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    Buck needs to do something reckless. There's a lawyer's business card in his wallet, but Eddie's shop is right there, so he lets himself make a different choice.

    (title from Noah Kahan)

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    12 Apr 2025

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    Buck and Eddie's conversation in 03x06 'Monsters' ends differently, with Eddie telling Buck he can't fix anything. Buck takes this hard and after already feeling like he was drowning, tries to take his own life. Luckily, Athena arrives in time to save Buck, and slowly pieces start to fall together again. However, Eddie doesn't seem to want to move on.

    This is my first fic and I've been working on it for a while!

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    18 Feb 2025

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    “Wait, you need a sitter?” Chimney says. Eddie nods. “Maddie’s brother got back in town a few nights ago, he’s looking for work.”

    Eddie frowns. He doesn’t know much about this mysterious brother of Maddie’s – doesn’t even really know much about Maddie, either, aside from being Chimney’s girlfriend – but he’s pretty sure every time he’s been brought up in conversation it’s not been particularly inspiring. “Is this the brother who flunked out of college because he spent all his tuition on a motorcycle?”

    Chimney colours a little. “Um. No?”

     

    or, Buck babysits Christopher and Eddie is—fine about it, actually.

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    12 Nov 2024

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    Because every day after he woke up still in pain, and he couldn’t even tell his own family (because what if I can’t be a firefighter anymore? what if they don’t let me?). And then he’s hugging Eddie and they’re welcoming him home and maybe, just maybe, for a second he believes that it won’t be so bad.

    Because then he was choking on his own blood staring into Bobby’s eyes thinking this is it, isn’t it? And then he woke up because damn, he always wakes up and somehow that’s always worse. And he wants to laugh at himself because how did he think, even for a moment, that anything would ever be ok?

    Because then he was on blood thinners and they wouldn’t let him home, and he just wanted to go home (what if I can’t be a firefighter anymore?)

    Because then the lawsuit happened and he just lost everything all over again.

    Because

    “You’re exhausting.”

    (Or Buck's always been sad but it's post lawsuit, and Buck just can't handle it anymore)

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    02 Nov 2024

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    “Are you doing alright?” Eddie asks him with a slight frown and Buck swallows, going back to tying his shoes so he doesn’t have to look at Eddie.

    “Of course,” he says simply. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

    “I don’t know,” Eddie replies and Buck can feel his eyes on him. “You’ve been quiet lately.”

    Buck freezes in his movements for a fraction of a second. He thought that apart from the whole dinner at Bobby’s fiasco he’s been doing a pretty good job at acting like his normal self in front of everyone.

    And how has Eddie of all people noticed that something is up with him? It’s not like he pays him any attention anymore.

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    Trigger Warning! Please make sure to read the tags.

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    20 Oct 2024