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The story you are about to read has been told many times, including by myself. Rewrite of Picking up the Pieces by myself.
The lawsuit is done, Buck is back at work, it'll take time, but everything will return to normal eventually, right? The firehouse crew is hurt, and Buck is struggling. He starts to spiral, going back to his old habits, with no one there to see or catch him. How long can he last on the downward trajectory? Or will someone notice before it's too late?
i.e Buck struggles with his mental health and relationships following a lawsuit against his fire department.
I'm bad at summaries. Just your typical post-lawsuit fic. Updates once a week, either Friday or Saturday.
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12 Apr 2026
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Hi, journal. Weird start, I don’t know how to start. I guess hi, me. This is the first entry of the journal for Dr. Copeland. I don’t really get how it will help, but she’s good at this, so this is probably good too. I didn’t tell her today, but I made the appointment because I’m lonely. I’m really, really lonely. And I don’t know how to say that out loud yet. Hopefully writing it will help.
He put the pen down and decideed that’s enough effort for the first day. He checked his phone, thinking maybe he didn’t notice it buzzing while he wrote. No new messages.
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Eddie’s in Texas. Maddie is getting ready for baby number 2. Bobby and Athena are building a new house. Everyone is busy with their family, and Buck doesn’t seem to fit anywhere. Dr. Copeland has him start to keep a journal to keep track of how he’s feeling, and all it does is (somehow) make everything worse. When a bad call lands Bobby in a coma and brings Eddie back everything becomes overwhelming fast. Buck starts leaning on his old habits, and it’s not long until he spirals out of control.Series
- Part 1 of drying of your tears
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11 Apr 2026
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Buck gets diagnosed with cancer just before Hen's speech at Athena's house. Not wanting it to be Act 98, he doesn't tell the 118.
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06 Mar 2026
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A week into the lawsuit, Buck realises what a mistake he's making. But when he tries to back out, Mackey responds with blackmail. Confronted with evidence of the years Buck spent as a sex worker to survive, Buck takes it to the police. One hush hush sting operation later, Buck can head back to work. Everything will be fine.
It won't matter that no one knows about the blackmail...
Right?Or,
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27 Feb 2026
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Following Bobby’s death and the Season 8 finale, Buck starts to develop some worsening pain in his bad leg. He ignores it, at first, the pain always comes and goes after all.
Though when he finally gets to the doctor and gets diagnosed with cancer, his situation really hits him. He really doesn’t have anyone right now and is going through it.
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27 Feb 2026