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  1. Rec 8

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    Five rings from Emily's past, and one for her future.

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    08 Feb 2025

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    Ow,” Josh hisses, and Eddie winces, says “Shit, sorry.” Goes back to what he was doing, a little less toothy this time, except it’s kind of—well, there’s not a whole lot happening, there’s a lot of spit, and maybe the concept of a tongue, but definitely not the execution of one, Josh says, “okay, can you just-” and, “you need to close your mouth more-” and, “no not like that, oh my god haven’t you ever done this before?”
    And then Eddie freezes.
    And Josh says, “Oh my god.”

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    Josh really needs to stop trying to get the closet case to self-actualize.

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    14 Oct 2024

  3. Rec 28

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    Six times someone makes assumptions about Buck and Eddie’s relationship, and two times it’s perfectly clear. Queerplatonic Buddie.

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    “You are. You're the best. Best driver. Best dad,” Buck adds, now deep in thought. Or, as deep as one can be, right out of sedation. “Best coworker, best firefighter,” he continues, and Eddie hears a muffled sound from the back, choosing to let it go.

    “That's nice of you to say, thank you,” he says mildly, giving Buck's knee a pat. “Rest, Buck.”

    Buck shushes him. “I'm fine. Are you listening? I’m not sure you're listening.”

    “I'm listening.” Eddie pitches his voice to sound more reassuring.

    “Best friend. You're my best friend,” Buck tells him, like this is new information to Eddie.

    (Or, Buck gets some wisdom teeth removed and says a lot of things. Eddie has a crisis about it, and Chris gets involved because he thinks they're both idiots.)

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    06 Aug 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    so cute omg

  5. Rec 80

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    There is one point on the list, though, for which no matter how much digging Eddie does, he finds no rational reason to discard.
    QUEERING THE MAP, it says, in big bold letters. A website. Completely anonymous. No sign ups, no follow ups, no nothing. All you have to do is tap on some place, any place, on a map of the whole wide world, write about your queer experiences in that place, and send it off. Niche enough that he’s pretty sure Buck doesn’t know about it; popular enough that it’s unlikely he’d stumble across Eddie’s entries if he did. As long as Eddie doesn’t do anything stupid and tag any places that could expose who wrote the message, like his house or the loft, he ought to be fine.
    But, like, it’s a map. Eddie’s not going to get any real help from a fucking map. He’ll give it the courtesy of a five minute look-over. Afterwards, he can cast it aside like everything else.
    Or:
    Eddie figures some things out, gets a second therapist, and tries his best at finding a way to keep Buck from noticing how obviously and hopelessly Eddie is in love with him.
    It's ironic, really, that what ends up exposing him are his anonymous musings on some niche internet map.

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