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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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31 May 2026
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He’s so close. But Buck’s face sways even closer, eyes hyper-focused on Eddie’s mouth, like he wants to ensure that what he whispers next make its way inside:
“The quiet, closeted catastrophe of Edmundo Diaz—performed nightly for an audience of none.”
Eddie flinches. For a second, all the noise in his head goes silent.
“W-what—” Eddie’s voice cracks and he’s trying to frown, trying to be mad, but he feels exposed, so his words come out broken, confused. “What’s that supposed to mean?”or: buck fights back during the kitchen scene in 8x17 and it sends eddie spiralling
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09 May 2026
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Buck gets into an accident on his way to work in the morning, and before he can explain why he's late, he gets thoroughly chewed out and the rest of his day goes way downhill from there.
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03 May 2026
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Raphael, in turn, looks at the ginger root Magnus is holding and says, “Díos, this again?”
“What do you mean, again?” Jace asks, looking curious.
“Have we just abandoned all social rules?” Simon asks, going mostly unheard as he follows Raphael into the loft. “Does no one say ‘hi’ anymore?”
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22 Mar 2026
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[COMPLETED]
There’s a saying: an albatross around one’s neck, a monkey on one’s back. Some debts can never be repaid. Some scars never truly heal.Draco Malfoy has always been haunted by his past—but nothing compares to the battle he faces now. As the line between ally and enemy begins to blur, he must confront the demons within and the choices that threaten to tear his world apart.
When Hermione Granger re-enters his life just as he’s trying to rebuild it, neither of them expects the storm ahead. Together, they must navigate a fragile alliance that could either build a future—or destroy them both.
But in the end, the question remains:
Does Draco even want to be saved?
Or will he surrender to the darkness, once and for all?This is not the story of the Golden Girl.
This is not about a heroine saving another soul.
This is the story of the last Malfoy heir—his spiraling mind, his unspeakable past, his guilt, rage, and loneliness... the burden no one sees.This is the story of a villain who may not have been a villain at all—
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14 Oct 2025