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“May I?” “You may.”
I don’t think about it much though… I’m going to live a great life
the fact that shows like first kill, motherland: fort salem, batwoman, and the wilds with female, poc leads + actual wlw rep (that’s actually canon and involves the main leads and not just an afterthought or smth) get cancelled almost immediately infuriates me to no end godddddd
Eddie trying to reach Buck “Hey, just… you just stay with me, okay?”
Ok, so Brie Larson says she thinks an all female Avengers movie would be cool (A Force!) And all these dudes loooooosing their mind. “What about an all MALE Avengers film?” Uh….the first Avengers films you mean. I get that Black Widow was in it, so I’ll compromise. We’ll have Captain Marvel, Scarlet Witch, She Hulk, Wasp, Photon, and Storm…..and Hawkeye.
Mind swimming with thoughts
What if...
What if, instead of a "you guys have an adorable son" 2.0, we have the opposite of it?
What if someone comes up to Eddie to tell him that "Chris uncle is so good with him!" or that "Chris could never find a better godfather!", or some heteronormative shit like that?
What if Eddie blanches, freezes, because that should be what Buck is, right? An uncle, a godfather, a friend of the family?
But, then, why does all that sounds so little in face of who Buck really is?
Buck is his best friend, the best he's ever had. He's also Chris' best friend, and while he is slightly envious of the title, it's not bad. He isn't Chris godfather, though, much less his uncle, even though they do look alike, with the curls and all, almost like they're...
Like they're father and son.
Oh.
Oh.
When he put Buck on his will, so long ago (a lifetime, really), he was... Listen, both Adriana and Sophia are lovely to Chris. They never treat him like he's breakable, incapable of doing things on his own, they never prive him from his agency. When he still lived in El Paso, he was overjoyed whenever they stopped by to look after Chris. They knew his son was amazing and shouldn't be put down for doing his own thing.
Adriana had a degree in pedagogy and Sophia was a physiotherapist. If the worst came to happen, they'd look after Christopher, and they'd do it well.
But...
But.
Whenever he thought about Buck's place in his life, he never put him in a "friend" category. Not since he stepped up and helped Eddie get back to his son after the earthquake, or when he saw Eddie struggling and introduced him to Carla, or when saved him from a tsunami.
After that first year, with its highs and lows, Buck became family. He slotted into their dynamic incredibly well, helped juggle the duties when Eddie was getting overwhelmed, learned to take cues for when to take a little more than usual. They learned how to communicate from a single look, and, yes, for their incredibly dangerous job but also for things like "did he put sunscreen on?" or "just five more minutes of videogames and he needs to do his schoolwork" or "this movie is not appropriate for his age".
Buck looked at their little family and asked "is there anyone taking that spouse spot?" and didn't wait for an answer.
And, fuck, Eddie wasn't mad that he hadn't waited for it. Before now, before therapy, he didn't know if he'd accept it.
But right now? When he has his head coming into a good place, a place where he could see that he deserved help, he deserved good things, he deserved to be loved?
By all the gods and saints, Eddie was ready to accept everything Buck had to offer and strive to return it tenfold.
Buck was theirs, his and Chris', just as much as their were Buck's. He only needed to know how to say it out loud.
Black Bull head cannons
Part 2
-It’s cannon that the first time Luck cries in the anime (and manga) was during the elf incident, in front of Magna. This leads to Luck opening up to Magna more, even crying in front of him again.
-Luck’s biggest fear is failure and Magna tries his best to help him deal with this fear.
-Finral doesn’t like having someone pin or tie his hand up (both in a sexual and nonsexual sense) as it makes him feel helpless as without his hands he can’t concentrate his portals.
-Yami is lactose intolerant.
-Vanessa is a heavy drinker but she does it because she can, because she’s now finally in control of our own life.
-Noelle and Kahono have/had a romantic relationship.
-Noelle is either Poly or Demisexual.
-Finral in the manga can open portals inside people, he can do it in the anime (not cannon) but doesn’t as he doesn’t like having that much power and doesn’t want to hurt someone. Yami knows about this but Finral made him promise to never ask him or let him use that ability.
-Luck and Magna also have a thing most likely queerplatonic, everyone knows there’s something there but don’t wanna push it.
-Grey and Gauche talk about being homeless and what they had to do to survive.
-Finral joins in on this little support group and they all end up bonding.
-Grey has a social anxiety disorder
-Asta and Yuno don’t like admitting they are anything more than rivals and it’s very amazing and frustrating.
-Gauche and Finral are fairly protect of each other when it comes to their bio family, as they were both disowned and are aware of their parents shitty behaviour.
-Luck hates taking medicine as it makes him feel off, Magna, Finral and Yami are the only ones who can get him to take any meds he’s given.
-Yami is really protective of his squad mates and also really possessive.
-Magna dyes his hair a lot and Luck likes how it changes colour all the time.