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Weeks of tip-toeing around the obvious are only fueling the uneasiness that’s taken residence behind Eddie’s ribs. Buck repeats the same phrases over and over, tells everyone he’s fine, he’s always fine, he’s never not been fine. Eddie wants to understand, wants to let himself pass it off as the same old Buck, his stubborn, willful Buck, but the brush-off stings. Buck is not fine. Eddie knows this.
Eddie isn’t fine either.
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After the kidnapping, Buck starts getting fevers.
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Buck has been through a lot, but this might be the hardest thing he's ever had to do.
Eddie won't let him do it alone.
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Tears roll down Buck’s cheeks.
“Bobby would be so disappointed in me,” he says, voice crackling.
“No,” Eddie says fiercely, shaking his head. He places his hands on either side of Buck’s too-pale face, forcing him to meet his eyes. “No, he wouldn’t."
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Bobby's death sends Buck into a flare-up from hell. That doesn't make it any easier to let anyone in. Now, he's spiraling physically and mentally, and his family is starting to worry about losing him too.
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Eddie is watching Buck fall apart at the seams, guilt bubbling underneath his skin. He has a feeling this goes back farther than the funeral, farther than the lab, all the way to the day he shoved most of his belongings in a U-haul and drove to El Paso.
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Buried in their grief, Buck and Eddie may be sharing a home, but there's still eight hundred miles of unshed emotion between them. And both of them are suffering because of it.
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After being struck by lightning, Buck has a harder time recovering than he thought he would. When chronic fatigue starts to change every aspect of his life, he has to rely on his friends and family to remind him to be patient and take care of himself.
Or, five times Buck struggles with chronic illness, and one time it’s not so bad.
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Buck gets sick, and Tommy takes care of him. When his fever gets dangerously high, a delirious Buck only wants Eddie. This unearths some difficult truths, pushing Tommy to protect his own heart and hopefully, give them both a chance at happiness.
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Kamala Khan Meets the Young Avengers by williamkaplans
Fandom Ms. Marvel (Comics), Young Avengers
10 Aug 2014
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cesura by WanderingDruid (Passion_Fruit_Headquarters)
Fandoms: Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types
19 Jul 2026
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"I can feel that when this whole thing is over I shall be as bland and uninspired as a turnip. You wouldn't bother traveling with a turnip, would you? I'd start wearing drab little outfits and commenting on the weather and you'd leave me by the roadside in disgust. I probably wouldn't even notice at that point, my sense of adventure would be atrophied so atrociously that I'd be all but blind to your face. Heroics and heartbreak would go galloping into the sunset and I'd be — off watching grass grow, I don't know, whatever boring people do."
"Dandelion," Geralt said, and he had to stop just to smile, helplessly charmed by his poor, pouting poet. "Dandelion. I'm sure it won't come to that."
Or: Dandelion is sick and he's making it Geralt's problem. Can be read as pre-slash or a very close friendship.
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24 Jul 2026
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His body wanted to give up, and his mind was in no condition to fight it, so he had no other choice. He had to accept the one thing he had been fighting for so long; sometimes it’s okay to ask for help, and you don’t have to feel like a burden when the people that love you want to offer it.
Or: 5 times Buck's family help him through detox, and 1 time his hard work pays off.
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10 Jul 2026
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Buck takes care of Eddie. Who's been stabbed, did you hear?
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02 Jul 2026
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Rocking back on his heels, Buck pushes himself up. He stretches his arms behind him as he climbs to his feet, shifting his weight from one foot to the other.
Then it hits.
Pain flickers through his left ankle, sparking beneath his skin and dancing across the bone.
Buck stumbles, almost falling into the refurbished flowerbed before he manages to catch himself. He winces and shifts all of his weight onto his right leg. The pain retreats to the same dull ache he had ignored a few minutes before, the sensation settling into the bone. It prickles beneath his skin like pins and needles, a slight numbness settling into his ankle. He reaches down and presses his gloved fingers to the bone, trying to feel for an injury he might have missed.
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OR Buck struggles through a leg flare-up after his opioid dependency.
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27 Jun 2026
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This was not ideal. Whatever Theo had yesterday was hitting him hard- he was lightheaded, shaking with chills, and his stomach was still trying to fight its way out of him through his throat. And he didn’t have the luxury of lying on the couch all day; he had a completely healthy and extremely energetic four year old to take care of.
Buck tried to think. Theo had thrown up a few times, he’d had a low fever, but he’d mostly just been tired and worn out. Buck could handle this; he was probably through the worst of it already. He would just let Theo run around in the back yard, keep his meals easy, give him extra TV time, and crash as soon as the kid went to bed. This was just one of those things parents had to deal with from time to time. No problem. Great plan, go team.
OR: Buck powers through a stomach bug until he can’t. Then he calls Eddie.
Bookmarked by williamkaplans
15 Jun 2026