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where are you right in front of you i just think that if you have something to tell eddie youll tell him in your own time competition with who its not nothing it wouldnt be so crazy isnt that what you want in a partner someone to have your back hell yeah brother you could have my back any day you dont find it son you make it there's no one in the world i trust with my son more than you because evan are you hurt so we can end up with two cut lines who the hell is that heard some dick was being mean to you in love with eddie?
this is eddies house im not really a guest no way eddie was in the army thanks buck very funny you two have an adorable son crockett and tubbs i couldnt even call you to bail me out of jail did you ever stop for a moment to think about what that could to to us i thought you just dressed alike what you always do this doesnt change anything between us thats a relief maddie invites buck buck invites eddie if you say so watcha lookin at eddie a testament to our eddie life is change carino
yes sir eddie sir whats our kind i am the other guy path of least resistance with you buckley we can sell that as sexy we do a film session your sister eddie shameless you and that chain of command thats my boy you get cranky when you dont eat i had a buck in my ear ill do anything just convince him to leave he jumped so buck wouldnt arrest me later! you ready? never readier.
I want to build a house with you, tell me itâs a whole life too
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'We made a cake!' says Theo.Â
'Really? What kind?' asks Maddie.
'Chocolate raspberry with ganache,' says Theo, except he pronounces it gah-natch.
'Ooh my favorite,' says Maddie, 'are you going to have the first slice?'
'No,' Theo shakes his head traitorously, 'we're giving Eddie the first one because it's his party.'
Maddie's eyes flick to Buck, her eyebrows raised, and Buck is so glad Eddie is facing away from them but he can still see that the tips of his ears have gone pink.
'Lucky Eddie,' says Maddie as Eddie bends at the knees to set Theo on his feet, 'shall we wait outside so him and Buck can get it ready?'
'Yeah,' says Theo and Maddie lets of Buck so he can take her hand, stepping out into the yard, 'I'm going to have the second slice. Then Chris can have the next one and Buck canâ.'
Eddie sidles over to Buck, fully in the kitchen now, as Buck gets the raspberries out of the fridge and fetches the cake from where he'd stored it out of reach of tiny hands. Buck turns on the tap, the water running cold so he can wash the fruit and Eddie leans back against the cabinets so he can watch him.
'It's my party is it?' he says.
'Yeah, I mean, it was your idea,' Buck shrugs, fresh raspberries rinsed and sitting in the colander, the cake set on the countertop next to the sink.
'Thank you,' says Eddie.
Buck is carefully placing the raspberries in concentric rings on top of the cake now. It's delicate work, he can't look away from it.
'You're welcome.'
Eddie takes hold of Buck's wrist, the last raspberry pinched between his thumb and index finger, bringing Buck's hand to his mouth. His tongue is wet, hot against Buck's fingertips as he snags the fruit, lingering a second too long before he leans back, chewing, his lips staining red and grinning. Buck swallows, his mouth full of spit and he can almost taste the tart, dusty softness of the raspberry himself, the juice bursting across his own tongue.
'Do you need help?' says Eddie and he's still got his fingers circled warm and strong around Buck's wrist.
'No, I've got it,' says Buck and he risks a glance but it's just Eddie looking at Buck like he always does.
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kicking my feet and giggling thinking about eddie diaz who loves fatherhood and christopher and who is so brave and smart and kind and funny. eddie who loves his female friends and relatives and has interesting, developed relationships with carla and may and pepa and linda and hen. eddie who loves basketball and fighting and muay thai and video games. eddie who befriends anything that moves. eddie whose people skills save the day over and over - the kid in the well. the kid he got shot for. the kid he ran back into a burning building for when they read the number wrong. (eddie who loves kids). the guy whose heart he kept beating despite him threatening chris and buck and his whole family. the guy he talked into returning their engine. eddie who is so competent it has buck ripping his hair out when they meet. eddie who is cool and level headed with a gun to his head. eddie who got himself and his son out of his parents house when he was working three jobs to make ends meet. eddie whose whole Thing is taking care of people, so much so that his therapist has to tell him to cool his jets. eddie who just tries and tries and tries. eddie with the heart of fucking gold and eddie with more to give than he thinks anyone can take. eddie who is always going to fight to come home to his family. eddie who isn't alone anymore; hasn't been for a while. eddie who was raised so cold and grew up so warm. eddie, the light. the sun.
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episode called evan buckley and the terrible horrible no good very bad date and itâs buck trying to come up with a plan for his and eddieâs first date but each idea he comes up with happens to be related to the next call they respond to all of them being wildly unlikely disasters
i miss thursdays on the dash :( and @bucksbabybelly tagged me in a wip game but i don't feel like what i've written most recently is anything worth sharing sooooooo i'm instead going to share the first excerpt of this enchanted buddie au wip :) i hope you liiiiike it
Edmundo Diaz grew up on fairy tales.
Though heâd never think of it as such until his teenage years, of course, and heâd certainly never let those words pass his lips until he was half a world away from his family. His mother would scold him and, hell, maybe give him a tap on the cheek for such words. The rosary would stay in her hand, Madonna and Child would remain hanging in the foyer, and the candles on the offrenda would glitter across the pictures of ancestorâs past. Not fairy tales, then.
Meeting Shannon had felt a bit like a fairy tale.
Theyâd met on the water and danced to no music while they waded, the sun setting behind her, the sand and salt exfoliating his feet with the movement. Fire erupted to their side, a bonfire circled by drunken minors, but the clattering of beer bottles and thrum of laughter melted away the more he looked into her â the more she spoke, the more she huffed soft laughs when the water swayed them to a fro, the more she rubbed a hand on his chest and asked about his ambitions and dreams and favorite music and about JROTC and his hopes and his sisters and his faith and him.
It aches in his chest so delightfully. When he looks to the beach the bonfire is on itâs last legs, the moon has dulled. Shannon pulls him back to her. Thereâs a soft light from somewhere, he canât tell where, and itâs illuminating her face in such a way that her eyes glitter and the breathy smile on her berry red lips invite him in without hesitation. Heâs hooked â besotted â sworn to this fiery, scary beauty.
He swears he hears a quiet ah-ah-ah-ahah sing to them from the waves.
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But fairy tales arenât real.
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Eddieâs a bonafide firefighter for all of two months in Texas before a rope rescue is caught on camera and throws him into a national spotlight. Itâs nothing special really. A toddler had fallen through the bars of a balcony of the 24th floor of a 30 floor building and was cradled in a caved-in banner hanging from another balcony on the 20th floor. By the time his unit arrives thereâs three adults mixed up in it â one dangling from the original 24th floor balcony, another perched precariously on the ledge leading from a window on the 20th floor on the complete opposite side of said baby, another is being held against the railing of a balcony of the 3rd floor by someone whoâd, miraculously, caught them on their fall from the 7th floor. The last one was unrelated, and the captain calls out to Burks to start pulling out the ladder before theyâre out of the truck for that one.
Heavy rescue is short staffed that day and heâd been on the roof and connecting himself to the rope tether before the captain could call him out for, like, crowd control. He hadnât been thinking but he remained completely locked in as he was lowered down, floor by floor, picking up each blubbering adult on the way down and depositing them safely on any balcony where any concerned (read: nosey) neighbor stood and allowed them in.
He reaches the baby, dozing off in itâs multi-colored makeshift cocoon of mesh vinyl. He straps it to his chest and pulls the rope to begin the ascent. Instead, the rope breaks. Snaps in two like belligerent fray. Sends them careening down, down, down. Near what he thinks is the 15th floor, he manages to grab onto a railing and they dangle there, the baby grizzling in his ears. Leverage isnât on his side enough to get up and over the railing heâs attached to. The crowd below him is in shambles, and when he glances down he can see the fail-safe being carried into place and inflated. Breathing comes easy for a moment, until it never inflates and his team below begins scrambling around to find and plug any hole in the inflatable.
Tucking the baby in tighter and saying a quick (hollow) prayer, he launches and twists his body enough to careen into the balcony under him. They land without incident â well, the door to the condo is locked, and he finds out that the owner is out of town, so he bounces the baby against his chest until his captain can connect with the building manager and get it opened for them to escape. The crowd cheers and once the baby is calmed he holds it up like Simba â they erupt.
Video of it goes viral. Duh.
When he takes Chris to physical therapy the next day all the nurses fall over him, supplying him with Gatorade to make sure he never goes hoarse talking about the rescue. He picks up burgers for him and Sophia and the girl at the front desk comps it, on the house, even throws in a couple overflowing pints of agua fresca. When he stops for gas, the mother next to him tearfully insists she pays to fill him up. On a walk in the park with Abuela heâs stopped no less than a dozen times for pictures, or autographs, or for a poorly timed sexual innuendo. You look good going down, one man says with hungry eyes, and Abuela knocks him out with her purse full of rocks. Nearby birds cheer.
Local news does a segment on the station, Eddie the focus. Duh.
He likes Texas, enough. The heat in El Paso is bearable and his familyâs here, and in some ways, save for the dusty battlefields, he knows nothing else. A few employment offers come in from other stations, brimming with promises to make him the best heavy rescue medic the stateâs ever seen, and he entertains the closer stations.
The 118âs invitation comes nicely decorated with a stamp of a dalmatian in a helmet and turn outs. Captain Nash has included a heartfelt letter, handwritten. The rescue comes up only as a means to start, the rest explaining the history of firefighting and how they (him, the captain, the others of the 118, firefighters everywhere) found themselves where they are now. I wonât pretend the 118 can make you the best firefighter there ever was, he writes at the end, but I can promise you a home to help you become the best man you can be.
Eddie flies to LA a week later.
Captain Nash walks him around the station, introduces him to his team and shows Chris all the cool doohickeys littering the space while Eddie pals and pokes around. Henrietta â Hen â hosts a small dinner at her house with the other heavy rescue crew, and he enjoys one too many glasses of wine with her wife, Karen. Lena, his would-be partner, rolls her eyes at him like theyâre old pals and cuts him off. Chimney, a loud mouth, slides him some more in a regular glass and his girlfriend huffs in his ear about being respectful. Captain Nash â Bobby â pretends he doesnât see it, face turned away with a small grin. The kids â Chris and Denny, Hen and Karenâs son, only a year or so older â run away to the play room and Eddie finds them later, asleep against each other with Legoâs embedded in their skin.
The air in LA feels different. People bustle around him more than in El Paso, and he finds himself walking along the sidewalks without worry or care. The parks have real, lush, green grass. Shops line every corner â big ones, small ones, ones with scents that pull him in and ones with people who kind of scare him. Thereâs a park near the station with accessible equipment. Thereâs beautiful women and gorgeous men, thereâs a three bedroom home for sale in a good school district a few streets from Hen and her family. Thereâs a police sergeant who frequents the station and gives him a run-down of the best Indian restaurants nearby while she stresses, face serious and deadly, that he wonât want to go because Bobbyâs cooking is much better. Maddie, Chimneyâs girlfriend, is a nurse and passes along a handful of pamphlets on home health aide she can help him research eligiblity for â she even, with dewey eyes, points out a couple programs where sheâs on the roster.
He chances a visit to the pier. Rolls his pants up, wades in the water, closes his eyes, breathes it in.
The waves sing to him a light ah-ah-ah-ahah.
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Again, lest we forget.
Fairy tales are not real.
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Theyâre on a domestic call in this subdivision called Honker Hills â a ladyâs locked her husband out of the house, trapping him on the balcony butt ass naked and theyâre both fuming out the side of their necks about it. The wife is in the driveway, a silk gown hanging off her shoulders as she screams obscenities upwards with wild hands and arms to match the energy â the husband is equally as pissed off, and Eddie thinks that if he werenât so busy covering his junk and yelling curses right back that heâd be pulling the balcony railing off with the sheer force of his desperation.
Thereâs not much to do on these calls except let it happen safely, so Lena and Garcia keep the crowd of nosey neighbors at bay. Chim and Bobby approach the house, Bobby garnering the wifeâs attention as Chim keeps out of her peripheral and slips into the house. Eddie leans against the firetruck next to Hen and they wait.
â50 bucks says itâs an affair.â
Eddie tsks. âToo easy,â in front of them, Bobbyâs got the ladyâs ire turned to him instead of the husband, whoâs looming over the railing and attempting to interrupt whatever theyâre saying, still cupping his exposed dick and balls thank god. The wife points an angry finger upwards and Bobby lowers her arm gently. âWhat do you take me for, a chump? Itâs always an affair, first of all â and I know you were texting Athena on the way here.â
A scoff. âI was texting Karen, Iâll have you know. She wants you, Chris, and Ana over for dinner tonight.â
âWants us for dinner, or wants me to come over and put together that new swing set ââ
âDinner, ass!â Eddie narrows his eyes at Hen, who grows a smirk in the shared silence between them. âAnd if thereâs time before dinner, maybe you, your big head, and bigger muscles could help me put together the swing set.â
âThere it is. Me and Chris can come over, but Anaâs traveling in from a conference, she wonât be home until late.â
Hen chuckles. âYou can sound less excited about that, ya know,â and Eddie flushes.
Chimney exits the front door as the husband decides to turn sour, face screwed up and one hand gone from acting as protection and instead waving around wildly. âWhat did I ever do to make you so angry?!â
The wife points at him so hard she bounces a little. âWhy canât you ask yourself what you havenât done to me â itâs a much shorter list!â
âWhat would you even do if you couldnât blame me for all your problems, Giselle ââ
She retorts something they tune out, for ratings, and Bobby lurches forward to redirect the conversation. Instead, he gets hard pokes along his chest. The husband starts telling him he needs to back off and she in turn defends Bobby for keeping me sane and away from the likes of you! When their captain goes to coax some more placating words into the conversation, she reaches out and shoves him away with dramatic moves, going back to bickering with her husband without a second thought.
Bobby puts his hands up in surrender, turns, makes a beeline for the engine. âWeâre outta here. In the truck, everyone!â
âWhat, weâre just leaving him there?â
Thereâs a loud pop of bubblegum. âI unlocked the door to the balcony ages ago. Now theyâre just engaging in foreplay,â Chim says with a grimace.
Alright, leaving is probably for the better. The husbandâs got both hands in the air now.
They load in the truck and Garcia drives them off. Rainâs on the horizon so traffic is light, and thereâs a brightly lit billboard showcasing a fairytale setting as a fairy godmother, or maybe a waitress? Whateverâs supposed to be, this lady whoâs both plump and kind with sexy arms enticing drunkards towards her and a flirty quirk of her lips, floats above a meadow near a castle and tells them âEnjoy your time!â with instructions to get off on exit 7. Itâs brightly lit, obnoxious, and he thinks the doors of the castle are swaying in the pre-storm breeze like theyâre threatening to spring open. Eddie focuses on the integrity of the build instead of the light conversation filtering through the headset.
âWeâve been getting these kinds of calls a lot lately. All that fighting, all that anger â man, Chim, you see this shit every day and still want to get married?â Lenaâs perpetually single and they can all hear it in her voice.
âMaddie and I donât have anything like that. Those two got together on an arranged marriage or something, you should have seen the pictures in their hallway.â He shutters. âWeâre in it for love. Being such separate peopleâŚâ he grabs his chest dramatically and whines, âoh, Lena, itâs like I need to be with her all the time.â
Eddieâs still looking out the window. A car honks at them and Eddie looks down to see a truck passing, an adult and a kid plastered against the windows facing them, both flipping him off. Tongues out for mass levels of disrespect. What the fuck.
âWhat about you and Ana?â
âHm?â
âYou and Ana. You wanna be with her all the time, right?â
âWell, yeah.â Eddie sits up. âSheâs funny, pretty, whip smart, and sheâs great with Chris. I mean, sheâs no Abuela â half a Maddie,â that gets a dopey grin from Chim, âbut we get the job done together. Itâs nice to be with her.â
Hen adjusts her headset. âAhh, Lena. You know you have to be careful talking to Eddie about love. He still thinks heâs not into all that âcrazy romance crap.â Itâs all sagacious.â
âHey - I never said thereâs no romance. But me and Ana, weâre practical. Rational.â Hen and Chim groan. âNo, listen. Weâve taken the time to really connect, ya know, learn each otherâs strengths and weaknesses. We work well together â and itâs not like we donât get along.â
âIt sounds like youâre building a bridge,â Bobbyâs voice filters through the headset, but heâs not turned back towards them.
âWeâre â ok,â he rubs his face. What good are friends for, again? âGuys, itâs â I have a kid, ya know, itâs different.â
No one teases him for the rest of the ride.
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A world and a day away, a princess abandons responsibility in exchange for a stroll in the woods, hears a beautiful tune. Crosses a mountain, slays an ogre, and takes a tumble down a short cliff in search of the source.
Canon divergence asks one simple question: what if things had gone differently? This week's recs explore the moments, decisions, and turning points that changed everything for Buck and Eddie.
(click here for previous lists!)
30 fic recs under the cut:
1. And The Heart I Know I'm Breaking Is My Own by this_is_moony_lovegood (22.6k, Teen)
Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive WarningsÂ
After the call to the Bachelor mansion, Buck applies to be a contestant on the show. Eddie has to sit back and watch as Buck falls in love on live television.Â
Reccer says: it was such a fun idea and i just eat up anything in the friends to fiances tag lolÂ
2. A Guide to Playing Matchmaker for Your Boyfriend by sammyunhinged (52.8k, Mature)
Warnings: none
what if Buck dated Ravi instead of Tommy. Or a Ravi pov where Buck and Ravi date but it's buddie endgame  Â
Reccer says: I love the Ravi backstory in this fic and honestly the Ravi/Buck relationship is done well and both of them know the relationship has an end date.Â
3. the pain will leave you once it's done teaching you by fruitsdoesnotknow (@fruitsdontknow) (43k, Mature)
Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings; GriefÂ
"When Daniel Buckley lives a little longer, Evan Buckley dies a little more. And this is how Eddie Diaz saves him, a little later on."
Eddie as an ER nurse, and Buck even more reckless and a whole lot sadder. Â Â
Reccer says: this fic devastated me in the best possible way. such a beautifully written exploration on grief and the ways it fucks you up. gorgeous gorgeous.Â
4. Nothing Left But You by Daisies_and_Briars (@cal-daisies-and-briars) (27.3k, Teen)
Warnings: It's tagged as "Major Character Death" but it's only temporary since Eddie and everyone else who was Marvel-style blipped comes backÂ
Instead of being shot by a sniper that day, Eddie vanishes from thin airâalong with 25% of Earth's population. Five years later, he and everyone else reappear. Eddie finds himself suddenly in the middle of a world he doesn't recognize, where the people he loves most have changed significantly.Â
Reccer says: I've read over a hundred of Cal's works and I have to say, this one is my favorite. It is so heart-wrenching and visceral. So delightful and enlightening. As always, expert prose. I get emotional just thinking about it. An absolute must-read!! đÂ
5. drench yourself in words unspoken by foxwatson (@eddiediazes) (26.1k, Teen)
Warnings: none
the one where everything in canon is the same, except eddie diaz is secretly a bestselling romance author, and nobody knows. Yet.Â
Reccer says: genuinely love everything about this fic, it could be silly with a premise like that but instead it's incredibly heartfelt and just. works.Â
6. We blossom and ask no reason by lamardeuse (@lamardeuse) (5.8k, Mature)
Warnings: none
Eddie works in his tĂo's flower shop and jumps in to help when a car crash happens outside. That's how he meets the 118, and specifically Buck.Â
Reccer says: A cute Flower Shop AU still firmly within the canon universe, with a fun different first meeting.Â
7. Echoes of Your Name by sirencalls (@usersiren) (9.7k, Explicit)
Warnings: none
Eddie tries an audio porn site and finds he really likes this one guy's files. After he joins the 118 and listens to a new upload by him, he suddenly realizes it's Buck.Â
Reccer says: Audio porn is a form you seldom encounter in fics, and it was fun to have Eddie being obsessed with Buck's voice and the way he talks in bed before they even meet!Â
8. you make the world taste better by farfromthstars (@doeeyeseddie) (11.7k, Teen)
Warnings: none
Newly arrived in LA, Eddie signs up for a parent/child cooking class, and the instructor is more than he could have hoped for.Â
Reccer says: Just so cute, with Eddie, Chris, and Buck bonding before Eddie even joins the 118, and then some shenanigans while the 118 don't know that Eddie and Buck already know each other!Â
9. Say You Were Made To Be Mine by ElvenSorceress (@elvensorceress) (11.6k, Teen)
Warnings: none
On Valentine's day 2018, Eddie saves a man from choking in the middle of a restaurant. After, he notices his hands are full of colour, a sign that he's met and touched one of his soulmates.Â
Reccer says: Lovely soulmate AU that includes platonic soulmates, something I sorely miss in many other AU:s! And a fun spin on what if Eddie was the one who saved Buck with a tracheotomy. Â
10. i'd marry you with paper rings by thatbuddie (@thatbuddie) (20.3k, Teen)
Warnings: none
Five times Buck and Eddie don't get engaged and one time they do (and one time they get married)Â
Reccer says: A lovely walk through their friendship with "yes I'll marry you"-jokes that start becoming more and more real as their relationship deepens!Â
11. darling, the future is better than yesterday by rarakiplin (28.7k, Teen)
Warnings: none
After Eddie says he's leaving the 118 in 5x10, Buck wakes up in three different realities: in El Paso meeting an Eddie who's just found out he's going to be a father, in present day meeting an Eddie who never moved to LA, and in a future where he and Eddie are married and have adopted a daughter. This prompts him to think more about his relationship with Taylor.Â
Reccer says: Absolutely fantastic what-if scenarios of Buck meeting Eddie at different points in his life, finding he can be what Eddie needs even when they're strangers and making him consider the places they keep in each other's lives.Â
12. i did, i did, i do  by hattalove (@hattalove) (4.3k, Teen)
Warnings: none
In the weeks after meeting each other Buck and Eddie fell in love, got together, broke up, and forgot to fall out of love. When Eddie kisses Buck's hair right as he's loaded out of the ambulance after getting hurt, it all comes crashing back for Buck, and he doesn't know if he can try to forget it all again.Â
Reccer says: Delicious, delicious pining!Â
13. i want your midnights by allyasavedtheday (@littlespoonevan) (36.3k, Teen)
Warnings: noneÂ
To make some extra cash, Eddie rents out his spare room right around the time Buck, after Maddie's prodding, decides to move out of Abby's apartment. What if you were roommates and coworkers and you realized just how much you like being close to each other all the time.Â
Reccer says: Super sweet, following their budding relationship and them being even more in each other's business due to living together!Â
14. ripples all the way down by iriswests (@fcntasmas) (57.2k, Mature)
Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive WarningsÂ
Buck struggles with his jealousy over Ana and lets Maddie set him up on a date with a guy, which to his surprise goes really well, but only complicates his feelings. Meanwhile Christopher engages in some parent trapping and Eddie keeps looking at Buck like he's waiting for him to say something specific.Â
Reccer says: Wonderful post-S4 story of Buck trying to figure out how to move on from his feelings while Christopher is doing his best to pull Buck back in. While the fic is Buck POV, both Buck and Eddie struggle with jealousy over the other's partner and pining for each other.Â
15. I Didn't Know I Was Lonely 'Til I Saw Your Face by HMSLusitania (@hmslusitania) (10.5k, Teen)
Warnings: none
Total strangers Buck and Eddie meet in a therapy waiting room and decide to go to couple's therapy together to wiggle out of the therapy requirements their captains have put on them.Â
Reccer says: Incredibly fun take on a different first meeting and getting to know each other through what the therapist drags out of youÂ
16. Close My Eyes and Stumble (Right Into Your Love) by HMSLusitania (@hmslusitania) (21.6k, Mature)
Warnings: none
Instead of joining the LAFD Eddie takes a job at dispatch. Or, an S1 rewrite where Eddie is the dispatcher Buck keeps talking to.Â
Reccer says: Just such a fun take on Buck and Eddie getting to know each other over the phone and how S1 might slightly change with Eddie taking Abby's place.Â
17. Something Dumb to Do by glorious_spoon (@glorious-spoon) (8.5k, Explicit)
Warnings: none
After being stood up by a date again, Buck comments it's a shame he and Eddie can't just date each other. Eddie indulges his train of thought, but what was supposed to be a hypothetical suddenly leaves them standing on shaky ground as they both contemplate trying it out for real.Â
Reccer says: Stupid4stupid in the best way possible, when you realize hey your best friend actually is really hot and maybe you do want to do something about it!Â
18. A Dad in the Loft is Worth Two in the House by PJO_Connoiseur (154.8k, Explicit)
Warnings: none
Eddie stops running away from his grief and himself, Chris demands communication and vulnerability from his dad, and Buck grapples with the family of it all.Â
Reccer says: I liked it!
19. Darling, So It Goes (Some Things Are Meant To Be) by thetalee (@thetalee) (811.1k, Mature)
Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive WarningsÂ
canon-divergent established buddie au starting from s3 and extending to a full series rewrite  Â
Reccer says: I liked it!
20. nesting season by twoslicetoast (@dampbuck) (22.9k, Explicit)
Warnings: none
Post 9x13 - âGod created the world in seven days. It only takes Eddie six to surreptitiously move into Buckâs house.âÂ
Reccer says: nesting eddie diaz is so important to meÂ
21. Caught Between (A Dream And A Movie Scene) Â by LibbyWrites (14.3k, Mature)
Warnings: none
divergent from 8x11: â Buck wakes up the morning after going for drinks with Ravi on a random bus to who knows where, with a hangover from hell and no memory of what happened.âÂ
Reccer says: I liked it!
22. minestra maritata by damnit_aoidee (@damnit-buck) (1.6k, Teen)
Warnings: referenced drug addiction/recoveryÂ
eddie asks buck on a date while they're cooking togetherÂ
Reccer says: I liked it!
23. would you lie with me and just forget the world by colonoscopys (@colonoscopys) (45.6k, Explicit)
Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive WarningsÂ
AU where buck and eddie were childhood friends and re-unite as adults.Â
Reccer says: i've read this fic sooooo many times!! i love the author's take on eddie's childhood and love how well it explores buck and eddie discovering their sexualities together and the inevitable fallout from that. their adult reunion is so so sweet, too. the fic feels so in character and true to the show despite it being such a divergence from the canon.Â
24. i don't swim and you're not in love by hattalove (@hattalove) (32.3k, Teen)
Warnings: none
eddie cooks, chris domesticates a slug, and buck tries to figure out why he hates his best friend's girlfriend. to everyone's immense shock and surprise, it goes badly.Â
Reccer says: this is a sweet and aching look at what it means for buddie when one of them finds someone else, in this case ana, and trying to find the line of their friendship as a resultÂ
25. Muscle Memory by Daisies_and_Briars (@cal-daisies-and-briars) (40k, Teen)
Warnings: none
Natalia and Buck break up, and then Buck's greatest fear comes true - everyone he loves has forgotten him entirely.Â
Reccer says: this is a brutal and incisive look at buck's character, his deepest fears, how he would handle obliteration, and how much the 118 love himÂ
26. the patron saint of the lost causes by chromatophorica (32k, Mature)
Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings; alcoholism and discussions around addiction/recoveryÂ
so this is actually a two part series, not a fic, but it's a post lawsuit arc au where buck and bobby have a different path to rebuilding their relationshipÂ
Reccer says: this is a really lovely interrogation of trying to renegotiate relationships given the realities of the damage from the lawsuitÂ
27. Finding You by Sabs (@memequeme) (16.7k, Teen)
Warnings: none
Buck and Eddie develop a spontaneous soulbond, something they only realise when Eddie leaves for TexasÂ
Reccer says: so beautifully written, such a cathartic look at how much buddie love each other, and what they would do for each other       Â
28. paving hell with energy by Elgney (52.5k, Explicit)
Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings; some non consensual touchingÂ
Just before Eddie moves to El Paso, Buck and Maddie get kidnapped. Eddie spirals.Â
Reccer says: elgney is so good at thorny and engaging fics - this one really helps Eddie cut the Gordian knot of his s8 emotions around chris and texas and buck in a really compelling wayÂ
29. on the run from a losing game by evanfixes (hymbeaux) (@evanfixes) (77.8k, Explicit)
Warnings: major character injuryÂ
Buck breaks up with Tommy in a panic early on, not wanting to ruin Tommy's friendship with Eddie, and starts dating a different firefighter across town and tries to hide it from Eddie.Â
Reccer says: dramatic, cathartic, a real tour de forceÂ
30. Tomorrow I'll Be Brave (You Make Me Brave) by serenelystrange (18.9k, Teen)
Warnings: food insecurity, mentions of past survival sexÂ
different first meeting au - buck is homeless when he first arrives in LA, and meets Bobby when he helps him with an orange tree adjacent accident in his own yardÂ
Reccer says: a really lovely character study in how they would grow and change with a different meeting   Â
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Thinking about Eddie telling Father Brian heâs straight when he thinks Father Brian is hitting on him, and wondering how many times thatâs happened to him before (my guess, given he looks like that and live in LA? A lot), and how often Buck was there witnessing it and dying a little bit inside every single time.
When Evan Buckleyâeveryone calls me Buckâraces into a burning building for the first time, Bobby watches the shadows retreat from his face and settle into burning determination and excitement, damn the flames in front of him; this kid blazes hotter, brighter.
Faster.
Itâs like introducing oxygen to house fire. The starving flames shoot up and start to crawl towards the source of their fuel, up and out. Each patient Buck carries out and sets at the foot of the ambulance is like an open window on the ground floor.
Itâs good, the passion, the drive, itâs good. Thatâs what Bobby says to himself as the kid grows. Gets his shield. Settles in.
The shadows flicker back and forth every so often.
Now, Bobbyâs a legacy firefighter, but you donât have to be to know that the fuel eventually runs out and eventually youâre standing in a smoking pile of rubble, or not standing at all. He canât put his finger on it thoughâthe way Buck seeks out the heat, but not the praise; the fire, but not the glory. Thereâs just something about how he carries himself.
âYouâd think a kid that cocky would stick around for the cameras,â Hen comments as she packs up the ambulance at the end of a long shift. Buck, sooty and gleefully exhausted, lets Chimney herd him towards the showers like a misbehaving sheep while the rest of A-Shift shucks their gear and collapses into bunks. He came back in the engine with the rest of them, dodging reporters in favor of dogging Bobbyâs heels.
âHm,â is all Bobby says.
Itâs late, one night, when Buck finds him sitting at the loft table doing the meal planning for the next month. He wanders upstairs with bleary eyes and nabs an apple from the bowl on the island before plopping down on an armchair, sprawling coltish legs over one arm and crunching sloppily on his prize.
Bobby marks down Granny Smiths on the grocery list and returns to plotting out the weekly protein dishes. Spaghetti and meatballs, by request, falls in the middle of the week; he can put chicken on either end, fish on a Friday maybeâŚheâs cross checking what they already have in the freezer when Buck comes up behind him and peers over his shoulder.
âWhatcha doing?â He takes another slurping bite of his apple and leans over to squint at the calendar array on the table.
Bobby has an idea.
âIâm writing a menu for next month. Got any requests?â He toes out one of the chairs and Buck takes the invitation, sliding into the seat and grabbing at one of the notepads Bobby uses to write down recipe ideas.
See, Bobbyâs got a theory. Most guys, the fire station is their âhome away from home.â Sure they love the job, you have to in order to do itâif youâre good at itâbut this isnât the place they come to land, itâs not where they start or end.
Buckâs a bit different. Maybe Bobby wouldnât go as far as to say the fire station is his home butâwell, maybe that is a fair assessment. Wherever he does come from itâs not worth saying. Maybe itâs too cold. Maybe thatâs why he runs towards fire. Heâs no firebug, god forbid, heâs a heat seeker.
Thankfully, thereâs more than one way to run into a fire.
Bobby flips to a blank page on his note pad and starts writing. Eggs. Bacon. Pancakes, blueberries or chocolate chip. After that they can move on to lunch foodsâHen loves paninis, and Chimney will never turn down a club. Heâll have to ask Buck if there are any soups he likes, but for now theyâll start with a tomato bisque.
After all, the hearth is the heart of the home.
The next day, Buck joins him at the blue-burning gas stove and learns to make eggs with shallots. He burns the whole pan.
