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“You’re cooking?” Eddie asks, amused.
Buck glances over his shoulder with a grin. “Yeah, well. You keep feeding me freezer-burned waffles and coffee that tastes like despair. I’m staging an intervention.”
Eddie chuckles. “I didn’t realize my breakfast habits were such a public health crisis.”
“They’re a tragedy, Diaz.”
There’s a pause, a quiet moment stretched thin between laughter and something heavier.
“You’re kind of amazing,” Eddie says softly.
Buck stops, knife hovering mid-air. He looks up. “You’re just now figuring that out?”
Eddie’s smile is small and steady. “No. Just... reminding myself.”
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14 Jul 2025
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08 Jun 2025
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Buck had lost-- he was sure of this now. His resolve only lasted a few weeks before his exterior began to crack; he was never a very good actor. He couldn’t keep up the greetings and the asking questions and the easy stroll. He let his shoulders creep up to his ears, let his foot tap incessantly. He did what his Captain told him, but stopped asking for anything more. Stopped following the conversation in the back of the engine on the way to the call; he just stared out the window, thinking about the case to come, preparing for it. When he woke every morning, there was no big recovery milestone to strive for, no big fight for the soul of his career to win. Not even the happy swell of being back on shift -- something so easy to dismiss, that had dominated so much of his life, that he had taken for granted-- that had catalyzed him each morning of his first week back.
An old habit of his had returned. A bad habit.~~
or: after the lawsuit, buck confronts what it was he wanted all along. he looks and looks and longs for it; the team looks right through him. buck breaks-- right down the middle.
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- Part 1 of Lighthouse Universe
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03 Jun 2025
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Years before joining the 118, Buck’s travels take him to El Paso, where he meets Christopher. When Eddie comes back from Afghanistan and Shannon leaves, Buck ends up staying. As bills pile up, the best move is for them to get married, just for convenience, they’ll divorce when Eddie comes back from his re-enlistment.
Then Eddie gets injured and it’s just easier to stay married for a little longer, while Buck gets started at the 118. However, Buck doesn’t mention his ‘husband’ and kid, not feeling like they’re his to keep. When Eddie gets the offer from Bobby, they decide to lie and pretend they don’t know each other, so they can work together.
The whole lie gets out of hand as feelings start to become real, until it all comes to a head in the aftermath of the fire engine explosion.
AKA: Secret marriage of convenience buddie slow burn AU, where Buck and Eddie have been married for years so Buck could adopt Chris and no one at the 118 knows.
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- Part 1 of The I Do Verse
- Part 1 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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16 May 2025
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“I’m mad at you,” he points a shaking finger towards the ocean, “I’m fucking furious at you. I’ve spent years coming here. I’ve poured every thought I have ever had into you, into this space. I’ve woven myself into the fucking fabric of this place. And now, now I’m terrified to be here. I’m terrified of sitting here, of being this close to a threat. I’m so afraid all the time now.”
It was nonsensical, screaming at the ocean. It didn’t have a conscience; it didn’t cause the tsunami specifically to target Buck. A natural disaster happened, and Buck just happens to be unlucky enough that he was caught in it. But any sense went out the window. He needed things to blame, he needed this to be anyone’s fault but his own. For once, he needed the blame to land elsewhere. So, like someone who has truly lost it, he is yelling at a body of water.
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5 times Buck goes to the beach and 1 time he doesn't
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06 May 2025