my wildest dreams
[chorus]
take me star gazing
tell me how the constellations
got their names— stay
up all night 'til the
supernova sun
rises up over the mountains,
drives the dark away.
in spring the flowers bloomed and grew
but nothing ever burned like you
'til summer brought you straight into my arms
[like] wildfire and ocean waves
sometimes i thought that i'd escaped
anything that ever could make me feel this warm
[chorus]
i walked lonesome 'cross this country
'til my feet hit west coast waters,
thought i'd never find a home
built one out of ruins
and looked up to find you'd
been walking out to meet me all along.
[chorus]
there's honey in your smile
and it's been stealing my breath
to hear my name upon your tongue just like a kiss
and maybe it's too forward,
but darling, all i
want is just your sweetness on my lips
but it's not just you,
it's all this light that's in your orbit
shooting stars and galaxies
trace patterns through my mind
when i look at you,
and all your love, it leaves me awestruck
and somehow, it seems
like i might get to call you mine.
[chorus]
and you take me stargazing
and you tell me how the constellations
got their names—
and we stay up all night 'til the
supernova sunrise
comes up over the mountains
drive the dark away.
My first 9-1-1 fic in over a year! Thank you, season 7.
@badthingshappenbingo square: Bloodied Knuckles
Read it here or on AO3. More of my BTHB fics here.
"What happened?"
Tommy shakes his head, but doesn't stop Buck from taking his hand. "Turbulence." He moves his other hand up and out, replaying whatever hit his knuckles took to the inside of the cockpit in the storm.
"Shit," Buck murmurs, assessing the damage. There's dried blood in the torn-up skin, like Tommy had washed his hands when he got back on land but all it had done was re-open the wounds.
"Evan." A pause when he doesn't look up, then two fingers under his chin to get him to meet his eyes. (A shivering thrill and a quick pull of breath; always; every time.) "I'm okay."
"If it gets infected you could lose your hand," Buck counters, already leading him over to the kitchen sink.
"That is called spiraling." Tommy lets himself be led; lets Buck turn on the water and lean against the counter to supervise.
"Yeah, I'm good at that."
Tommy hisses quietly when the soap hits the open wound. Buck leans in and kisses his shoulder, and Tommy hums and carefully scrubs until the soap is gone and the dried blood with it, and his knuckles are raw and pink but not bleeding anymore.
Buck's already holding a clean dishtowel, right out of the drawer, and he catches Tommy's hands and gently pats them dry, inspecting them like his eyes might be able to spot any remaining germs.
"Okay," he says, finally satisfied. He motions for Tommy to sit down on a bar stool and goes to get the first aid kit. Carefully wraps the gauze around his hand and tapes it into place. "There. Anywhere else?"
Tommy's other hand meets Buck's waist and draws him in, steady between his knees. "I don't think so. Unless you'd like to check."
Forehead to forehead. Buck breathes him in; closes his eyes. Feels Tommy all around him, steady and strong. "Might be a good idea," he says, and manages not to trip completely over the words.
"Can never be too careful," Tommy agrees, and then Tommy's lips are on his, like that first night but familiar, now. The brush of gauze against his cheek when Tommy brings up his fingers to trace his jaw. "Dinner first?"
An exhale of a laugh; heart beat ticking up; a smile he can't contain. He nods against Tommy and kisses him again. Yeah. "Dinner first."