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That was the first thing Buck noticed—before the pain, before the smoke, before the sirens started to fade into a dull hum. One second he was sprinting through the collapsing building, yelling Eddie’s name. The next, he was shoved hard from behind—concrete crumbling overhead, heat licking at his heels—and he was flying.
Then: darkness.
Distantly, he felt gravel scrape his cheek. There was yelling. Heavy boots. Someone screaming for a medic. His lungs burned. His ribs were screaming. But none of it mattered.
Because Eddie was alive. He’d made sure of that.
He'd pushed Eddie out first.
Through the haze, he heard a voice—frantic, raw, broken in a way Buck had never heard before.
“Stay with me, Buck. Please. Just stay.”
It was Eddie.
And even as the pain dragged him under, Buck smiled.
Because if he was dying, at least it was to the sound of Eddie’s voice.