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I want to build a house with you, tell me it's a whole life too by Lacerta26
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
16 Jul 2026
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Buck didn't think he'd end up back at Eddie's after everything. All the things that drove him here haven't changed and neither have the things that made him leave again. Thirty four years old and able to drop everything in his life because he had no dependents, no responsibilities, no ties. Chris was gone and Eddie was following him and Buck was only at South Bedford because he was being left behind.
Buck has reckoned with his feelings by now, this past year after Bobby, after everything that went on in the desert, the lengths Eddie went to, bringing things into sharper focus. He's in love with Eddie, has been in love with Eddie for so long it just became part of the fabric of the universe, the baseline from which Buck operates. He's made his peace with it too, aware that Eddie doesn't feel the same.
He'd do anything for Eddie and Chris but he felt more like a guest than he ever had when they came back to LA, sleeping on their couch, waiting to be asked to leave. Better to go than be pushed, he figured, and yet the path always seems to lead back to here.
So, South Bedford it is, only there are four of them now, not three because Buck is responsible for more than himself these days.
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14 Jul 2026
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It’s the rainy day that reveals Theo’s fascination with water to Buck. He probably should have noticed sooner, since Theo has been with him for a month. The boy loves bathtime; it has become a large part of their nightly routine. Something about it helps calm him down. Buck just hadn’t connected it to the water until today.
Usually, on days like this, if he’s not working, he’ll stay in. The storm tends to exacerbate the old crush injury and he’s not the biggest fan of rain. Nothing wrong with it. Rain is fine. But no one in LA knows how to drive in it. And after the tsunami and the well and the lightning…well, he’d rather not take his chances.Or, Theo loves the water. Buck has somewhat complicated feelings about water. Unfortunately Theo doesn't care to learn how to swim, but Buck’s going to do what he can to make sure Theo is safe.
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01 Jul 2026
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Chris remembers, suddenly, the days after his mom died, the feeling of dread that lingered under his skin. The way it slowly bubbled up, over the years, until he couldn’t be this kid anymore, this kid who could look at the world and not see danger in every corner. He wishes that Theo will never be like that. He knows, living with a first responder, that the odds of him turning out any other way are against him.
“Hey, Theo,” he says suddenly, the words spilling from his lips without permission. “Do you think Buck is your dad?”
Christopher isn't sure how he feels about Theo, or what he means for him and Buck. When they're caught up in a disaster alone, he has plenty of time to figure it out.
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14 May 2026
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everyone else goes home; eddie stays.
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04 May 2026
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i'll stay as long as the cuckoo wails and the lonesome blue jay cries by coyoterodeo
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
03 Apr 2026
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The problem was Buck would take up the cross of Eddie’s guilt and hurt in a heartbeat if he knew–he’d shoulder the weight himself and squirrel away like he always did, determined to face it alone. Eddie couldn’t let that happen, so he tried to keep his feelings locked up at an arm’s length, to be what Buck needed in the moment. It had been easier before, around everyone else. Now, though, alone in the bedroom, Buck tight-lipped as ever, Eddie felt like a raw nerve.
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04 May 2026