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“It’s just that—I died,” Buck continues, voice unsteady enough that Eddie wonders if this is the first time he’s acknowledged that out loud. “I died, and there’s so much more. There’s so much more I want to do, things I don’t even know I want to do yet, and I almost had the chance to have and live them taken away. I don’t want to die and regret missing out on everything else, Eddie.”
“So let’s make a list,” Eddie says. “Let’s do them.”
or, a bucket list that’s really about buck needing to make a change and an eddie who’s ready to do anything to see him fall in love with life again. it takes some crossing off for eddie to realise—the thing at the top of the list in his own heart? it’s been right here all along
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- Part 1 of bucket list fic
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17 May 2026
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Buck gives an exaggerated gasp. “Can’t a guy toss his best friend a platonic compliment?”
“A guy can,” Eddie agrees. “But you can’t toss me a platonic compliment.”
“And why not?”
“Because you think I’m cute.”
Buck and Eddie flirt their way through the renaissance faire and finally get together :)
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14 May 2026
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“We’re leaving,” Buck declared.
“In an Uber, I hope,” Ravi said, analysing the pair of them with a hint of amusement.
“Oh, yeah.” Buck leaned forward, placing his hands flat against the table to deliver his very important details to the group. “We’re leaving in an Uber and going back to my place because I really wanna keep kissing Eddie. He’s a really good kisser. Like… really good.”
Hen, Chim, and Ravi’s jaws fell to the floor.
“Okay, champ. To the Uber!” Eddie said cheerfully, grabbing the back of Buck’s shirt and yanking him away before any questions could ensue.
Or; Buck and Eddie drunkenly make out at the club and all the way to Buck's house.
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25 Apr 2026
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“My first concert was Hootie and the Blowfish,” Chim offers.
Buck guffaws. “Who and the who? That can’t be a real band name.”
“Uncultured swine,” Chimney retorts. “They were one of the best bands of the 90s, you plebeian.”
“You’re definitely messing with me,” Buck insists. There’s just no way that’s a real band.
“What was your first concert, Cap?” Hen pivots.
Bobby smiles at the question, and Buck gives up on making faces at Chimney and directs his attention toward his captain. Bobby’s face so rarely looks like that, and another piece of Cap lore is always compelling. “Bruce Springsteen in 1980, on The River tour. What a show,” he says wistfully.
Springsteen rings a bell for Buck. “Oh, I know him! I love Bruce Springsteen,” he agrees, and Hen and Chimney both raise an eyebrow at him. Okay, so maybe he’s exaggerating, but it’s worth it when Bobby grins at him. He’ll look it up later—he’s pretty sure he’s heard of him before.
“The kid does have some taste after all,” he teases, and Buck ducks his head, grinning.
or, a glimpse through buck’s life via springsteen songs. he finds the love of his life along the way.
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13 Apr 2026
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He turned out fine.
Eddie always says that. I turned out fine, I'm okay, it was just how things were. And he's right — Eddie Diaz is the most okay person Buck has ever met, which is either a miracle or an indictment of everything that tried to make him otherwise.
But okay isn't the same as having had everything you deserved.
And somewhere between the clink and the sip and the kiss, between Eddie's hand warm on his leg and the low hum of the evening settling around them, Buck makes a decision that he doesn't announce. Doesn't even hint at.
He's going to fix it.
Not the whole thing; he can't fix Ramon and Helena and every Saturday morning that came and went without X-Men and too-sweet cereal and four hours of nothing. He can't give Eddie back what wasn't given to him.
But he can give him this Saturday. And maybe the one after that.
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Eddie never watched Saturday Morning Cartoons growing up. Buck changes that.
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24 Mar 2026
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Blood pounds in his ears as Eddie stares down at the three little letters floating in his spoon.
G, A, Y.
They’re mocking him.
He knew he should have gone for the Spaghettios instead.
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With Christopher gone and Buck dating, a depressed Eddie resorts to some nostalgic comfort food. It keeps sending him some not-so-subliminal messages.
Or, Eddie comes out of the closet thanks to $10 worth of canned soup.
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20 Mar 2026
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everything is wrong, but it's alright by earthtolovers for californias
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
17 Nov 2024
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Buck had once told Eddie the universe was screaming at him. Truthfully, he should have screamed back.
What a cruel joke, Eddie thinks, hysterically. Take me instead, your fight is with me.
Buck & Eddie get stuck. They have a lot of feelings about it.
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16 Mar 2026
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Eddie was sprawled back on the couch like he’d been built for it, one ankle crossed over the other, remote loose in his hand. The TV murmured on low volume—some mindless home-renovation show where a perky couple argued about backsplash tile like it was life or death. Eddie wasn’t really watching, not in the way he watched a game or a movie he cared about. This was background noise, a steady, harmless kind of chaos.
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13 Mar 2026
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"Mr. Eddie?"
"Yes, sweetheart. Sorry, where were we?"
Eddie helps Phoebe with a few more math problems until he can hear her dad in the background.
"Did you call 911 again, Pheebo? What am I gonna do with you, huh?" Eddie hears what it sounds like the man doing a raspberry and Phoebe giggling before some static and then a gravelly, tired voice comes on the line. "Sorry, she does this—"
"I know." Eddie chuckles. "I'm Eddie, from the last time?"or:
Buck's daughter keeps calling 9-1-1 for help with her homework, Eddie is smitten and apparently 9-1-1 works better than Tinder.Series
- Part 15 of a universe of first meetings
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08 Mar 2026
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Eddie’s never seen Buck this way, chained up by a body that won’t do as he says. He’s still caressing his fingers through Buck’s hair and across his scalp; feels dampness along the surface of his forehead, takes in the flush of his cheeks and nose, the soft surrender of his slightly open mouth. There’s no real danger present, and Buck will feel fine in a few hours, but right now--right now, he is beautiful and asthenic, and Eddie can’t help but feel privileged.
(You need to settle down a little. or: Eddie poisons Buck, and other acts of radical devotion.)
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08 Mar 2026
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He stepped closer and put it on Buck’s head.
It was a stupid prop. A cheap hat from a basket on the sidewalk.
And it still did something violent to Eddie’s ability to form coherent thoughts.
Buck went still while Eddie adjusted the brim—small, careful movements, because Eddie couldn’t help it. Because if he was going to do this, he was going to do it right.
Buck tipped his chin up slightly.
Their eyes met under the brim.
Or Eddie tries to come out to Buck in Nashville but they keep getting interrupted
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04 Mar 2026
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Thinking of strong arms embracing him from behind. Amber eyes and a soft strand of hair falling over a forehead. A scar on the bottom lip and a tattoo wrapped around a forearm—Buck blows on the eyelash. It flies away in the wind.
Finally, he tears his eyes away from it. His stare meets Eddie’s again, whose grin still hasn’t diminished.
Buck stutters out, “Sorry,” and takes a small step away from him. Eddie still doesn’t budge.
“No, it's—” Eddie’s fingers brush over where Buck’s once were on his face. “Uh, what does it mean?”
“Hmm?”
“The eyelash. It must mean something,” Eddie says. “Apparently, everything has a hidden meaning now. Tell me about it.” His tone is soft, and Buck melts like putty in his hands.
OR: Buck becomes strangely and obsessively superstitious about all aspects of life to hide from the fact that he’s deeply in love with his straight best friend.
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23 Feb 2026
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Dear Captain Nash,
I know this email is kind of out of the blue, but I didn’t know who else to reach out to. I’m not even sure how to start this email. One time Buck and I signed up for this pen pal program, but the kid in Maine I was writing with gave up after two rounds of letters. It was during my ancient Egypt phase and I think I scared him off with my questions about mummies. Buck told me I was too cool for him anyway.
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When Chris starts going to church in Texas he reaches out to the only person he can think of who might have some answers, meanwhile Eddie uses his email to try and talk to God, and Buck... well Buck online shops mostly.
A season 8 rewrite told only through email.
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13 Feb 2026
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Day twenty-three, change of tactics.
I feel like you both are being dumb.
Dad unfolds this one and reads it and stops and reads it again like he's hoping the words will rearrange themselves into something less insulting.
"Excuse me?"
"It's my feeling." Chris spears a dumpling with his chopsticks. "You can't argue with my feeling, that's not how therapy works."
"I can ask for clarification on what you mean."
"Clarification about what? It's very clear. You—" he points at Dad, "both—" he swings to point at Buck, "dumb. Three words. Simple sentence structure. I learned about that in English class."
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25 Jan 2026
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"I - uh," Buck stammers. "Sorry, I'm a little nervous."
"Yeah," Eddie huffs softly. "Me too."
"I think this is my last first kiss," Buck admits, not looking away from Eddie for even a second. The deep, familiar brown of his eyes is grounding.
"I know it's mine," Eddie says quietly.
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or, one night a quiet conversation on Eddie's couch leads Buck and Eddie in a direction neither of them anticipate - especially Buck.
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13 Dec 2025
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And it’s probably the wrong thing to say, but Christopher is just— he’s so angry, he’s so angry and he wants to lash out at someone.
“I wish you and Dad had never even met!” With that, Christopher actually goes into his room, and Buck doesn’t stop him, or say anything.
He lays down on his bed, burying his face in his pillow, and finally lets out the rest of the tears he’d been holding back.
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or, Christopher makes a wish and the universe grants it
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09 Dec 2025
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Eddie flipped the postcard one last time, reading over the words he’d inked into the paper. His thumb brushed along the corner as he slipped the card into the slot.
Hey Buck,
I’m drunk in Texas and this is still the only address I know by heart. I miss you.
Yours,
E.D.
Or; Eddie figures some things out about himself while he's in Texas. Then Chris asks to move back to L.A.
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08 Dec 2025
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“Youdidntlookexcitedtoseeme,” Eddie mumbles in one unhappy breath.
Buck chuckles. “What was that?”
Eddie huffs. “You,” he says pointedly, poking a finger into Buck’s chest. “Didn’t look excited,” he emphasizes. “To see me.”
Or, sometimes, Eddie likes to be a tiny bit dramatic. Just sometimes. Just as a treat. It's Buck's favorite thing.
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- Part 2 of Pal's 12 Days of Ficsmas
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02 Dec 2025
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"Let's go do something fun," Eddie says. "Let's— That was nice, that was great, being with you and Chris in any capacity is enough for me, but—"
And Buck thought he stumbled over his words.
Eddie takes a breath. "Shaving my face and dancing around in my underwear wasn’t enough."
Buck doesn't know what to say. He has no idea what he means. He's just glad the but wasn't the kind he was afraid of.
"Uh, is that a euphemism?"
While visiting his parents in Pennsylvania for the weekend, Buck accidentally sends Eddie a text telling him that he loves him. Eddie, reacting as any normal and sane person would, flies across the country to say it back.
Featuring good food, great company, bad bits, late-night psychics, East Coast gay bars, ghost towns, minor car accidents, and the Buckley parents being the Buckley parents.
or, Eddie has his juice and drinks it too.
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29 Nov 2025
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