10 Works by bucksprideflag
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it's nice to hear your voice again (i've waited all day long) by bucksprideflag
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
31 Oct 2025
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It’s not real. It’s not real. It can’t be.
He’s hallucinating. A concussion. Hell, maybe this is some sort of purgatory.
“Fuck,” he rasps, the word torn from him as a cough shakes his body. Copper floods his tongue. He blinks, disoriented, and Bobby’s still there, solid, impossibly so, haloed in dust.
“You’re not real,” Buck croaks.
“Maybe,” Bobby says with a small shrug, the ghost of a smile tugging at his lips. “Or maybe death sent me as a kindness.”
“You’re not real,” Buck insists again, the words cracking apart.
“I’m real enough,” Bobby murmurs. “Now breathe.”
Buck tries. It hurts, sharp, jagged, but the air finds its way into his lungs. He coughs, choking on dust and tears as the collapsing world bleeds back into sound. When he opens his eyes again, Bobby’s still there, steady, unshakable, holding the weight of Buck’s grief in his gaze. He nods downward.
“Put pressure on that before you bleed out, dumbass.”
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When Buck gets trapped during an earthquake, he’s forced to confront the one thing he’s been running from — grief.
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Buck doesn’t know when it starts. Maybe it’s in April—a passing comment from someone, a commercial on TV, a casual conversation at the firehouse about brunch reservations and flower deliveries. Or maybe it’s earlier than that, creeping in quietly, unnoticed, curling around the edges of his mind.
Or maybe it’s now, when a single Mother’s Day card display catches his eye at Target—rows of pastel envelopes and flowery script, shouting For the World’s Best Mom!
He doesn’t understand it. It’s been nine months since his mom died, and for the most part, he’s fine. Better than fine, even. That week of complicated grief—of breakdowns, apple pie and snow—feels like a lifetime ago. He made it through. He put himself back together. He learned how to carry what he couldn’t put down.
And yet, here he is.
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The first Mother's Day after Margaret Buckley dies, Buck is faced with the grief he thought he had left behind in Hershey.
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- Part 2 of The View Between Villages (Extended)
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i’m still angry at my parents (for what their parents did to them) by bucksprideflag
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
19 Feb 2025
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Olive is so small as she shifts against his chest, her fingers finding the fabric of his shirt, clutching as tight as her tiny fist will allow.
Eddie stills, watching in quiet awe, memorizing every detail—the delicate slope of her nose, the curve of her barely-there smile, the way her lashes brush against her cheeks. He traces her features with his eyes, like if he studies them long enough, they’ll etch themselves into his memory forever.
"I’m here," he whispers, shifting his hold just enough to press a kiss to her impossibly soft temple. She exhales a tiny, contented sigh, her fingers loosening their grip. "I’m not going anywhere."
The words catch against the lump in his throat.
He wants to believe them. He needs to believe them.
But the doubt lingers, curling in the back of his mind like an old wound that never quite healed.
Because he said the same thing once before.
And then he left.
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Olive Isabel Diaz is born, Eddie grapples with his fear of abandonment and discovers that, maybe, it’s finally okay to stay.
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“My mom died,” Buck says flatly, like reciting a fact he read somewhere. He adds a small shrug, as if that explains it. It doesn’t feel real. The words sit in the air, weightless and strange.
Eddie frowns. Bobby shifts closer.
“Are you okay?” Bobby asks gently.
Buck blinks at him, then gives a quick nod, too fast to be convincing. “Yeah,” he says. His voice is thin, brittle. “Did you want me to start lunch? I was thinking maybe that cheesy broccoli bake.”
Eddie’s brows knit together. “Buck…” he says carefully, voice low and steady.
“Or chili,” Buck continues, his hands smoothing out a crease in his jacket like that’s the thing that matters. “I think we’ve got enough ground beef.”
“Buck,” Eddie says again, firmer this time.
Buck’s hands still. He finally looks up, meeting Eddie’s eyes.
Oh.
His mom died.
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Margaret Buckley dies, and Buck tries to navigate grief, develops a complex relationship with apple pie, while Eddie, as always, is there.
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- Part 1 of The View Between Villages (Extended)
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if you were a waiting room, i would never see a doctor by bucksprideflag
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
22 Jan 2025
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And then, from somewhere in the crowd, a familiar voice calls out: “Where’s the patient?”
Buck freezes.
He turns, and there’s Diaz—Dr. Arrogant Himself—striding toward them in dark blue scrubs, exuding confidence like he owns the place.
“Why are you here?” Buck blurts out before he can stop himself.
Diaz doesn’t even glance at him. “Where’s the patient?” he repeats, addressing Bobby instead.
Sure, Eddie Diaz is a surgeon. Fine. But this is their domain—firefighters saving lives in impossible situations—and Buck can’t shake the feeling that Diaz doesn’t trust them to handle it. The arrogance practically radiates off him, rubbing Buck raw with every calm, clipped instruction.
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The one where Buck is a firefighter and Eddie is a trauma surgeon but they still manage to find their way to each other.
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“And you know what I want?” Eddie cuts him off, his arms crossing over his chest in defiance, a challenge burning in his eyes.
Buck freezes. The words he’d been about to say catch in his throat, evaporating into the thick, charged air between them. He hadn’t expected Eddie to turn it around like this, to pin him with a question so sharp it slices through his resolve.
Eddie doesn’t let up. He stares at Buck, his gaze unwavering, his voice dropping to something quieter but no less intense. “Go ahead, Buck. If you’re so sure, tell me. What do I want?”
“I think you want me,” Buck says, the words tumbling out on a single, ragged breath.
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The day before Eddie leaves for Texas it all falls apart.
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Nova slowly reaches out a tiny hand, brushing her fingertips across the birthmark on his face. The touch is light, barely there, but it hits him like a wave, a connection so pure and immediate that it fills his chest with a warmth he can hardly contain.
“Hi,” she murmurs softly, and when he smiles back at her, she lets out the smallest giggle, her eyes lighting up. It’s the most beautiful sound he’s ever heard, and in that moment, the weight of everything—his fears, his doubts, his past mistakes—falls away.
It’s like he’s discovering a part of himself he didn’t know existed, a love so powerful it feels like it’s been there all along, waiting for her. The way she looks at him, the way she seems to see him without needing to know who he is or where he’s been, fills him with a sense of purpose that feels both exhilarating and humbling.
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The one where Buck's world gets turned upside down when he gains custody of a daughter he never knew existed.
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cause if i could see your face once more (i could die a happy man, i’m sure) by bucksprideflag
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
07 Nov 2024
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“Buck…” His voice is hoarse, barely audible, and he’s not even sure if Buck can hear him. His fingers find the seat belt release, moving almost mechanically, though his hand shakes with the effort. Focus. Just focus. His vision blurs again, but he blinks furiously, refusing to let it cloud over completely. He has to see Buck—he has to.
“Buck!” he chokes out, louder this time, his hand pressing shakily against Buck’s shoulder. The touch feels strangely distant, like he’s moving through water, but he keeps going, clinging to the warmth beneath his hand, to the faint movement of Buck’s breathing.
There’s a flicker, a faint groan as Buck’s eyes flutter open, his gaze glassy and unfocused. For a moment, Buck just stares, blinking sluggishly, as if trying to make sense of Eddie’s face hovering above him. Eddie’s mind races, fear coiling in his stomach—a sluggish response could be a sign of a concussion, or worse, a brain bleed.Eddie is a damn good medic. He knows that. He copes best under pressure. He can think outside the box. He has to. It’s his job. But this… this is Buck.
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The one where Buck’s jeep gets hit by a drunk driver, and all Eddie has is a poxy first aid kit.
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god, i have my father's eyes (but my sister's when i cry) by bucksprideflag
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
29 Sep 2024
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“My grandparents are coming to town tomorrow.”
“You have grandparents?” Eddie’s brow furrows.
“Yeah,” Buck says with a hollow laugh. “I found out about an hour ago.”
Eddie leans forward, clearly confused. “So… where have they been all this time?”
“Boston, I think,” He mutters. “I don’t really know. I thought they were dead. Turns out they just didn’t care enough to be part of my life.” He swallows hard, his throat tight. “And now they just show up, after all this time? No warning. It doesn’t make any sense. I have no idea what to do,”
Eddie’s expression turns serious “You don’t have to do anything, Buck,” he says firmly almost , his protective “You don’t have to forgive them, or even let them back into your life if you don’t want to. This isn’t about them—it’s about what you need.”
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The one where Buck finds out he has grandparents, breaks up with his boyfriend, gets crushed by a ceiling and gets engaged in the space of a week.
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god, what have you done? (you're a pink pony girl and you dance at the club) by bucksprideflag
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
24 Sep 2024
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Frank had raised the question.
“What is it that you want? You often talk about what you should want but never about what you truly want. So tell me Eddie, what do you want?”
He couldn’t answer. The question felt too exposing. It was as if looking too closely might reveal something he wasn’t ready to face. But now, apart from wanting Chris back, he realises he has no idea who he is. Or want he wants. Maybe Frank wasn’t suggesting a moustache, but he finds himself liking it.
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Eddie tries to figure out what he wants.