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After the tsunami, Buck moves in with Eddie, determined to help Christopher through the nightmares that follow. Somewhere between midnight talks and quiet mornings, they cross the line from friendship to something else—but Buck learns too late that they’re not on the same page.
One heated argument about what they are, combined with Buck’s discrimination complaint against the LAFD, shatters the fragile thing they’d built. Now they’re not speaking, and Buck’s left wondering if he’s lost Eddie for good.
But when life-altering news drops into his lap, Buck is forced to decide—will he reach for Eddie, or let the distance between them become permanent?
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- Part 1 of Still Holding On
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Buck had lost-- he was sure of this now. His resolve only lasted a few weeks before his exterior began to crack; he was never a very good actor. He couldn’t keep up the greetings and the asking questions and the easy stroll. He let his shoulders creep up to his ears, let his foot tap incessantly. He did what his Captain told him, but stopped asking for anything more. Stopped following the conversation in the back of the engine on the way to the call; he just stared out the window, thinking about the case to come, preparing for it. When he woke every morning, there was no big recovery milestone to strive for, no big fight for the soul of his career to win. Not even the happy swell of being back on shift -- something so easy to dismiss, that had dominated so much of his life, that he had taken for granted-- that had catalyzed him each morning of his first week back.
An old habit of his had returned. A bad habit.~~
or: after the lawsuit, buck confronts what it was he wanted all along. he looks and looks and longs for it; the team looks right through him. buck breaks-- right down the middle.
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- Part 1 of Lighthouse Universe
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15 Jun 2026
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Buck has been back from the lawsuit for a month, and he is still man behind, still being shut off from the others, alone. That all changes with one phone call from a person from his past. Buck's life changes in an instant. Back in Montana for the first time in years, to meet the daughter he never knew, Buck has to decide to leave the 118 behind or not.
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It's a known fact: Buckleys run. He ran from medicine once. Now he's running again — from the 118, from everything he screwed up. There's nothing left for him in LA except Maddie. So he does what Buckleys do. He runs. Back to medicine, but not in a hospital. In a war zone. With MSF.
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15 Jun 2026