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“How did you get home from the hospital?”
“Took an uber.”
“Does Maddie know?” Silence. “Does anyone?” More silence. More of Buck refusing to meet his gaze, staring at the door like he thought he could entice Eddie to leave by the power of suggestion. Well, good fucking luck, Eddie thought. Wild horses, and all that. “Why didn’t you call anyone?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you call me?”
“I did!” Buck snarled. The momentum of his indignation carried him into a sitting position, and Eddie could see him flinch with the pain of it. His unnaturally stoic front was gone, and something raw and wrenching took its place; it occurred to Eddie that he’d never heard Buck raise his voice before. “I did call you, Eddie! As I was bleeding out on my kitchen floor. You. Didn’t. Answer.”
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The squatter in Buck's attic has a knife. Buck has a bit of a breakdown. Eddie has a plan to make everything right.
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23 Feb 2026
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Buck accidentally goes viral in the local Facebook group Are We Dating the Same Person? after half his casual dates compare notes—deciding he must be a married cheater with a kid at home.
Eddie finds the whole thing hilarious. Buck finds it mortifying.
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08 Nov 2025
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Eddie Diaz wakes up in a hospital bed with two cracked ribs, a bruised ego, and the horrifying realization that he never updated his emergency contact.
Which means Buck—his currently estranged, lawsuit-wielding, mother-hen of a best friend—is on his way.Or: Eddie’s coping mechanisms are questionable, Buck shows up anyway, and somewhere between the ice chips and the Chapstick, they remember how to be friends again.
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08 Nov 2025
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Nothing is wrong, Buck is just being paranoid and Bobby is going to pick up any second now—
“You’ve reached Bobby Nash. I’m not available to answer the phone right now, please leave a message and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.”
“H-hey, Bobby! Uh-um, s-sorry to bug you I just, um— could you give me a call as soon as you get this? It’s just…I, uh, I’d really appreciate it. I know you’re probably just busy. O-okay, um, b-bye.”
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- Part 2 of bad things happen bingo
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13 Oct 2025
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“Where’s Buck?” Eddie asks, gritting his teeth a little to keep them from chattering.
Hen and Chim exchange a look, and the bottom drops out of Eddie’s stomach. It hadn’t even crossed his mind that something might have happened to Buck too. But — what if he had been on his way down to bring Eddie a line — what if he had also been caught in the collapse — what if he’s still trapped down there, or what if — what if he’s —
“We had to sedate him.”
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An alternate ending to Eddie Begins.
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19 Sep 2025