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“You don’t want to date any women.” Buck repeats what Eddie said, processing. “Do you want to date… men?”
It’s out of his mouth before he can stop it. Eddie’s still not looking at him, staring at the wall, the empty bottles on the coffee table. His expression is somewhere between defeated and pained. “Buck...” he sighs. He runs his hands through his hair, lets it flop back onto his forehead.
When he finally brings his eyes up to meet Buck’s, there’s something resolute there. Pointed. “I want to date A man.”
OR: Eddie comes over to Buck’s after the throuple debacle. They talk. And stuff.
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15 Jan 2026
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A 9x07 coda.
Eddie and Ravi in the locker room, after Jade and Zane leave.
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- Part 12 of Buddie Ficlets
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15 Jan 2026
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“It’s being reported that loads of the newer Hildy’s, the ones with voice controls, have been having a fault with the new update. Turns out the Hildy records what’s being said so it can give better adverts and the mechanism has completely broken. So anytime a button is pressed it’s playing back stuff it’s recorded matching the user profile name.”
“So anytime we make a coffee it’s going to play something about us?” Ravi asks.
“Sounds that way.” Buck answers.
—————The Hildy AI system has been recording the conversations in its proximity. Eddie learns about himself and why Buck has been pulling away.
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15 Jan 2026
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He banged open the kitchen door and was greeted with…a completely normal kitchen. No sign of fire, nothing looked like it had been singed. It didn’t even look like water was used to douse an unruly flame.
Buck stood by the back door, waving a towel at nothing while Chris stood at the kitchen counter, his nose scrunched up from the smell. Buck caught Eddie standing at the door and gave him a goofy smile.
“Sorry about that smell,” he grinned, throwing a quick wink at Chris, “I was teaching Chris how to make eggs and he accidentally burned them.”
Chris laughed, a loud, unashamed one that Eddie hadn’t heard since Chris entered his teenage years.
His brain went offline for a minute. Chris burned the eggs, everyone is okay, no one is hurt. They are laughing. The eggs were burned and no one is being yelled at, no blame is being placed. They are full of joy.
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Eddie realizing things in the kitchen.
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12 Jan 2026
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“Eddie, you can’t just give up.”
“I’m not giving up.”
Buck turns and points an accusing carrot at him. “You are. You’re doing that self-punishment thing where you think that because you messed up before you don’t deserve to try again. Which is stupid.”
“Every relationship I’ve ever had has been a disaster,” Eddie says, sounding angry, but not at Buck. “I never do any of it right. I’ve never done a single part of it right.”
“Eds, I know it feels that way, but when you find the right girlfri-”
“I don't want another girlfriend Buck!” Eddie yells.
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Buck remains determined to find Eddie the love of his life.
Eddie already has, he's just coming to terms with it.
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11 Jan 2026