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“Help me fix it! You’re the guy who fixes things, so help me fix this,” Chim begs, placing the bag he’s holding onto the coffee table in front of them. Buck sighs and sits on the couch, opening the bag and pulling the pieces out.
“Huh,” he hums, rubbing his chin. “Y’know, this isn’t so bad.”
“You can fix it?” Chim perks up.
“No,” Buck says, “but I know a guy who can.”or
5 times Buck ‘knows a guy’ and 1 time Eddie does (aka Buck being the guy who fixes things and Eddie returns the favour)
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02 Feb 2026
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“Champurrado,” Eddie corrects softly, putting the tray down on the coffee table. “We used to drink this with Abuela when we helped decorate her tree.”
“Oh,” Buck breathes, blinking down at his mug. This - this is a deeply personal family tradition that Eddie has so casually included him in. Buck knows how much he’s missing Abuela, knows that this is probably helping him and Chris feel connected to her. And they’re including Buck.or
Five times Eddie included Buck in his and Christopher’s family Christmas traditions plus two new ones they make together. Bonus Eddie lightly torturing Buck through blatant flirting.
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- Part 1 of Buddie Advent 2025
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01 Feb 2026
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“You’re Buck’s Babbles, right? That’s your podcast?” Eddie asks. Buck uncrosses his arms as his eyes widen and he steps closer to Eddie. He looks a little stunned.
“Uh - y-yeah. It is. How - how do you know that? I don’t have any of my social media linked to it,” Buck stutters, stepping closer again. Eddie is peripherally aware of the others staring at them but he can’t break himself out of the bubble they’ve found themselves in. The reason Eddie is standing where he is right now is standing right in front of him. Buck is standing right in front of him.or
The one where Buck had a podcast and helps Eddie before they meet (and Eddie is totally smitten).
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31 Jan 2026
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“What are you doing here?” he asks his niece when she starts squirming back out of his embrace, carefully setting her down. He almost asks if she ran away from home, because he knows it would make her giggle, but thinks better of it. “Tea party? And I wasn't invited?”
“She's hanging out with her uncle Eddie today,” Eddie says, leaning back on his hands. He's smiling when he looks up at Buck, a real smile, and his whole face scrunches happily when Jee-Yun crashes into his side.
Buck feels like he needs to look away, but he has no idea how.
or: one toddler, two conversations, and so many missed opportunities for buck to act like a guy not in love with his best friend.
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28 Jan 2026
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Missing Chris is less of an emotion these days and more of a physical entity. He’s sure everyone can see that he’s slowly hollowing himself out, that he can’t do much of anything else.
But when Jee laughs at him trying to get his tongue to touch his nose, and Mara loops one of her arms through his to keep him from tossing the rest of his cup in the garbage, Eddie feels solid again.
Maybe he likes yellow birthday cake ice cream after all.
(or, gerrard messes with the team's schedules and eddie 'i just drove my son to flee the state' diaz is the only option to watch mara and jee-yun after school on tuesdays, which, shouldn't be a problem at all, right?)
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26 Jan 2026