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When Eddie left for Texas, Buck told himself he’d be fine. He had the house, the memories, and the silence — too much of it.
Then a stranger shows up at his door with news that knocks the air out of him: he’s the father of an eight-year-old girl named Alina Marie Monroe.
Oh — and her mother’s dead.When Eddie finally comes home, the two of them fall into a rhythm that feels almost like a family. Almost.
But love gets complicated when it’s the one thing neither of them has ever had the courage to name. Between bedtime stories, quiet mornings, and the ghosts of what-ifs, Buck and Eddie begin to realize that sometimes family isn’t something you find — it’s something you build, one heartbeat at a time.
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Buck becomes a dad. Eddie comes home. And somewhere between friendship and forever, they find the sunlight again. ☀️Ft A short Christopher & Alina Side Story!