My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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S8e08 Coda
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- Part 14 of 9-1-1 Short Works (<1000 Words)
- Part 1 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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Even when she hands him a cup of cocoa, he doesn’t react.
Maddie lets him sit though, knowing he’ll talk when he’s ready.
What she doesn’t expect is the tears to come first.
(Maddie listens to Buck talk about Eddie moving and makes preliminary plans to make her brother's heart doesn't get broken.)
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- Part 60 of 9-1-1 One Shots
- Part 2 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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Soon, El Paso will be where he calls home again.
Back to square one.
But it’s for Christopher.
A single call can change everything, though, making him question his decision to move more than ever.
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- Part 3 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
- Part 10 of My 9-1-1 Brain Babies That I'm Not Writing Out Fully
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He hated every moment of it. Hated seeing Eddie walk through those doors. Hated feeling like the calls and texts would eventually taper off and he’ll no longer have Eddie in any capacity.
But…
But maybe, he just needed someone to remind him that flights go both ways. Like how a light can be turned off and on. Like how fire destroys and nurtures.
People leave from the airport.
But they also come back and arrive at the airport.
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- Part 4 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
- Part 62 of 9-1-1 One Shots
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Because Buck not only captivated him. Through every moment of undivided devotion, of smiles and laughter, of adoring looks, of highs and low, Buck brought him so much.
Ease. Safety. Sparks. Happiness.
Joy.
And he chooses joy.
He wants to choose Buck.
The question is: will Buck let Eddie choose him after leaving?
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- Part 63 of 9-1-1 One Shots
- Part 5 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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And now looking at said partner who’s determined to find the best kitchen with his own criteria rather than what would be Eddie's criteria probably with the understanding it won't be Eddie's kitchen even though it'll be in Eddie's home, he thinks maybe…
Maybe he's missed something all along.
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- Part 6 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
- Part 64 of 9-1-1 One Shots
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"Being Buck means not giving up, after all." by Unhingedoveractivemuse
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
06 Feb 2025
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Athena pushes Buck in the right direction to get his happiness.
(Or: Athena reminds Buck of what it means to be Buck.)
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- Part 65 of 9-1-1 One Shots
- Part 7 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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Because all he wants is for his son to be happy. by Unhingedoveractivemuse
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
13 Feb 2025
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Eight years. That's how long this kid has been his. To let him go now, after Buck had been the one to make them all family and after so many ups and downs and the firehouse, hurts.
But that's life, isn't it? You watch kids grow up. You watch and let them leave the nest in pursuit of their own life and happiness. You watch them create a family of their own.
He would have had to do the same had Robert Jr. and Brook survived. He has had to watch May leave the nest.
And maybe it's time for Buck too.
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- Part 15 of 9-1-1 Short Works (<1000 Words)
- Part 8 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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So where did his dad get the bright idea of moving to El Paso?
And why the fuck did Buck not stop him?
Adults. They’re all stupid.
But one thing’s for sure.
He can’t stay here.
His dad wants to move here so badly? Fine. He can move here himself.
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- Part 11 of My 9-1-1 Brain Babies That I'm Not Writing Out Fully
- Part 9 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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He needs Buck. That's what moving to El Paso - if you can even call it that considering the short time it was - taught him.
He needs Buck like he needs air. Needs him like he needs water and food. Even the short amount of time without Buck near made him feel like a fish out of water.
“Talk to me,” he pleads. “Make something okay.”
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- Part 66 of 9-1-1 One Shots
- Part 10 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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Buck’s love…when has it ever gotten people to stay?
But he doesn't know how he'll survive it when Eddie actually leaves. He's already dreading each passing day as it is.
At least being hurt means he has an excuse not to see him off, right? Because he swears he will break down as soon as the truck drives out of sight.
He wants to cry just at the thought of it.
Painkillers suck by the way. They make him all emotional.
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- Part 67 of 9-1-1 One Shots
- Part 11 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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“Maybe…maybe he didn't ask because you love it here.”
(He wanted to ask. He really did. But it's not exactly what you'd ask from your best friend right? To uproot his life for your own selfish reasons?)
“I do. Dad. Mom. Sister. Siblings. They’re here. But they...He and and his son. They’re my heart. My home. And one of them is already gone. And the other half…he’s leaving soon too.”
(His own heart wrenches hearing Buck call him and Christopher his heart and that they’re gone. At the same time, his heart gives a little flutter.)
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- Part 12 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
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“Hey, Tubbs,” he murmurs when the tabby circles his ankles later when he's in the middle of making dinner. “Where's your shadow?”
Like summoned, Crockett appears, tail wagging, and immediately goes to nuzzle at Tubbs like the short time away from the cat was too long, and the cat just takes it with good grace.
God, maybe this was a terrible decision because he misses Eddie tenfold watching them.
Then, suddenly, Hairy starts barking up a storm, making Buck alert because while Hairy is the stereotypical small dog with a huge bark, this is…threatening and hostile.
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- Part 13 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
- Part 12 of My 9-1-1 Brain Babies That I'm Not Writing Out Fully
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He should get the surgery. He should live. He should do it for himself, for his family.
He should stop chasing the people who don’t want him back.
But could he really forget?
The truth lies in the texts he's open to.
It lies in the flowers in his hands.
Forget-me-nots.
“I don't think the surgery is for me.”
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- Part 14 of My S8 Mid-Season Break Shenanigans
- Part 13 of My 9-1-1 Brain Babies That I'm Not Writing Out Fully