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“Once upon a time…”

No, He’s Into Me... (9-1-1 crossover reaction fic)

Summary: TK and Marjan think Buck is into one of them. 

Notes: Inspired by my own post from a little while ago. Apparently I couldn’t help but actually write it. I wrote it and read it to edit so mistakes are due to how fast I wrote it. Also, I’ve never written the Lone Star characters before. Spoilers for tonights’ episodes. 

Words: 560

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Back at the station, they all basically collapsed where they could. TK wound up on the floor, looking up at the high ceiling. He heard Judd somewhere and Mateo chattering on and on. Marjan sat down closest to him, nudged his foot as she sat down on the sofa with a groan. 

“They were something, weren’t they,” Marjan said. 

TK chuckled. “Yeah. You know, Buck was pretty cool.”

“You gonna follow him back, Marjan?” Paul asked. 

Marjan groaned. “I probably should. Be rude not to. But he was just — I think he liked me? With all the staring and stuff so that makes it weird. Not that he was bad to look at, you get me?” 

TK laughed. “I don’t think you have anything to worry about when it comes to Buck.” 

“And why is that?” Marjan asked.

“For one thing, he was flirting with me since he got here, he was willing to steal a truck to go rescue my dad—”

“And his friend,” Mateo pointed out, cutting TK off. 

TK coughed, but then continued on, “right, but who does that?” 

Marjan immediately nudged his leg on the floor. “Nope. Nope. He already knew who I was when he first saw me. He was mad that Eddie got to go with me on that rescue. And he was staring at me. No one stares like that without wanting one thing.”

TK was too tired to get a look at her, but he had known Marjan and the rest of the crew for long enough now that he could picture the look on her face without having to try too hard. It would be her upturned lips with that cocky attitude that made her badass. 

“He didn’t ask you out, though,” TK said. 

He could feel all of their eyes on him. 

“So, I think I win that one.” 

Judd started to laugh. “Or, you’re both too full of yourselves and don’t notice things that are right in front of you.” 

Paul was laughing too. 

“What?” TK asked at the same time as Marjan. 

“Eddie,” Judd said. “After he followed you, Marjan, I figured I’d find him and follow him too. He has a cute kid. And Buck is in at least half his recent pictures. And had the two of them not had different tasks to complete, I’m sure they would have been glued at the hip. How else do you think we knew what you and Buck were up to, kid? You’re not stupid enough to come up with a plan like that on your own. Eddie knew what Buck would be up to.”

“Oh,” Marjan said. 

TK sat up to look at her, but she was on her phone. “I followed him back,” she said. “Buck posts nothing but pictures of him and Eddie and Eddie’s kid.”

“Married with a kid. Tough luck guys,” Paul said. 

“No wonder he looked confused when I told him I had a boyfriend,” TK said. “He wasn’t asking me out. He was just being nice.” 

It was kind of funny. And if they did ever see each other again on the chance that TK was in L.A., or if Buck came back to Texas then they could have a nice laugh about it and TK could tease him about how they were both too flirty and had serious boyfriends.

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tagging: @laurenkmyers because you told me to write it and then I couldn’t not write it.

No one asked but here’s a brief tutorial on digital underpainting and how it can add some extra flavor to your art!

(I got asked this a couple times so just to clarify: I used “overlay” in the second slide… but the rest of these examples are JUST painted on, no effects! Try playing with the opacity on your pencil/water/brush tool to allow the base color to show through!)