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Buck hated that Maddie was haunted by a nightmare from her past. He just didn't expect that Doug would become his nightmare too.
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- Part 15 of Tilly's Whumptober 2025
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22 Aug 2026
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And, here, looking at his best friend, he can see that something’s broken inside him, too. And, maybe it’s the therapy he’s had over the years, his sessions with Frank, but Eddie wants to talk to Buck. He wants Buck to talk to him. Buck, who just looks so fucking sad, still in his dress blues, one hand drinking the beer, the other coming up to loosen his tie.
This morning, Eddie had noticed Buck tying, untying, retying the tie with breaths of frustration, fingers shaking. “Eddie,” he’d said lowly from across the room, and Eddie wouldn’t have even heard him if he hadn’t been watching. “I, uh, can never – I can never get this right.”
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In the aftermath of Bobby’s death, Buck and Eddie need to learn to embrace change, settle into a new normal - a life without Bobby, and life navigating feelings for each other. A vision of what season 9 could be.
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22 Jun 2026
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“I-I need you do to something for me. I—” There’s a terrible wheeze and Bobby can almost see the man’s pinched face, desperately trying to smooth any indication of harm. “I need you to tell—”
“No.” Bobby says strongly into the radio, his eyes never wavering from the collapsed building. He feels himself losing it – he feels the same terrible ache snake in his spine then he did that night, smoke clouding his lungs. “No, firefighter, you’re not doing this. We’re clearing debris and we’ll—”
“Please?”
It’s small, almost childlike.
How could he ever deny a dying man’s request?
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After reevaluating his career, Eddie finds himself in Texas. It’s alright, if not a boring existence. In his selfish moments, he longs for the adrenaline rush of a fire, the open air on his face. But he’s… fine. He has to be. Fine, that is. He moved for Christopher, his life in L.A. nothing more than a painful memory of what could’ve been. Eddie’s fine.When his Abuela watches the news, Eddie knows everything will change. A story about a firefighter, trapped in a building with kids. A firefighter wheezing goodbyes for those who have left him. A firefighter from the 118.
Eddie is not fine.
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07 Jun 2026
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Bobby’s last words leave Buck lost in grief and guilt, slowly pulling him inward.
As he retreats, Eddie is left on the outside, grasping for a connection that keeps slipping through his fingers.
Sometimes, distance hurts more than loss.
And sometimes, it takes everything breaking apart to bring two people back together.- Language:
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10 May 2026
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Christopher makes a mistake, Buck proves that safe doesn’t mean easy, and Eddie realises that maybe Buck has always been more than just there.
He’s been staying.
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- Part 31 of The Yellow Heart Collection 💛
Bookmarked by Hartman1999
08 May 2026