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1. Engines Dying, Hearts Alive by emma_anna_elisabeth

   Fandoms: Masters of the Air (TV 2024)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   21 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gale "Buck" Cleven/John Clarence "Bucky" Egan
   • Gale "Buck" Cleven & John Clarence "Bucky" Egan
   • Gale "Buck" Cleven/Marjorie "Marge" Spencer
   • Gale "Buck" Cleven
   • John Clarence "Bucky" Egan
   • Curtis Biddick
   • Meatball the Dog (Masters of the Air)
   • Bernard "Benny" DeMarco
   • Ken Lemmons
   • Neil "Chick" Harding
   • Whump
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Injury
   • Blood and Injury
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Injury Recovery
   • More tags might be added
   • Injured Buck
   • Love Confessions
   • Gale "Buck" Cleven Loves John Clarence "Bucky" Egan
   • Endgame Gale "Buck" Cleven/John Clarence "Bucky" Egan
   • Hurt John Clarence "Bucky" Egan
   • Hurt Gale "Buck" Cleven
   • Gale "Buck" Cleven Whump
   • CURT IS AND WILL STAY ALIVE
   • Meatball got wayyyy too little screen time
   • Don't worry our boys will be fine in the end
   • Mutual Pining
   • Men Crying
   • YEARNINGGGGGGG
   • Eventual Smut
   • First Kiss
   • First Time

   Summary

   “See you back here then?”

   Buck had just smiled, that damned half smile he always gave John. Smiled and tilted his head. “Don’t count on it.” He’d pat John on the shoulder and walked off to his plane.

   John scoffs and shakes his head. He had counted on it. In fact, he always did.

   OR: Gale coming back injured from a mission forces John and Gale to start thinking about what they actually mean to each other.
   Lots of angst, lots of whump and lots of hurt/comfort. Lots of yearning, and LOTS OF LOVE.

   Language:

   English

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   43,478

   Chapters:

   9/?

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