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  1. Rec 95

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    "Buck."

    Eddie breathes his name like a prayer—soft and reverent, like it’s the only word he’s ever trusted.

    His fingers drag along Buck’s skin like he’s trying to commit every inch of him to memory, like if he touches enough, he won’t come apart completely.

     

    an 8x17 coda

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    20 Nov 2025

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    Since the lawsuit, Buck has been getting bullied by some of the firefighters at the 118. One day, while he's working out, the bullies take things too far, and Buck gets hurt.

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    07 Nov 2025

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    It was an accident. He slipped. That doesn't mean he isn't going to take advantage of the opportunity that presents itself.

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    Post Lawsuit, Buck accidentally cuts his arm. He decides that maybe not getting help is best for everyone.

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    TW for suicidal idealization and injury that turns into a suicide attempt.

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    05 Nov 2025

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    Five Alarm Fest Day 2 - Calling or Sexting

    Without thinking, Buck grabs the phone and answers. “Chim, hey.”

    “Hey Buckaroo,” comes Chimney’s voice through the phone. “I almost thought you forgot me for a second there.”

    “Never.”

    Below him, Eddie gives Buck what the fuck eyebrows. Buck holds a finger to his lips.

    “You okay?” Chimney asks. Buck’s probably a bit ridiculous for appreciating Chimney’s concern as much as he does. “You sound a bit winded.”

    Buck shakes his head even though Chimney can’t see it—thank god. “Oh, you know. Just working out.”

    Working out, Eddie mouths angrily. Buck punishes him by clenching. Eddie abruptly bites down on his own bottom lip and stops mouthing words at him. Success.

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    04 Nov 2025

  5. Rec 25

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    Buck can’t get out of bed.

    He wants to. Or he thinks he would If he could muster the energy to want anything through the exhaustion that drags like sandbags on his limbs, heavy and aching, impossible to shed. 

    For as long as he can remember he’s been chased by shadows, lurking in doorways, following him around, watching and waiting, always waiting, until slowly poisoning the very air around him, creeping into his head through his eyes and ears and mouth, muffling everything around him and covering everything in a thin graze haze. 

    It had been bad before- the summer after Maddie left comes to mind, and the month before he left Peru after his friend Laila passed away- but never like this. At least after Maddie left he’d managed to shower and make his way downstairs for meals.

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    31 Oct 2025