los angeles wasn't built in a day
buck/eddie | 44k (so far) | 4/5 chapters | rated m | post-season five, getting together, fake dating (in a sense)
โWeโre not going to pretend to be divorced just so Chris can get into a summer camp, Buck,โ Eddie says, trying to sound convincing even as he starts to feel his resolution crumbling inside of him. โWhy not?โ Buck asks, sounding genuinely baffled, like he canโt understand Eddieโs refusal at all. And how does Eddie begin to explain the irrationality of his rational denial? He canโt tell Buck the real reason he canโt go through with it. He canโt tell him without having to reach into his chest, clawing out his heart, setting it down at Buckโs feet still beating, and saying, โBecause the only thing worse than loving you knowing I canโt have you would be having to pretend like I didnโt love you enough to keep you with me forever.โ (or the fake ex husbands to fake husbands to husbands fic.)
chapter one: summer was coming and change was, too (10.3k)
chapter two: look at me now, i'm falling at your feet (15.8k)
chapter three: even in nature, timing is everything (10.6k)
chapter four: when we're on fire, it's something to see (8.1k)
chapter five
(read on ao3.)
