achillean nonsense

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV) Characters: Evan "Buck" Buckley, Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Christopher Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Bobby Nash, Henrietta "Hen" Wilson, Howie "Chimney" Han, Athena Grant, Ravi Panikkar, Maddie Buckley, Jee-Yun Buckley Han, Karen Wilson, Denny Wilson, Mara Driskell, Josephina "Pepa" Diaz Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Slow Burn, Eventual Relationships, POV Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Getting Together, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Eddie Diaz Loves Evan "Buck" Buckley, First Kiss, Love Confessions, Car Accidents, Major Character Injury, Tommy Kinard Bashing, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Panic Attacks, Mentioned Shannon Diaz, Christopher Diaz Has Two Dads, Marriage Proposal, Eloping, Road Trips, Kind Of, Christopher Diaz is a National Treasure, this fic is basically diverging from canon after 7x06, Eddie getting therapy really changes everything tbh, Firehouse 118 Crew as Family (9-1-1 TV), mentions of depression and ptsd, Kim jumpscare, implied infidelity by Tommy, Evan "Buck" Buckley/Tommy Kinard Break Up, Eddie Diaz/Marisol Break Up (9-1-1 TV), Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Catholic Guilt, Not Beta Read, Jealous Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Nightmares, spoilers for Andor 1x10, yes seriously Summary:

“Looking back on everything, it really shouldn’t have taken Eddie that long to realize he was in love with his best friend. They’d been stumbling toward each other in the dark for as long as he could remember, and then one day it was like someone had finally turned on the lights so he could see who he was really reaching for all this time.”