https://www.tumblr.com/pameluke/766890220727697408?source=share I love, love, love your tags on this post because I personally haven't stopped thinking about Buck being attracted to Tommy's confidence. Not just attracted to it, but when he tells Maddie what he likes about him, it's the first thing he mentions.
I thought it was sweet but always felt like it could have spelled trouble down the line :/
Thanks nonnie! (the post )
You are right! I'd forgotten that was the first thing he mentioned to Maddie (I'm always distracted by his love of the cleft, ha). But yeah, Tommy's confidence was definitely one of the things that attracted Buck to Tommy. And lets be real, Tommy was definitely putting that out, being all smooth and confident and snarky, and Buck was eating that right up.
Buck has been looking to be at ease for so long, with himself and with relationships, and then there is this sudden thing he discovers about himself and after the cursed first date, it finally all turns easy. Of course Buck isn't going to dig deeper, of course he's going to run with that, of course he's going to think that 'this might be it, I'm finally at ease'. Which gets reaffirmed by Bobby in a big way without them actually properly talking about Buck coming out and what that might mean for him.
And then they arrive to their first big hurdle (and I do think that Abby who was such a formative first love for Buck also being a formative last pretending love for Tommy is a hard thing to come to terms with) and I think they both fell back to their coping mechanisms really quickly. Buck clung and moved too fast, Tommy threw up his walls and ran away.
And here we are. I do hope Buck will take some time to take a breathe and be actually at ease with himself. I kind of hope that at some point they'll properly talk this through, but we'll see.