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First, I gotta disclaimer that my memories of the lawsuit era stuff are fuzzy, it's been a while since I watched those eps. (plus I find that storyline kinda triggering due to personal reasons)

The RSD hits Buck even worse in a universe where Buck is transferred. Makes him feel even more disposable, that the people he considered family just let him go. (how fair or logical that feeling is doesn't matter) This causes Buck to regress into full Buck 1.0 fuckboi habits. He's not stealing ladder trucks but he gives up searching for something real, feeling this is all he has to offer.

Buck is reassigned to the 136 right before the Tsunami. So he's at the pier when the wave hits, but in a professional capacity instead of entertaining Chris (who in this scenario is safely at home)

In this scenario, instead of being blissfully ignorant about Buck's situation, the 118 and especially Bobby know he was at the pier and is currently missing. (the least satisfying part of that storyline was despite of the lovely Buck whump I got no one knew he was in danger until afterward)

Bobby spends most of the day desperately searching for him, dealing with all the hellish guilt that comes from knowing it was him trying to keep Buck safe that got him in this mess. With Chimney's help he even is able to acquire a very familiar helicopter pilot willing to help him search long after being told it's hopeless. (Bobby does break out the rosary beads at one point)

Obviously they find Buck, but the rift is still there and is some ways Buck is even angrier for being let go after a day of life-saving after a literal tsunami, and he has a blowout fight with Bobby.