So. ADghsjdghsjdghsldjghs.
Okay.
@sherlocking-out-loud came up with the first bit of this really likely sounding theory, so this is all due to her.
She asked, HOW does Tommy inadvertently, unknowingly make a confession? Is he talking in his sleep?
To which I said, ok, what if he actually does? And he says "I love you," which then has Buck spiral because did he really mean it if he was asleep? Was it just an "aww I love ya" or a deeply profound "I am deeply and madly in love with you and have come to love you as a part of my life" version of an I love you?
He goes to Maddie and Josh, tells them about it, Josh grins like a loon about it and says how cute, he loves you, good for you. Now where can I get myself a hunk of a man that loves me?
And then at the end of the episode, where the stills come in play, Buck tells Tommy what he said, and at first Tommy has that caught look on his face like in the one pic. Where are those stills... Ah here.
This look, slightly tense. Okay, I said that? Uhhh was that too much too soon?
And maybe Buck asks him if he really meant it, or he doesn't, but in either case he says "I love you too."
Which then has Tommy go
I mean. Am I clowning or... could Sherlock and I have cracked the code?
Edit: Oh and I forgot the last part. The last part is that Tommy then also makes another confession, according to Tim, which could be that he's never been this in love with anyone before, or even been in a lasting committed relationship like this.