we lived in the gaps

they haven't best friended this hard since s4

so i call you mine.

@911charactersofcolor week day 7 • free choice ⇢ just be sure that you’re following your heart. [part 1 • part 2]

@911charactersofcolor week day 4 • dynamic between characters of colour ⇢ chimney han & ravi panikkar

falling asleep in your  a r m s           under the west coast stars                                            i'm ready.

happy birthday, @tawaifeddiediaz 💖💖

⇢ 118fam + saving each other [part 1 • part 2]

[Image ID: 23 GIFs from 9-1-1, arranged in different sizes. GIF 1: Eddie reassures Bobby about Jonah, “Whatever responsibility you take for Jonah, you make sure you take some credit for me.” GIF 2: Bobby and the team tell Buck he’s not going to transfer, “And when he does [come back], you’re gonna be right here, where you belong. ” GIF 3: Buck brings Eddie to see Charlie. “He got the help he needed. And that started with you. You gave him that second chance.” GIF 4: Bobby empathises with Eddie and his loss of Shannon, “Every day, you heal a little bit more. Then one morning, you wake up and losing her isn’t the first thing you think about.” GIF 5: Maddie tells Chimney, “I got out of the ocean for you. For both of you.” GIF 6: Chimney tells Hen, “Hen, you are the best caregiver that I know. So go do whatever you need to do to heal you, because the world needs you back and so do I.” GIF 7: Maddie tells Buck he’s not going to end up alone. “Evan. You are not Red. His life is not your future.” GIF 8: Buck, with Hen, tells Bobby, “Maybe ask for help once in a while?” Bobby, crying, asks, “Help.” GIF 9: Bobby talks to Eddie, “I just wanna make sure you don’t think you have to lose everything before you can allow yourself to feel anything.” GIF 10: Athena says to Bobby, “We’re survivors.” GIF 11: Buck reassures Chim’s fears about fatherhood, “Chimney, you’re not giving yourself enough credit, okay? You’re gonna be a great dad.” GIF 12: Bobby holds Chim as he cries, “You’re not helpless, Chim. You’re right here, pal. So are all the people who love you.” GIF 13: After the tsunami, Eddie tells Buck, “Buck, there’s nobody in this world I trust with my son more than you.” GIF 14: Eddie tells Buck maybe he can’t fix Chim and Maddie right now. “You’re the guy who likes to fix things. But maybe this isn’t something you can fix.” GIF 15: Hen reassures Chimney after Shannon dies on his watch, “You had a tough call. But you made the right one. I’m proud of you.” GIF 16: In church, Bobby asks Athena, “Could I ask you to pray with me?” Athena replies, “I’d like that.” GIF 17: After Eddie tells Buck about his will, Eddie says, “You act like you’re expendable. But you’re wrong.” GIF 18: Chim takes Bobby to see the kids he saved, asks him, “Now you tell me that’s the wrong kid.” GIF 19: When Eddie comes to ask for his job back, Bobby tells her, “You need to go talk to someone, work out whatever’s going on.” GIF 20: Eddie reassures Buck, “If that’s how you feel, how they made you feel, you have every right to say so.” GIF 21: Jee’s doctor tells Maddie, “Mom should get a thank-you, too. If we hadn’t caught this so early, we might not be so lucky. It was a good call bringing her in.” GIF 22: When Maddie is worried about parenting, Buck tells her, “This is not the first kid you raised. That was me.” GIF 23: Bobby berates Buck, “You don’t talk to the women you’re dating. You just go with the flow and find yourself in a relationship with no idea how you got there or what to do when things start to go wrong.” /end ID]

@911week day 6 • calls ⇢ 118fam + saving each other [part 1 • part 2]

[Image ID: 21 GIFs from 9-1-1, arranged in different sizes. GIF 1: The 118 rescues Chimney from his rebar accident. GIF 2: The 118 come to Buck's aid when he's trying to save a victim in a fire. GIF 3: Eddie and Buck rescue Hen in the Texas wildfires. GIF 4: The 118 rescue Buck when he's crushed by a ladder truck. GIF 5: Buck calls 911 when Chim is stabbed by Doug. GIF 6: Bobby saves May in the dispatch fire. GIF 7: Buck saves Eddie after he's shot. GIF 8: The 118 rescue Albert after a freeway accident. GIF 9: The 118 come to Hen's aid when she's trying to rescue a little girl in an earthquake. GIF 10: Athena calls 911 for May after she overdoses. GIF 11: Hen and Chimney embrace after taking down Jonah. GIF 12: Chimney pulls up Albert as he almost falls down a roof. GIF 13: Eddie stops Buck from dropping into a vat of chocolate. GIF 14: The 118 break into a poisoned bank vault to save Hen. GIF 15: Buck holds Christopher in a tsunami. GIF 16: Eddie and the 118 come to Bobby's aid when he's trapped in the dispatch fire. GIF 17: Chimney saves the team from being engulfed in flames from his living room couch. GIF 18: Athena comes to rescue Bobby when he gets shot in a fire. GIF 19: Eddie and Buck pull up Harry after Jeffery kidnaps him. GIF 20: Chimney pulls Bobby back so he's not crushed my a machete. GIF 21: The 118 save Buck after he has a pulmonary embolism. /end ID]

@911week day 3 • character ⇢ eddie + greek words for love [buck version]

[Image ID: 7 black and white GIFs from 9-1-1. GIF 1: In s04e06, Eddie smiles on his date with Ana Flores. Text overlay, in pink, reads 'ludus. infatuation, flirtation.' GIF 2: In s02e07, Eddie and Shannon lean their foreheads against each others' before they kiss. Text overlay, in red, reads 'eros. romance, passion.' GIF 3: In s03e15, Eddie hugs Christopher tightly and promises to never leave him. Text overlay, in purple, reads 'storge. devotion, family.' GIF 4: In s05e18, Eddie tries to absolve Bobby of his guilt with Jonah and credits Bobby with saving his life, as well as his son's. Text overlay, in blue, reads 'philia. intimacy, authenticity.' GIF 5: In s04e14, Eddie tells Buck about his will. Text overlay, in yellow, reads 'pragma. patience, commitment.' GIF 6: In s05e17, Eddie tells his father he's going to be better for himself. Text overlay, in orange, reads 'philautia. self love.' GIF 7: In s05e16, Eddie dons a firefighter uniform again and goes into a fire to save Bobby. Text overlay, in green, reads 'agápe. empathy, humanity.' /end ID]

@911week day 2 • seasons ⇢ s5b is s3 in a different font: firefam edition [eddie edition]

[Image ID: 12 sets of GIFs, arranged in 12 rows, each paralleling one scene from 9-1-1 S3 and one from S5b. GIFs from S3, on the left, are black and white, while GIFs fom S5b, on the right, are coloured. Row 1: From S3, Eddie and Chris talk about him not being able to cook. From S5b, Buck, surprised, compliments Eddie's cooking. Row 2: From S3, Eddie wins a street fight. From S5b, Buck kisses Lucy. Row 3: From S3, Bobby tells Buck he's not ready to come back to work. From S5b, Bobby tells Eddie he should wait before coming back to work. Row 4: From S3, Eddie makes fun of Buck's math skills. From S5b, Maddie tells Albert math is hard. Row 5: From S3, Buck tells Eddie you can't save someone if they don't want it. From S5b, Buck breaks down Eddie's door to save Eddie. Row 6: From S3, Buck asks Eddie to be honest with him. From S5b, Eddie tells Buck what he's really afraid of. Row 7: From S3, May asks Maddie about working at dispatch. From S5b, May wonders if she wants to do something beyond dispatch. Row 8: From S3, May insists on taking photos with her mom. From S5b, May insists on riding with her stepdad. Row 9: From S3, Athena feels guilty for letting Jeffery go. From S5b, Bobby feels guilty for letting Jonah in. Row 10: From S3, Chim tells Hen he needs her. From S5b, Hen tells Chim she needs him. Row 11: From S3, Eddie is petty over Abby. From S5b, Eddie is petty over Taylor. Row 12: From S3, Buck asks Abby why she didn't come home. From S5b, Buck tells Taylor he doesn't want to keep making the same mistakes. /end ID]

⇢ s5b is s3 in a different font: eddie edition [firefam edition]

[Image ID: 12 sets of GIFs, arranged in 12 rows, each paralleling one scene from 9-1-1 S3 and one from S5b. GIFs from S3, on the left, are black and white, while GIFs fom S5b, on the right, are coloured. Row 1: From S3, Eddie snaps at Lena when she tells him to talk to someone. From S5b, Eddie tells Bobby he doesn't need a mental health check. Row 2: From S3, Buck sues the department and Bobby. From S5b, Eddie blows up at Bobby. Row 3: From S3, Eddie tries to save Greggs' life in Afghanistan. From S5b, Eddie cries, "They're all dead," as he sobs. Row 4: From S3, Eddie tells Bobby, "I wasn't enough [to keep Shannon]. From S5b, Eddie tells Buck about his army teammates, "I pulled them out...but I didn't save them." Row 5: From S3, Bobby talks and empathises with Eddie after he learns of his street fighting, "Eddie, I just wanna make sure you don't think you have to lose everything before you can allow yourself to feel anything." From S5b, Bobby talks and empathises with Eddie after he learns of the deaths of his army teammates, "You can chalk it up to the grand plan of some higher power or just dumb luck. But either way, the result is the same: you are still here." Row 6: From S3, Ramon expresses pride over Eddie's Silver Star. From S5b, Ramon tells Eddie of his accomplishments, "It's not quite a Silver Star. But it-but it's something, I guess." Row 7: From S3, Helena tells Eddie that Ramon wasn't present for the births of any of his children. From S5b, Helena narrates the story of how Eddie tried to help her when she went into labour with Adriana. Row 8: From S3, Eddie shares his dad's philosophy, "Whenever stuff didn't work out for me, my dad always told me to brush it off, keep moving forward." From S5b, Eddie expresses his frustration at his dad for putting too much pressure on him as a child, "Why don't you tell them about the time you pulled your ten-year-old son aside and told him it was time to step up? Be the man of the house?" Row 9: From S3, Eddie tells Frank, "I don't want my kid to be like me." From S5b, Eddie tells Ramon, "I spent my whole life trying not to be like you." Row 10: From S3, Eddie tells Frank he's in therapy for Christopher. From S5b, Eddie tells Ramon he's going to be better not just for Christopher, but for himself. Row 11: From S3, Eddie feels guilty for the Greggs' death. From S5b, Eddie tells Buck, "Taking responsibility for something he didn't do wrong? It's a bad road to go down. You lose sight of things, of who you are." Row 12: From S3, Eddie talks with Bobby about his son. From S5b, Eddie tells Bobby he saved his and his son's lives. /end ID]

i'll be there if you're the toast of the town, babe                     or if you strike out and you're crawling home.

[Image ID: 8 GIFs of Maddie and Chimney from 9-1-1, overlaid with lyrics from Taylor Swift's New Year's Day. GIF 1: Two GIFs overlaid on top of each other: Maddie and Chimney clasp hands in the hospital when the doctor comes out with Jee-Yun's diagnosis; and Maddie, Chim, and Jee walk outside their favourite taco truck. The latter GIF is coloured red. Text reads 'squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi, i can tell that it's gonna be a long road'. GIF 2: Black and white GIF of Maddie and Chimney sittin gon opposite sides of a bench when they find each other in Boston. Text reads 'don't read the last page'. GIF 3: Chimney holds Maddie when she sees Jee again for the first time, worrying that she's become a stranger. Text reads 'but I stay when you're lost, and i'm scared, and you're turning away'. GIF 4: Chimney and a pregnant Maddie hug tightly after an emotional conversation in the middle of the night in their apartment. GIF is coloured red. Text reads 'i want your midnights, but i'll be cleaning up bottles with you on new year's day'. GIF 5: Two GIFs overlaid on top of each other: Maddie and Chimney kiss for the first time; and Maddie and Chimney embrace when they find out Maddie is pregnant. The first GIF is black and white; the latter GIF is coloured red. Text reads 'hold on to the memories, they will hold on to you'. GIF 6: Two GIFs overlaid on top of each other: Maddie nods, emotional, at Chimney; and Chimney smiles softly at Maddie. The first GIF is coloured red; the latter GIF is black and white. Text reads 'and i will hold on to you'. GIF 7: GIF 5: Two black and white GIFs overlaid on top of each other of Maddie and Chimney fumbling, confused, when they misunderstand a conversation and think the other is ready to start dating again. Text reads 'please don't ever become a stranger'. GIF 8: Two GIFs overlaid on top of each other: Maddie laughs delightedly as she bathes Jee-Yun; and Chimney smiles softly as he watches. Text reads 'whose laugh I could recognize anywhere'. /end ID]

[Image ID: 20 GIFs from 9-1-1 of varying sizes, arranged in an eccentric layout. GIF 1: Buck panics when he hears a gunshot in the distance, worried that Eddie's been shot again. GIF 2: Eddie, crying, tells Buck he's worried he's never going to feel normal again. GIF 3: Chim pulls up Albert as he almost falls off the roof into a fire. GIF 4: Eddie, bleeding out after getting shot, sees blood on Buck and asks if Buck's hurt. GIF 5: After Eddie's long absence from firefighting, Bobby directs Buck and Eddie to work together. GIF 6: Eddie blows up at his dad for all the pressure he put on Eddie as a kid. GIF 7: Buck tells Eddie he needs to tell Buck, as his friend, if something is wrong with him. GIF 8: Jonah turns out to be a psychopath and attacks Hen. GIF 9: Buck puts Chris to bed when Eddie is out. GIF 10: Eddie resolves to be better for himself, and tells his dad as much. GIF 11: Eddie gets shot, and Buck is sprayed with his blood. GIF 12: Eddie tells everyone that Buck takes Christopher to the zoo all the time. GIF 13: Buck breaks up with Taylor after she breaks his trust. GIF 14: Bobby saves May in the dispatch fire. GIF 15: Buck gives in to Eddie after Eddie pouts at him. GIF 16: Christopher calls Buck when he's worried about his dad. GIF 17: Buck tells Maddie she doesn't need to worry about Jee because she raised him first. GIF 18: Hen and Karen renew their vows. GIF 19: Eddie and Pepa laugh with happiness when Abuela makes tamales. GIF 20: Eddie makes Buck Christopher's legal guardian in his will. /end ID]

eddie diaz + shorts [buck version]

eddie diaz as aaron blackford quotes (part 4/4)

9-1-1: s04e14 / The Spanish Love Deception: page 213 // s02e01 / s04e06 / page 346 // s03e09 / page 309 // s05e02 / s05e01 // page 348 // s04e04 / page 183 // s02e01 / page 204 // so2e06 / page 27 //

my castle crumbled overnight       i brought a knife to a gunfight              they took the crown, but it's  a l r i g h t.

[Image ID: 26 GIFs, arranged in an eccentric layout, of Eddie Diaz and Evan Buckley from 9-1-1, overlaid with lyrics from Taylor Swift’s Call It What You Want. GIF 1: Buck looks up as he climbs a crane. Text reads ‘all my flowers grew back as thorns’. GIF 2: Buck tells Eddie he thinks it would have been better if Buck had gotten shot instead. Text reads ‘windows boarded up after the storm’. GIF 3: Eddie talks to Buck in his hospital room. Text reads ‘he built a fire just to keep me warm’. GIF 4: Margaret gets upset at Buck. Text reads ‘all the drama queens taking swings’. GIF 5: Philip talks to Buck and Maddie. Text reads ‘all the jokers dressing up as kings’. GIF 6: Buck looks fondly at Eddie and Christopher when Eddie gets home from the hospital. Text reads ‘they fade to nothing when I look at him’. GIF 7: Buck regretfully looks up at Eddie during his lawsuit deposition. Text reads ‘and I know I make the same mistakes every time’. GIF 8: Buck snaps at Eddie in a grocery store. Text reads ‘bridges burn, I never learn’. GIF 9: Buck smiles at Eddie after Eddie forgives him. Text reads ‘at least I did one thing right’. GIF 10: Eddie reassures Buck after the tsunami. Text reads ‘starry eyes sparking up my darkest night’. GIF 11: Eddie stands casually next to Buck in the firehouse gym. Text reads ‘my baby's fit like a daydream’. GIF 12: Eddie grins as he rolls up his sleeves. Text reads ‘walking with his head down’. GIF 13: Eddie asks Buck to do the treasure hunt together. Text reads ‘I'm the one he's walking to’. GIF 14: Buck smiles widely in relief at Eddie after he wakes up from his shooting. Text reads ‘call it what you want to’. GIF 15: Buck laughs when Eddie jokes with him on his balcony. Text reads ‘I want to wear his initial on a chain round my neck’. GIF 16: Buck eyes Eddie during a conversation at the firehouse. Text reads ‘not because he owns me’. GIF 17: Eddie talks to Buck about his desire to fix things. Text reads ‘but cause he really knows me’. GIF 18: Taylor tells Buck that maybe not everything is about him. Text reads ‘which is more that they can say’. GIF 19: Buck tells Eddie he doesn't have to pretend with him in Eddie's kitchen. Text reads ‘I recall late November, holding my breath, slowly I said’. GIF 20: Buck and Eddie work together at the dispatch fire. Text reads ‘you don't need to save me’. GIF 21: Buck smiles as he works on a wall with Eddie. Text reads ‘but would you run away with me?’. GIF 22: Eddie tells Buck about his will. Text reads ‘yes’. GIF 23: Eddie, dressed in a suit, talks to Christopher in the suit store. Text reads ‘my baby's fly like a jetstream’. GIF 24: Eddie tells Buck he's stuck with the firefam. Text reads ‘high above the whole scene’. GIF 25: Eddie eyes Buck during a conversation about the Godfather. Text reads ‘loves me like I'm brand new’. GIF 26: Buck grins widely as he teases Eddie. Text reads ‘call it what you want to’. /end ID]

9-1-1 s02e08 // I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab For Cutie // The Notebook dir. Nick Cassavetes // 9-1-1 s03e15 // Romeo and Juliet [Shakespeare 5.3] // 9-1-1 s02e08 // 9-1-1 s04e13 /

i don't understand       no, i don't understand.