Adult Content Warning
This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.
-
i wanna be praised (from a new perspective) by eddiebodywansum (butdaddyilovehim)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
28 Jul 2026
Tags
Summary
It was only when he started at the 118 that he felt that emptiness in his chest begin to ease just a little. There was the occasional “good job”, or “good save” from Bobby or the rest of the team, which was definitely better than nothing. It was enough to tide him over, sure, but it still never felt like it was enough.
Either way, he learned—whether it was from his parents, or his teachers, or his boss-slash-father-figure—that he had to work to earn it. That praise wasn’t freely given.
That was, until Eddie.
Or, Eddie unknowingly heals Buck’s inner child with a little bit of praise and Buck discovers something about himself.