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Chapter 10 12k & Epilogue 4k

Anne of a Green Gables/Buddie au is finished, complete, done!! Didn’t think I’d ever get there but I have and now I present to you another epically long niche AU. Inspired this time by the ever lovely @lonelychicago quite a long time ago now.

It’s sweet and soft with fire family feels, love and hope, a bit of humor, a drop of angst and general pining. Here in AU land everyone lives and happily ever after is the way we roll. Give it a go 😉

Evan Buckley has lived in orphanages almost longer than he can remember. They tried to find a place for him more than once but it never quite worked out, now at almost 15 he’s given up hope of finding a home but then a letter arrived from Prince Edward’s Island saying that Mr & Mrs Robert Nash wanted a boy to come live with them.

Now he’s on his way to a new life in a place called Avonlea and he couldn’t be happier.

The 911 Anne of Green Gables Au you didn’t know you needed.

The white blossoms on the tree on the other side of the train tracks are beautiful. They remind him of the trees that used to be at the bottom of their street before things went wrong and his parents decided to send him and Maddie away.

Buck hasn’t seen his sister in a long long time. He still thinks about her, looks for signs of her in the reflection of his own face. The only friendly face he’s seen for years now.

Cover part by the talented @ronordmann 😊

buddie | 6.5k | humor | rated t

Even if Eddie isn't as straight as either of them previously assumed, something he hesitantly told Buck two months ago and everyone else in a group text last week, he doesn't have feelings for Buck. Buck is sure of that. He has to be.

He's got excellent reasoning behind his certainty:

1. Eddie knows Buck better than anyone else in the world. 2. Eddie is too smart to be in love with Buck. 3. Eddie deserves better than Buck. 4. Christopher wouldn't approve. 5. And, for that matter, Theo probably wouldn't either. He loves Eddie, but loving him as Buck's best friend is way different than loving him as Buck's boyfriend. 6. If Buck lets himself have hope, he'll be crushed.

He repeats this list to himself a lot. It's a good list.

Despite the amount of time he spends running over all the reasons this won't work, his heart still leaps into his throat when Eddie rounds the engine and smiles at him. He looks good, already in uniform with his hair gelled back. The strand that usually springs free about three hours into any given shift is still in place.

“Hey, Buck,” Eddie says. “How's Theo doing?”

“He tried to make the microwave explode this morning.” Has Buck's mouth always been this dry? Maybe it's been a few years since he last had a sip of water. That would explain it.

“He's going to be a scientist.” Eddie's tone is both confident and adoring. Buck wants to lick him.

He doesn't. They're at work, and Eddie doesn't want Buck. Instead, he lurches forward, shoves the box into Eddie's hands, and says, “Thanks, cupcake.”

Then he flees the scene. It’s not dignified, but he doesn’t want to see Eddie’s reaction to Buck turning up with a freshly bought baked good for him and no one else. It’s too revealing.

It isn't until he's halfway into his uniform, fly still open and shirt unbuttoned, that he realizes.

Thanks, cupcake.

It’s about 5.5k and maybe tomorrow I’ll do a proper post

Tagging a few mutuals who might not mind too much 😘

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