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    “I have to go to a wedding,” he says, voice tight. Eddie’s eyebrows scrunch in confusion. That’s it?

    “You love weddings.”

    “Not this one. It’s in Pennsylvania. With my mom and dad. For a whole week,” he says, frustration evident in his tone.

    Well that makes a lot more sense. Buck at home for a whole week? Brutal.

    “Maddie, Chim and Jee are going, right?” Eddie asks.

    Buck nods jerkily. “Mmhm. They are. I-It’s just that my parents are expecting me to bring someone and when I don’t, because who the fuck would I ask to suffer for a week for me, they’re going to make comments about how I am going to be alone forever and it-it’s just already on my nerves and I still have nearly three weeks before I even have to go,” he rushes out, abandoning his coffee on the table as he paces back and forth in the kitchen.

    “I’ll come with you,” Eddie offers. He blinks – he hadn’t exactly thought that one through, but he doesn’t regret it, doesn’t want to take it back. Buck freezes where he’s at, body still as a statue as his head whips to look at Eddie.

     

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    or; buck and eddie fake date

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    08 Jul 2026

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    “She said she wasn’t worried about us breaking up.”

    Oh. Well. That was pretty definitively a thing that people said about partners who were together romantically.

    “Say something,” Buck instructed.

    “What?”

    “Anything,” Buck said, his voice wavering on the word. Which was—it was weird, right? Why was Buck so shaken by a throwaway comment?

    Or maybe the better question was why wasn’t Eddie? If either of them was going to get freaked out by the assumption that he was dating a man, it would make more sense for it to be Eddie, who was straight, and not Buck, who had, in fact, already dated men.

    “Aren’t you going to be late for your shift?”

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    Buck and Eddie get shaken up by a comment from Theo’s social worker, and then by a magnitude 7 earthquake; it turns out, some disasters are better than others.

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    06 Jul 2026

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    “I’m Eddie,” the stuck-up ghost replies, slowly. “Why aren’t you scared of seeing me?”

    Buck tilts his head to the side, “you’re not very scary.”

    “I mean, you’re seeing a gh---you can see me and you’re not freaking out.”

    Buck shrugs, “oh. It’s been twenty-six years of this, dude. It would be kind of pathetic if I flipped out every time. Trust me, you’ve been a very polite ghost.”

    “What the fuck,” it’s what Eddie says.

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    Or: the 9-1-1 rewrite where Buck sees ghosts and Eddie is technically in a coma, but mostly he spends his time hauting the firetruck.

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    16 Jun 2026

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    Sometimes the universe speaks so loudly that you cannot possibly ignore it. Buck wasn't sure he believed in fate until he came to Los Angeles, but sometimes your life falls into place in ways you could never expect or explain.

     

    or the one where complete strangers, Chris and Buck, trauma bond to an unhealthy level after the tsunami, and suddenly a grieving widower has the equivalent of a fallen angel living in his guest room helping him raise his traumatized son.

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    20 May 2026

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    “You really think this is a good idea?” Buck asks.

    His blue eyes sparkle in the dim light of the kitchen, and Eddie can’t quite tell if it’s a reflection creating the illusion or if they’re simply brimming with tears. Either way, he looks vulnerable. Beautiful—but vulnerable.

    Like a child who misses his father.

    “I think it couldn’t hurt any more than it already does to try,” Eddie tells him honestly. “And, hey, if you’re in need of some company, I’ll come with you.”

    Buck blinks up at him. “You’d really want to do that with me?”

    “It could be fun.” Eddie shrugs. “Well, as fun as visiting a cemetery can be.”

    OR: A visit to Bobby’s grave in Minnesota takes an unforeseen turn when Buck, Eddie, May, and Harry encounter an unexpected yet painfully familiar face.

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    16 May 2026