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Buck adapts.
Dog walker. Baker. Barista. Event coordinator. Lifeguard.
He’s good at all of it.
The 118 keep running into him in the middle of other lives, other systems, other roles — and every time, he looks like he fits.
Eddie told him once that he was exhausting.
He’s starting to understand what that cost.
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- Part 23 of The Yellow Heart Collection 💛
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24 May 2026
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Ravi isn’t sure what to make of it. He’s not looking to be anyone’s backup. But then Buck shows up again. And again. And starts asking about him instead of talking over him. Turns out, Buck’s actually kind of a great friend—chaotic, persistent, and surprisingly thoughtful.
or, 5 times Buck tries to be a good friend + 1 time Ravi returns the favor.
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24 Apr 2026
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Buck and Bobby's text messages through the years, from
[Sent 16:37] Hi Evan, please make sure you bring photo ID on Thursday. We will need it to complete those last pieces of onboarding paperwork
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[Sent 13:17] Yeah well you are my kid.–
Or, the progression of Buck and Bobby’s relationship from probie and captain to father and son as told by text messages (and the occasional missed call and draft message they can't quite bring themselves to send).
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- Part 1 of Buck and Bobby texting saga
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16 Apr 2026
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It starts with a bomb—an explosion on the ladder truck that crushes Buck’s leg and reveals a deeper wound: cancer. What follows is not just a fight to survive, but a slow, painful journey back through a tangle of surgeries and unexpected truths—like the brother he was born to save and never got to know.
Now, Buck has to choose: live in the shadow of the role he unknowingly played in Daniel’s fate or rise above it.Bookmarked by Slipping_sliding
07 Apr 2026
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And there, Phillip's voice echoed in his head:“When you lose a child, you… you see him everywhere, in all the people he could have become, in all the lives he could have lived. It’s something you can never recover from, someone who can never be replaced!"
Because that was the point, wasn't it?
Buck didn't know how to be a son because he was never anyone's baby; just a reminder of what his parents had lost.
He knew that, but what scratched the walls of his brain was the annoying thought that crept under his skin and whispered the fateful question: did Bobby also see him as nothing more than what his kids could have been?
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Or, If being someone's son meant living as a fallback, Buck was destined to die in someone else's shadow.
Bobby won't allow that.
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05 Apr 2026