1. live to die while saving you by justhockey (6.9k, Teen) Warnings: Temporary Character Death 

Buck nearly drowns while performing an off-duty rescue with Eddie. 

Reccer says: it's just so so beautiful!!!! 

2. the one who drives you home tonight by perlaret (@perlaret) (55k, Mature) Warnings: None 

It discusses the consequences of Eddie going missing during a water rescue for Buck and Chris, how they deal with his absence, and the uncertainty of his coming back to them. 

Reccer says: It's beautifully written, and feels very true to Buck, Eddie and Chris' distinct voices. I also like the discrete scenes style chapters which provide a more varied perspective of the entire storyline, instead of following a single pov and covering the entire time period in a continuous narrative. The emotional punches of the story hit quite hard without needing elaborate and dramatic prose to set them up, due to brilliant characterization and very realistic dialogue. A great fic for Deaddie fans. 

3. all the ashes I've earned by greenbergsays (@greenbergsays) (22.3k, Teen) Warnings: none

Spiraling about Eddie's announcement, Buck gets into a car accident and falls into another coma. This is Eddie in the aftermath. 

Reccer says: I liked it!

4. hospital beds by ellewriteswrongs (153.3k, Teen) Warnings: none

what if the lightning struck twice? And then they have share an out of body coma experience in the hospital 

Reccer says: The writing is so pretty and the consequences of the lightning are not brushed over. 

5. Down We Go by bellabrady (@bellabrady) (64.8k, Mature) Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence; Attempted murder, Cannibalism 

Buck and Eddie are in a plane crash that leaves them stranded in the wilderness and fighting for their lives together. 

Reccer says: I liked it!

6. Check the date, darling, fall is almost there by thanatoskull (35.5k, Teen) Warnings: Suicide Ideation 

If you asked Buck, "How did you manage to come back to life?" He would smile, look at you. Then say, "Well, I flirted with the reaper."  

Reccer says: Super interesting alt first meeting and the fantasy elements work well 

7. at every single possible angle by lasagnatheory (@lasagnatheory) (12.5k, Mature) Warnings: Blood, canon-typical injury 

Post Eddie NDE hurt/comfort and getting together fic with Buck sort of going crazy in the waiting room 

Reccer says: buck and eddie are so so abnormal about each other and Everybody knows i love that buck knows eddie so well he could see right through him if he only let himself believe it I kept exclaiming "they WOULD!" while reading this. It's funny and sweet and has lots of buddie's on brand insane4insane.

8. I'm Sorry I Left (But It Was for the Best) by floatyourboat1997 (38.4k, Teen) Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence; minor gun violence (one scene) 

Eddie gets into a car accident on his way home from work, falls into a coma, and leaves Buck behind to pick up the pieces. (The pieces: take care of Christopher, fend off Ramon and Helena, carry out Eddie's Living Will no matter how much he hates it, and slowly come to terms with his (supposedly) unrequited feelings.) Also, he's haunted by the ghost of his half-dead best friend the entire time. 

Reccer says: really good angst in this one, just the course of buck's emotions as he grapples with everything and the progression of the story. the climax is so good but sad at the same time (does have a happy ending though!!) but yeah this is just one of my favorite buddie fics 

9. work widow by oceanofchaos (@islandoforder) (24.4k, Teen) Warnings: presumed dead character (no actual character death) 

a S8a au where aftershocks to an earthquake take Eddie, and Buck loses it just a little. 

Reccer says: one of the best things about buddie nde fics is how they each react to the other in danger and the level to which they realize they value the other, this is one of the best examples of that. so much good focus on the buck and eddie (and also chris here) of it all 

10. take me home (to my heart) by literalmetaphor (20.6k, Teen) Warnings: some depictions of blood and injuries, car accidents 

Eddie and Maddie end up in an impossible situation (car crash) 

Reccer says: maddie and eddie friendship but make it when theyre both about to die!! i cant figure out how to articulate why i like this one so much without explaining the entire plot but its so good 

11. Leave the Light On (I'll Be Coming Home) by HMSLusitania (@hmslusitania) (44.4k, Mature) Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings; Grief

After Eddie is missing presumed dead after an accident on a call, Buck is left with custody of Christopher. An amnesiac in a hospital in the middle of nowhere tries to get back his memories and go home to the people he doesn't remember, but still loves. 

Reccer says: This is an absolute classic in the Buddie fandom, and for a reason. Heartbreaking in the best way, and some of the most quoted and most romantic lines in Buddie fic ever 

12. listen to you breathing (is where I wanna be) by Yavilee (@theladyyavilee) (41.1k, Teen) Warnings: Grief/Mourning, Panic Attacks, Earthquakes, Nightmares 

Stealing this from the actual fic's summary: Buck is presumed dead after a building collapse and Eddie has to live through the reminder that tomorrow isn't promised to anyone 

Reccer says: Ripped my heart into shreds and then tenderly stitched it back together 

13. I deserve the dream (but I don't deserve the hurting) by not1_2write (20.7k, Teen) Warnings: none

Buck jumps off a bridge to save a little girl. For that, he gets months off work and recovery at the Diaz house, though he'd like to point out that technically he jumped out of a bus. 

Reccer says: Very fun and sweet dynamic, not just with buddie but with the whole 118! 

14. where all of the people dancing and clapping would greet me with such warmth by trysetmeonfire (@try-set-me-on-fire) (15.6k, Mature) Warnings: Suicidal thoughts 

When people are close to dying, they start turning invisible to Buck. In the fall after S5, Buck himself begins to disappear. 

Reccer says: Technically part 2 and I DO recommend reading part 1 for some background stuff. Intense angst where Buck knows he's on his way to dying, but doesn't know how, when, or where, and can't even tell people what he suspects (knows) because how do you explain that. 

15. you know i will adore you 'til eternity by teaspoonmoon (@young-waverer) (12.7k, Explicit) Warnings: none

“Man?” Buck frowns, making an affronted sound at the back of his throat. “Did you just call me man in bed? You're kidding me right now.” “What would you rather I say, Buck?” Eddie quizzes, shoving at Buck's arm to dislodge him. He hooks an ankle around Buck's calf and all of a sudden he's on top. Settling onto Buck's thighs for a moment, he leans forward to drag Buck into a kiss, licking messily into his mouth. When Eddie pulls away, he continues. “Schnookems?” He bites at the juncture of Buck's neck and shoulder, kissing the sting away. “Honey bear?” He mouths up Buck's neck, pinching a nipple. Buck tries to thrust up against Eddie but has nowhere to go with Eddie's bulk pressing him down. “Sugar plum?” He glides his hands up, sliding both into Buck's hair, leaning in for another wet kiss. “Baby?”        

Reccer says: The NDE in this one, and how it plays into the premise of the fic, took my breath away! Such a great reveal. 

16. boys, when my baby found me by nondz (pinkjook) (12.7k, Explicit) Warnings: Canon typical blood/injuries 

Three months later, things are mostly back to normal. And then there's an accident. A post S7 Eddie NDE  

Reccer says: THE Freak4freak buddie fic! Eddie NDE with Buck whump. Very spicy chapter 3 getting together scene 

17. Fairytales are Fickle Things by TalkNerdyToMe6 (11.2k, Teen) Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings; No specific warnings but again Eddie is impaled 

Buck and Eddie get married while Eddie is impaled after a subway collapse 

Reccer says: The delicious angst! The heart-rending romance! A really fun fic I've read over and over! 

18. The Bravery Game by songbvrd (25.5k, Mature) Warnings: passive suicidal ideation, non graphic violence 

A serial killer kidnaps Maddie and leaves a note for the person who loves her most to trade places with her. Buck is only too willing to be the one to do it. Split POV Buck and Maddie. 

Reccer says: very much a buckley siblings fic, but with a strong buddie and madney core to it 

19. all your love and your longing by EiraLloyd (@unlifeira) (18.7k, Teen) Warnings: Author Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings 

Eddie goes missing, is presumed dead. Things get worse before they get better. 

Reccer says: Really digging into the contentious nature of the Diaz parents relationships with Chris and Eddie, particularly if Eddie went missing a mere month after Chris returned from Texas, and what that would mean 

20. the going water and the gone by trysetmeonfire (@try-set-me-on-fire) (31.5k, Teen) Warnings: suicidal thoughts 

Eddie is missing presumed dead after the cruise ship sinks, Buck tries to keep his promises 

Reccer says: Buck forcing himself to keep going for Chris' sake when Eddie is missing presumed on the cruise ship, the sheer grief, the custory battle, the will.... this fic has it all 

21. a row of captured ghosts by glorious_spoon (@glorious-spoon) (8.3k, Teen) Warnings: none

Eddie is at an open house in El Paso, eating mini quiches and making awkward conversation with another prospective buyer—single mom, two kids in the school district Chris has been attending since September, pleasant and, in retrospect, kind of flirty—when the accident happens. He doesn't know, though later that feels impossible. He should have felt the impact from eight hundred miles away. 

Reccer says: Buck nearly dies while Eddie is in El Paso, and the shock of it helps Eddie to re-evaluate his life and choices up to this moment... 

22. Cliff's Edge by sunflowerbuckleys (@sunflowerbuckleys) (3.7k, Teen) Warnings: none

Eddie falls off a cliff, and it knocks a few truths loose. 

Reccer says: this is truly such a stunning reckoning with emotions from both buck and eddie tbh, buck's sheer panic at losing eddie (first to a fall and then to a confession) could only be topped by eddie's determinedly casual realisation that buck is the love of his life 

23. don't let the tide come and wash us away by writerforlife (23.8k, Mature) Warnings: none

Buck develops a relationship with the ocean, avoids talking about the day Eddie was shot, realizes he might be in love, and drives.