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    Eddie groans, but he gets down on his knee, setting their beers on the pavement. He works to unknot the laces, then ties them again. He goes to stand, but Buck stops him with a hand on his shoulder.

    “Eddie…” he looks up to see that Buck’s eyes are the size of dinner plates. He leans on his knee, trying to understand why Buck is so flustered, and then he hears the shutter of a camera. In his peripheral, he sees that a crowd has gathered around them, and half of the people have their phones out, recording.

    Eddie’s eyes connect with Buck’s, and while he is panicked, Buck is trying so hard not to laugh that there are tears gathering in the corners of his eyes. The crowd must see it and misread it as Buck being overcome with emotion, because they coo in response.

    “Fuck,” Eddie curses under his breath, quiet enough that only Buck can hear him. “What do I do here?”

    Buck snorts, “Sorry man, I think you’ve got to commit now.”

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    22 Sep 2022

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    She’s been a roadblock for the longest time, a hard stop that cut off so many of Eddie’s thoughts halfway.

    What if—but Buck’s with Taylor.

    He could’ve sworn—but Buck’s with Taylor.

    Sometimes he wonders—but Buck’s with Taylor.

    And now he isn’t.

    in which 'tis the season, buck is single again, and eddie is being very brave about it.

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    21 Sep 2022

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    “Yeah,” Eddie says, and the darkness behind his eyelids takes on a white edge. “Be good. Nice to be married,” he yanks on Buck’s t-shirt, “best friend.”

    Finally, Buck takes a breath that sounds off somehow, but he laughs too, and that sounds normal, Eddie thinks. A normal laugh.

    “Sure, Eds,” he says, and there’s his hand in Eddie’s hair again, a puff of breath on the crown of Eddie’s head like Buck leaned in to press a kiss there and then stopped, but why would he stop—“I’ll marry you if you remind me tomorrow.”

    or the one in which joking about being married to your best friend is all fun and games, right up until you realize that you're not laughing.

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    19 Sep 2022

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    Isabel calls to tell them Eddie's been shot on a Thursday afternoon and by lunch on Friday Helena and Ramon are landing at LAX. When they land, they learn Eddie's already home recovering and has been for two weeks.

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    Or, Helena (and Ramon) tries to find a way back into Eddie's life and doesn't know what to make of finding Buck around every corner she turns.

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    07 Sep 2022

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    The highs and lows of Hermann Gottlieb's life, through a decade with the Jaeger Program, through his life with Newton Geiszler, through mistaken impressions and almost-missed chances, until they finally reach their future.

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    02 Sep 2022