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When Evan "Buck" Buckley joins the LAFD after wandering the world trying to find where he belongs, he walks into a Station 118 led by Captain Bobby Nash where Tommy Kinard is Bobby’s right-hand man.
Buck, eager to prove himself, struggles to find his place among seasoned veterans who see him as young, reckless and undeniably charming. With a growing reputation for jumping into danger and beds alike, he’s the last thing Tommy wants complicating his carefully ordered world. Tommy’s been hiding for years, keeping his sexuality under wraps in a hyper-masculine environment where vulnerability is a liability. Tommy finds himself drawn to Buck in ways he can’t admit to. Buck refuses to back down in the face of emotions he's not sure he understands. Tensions rise as they clash, putting the team at odds. As the 118 begins to shift around them, Buck’s presence challenges loyalties, tests friendships, and triggers changes none of them saw coming.
In a firehouse where every second counts and nothing stays hidden forever, Tommy must decide if he’s willing to risk everything for a shot at something real—with the one person he never saw coming.Series
- Part 1 of Through the Fire Universe
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21 Nov 2025
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The door opens, and oh, god.
Buck's eyes widened, his fingers gripping the plate in his hand for dear life. He's pretty sure his heart ceases to beat in his chest for a second because that's not the sweet old lady he was hoping for. He wishes he was getting a door slammed in his face again because this is worse. So much worse.
Tommy's mouth falls open for a split second before he slams it shut, his eyebrows pulling tight as he stands in the doorway, staring like it's weird Buck is here. Like Buck isn't the one who just moved in, and Tommy isn't standing in his neighbor's house staring at him.
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Or, buck and tommy can definitely handle being strictly neighbors.- Language:
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12 Nov 2025
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Tommy had reached an equilibrium within himself since the whole catfishing incident. Yes, he was utterly, pathetically in love with his husband and would be until the day he died. Yes, it still made him want to run and never stop, but he accepted he couldn’t. Yes, their relationship had an expiration date, but he wasn’t going to hurry it along.
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- Part 2 of Want of Understanding
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27 Oct 2025
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Buck finds himself broken up with a subsequently homeless. After taking up Chimneys couch for 2 weeks, Chim wants his living room back and Tommy comes to the rescue offering his guest room.
Buck feels like a burden a first but then slowly comes to realise there are some new feelings for his roommate bubbling inside of him that he wasn’t expecting.
Tommy, having been raised by an abusive homophobic father and an alcoholic mother, had spent his whole life lying about who he was and keeping his true self hidden.
Eventually, through a lot of therapy, he began to build the life he wanted. He had a job he loved, friends he’d (somewhat) open up to, and a home he owned and poured his own blood sweat and tears into making it into the sanctuary he’d craved as a child. The only thing missing was someone to share his life with.
And then a colleague of his old 118 friend Howie needed a place to stay..
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30 May 2025
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A freak accident turns Evan Buckley's life upside down.
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12 Apr 2025