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"Speaking of Eddie," Maddie continues. "What did he say when you told him what you're thinking about Theo?"
"Uh, I haven't told him yet," Buck says. "I wanted to talk to you first."
Maddie puts down her spoon, eyes widening. "Oh." She presses a hand to her heart. "Oh, wow. Okay, well, I'm honored that you wanted to tell me first."
"Of course," Buck says quickly. "What you think — your opinion means so much to me." He reaches over to squeeze her hand. "You know me so well."
Her eyes fill, and she turns her head to wipe them on her shoulder. "That means a lot. You're going to be a great parent — foster parent — to Theo. I know it."
"Thanks, Maddie," Buck says, blinking away his own tears.
"You know what else I know?"
"What?"
"You're going to feel better after you talk to Eddie. You should tell him soon."
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"— I've always thought, you know — I'm straight." Ryan lets that sink in for a beat. "And that's gotta mean Eddie's straight. That's how I've been playing him."
The podcast host, Theresa, and Oliver are both staring him down. Theresa with focus, Oliver with obvious trepidation. Ryan stalls out for a moment at the sight of Oliver's wide blue eyes and incredulous eyebrows.
Theresa slides in smoothly, breaking off the silence before it has the chance to become dead air. She turns her attention to the other side of the couch. "Oliver, I remember from a couple seasons ago, you told everyone that you started to play Buck as bisexual before you ever heard about 'Buck, Bothered and Bewildered.'"
"Hmm," Oliver coughs to stall. "Well, yeah. That was a decision I made for Buck's character."
Theresa turns back to Ryan. She smiles sweetly. "Ryan, are you saying you've changed how you're playing Eddie, too?"
"Exactly," Ryan says. "What I realized," he continues, swatting at Oliver's biceps so that he'll let him get this out, "is just because I'm straight doesn't gotta mean that Eddie is."
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"If — if I'm not going back to the firehouse," Buck swallows nervously, his eyes shifting away from Eddie. "Then we're going to drift apart. Me — from. All of you."
"That's not true," Eddie says as he switches to the chair adjacent to Buck — sitting across from him feels much too far away.
"It's not like you guys'll do it on purpose, it's just … that's what happens."
Eddie shakes his head, eyebrows furrowing in distaste, but before he can verbalize any of the denials and rebuttals that are percolating, Buck continues.
"It's okay, Eddie. I'm used to it."
Buck gets bad news and instead of retreating, he goes to Eddie.
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"Why is he so self-sacrificing all the time?" Eddie asks.
Maddie nods. He looks back at her, only to find that her eyes are a little shiny — Eddie probably could have anticipated that she might get worked up about all this. And then, all at once, it's like she bursts, unable or unwilling to keep holding it all in. "I hate it too. I can't believe he was just so ready to stay there, to be Derek."
"Wait —"
"Like, after everything with Daniel? All he's done to learn who Buck is? He's just. Going to pretend to be someone else's kid?" A tear shoots down her cheek and she wipes it away with the napkin from before.
"Wait, wait, wait," Eddie says. "I'm confused. What are you talking about?"
Maddie sniffs and looks at him in surprise. "What are you talking about?"
Eddie visits Buck, then Maddie, then Buck again.
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"What? What's wrong?" Maddie turns down the hallway, and she can see Eddie's room. It's right there.
"I think she just got back," Buck whispers. "Tell Chris I love him, I'm — I'm coming home. I'm not giving up, I'm going to fight."
She comes to a stop in the doorway to Eddie's room, panting. "Buck, wait I've got —"
The line goes dead.
"— Eddie here …" she trails off, making eye contact with a startled Eddie, sitting up and alert in his hospital bed.
"Was that —?" Eddie sits up as much as he can.
Maddie and Eddie finally go on that date.
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“Alright,” Eddie shrugs, laissez-faire. He pulls Buck’s plate to the center of the table; pushes his own forward in kind. Then he begins a drawn-out circus routine of plucking an olive at a time up and out of the bowl and plopping them onto their respective dishes, one by one.
The delicate, repetitive movement of Eddie’s pinched fingers reminds Buck of picking the petals off of flowers. He loves me. He loves me not. He love—
An olive hits him square in the forehead.
“There,” Eddie says, resolute, as the pitted projectile tumbles to the ground at Buck’s feet. “Equal treatment.”
Or: Buck, Eddie, and the olive theory. Well, in theory.
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“How do people have sex when they have kids?” Buck continues, knowing he’s whining a little bit, but he’s pent up, and Theo came into his life without warning so he didn’t have time to mentally prepare for everything it would entail. Namely, what it would mean for Buck’s sex life.
Eddie’s face is kind of red, but he says, in that matter of fact way he always does, “Theo’s asleep right now.”
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29 May 2026
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more than an afterthought by effervescentwolf
Published: 2026-05-29
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“How do people have sex when they have kids?” Buck continues, knowing he’s whining a little bit, but he’s pent up, and Theo came into his life without warning so he didn’t have time to mentally prepare for everything it would entail. Namely, what it would mean for Buck’s sex life.
Eddie’s face is kind of red, but he says, in that matter of fact way he always does, “Theo’s asleep right now.”
(Approximate) Last Read: 2026/05/29
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"I dunno if I know how to be a good boyfriend now," Roy admits. "Not that it fucking matters. I can't date anyone else right now, when I'm fucked over Keeley. Wouldn't be right."
"I mean, you could. If they knew it weren't serious." Jamie's eyes light up, and the look makes Roy wary. "Maybe that's what we need! Practice."
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boyfriend lessons by mixtapestar
Published: 2024-02-03
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"I dunno if I know how to be a good boyfriend now," Roy admits. "Not that it fucking matters. I can't date anyone else right now, when I'm fucked over Keeley. Wouldn't be right."
"I mean, you could. If they knew it weren't serious." Jamie's eyes light up, and the look makes Roy wary. "Maybe that's what we need! Practice."
(Approximate) Last Read: 2026/05/24
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It’s almost like — like Buck’s holding a possible thing in his hands, fragile and fledgling, born too early. It’s not the first time he’s felt this way, with Eddie. It’s happened before, mostly in kitchens.
“Did that guy tell you the name of the suite he put us in?”
The corner of Eddie’s mouth lifts. There, Buck supposes, is his answer.
“Yeah. Honeymooners, huh? Should we tell him about our disaster of a trip?”
His stomach lurches. God. Eddie’s taking this in stride; Buck should be thankful for it. Instead, he’s afraid he’ll be sick all over their shoes.
or: a pining buck has to navigate the Emotional Saw Trap that is the road trip back from new mexico. eddie, quite literally, comes along for the ride.
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26 May 2026
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Long and lovely in depth coming home and getting stuck in King beds and not wanting to let the other person out of their sight
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ain't i fallen (in love) by headlightsoup
Published: 2026-05-23
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It’s almost like — like Buck’s holding a possible thing in his hands, fragile and fledgling, born too early. It’s not the first time he’s felt this way, with Eddie. It’s happened before, mostly in kitchens.
“Did that guy tell you the name of the suite he put us in?”
The corner of Eddie’s mouth lifts. There, Buck supposes, is his answer.
“Yeah. Honeymooners, huh? Should we tell him about our disaster of a trip?”
His stomach lurches. God. Eddie’s taking this in stride; Buck should be thankful for it. Instead, he’s afraid he’ll be sick all over their shoes.
or: a pining buck has to navigate the Emotional Saw Trap that is the road trip back from new mexico. eddie, quite literally, comes along for the ride.
(Approximate) Last Read: 2026/05/23
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When he gets to the guest bedroom — now transformed into Theo’s room — the door is slightly ajar, and Buck tiptoes forward to peek inside. The night light on the wall glows bright enough for him to see the brand new race car bed in the corner, where Theo is sprawled out across Eddie’s chest. They both appear to be fast asleep, books strewn across the floor next to them, and one of Eddie’s fingers held tight in Theo’s tiny hand.
The sight make Buck’s heart ache with a tangled knot of longing. He wants… well, he wants too much. He should focus on being grateful for this: the way Theo has taken to Eddie right away, instinctively aware that he’s someone who can be trusted. He’s already built a habit of trailing after Eddie like a shadow with a look of awe on his little face that Buck finds highly relatable.
And the way Eddie is with Theo — steady and kind and endlessly patient — makes Buck feel like the luckiest person in the world, just getting to be there witnessing it.Buck watches Eddie with Theo and decides maybe they should all move in together about it. It just makes logistical sense, after all.
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07 May 2026