[holding Onto Tims Shoulders Tightly] You Cant Have A Bathena/bucktommy Parallel + The Entire Invisible String Theory All Be Accidents - Tumblr Posts

i’m fucking dying at the idea that like. hen or smth in 8x01 asks buck how its going with tommy and him just nonchalantly saying “oh we broke up” or “tragic helicopter accident :(“ like— what. there’d be riots in the streets. imagine someone binging 9-1-1, watching 7x10 and seeing bucktommy in such a good position relationship wise with a whole ass storyline being set up to include tommy (gerrard returning to the 118) and then going to season 8 and tommy’s just. gone. “why???” indeed.

the thing is imagine retconning another one of buck’s love interests the second time in a row and this time everyone knows this guy and likes him. he isn’t completely new or a rando, he’s been friends with hen and chim since post-gerrard 118. bobby was his boss for at least a couple years (?) he befriended eddie before dating buck, eddie and maddie both encouraged buck to ask tommy for another chance, maddie wanted to meet him and he was included in the wedding. it’s implied he probably at least spoke to buck’s parents/introduced himself to them. bobby said he’s good people and he’s good for buck. like they intertwined him so well and retconning that feels like it’d be the biggest “why???”