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  1. Public Bookmark 48

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    “Where are you driving from?” Eddie asked, his mouth moving before he could stop it, his brain deciding that awkward small talk was infinitely safer than just standing there vibrating with nervous energy.

    “East,” the guy replied with a casual, fluid roll of his broad shoulders. “Farther than I wanted to be, honestly. And definitely longer than I originally planned.”

    Before the army, before Los Angeles, and long before the 118, there was a dusty gas station on the edge of El Paso, a broken-down Jeep with Pennsylvania plates, and a stranger named Evan.

    For years, they were each other's entire world, surviving basic training, AIT, and a grueling deployment side-by-side. But a devastating wave of silence and a massive misunderstanding tore them apart, leaving behind a deep, soul-cutting ache and a history neither of them ever truly moved on from.

    Now, the past has finally caught up to the present. Standing under the harsh fluorescent lights of Station 118, Eddie and Evan are forced to navigate the wreckage of the life they left behind—and the terrifying truth of everything they never stopped running from.

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    01 Sep 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 33

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    "Buck stared at him. And Eddie finally said the thing that had apparently been true for far longer than he’d realized.
    “I took Theo because I love him,” Eddie said quietly. “But I also did it because I love you.”
    He's met with silence..."

     

    Or, when the system finds out about Buck's drug dependency, they threaten to remove Theo until they can reevaluate. Luckily, Eddie is there to help fix it

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    30 Aug 2026

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    “Would you marry me?”

    Eddie stared at him.

    Buck stared back.

    The refrigerator hummed. The monitor hissed faintly. Eddie could hear his own pulse, which seemed dramatic and unhelpful.

    “What?” Eddie said.

    Buck looked down, then back up. “Not like. I mean, legally. For Theo. For the stability thing.”

    Eddie’s mouth had gone dry.

    Buck kept talking. He did that when he was nervous. Built a whole staircase of words and then tried to jump down it. “I know it sounds insane. I know. And I’m not asking because I’m freaking out. I mean, I am always a little bit freaking out, but that’s not why. I’m asking because if I had to pick someone to have legal standing with Theo, someone who already shows up and knows him and knows me, it would be you.”

    Eddie said nothing.

    Buck’s face tightened. “You can say no.”

    “I know.”

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    30 Aug 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 53

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    "Speaking of Eddie," Maddie continues. "What did he say when you told him what you're thinking about Theo?"

    "Uh, I haven't told him yet," Buck says. "I wanted to talk to you first."

    Maddie puts down her spoon, eyes widening. "Oh." She presses a hand to her heart. "Oh, wow. Okay, well, I'm honored that you wanted to tell me first."

    "Of course," Buck says quickly. "What you think — your opinion means so much to me." He reaches over to squeeze her hand. "You know me so well."

    Her eyes fill, and she turns her head to wipe them on her shoulder. "That means a lot. You're going to be a great parent — foster parent — to Theo. I know it."

    "Thanks, Maddie," Buck says, blinking away his own tears.

    "You know what else I know?"

    "What?"

    "You're going to feel better after you talk to Eddie. You should tell him soon."

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  5. Public Bookmark 66

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    It starts as a throwaway line. A little joke. "Just come over."

    What, like it's hard? It's just 800 miles.

    Buck's got a flight booked by the end of the night.

    Unbeknownst to either of them, Chris also has a plan.

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    Chris calls his own personal 9-1-1. Buck goes into full-on rescue mode. Eddie finally says the thing™ out loud.

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