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  1. Rec 38

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    "So what do we do tomorrow on shift when Eddie asks how the date went?" asks Val

    "We tell him 'Hey, we tried but we're better off as friends'," Answers Buck matter-of-factly.

    "Boo!" she jeers whilst throwing the stale bar pretzels at him. "Thats lame, why don't we... pretend we're dating?"

    "Why would we do that?"

    "To make Eddie jealous!" States Val with a michevious grin.

    "Which will, never in a million years work." Buck has considered the possibility of Eddie loving him back, he's had the fantasies, but that's all they will ever amount to, fantasies.

    "What's the harm in trying? Look, if it doesn't work, then I go back to the 112, we go our separate ways, tell him we're better off as friends. If it does work? You'll finally get your hunky firefighter and live happily ever after! Either way, no downside."

    Buck hums in agreement, ruminating on the idea. Shes not wrong, its not exactly a win-win situation, more like win-neutral; but theres no loss really! Perhaps the 3 beers and 2 vodka tonics have impacted his decision-making more than he thought.

    "Fuck it"

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    Buck fake dates another firefighter, Eddie goes crazy

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    24 Jan 2026

  2. Rec 45

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    It’s not ideal, being dead. He can’t bake, he can’t take a shower, he can’t go to work. And he can’t tell Eddie he loves him.

    It occurred to him in the too-fast flash of a second it took to fall 48 feet into the fiery subfloor full of rubble, glass, and rebar.

    Oh, Eddie.

    Not ideal at all.

    or: Buck is haunting Eddie's house. That's not the end of the story.

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    22 Jan 2026

  3. Rec 11

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    "You know," Buck says, taking a drink from the water bottle he keeps in his truck, "for a second I thought Athena was trying to set us up."

    Eddie fumbles buckling his seat belt and looks up fast. He feels his cheeks pulse red because — it's a ridiculous idea. Everyone knows Eddie is straight. Athena wouldn't —

    Buck continues, "When that mental health cop —"

    "Alex," Eddie fills in, wondering where Buck is going with this.

    "Right. When Alex walked in." He puts the truck in reverse, checks his blind spot.

    Eddie exhales as he watches Buck expertly navigate around the pillar he parked next to in the hospital parking garage. Athena wouldn't set them up with each other, and that's not what Buck meant. "Yeah," he says, laughing a little as the tension deflates.

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    21 Jan 2026

  4. Rec 3

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    After the grocery store standoff, Eddie Diaz agrees to something he’s spent years avoiding: help.
    Therapy doesn’t fix him. It doesn’t unravel him, either. It simply teaches him to recognise the war he’s been fighting alone — and what it might mean to finally call a ceasefire.
    A quiet story about trauma, worthiness, truth, and choosing peace.

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    20 Jan 2026

  5. Rec 7

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    Eddie frowns, brows pulling together. "You want to hump my leg?"

    What kind of dogs does Eddie know?

    "No," Buck says, and he can't say this to Eddie right on like this, but Eddie is still holding his face. Still forcing him to look.

    "Well," he reconsiders. "Yeah. But I want—Eddie, can I—"

    Eddie laughs, a soft sweet exhalation. "Why don't you show me?"

    Eddie shows up at Buck's apartment after his date with Tommy, ready to mark his territory.

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    18 Jan 2026