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i see you, i feel you (i'm sorry that i took so long to get here) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do) for tidesreach
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
07 Jul 2026
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“Your family is adorable,” she says with a smile, before turning her attention to the drawer to get Eddie’s change.
“Oh,” he breathes, blinking a couple of times, “thank you.”
It’s the only reaction that feels correct. That is his family. Unconventional, maybe, but real in every way that matters.
“How long have you been married?” She asks, finally handing him the change, and his brain comes to a screeching halt as he looks at her properly.
Hailey, as per the name tag pinned next to a little rainbow flag, who can’t be more than a few months older than Chris, thinks he’s married to Buck.
He doesn’t know exactly what to do.
“We’re,” he tries, before clearing his throat, “we’re not married.”
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Eddie just wanted to buy some ice cream. -
all of me a wound to close (but I leave the whole thing open) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
23 Apr 2026
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“Buck's mind keeps wandering back to a night spent on Eddie’s couch, which feels like it happened a couple of lifetimes ago, when Eddie had stared at the ceiling and apologized for not being able to go into his room while he was in the coma, even though he was in the hospital most of the time.
He wonders if that’s how he felt, something trapping him inside dull walls and gray floors.
Because Buck can’t move.
Can’t leave.
But he’s not sure would be able to sit by Eddie’s bed while feeling as raw as he does right now, either.
He just knows he needs to stay because Eddie and Christopher are somewhere in there, and that means he can’t go.
It feels like he’s trapped in a nightmare. He’s been in it since he noticed Eddie’s car.
He’s not even sure how long he’s been there, all he knows is the sticky feeling the rain has left on his skin.”
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The one where Eddie and Chris get into a car crash, and I make Buck scream, cry, and throw up in no particular order. -
it’d be an honor just to offer up a hand to hold by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
05 Mar 2026
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Later, when people ask Eddie how he did it, he won’t have an answer.
He just knows he feels the metal give, and then he has his arms around Buck, kicking his way back up to the surface.
He doesn’t stop to consider the mechanics of what’s happening until after he drags them to the shore.
The problem is that Buck is still not breathing.
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Buck drowns. -
tell me you want me (show me you mean it) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
25 Feb 2026
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“This is not the type of stuff that should be displaced and currently in Buck’s possession.
If he had it his way, he would never lay eyes on this and be forced to learn its content.
Because he’s currently holding the “Last Will and Testament of Edmundo Diaz.”
But that’s not really what has Buck cross-legged on the floor of his bedroom in the middle of the night, feeling like the gravitational pull of the Earth has changed.
It’s the piece of slightly crumpled notepad paper with it, scribbled with Eddie’s handwriting, with lines crossed and smudged letters.
That’s addressed to him.”
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Eddie’s will has a letter attached to it. Buck finds a draft. -
you got me shaking now (loving something that could be taken from me) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
15 Sep 2025
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The way Eddie keeps looking at Buck like he’s blowing things out of proportion is actually making everything worse.
Because, look, Buck knows he probably is.
Everyone is fine.
Eddie didn’t get hurt. The girl is predicted to have a full recovery, and the guy is in jail already.
And most importantly, no one got shot.
No lasting damage is going to come from that last call.
Not really.
But, fuck, Buck is still shaking.
He doesn’t shake like this after a call. Especially not after ones that ends in the best-case scenario
But all he can think about is how he was like this when he was wearing Eddie’s blood.
And that’s the real problem here.
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Buck picks a fight after Eddie does something reckless at a call. -
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The issue is that no house is good enough when the other option is Eddie and Christopher filling the house with the warmth he could never quite capture while they were in Texas.
But he can’t keep delaying it if Eddie managed to sell a whole house in the time that Buck’s been looking for an apartment.
Sure, it seems like Eddie did a great job making the place livable, enough to make the place appealing enough to get a few offers, but still, Buck needs to find a new place to live.
And it’s making him think about all those feelings he’s been ignoring since Eddie told him he was looking for houses in El Paso.
The level of hurt behind the decision to move in and let Eddie go without a fight.
Because he didn’t think he could win.
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Buck really really doesn’t want to move out. -
one step, not much (but it said enough) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
05 Jun 2025
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Buck is tired.
He’s tired driving home.
He’s tired dropping his keys when he tries to put them on the door with half-closed eyes.
He’s tired finally walking in, putting his bag away, and taking his shoes off.
And he’s tired following Eddie’s call letting him know he’s in the kitchen, even though it’s past midnight and Buck was preparing himself to just drop into the couch and not think about anything until the morning.
So he can’t really be blamed here.
Because Eddie is glancing at him over his shoulder, a lazy smile on his face, telling Buck about how he figured that since he had texted it had been a crazy shift, he wouldn’t have had the time to eat at the station so he is just finishing dinner for him, he should just sit down and wait before turning back to the pan he has on the fire.
So Buck just crosses the kitchen, wrapping his arms around Eddie’s middle, pressing himself against his back, tucking his face against his neck before he can talk himself out of it.
Because apparently, he’s too tired to pretend he’s not in love with Eddie.
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Buck has a long day and just says what he wants. -
thought the plane was going down (how’d you turn it right around) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
30 Mar 2025
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There are a lot of issues with being forced to confront the idea that you might be in love with your best friend.
Eddie is Buck's favorite person, and he never wanted to look at what that meant all too closely because, well, he can't hate the fact that he can't have something if he convinces himself he doesn't want it.
So he talked himself out of it.
Twisted himself into knots to stop the thought from taking root.
But it's not like he could stop himself from letting the feeling register with Eddie standing in front of him.
When Eddie is in his reach, and somehow even more beautiful than in his memories.
FaceTime doesn't do justice to the effect Eddie has on him.
So Buck is forced to accept the fact that he is in love with him.
Probably has been for most of the time they've known each other.
So he's probably fucked.
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Eddie is back. Buck is in love with him. He's being very normal about it. -
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Buck going down is what makes Eddie move.
The immediate threat is gone, Chris is safe and in his arms, so the gravity of it all hits him like a truck as Chim, Hen, and Bobby lower Buck into the cot behind him.
It makes him adjust his grip on Christopher, getting him properly on his lap, before standing up and walking to Buck like something is pulling him.
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The one at the VA hospital after the tsunami
Can be read as a standaloneSeries
- Part 4 of The Trauma Fic Verse
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"Okay, they should be back here soon with your discharge papers," Buck says, coming back into the room and Eddie wants to cheer at the fact he wouldn't have to stay the night, "then we can get you home."
"We?" He says, shooting a confused glance at Buck, who squares his shoulder as if he was expecting Eddie to put up a fight.
"I'm staying with you," he says, tone final and Eddie groans.
"Why?"
"Why? Did you forget what happened today?" Buck's looking at him like he's crazy and he didn't think he should be this annoyed by it, but he is.
"I don't need a babysitter, I'm a medic," he complains and Buck steps closer to the bed.
"The only reason they are letting you go tonight is because I, a trained EMT, am agreeing to keep an eye on you so I don't care if you have a secret MD you never told me about, I'm staying with you or I'm not checking you out and you can stay here."
"You wouldn't," Eddie frowns because he doesn't pout, but maybe he is pouting as Buck huffs, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Try me."
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The one where Buck takes Eddie home after the well collapse.Can be read as a standalone
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- Part 3 of The Trauma Fic Verse
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we just danced backwards into each other by I_almost_do
Fandoms: 5 Seconds of Summer (Band)
25 Jul 2024
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"But it's a story about unrequited love."
"I think it may give this impression, but It's not unrequited, It's worse actually," Lena explains.
"How is it worse? Loving someone that doesn't love you it's awful," they ask and she nods.
"I agree, but it's not like the girl is begging to be loved back, because he does love her, it's just that he doesn't know how to love her in the right way and that just makes it all so much more painful because she's standing there watching him leave knowing that she's what he sees when he thinks about the future, but still he doesn't know how to keep her close through the madness in his life, so he keeps hurting her, because how do you even begin to walk away from something that feels so real while you can't figure out how to love them through the turmoil in your head? So they end up trapped in this cycle trying to learn how to love each other or just how to live without the other, and she thinks hating him could make things easier but at the end of the day she just wants him to let her love him."
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Childhood friends to friends with benefits and also feelings to did we ruin the friendship to now we are a pr stunt to lovers. -
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How long had he been pushing the knife deeper?
How much had he actually hurt Eddie before he chose to pull it out himself and close the door so Buck wouldn't be able to anymore?
How much would he take if Buck hadn't started to yell at him and let him do whatever it would take to be supportive?
Would he make it through the wedding?
Would he stand behind Buck at the altar, watching him marry someone else, never saying a word?
Just shove his feelings down because he thought this was what would make Buck happy?
The fucked up part is that Buck knows he would.
Would even smile through everything too, help him with planning, and talk him down if he panicked.
Just stand there, with his feelings unknown, letting Buck push the knife in deeper and deeper until there would be nothing left of them.
Until there was so much pain that there would be no saving them when Buck finally came to his senses.
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Buck proposes to Natalia, picks a fight with Eddie and things come to focus after they have a really bad week. -
i'll never give you away ('cause i've already made that mistake) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
14 Jul 2024
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And maybe he should think this through before talking to Eddie.
But, fuck it, it's not like he's known for thinking before he acts.
So he's rushing out of the car, stepping up to the door, calling out before he even closes it behind him.
“Eddie!”
“Hey? Did we have—” Eddie peaks out of the dining room before cutting himself as he steps into the living room when he notices the look on his face, expression changing from fond confusion to plain worry, “Buck, what's going on?”
“What happened at that party?” Buck asks, and he freezes in place, tilting his head.
“What?”
“What happened at that party?”
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Buck almost kissed Eddie at the bachelor party and forgot about it. Until he remembered. -
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It happens slowly.
It's like the high tide slowly making its way across the sand on a lazy afternoon.
It's not what Eddie expects.
He thought that if he ever felt this way again it would be sudden.
A tidal wave.
The realization is almost… peaceful.
Maybe it would've been peaceful.
Under better, more ideal circumstances.
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Eddie's feelings come to light during Chim and Maddie's wedding.(All works in this series are unrelated)
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- Part 3 of no dialogue no happy ending pining Eddie
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So, even though Buck has only been gone for a day, he can't help the way his heart speeds up when he hears Buck's key on the door.
And, look, he tries to give Buck time to settle in.
He manages the time it takes for Buck to take his shoes off and put his bag away, greeting him with a tired but genuine smile before Eddie just moves straight into his chest, arms wrapping around his middle, hiding his face on his neck and exhaling like he somehow had been holding his breath since Buck walked out the door the day before.
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They just got together. Eddie is touchy and misses Buck. Buck is not sure how to react. They are in love and finally say it. From both POVs. -
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But he's also feeling the need to confess, and this is the closest he can force himself into.
So he drops into the chair and finally meets Frank's eyes.
“I broke up with Marisol.”
“I'm sorry to hear that,” Frank says in the calm let's talk about how that makes you feel voice that used to drive him up the wall.
Maybe it still does.
“No, that's not the problem,” Eddie shakes his head and he nods.
“Alright, what is the problem?”
“I lied to Buck.”
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Eddie needs to talk about how he's feeling. That's what therapy is for, right? -
wondering why won’t you crush me (you know i'll put you above me) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
10 Apr 2024
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Maybe he was scared of what it meant.
Because that seems to be the only thing he’s feeling.
Fear.
And an irrational need to sit down and cry.
Maybe not irrational.
He just never saw Buck look that… happy? Giddy? Free?
And Eddie wants that for him.
He does.
By God he does.
Buck deserves happiness.
Last week he would’ve been ecstatic.
Last week.
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Buck has a boyfriend. Eddie has feelings about it.(All works in this series are unrelated)
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- Part 2 of no dialogue no happy ending pining Eddie
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The lights flicker before the elevator comes to a stop.
A few times actually.
So maybe they should’ve thought something was wrong before the thing came to a screeching halt.
And it was screeching.
The sound it made when the lights went off and it finally stopped was kind of daunting.
The annoyed groan Eddie lets out along with the thud that lets Buck know he dropped against one of the walls is also disconcerting.
Or maybe just concerning. When that’s followed by the sound of him sliding to the floor along with the emergency lights filling the elevator with a dim reddish light.
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Buck and Eddie get trapped in an elevator. What else can they do besides talk to each other? -
we didn't happen the way we were supposed to (where do we go now?) by Iover_of_mine (I_almost_do)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
27 Jan 2024
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The craziest part is that Eddie doesn't even know why they're fighting.
Can't remember what started it.
Who said what that landed them screaming at each other in a way that reminds him of the way Shannon and him used to fight.
Maybe it comes with it.
With fighting your best friend.
Letting someone know you means letting them know how to hurt you.
And oh, has Buck been digging the knife deeper.
He's not even sure Buck realizes how much he's been holding back.
It's not like he really has a choice.
At some point, they stopped talking.
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Buck and Eddie start fighting over things left unsaid or just misunderstood. -
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And, sure, it took Buck way too long to realize what he was feeling.
To name it.
To try to understand it.
But he's here now.
And can't keep not doing something about it.
So he's doing something about it.
He's getting in the goddamn car.
Who cares if it's almost midnight?
Who cares if they're just out of a 24-hour shift?
Who cares if he doesn't know for sure the answer he's gonna get?
He's doing it.
He's gonna say it.
Put his feelings out in the world.
Evan Buckley is in love with Eddie Diaz.
And he's gonna tell him.
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Buck decides he needs to confess his feelings and drives over in the middle of the night.