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So I saw this gifset from the amazing @cafecitoeddie and got this instant need to write an Eddie x Terry fic (don't worry I'm still working on my buddie longfic and all my prompts). I'm not sure about what I've written so far but here you go
If Eddie were to say that today was a day then that would be the understatement of the fucking millienia. After what felt like forever, they had finally found a bloodied and bruised Chimney. Tommy had even flew in a fucking helicopter so the groom could finally marry the bride – after getting thoroughly checked by Hen of course.
And now here they are, everyone happy and dancing like Chimney didn’t almost die, again. But that’s okay, because if any of them learned anything from their job and all the trauma, is to enjoy what you have when you have it.
At that thought, Eddie looks away from the bride and groom carefully but still lovingly dancing to see Buck and Tommy in their own little world swaying to the sweet love song. He quickly turns around and walks towards the drink table to grab another flute of champagne.
Eddie downs the entire glass and sighs.
It’s pretty damn awful timing to break up with your girlfriend because – surprise! – you realized that not only you’re gay but you’re in love with your best friend only after said best friend also discovered his queerness but is starting to date a guy that you’re pretty sure you also had a crush on as well.
The universe is a cruel, cruel bitch.
“Hey, Eddie!” A voice comes to break himself out of his thoughts.
Eddie turns to see a face he hasn’t seen since working at dispatch.
He pushes all his anguish aside for now for him to process later with Frank, and lets out a genuine smile.
“Hey, Terry! Long time no see.”
The other man gives him a bright smile in return. “Yeah, it’s been a while. How’ve you been?”
Feeling like a sad gay disaster, he thinks. He says, “Great. How ‘bout you?”
“Pretty good.” He looks tentatively at Eddie for a moment before continuing. “I know you’re where you belong but I have to say I was kinda sad when you left dispatch. The LAFD twitter is just not the same without you.”
Eddie laughs.
That was a dark time in his life. But where Josh made him feel like an outsider, Terry – along with May, Linda, and Sue – helped him feel welcomed there. It’s nice to feel like he was missed.
“Yeah, I do not miss that. But I do miss y’all over there.” He pauses. “Even though I'm so glad I left.”
Terry laughs, his smile wide, and something in Eddie's stomach flutters. Like butterflies.
It then hits him. He’s attracted to Terry. He likes Terry.
That both terrifies him and sends thrills down his spine.
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Honestly, poor Terry. Both times something has gone down at metro dispatch, he’s gotten his ass kicked. First, he almost gets shot by Greg and his buddies, and then he almost dies from asphyxiation in the fire suppression room. Get this poor man some hazard pay, immediately.
It was love, she thought, love that never clutch its object; but, like the love which mathematicians bear their symbols, or poets their phrases, was meant to be spread over the world and become part of human gain.
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀— Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse
Lance passou o resto da noite sentado atrás da igreja, parte do tempo recordando sua existência, agora tão remota que nem parecia real. Rememorou as manhãs de domingo, na missa, quando aos dezesseis anos namorou a jovem Elaine, e como demorou a se recuperar quando os pais da garota se mudaram para longe, levando-a consigo. As coisas também começaram a piorar em casa e Lance se tornou taciturno; ignorava as outras garotas da escola e se enfiava mais nos livros e nas partituras. Teve outros pequenos namoricos também, antes de Elaine, se é que podiam ser chamados assim, já que ele nada mais fazia que cortejar a garota, levar flores e outros pequenos agrados. Fato é que não podia dizer que aproveitou sua adolescência. O tormento que era sua família estava em primeiro lugar.
Agora, mais de cem anos depois, se sentiu como um menino de novo. O beijo em Luna queimava seus lábios mesmo depois da família da Reyes ter chegado, obrigando o casal a se afastar. Mesmo enquanto olhava suas pálidas mãos (muito menos vivo quando se afastava da garota) e desejava poder enxergar um mísero reflexo no espelho a fim de ter uma mínima noção de sua aparência. Lance sentiu inveja daqueles que podem se olhar e também daqueles que dormem, e podem sonhar com suas amadas. Desejou, também, ter o velho relógio de seu pai no bolso. Precisava da torre da igreja para olhar as horas. Condenado como estava a depender de tantas coisas e usufruir de tão poucas.
De pé, na porta da igreja, percebeu que a hora estava avançada. Tinha esperado demais. Mesmo assim, decidiu caminhar para sua velha casa. Mais uma vez se lembrou do seu passado e das infinitas vezes que fizera aquele trajeto, seja a pé, seja de cavalo ou carruagem. Esta última só quando estava com o pai ou com a mãe. Lance também sentiu falta dos cavalos, da liberdade de cavalgar com o vento batendo em seu rosto, bagunçando seus cabelos. Uma curiosidade é que Lance cortou os cabelos mais curtos pouco antes de morrer, seis meses, por aí. E nem teve a chance de ter uma barba, como Terry. As mulheres eram loucas por Terry; foi uma pena não ter se casado.
Bom, ao menos Lance não precisava escalar janelas. Ele chegou até a de Luna com o menor dos esforços. Já era madrugada, mas seu desejo era fazer barulho para despertar a garota. Tinham parado em um ponto importante; o choque nos lábios tinha se amenizado, substituído por um calor que não sente, nem de longe, quando está vagando sozinho por aí. Lance queria, sim, mais. Queria o que não conseguiu viver, nem com Elaine, nem com ninguém, e que agora parecia infinitamente melhor justamente por se tratar de Luna Reyes, a pessoa que o tirou das sombras.
I had a thought that they, basically it was Barbara, wouldn’t. I know they had left and then came back but so you think they would leave for good?
Idea below:
It and basically happens during/before Blockbuster/Tarantula/Bludhaven/The Earthquake. (I think they all happened around the same time, if they didn’t they do here.)
An OC, maybe even one of the kids I don’t know yet, gets the future in their head/comes back in time and calls Talia & Ra’s. They tell them what happens and the League comes to Gotham. Talia tears into Catalina, this is before Jason comes out as Red Hood but he remembers (I don’t know if he’s the one to remember because Damian also remembers), and Jason complains because he wanted to do so but got told he was not allowed near her or even Blockbuster. (Talia had called Bruce and got him to get Dick home before she left for Catalina Flores which he did by telling him he needed him since Jason and Damian had shown up.)
Ra’s goes to Gotham and talks to Bruce and Alfred and they bring over who they can of Bludhaven and start getting Gotham ready. The bridge is not used, Ivy and the other Rogues that can be a little trusted are allowed out of Arkham and put to work, Crime Alley is the first to be emptied, Jason gets them to leave by getting the Working Girls/Boys to help, and put with families or in Manors that can hold them. Bristol is quickly filled with even the smallest Manor/Mansion being used and all the other houses holding who they can. Basically Gotham City itself is soon emptied, except for who won’t leave.
Ivy makes food and water is brought over by the assassins who are the ones who get in and out of Gotham itself. No one else goes there (not even the family who have a lot of the GPD and their families in the Manor.) if they don’t have to.
Duke and his parents come to live with the family as does Steph and Crystal. So do Colin, Cullen, Harper, Matt, Terry, (who shouldn’t be born yet, I don’t think, but are for reasons), and their parents.
The earthquake and etc happens still but not as bad as it did in the past/future. More are saved and more people ban together and decide to stay when offered to leave.
There’s a bit more in between but the one thing that stands out to me is that Dick asks Barbara to leave with the family, they decided to leave Gotham and only come back to visit for a reason I can’t think of right now, and live with Talia and Ra’s.
Barbara gets mad at Dick and tells him no and he should stay in Gotham. When Dick points out that she had left and come back, she told him it was different because he was leaving for good, even though he told her that they would be back to visit. He got angry and said it wasn’t that different and they fought and broke up.
Selina…Selina got mad at Bruce because he and Talia were taking. They weren’t together, just talking and getting to be friends again, but Selina didn’t like it. When Talia pointed out that she and Bruce would be talking because of the children, Selina blew up and she broke up with Bruce for good.
I don’t know if they would get back together, either couple but maybe they would work it out and maybe they wouldn’t. I just had the thought of Barbara getting mad at Dick for leaving Gotham/Bludhaven for good.
(Oh, I kind of have a thought that Bruce tells Gotham/the world about being Batman and the kids follow before they leave. I don’t know if I would include it if I ever did write this.)
(Yes, Steph, Crystal, Duke, his parents, Terry, Matt, their parents, Harper, Cullen, and Colin do go with them.)
I don’t know what else I would add, if anything else, but here’s the start.
thanks to @oneawkwardcookie and @catdadeddie for helping with this! 💖
[Image ID: 8 GIFs of Hispanic characters from 9-1-1.
GIF 1: Eddie Diaz, played by Ryan Guzman. Eddie smiles at Hen.
GIF 2: Terry Flores, played by Alex Loynaz. Terry checks something at dispatch.
GIF 3: Isabel Diaz, played by Ana Mercedes. Isabel laughs as she talks to Eddie and Pepa.
GIF 4: Ana Flores, played by Gabrielle Walsh. Ana smile at Eddie in Christopher’s classroom.
GIF 5: Ramon Diaz, played by George DelHoyo. Ramon is visibly emotional as he talks to Eddie
GIF 6: Rick Romero, played by . Rick faces Athena at the police station.
GIF 7: Josephina Diaz, played by Terri Hoyos. Josephina nods towards Chris at the hospital.
GIF 8: Christopher Diaz, played by Gavin McHugh. Christopher laughs as he makes fun of Buck.
/end ID]
🦇 Good morning, my bookish bats. I hope you have a good book, delicious latte, and sweet snack within reach! No TBR is complete without a few young adult novels, and plenty were released in April! Here are a few YA releases to consider adding to your shelves.
[ List Under the Cut ]
🩷 April 2 🩷
✨ Your Blood, My Bones - Kelly Andrew
✨ What If... Loki Was Worthy? - Madeleine Roux
✨ Fate Be Changed - Farrah Rochon
✨ No Going Back - Patrick Flores-Scott
✨ The Reappearance of Rachel Price - Holly Jackson
✨ Darker by Four - June C.L. Tan
✨ Draw Down the Moon - P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast
✨ The Black Girl Survives in This One
✨ Wrath of the Talon - Sophie Kim
✨ Every Time You Hear That Song - Jenna Voris
✨ Otherworldly - F.T. Lukens
✨ Misdirection of Fault Lines - Anna Gracia
✨ Something Kindred - Ciera Burch
✨ Hearts Still Beating - Brooke Archer
✨ Call Forth a Fox - Markelle Grabo
🩷 April 9 🩷
✨ Teenage Dirtbags - James Acker
✨ Canto Contigo - Jonny Garza Villa
✨ Dragonfruit - Makiia Lucier
✨ The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray - Christine Calella
✨ Fog & Fireflies - T.H. Lehnen
✨ Against the Darkness - Kendare Blake
✨ The Darkness Rises - Stacy Stokes
✨ Right Here, Right Now - Shannon Dunlap
✨ The Last Love Song - Kalie Holford
🩷 April 16 🩷
✨ To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods - Molly X. Chang
✨ Merciless Saviors - H.E. Edgmon
✨ Deep Is the Fen - Lili Wilkinson
✨ This Is Me Trying - Racquel Marie
✨ Calling of Light - Lori M. Lee
✨ Pretty Furious - E.K. Johnston
✨ Dear Wendy - Ann Zhao
✨ The Lady of Rapture - Sarah Raughley
✨ The End of Always - Rebecca Phillips
✨ The Kill Factor - Ben Oliver
✨ The Breakup Lists - Adib Khorram
✨ We're Never Getting Home - Tracy Badua
✨ The Harrowing - Kristen Kiesling & Rye Hickman
✨ King of Dead Things - Nevin Holness
✨ Sheine Lende - Darcie Little Badger & Rovina Cai
✨ The One That Got Away with Murder - Trish Lundy
🩷 April 23 🩷
✨ Song of the Six Realms - Judy I. Lin
✨ Off With Their Heads - Zoe Hana Mikuta
✨ Blood Justice - Terry J. Benton-Walker
✨ Kill Her Twice - Stacey Lee
✨ Dark Parts of the Universe - Samuel Mille
✨ Finally Fitz - Marisa Kanter
✨ The Merciless King of Moore High - Lily Sparks
✨ Out of Blue Comes Green - M.E. Corey
✨ A Whisper in the Walls - Scott Reintgen
✨ Homebody - Theo Parish
✨ Punk Rock Karaoke - Bianca Xunise
🩷 April 30 🩷
✨ To a Darker Shore - Leanne Schwartz
✨ The Vanishing Station - Ana Ellickson
✨ The Last Boyfriends Rules for Revenge - Matthew Hubbar
✨ What's Eating Jackie Oh? - Patricia Park
✨ Sound the Gong - Joan He
✨ Playing for Keeps - Jennifer Dugan
✨ Not Like Other Girls - Meredith Adamo
✨ The Notes - Catherine Con Morse
✨ I'll Be Waiting for You - Mariko Turk
✨ Pillow Talk - Stephanie Cooke & Mel Valentine
✨ Saint-Seducing Gold - Brittany N. Williams
✨ Where Was Goodbye? - Janice Lynn Mather
✨ The Lilies - Quinn Diacon-Furtado
Anaconda will be released on Steelbook Blu-ray on February 27 via Mill Creek Entertainment exclusively at Walmart. Pre-orders for the 1997 creature feature are up for $24.96.
Luis Llosa (The Specialist) directs from a script by Hans Bauer (Titan A.E.) and Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr. (Top Gun). Jennifer Lopez, Ice Cube, Jon Voight, Eric Stoltz, Jonathan Hyde, Owen Wilson, and Kari Wuhrer star.
No special features are included. The full Steelbook art can be seen below.
A documentary film crew, headed by anthropologist Steve Cale (Eric Stoltz) and director Terri Flores (Jennifer Lopez), ventures into the world's most isolated jungle - the Amazon - in search of a lost and forgotten civilization. Early in their journey, they come to the aid of Paul Serone, a Paraguayan guide (Jon Voight), who joins their expedition. But Serone is actually a poacher on the trail of a legendary snake. When Serone hijacks the boat and its crew on his quest to track and kill the giant snake, he steers the expedition right into the path of the deadly monster.