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29 Mar 2026
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It’s the middle of the night when Athena’s phone rings. A young police officer informs her that they’ve pulled over a drunk driver. A driver she knows. Evan Buckley.
Evan Buckley—a firefighter, a paramedic, a man she knows—has been arrested for driving under the influence. Twice the legal limit. Six cars wrecked. Forty thousand dollars in damage.
Athena has him locked up. Because it’s the right thing to do. Because the law doesn’t distinguish between a stranger and someone you care about. Because Buck is an adult who made a bad decision, and he has to face the consequences.
And Buck faces the consequences. He confesses. He goes to jail. He loses his job, his driver’s license, a part of himself. The people he loves are disappointed. Buck himself didn’t know why he did it. He just did it. And that was the worst part of all.
But then a single comment appears online. One angry waiter. One police officer who read it in the middle of the night and decided to come see Athena—even though he knew he was crossing a line.
And Athena starts asking questions that no one asks when a case is straightforward.Bookmarked by berrycub
29 Mar 2026
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Hen stares at Buck for a long moment, then turns on her heel to walk upstairs. “Chim! Did you know that Peanut is a human child and not a small animal?”
“Buck’s Peanut?” Chim calls back, leaning over the railing. “No? Is she not a dog?”
“No!” Buck replies. “She’s a preschooler!”OR: At 22, Buck got one of his hookups pregnant and decided to keep the baby himself rather than let her be put up for adoption. At 26, he joined the 118. You know the rest, right?
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16 Jan 2026
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God help him (what can we do?) by not-blonde-yet (stillredhead_just_tired)
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
02 Jul 2025
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“Buck.”
There’s a pause, and then the sound of a breathless, ragged sob. Not the kind Buck lets out when he’s trying to play it off, not the kind he hides behind a laugh. No, this is raw, wet and broken and small.
“Can you pick me up?”
Bobby’s chest cracks open.
Buck’s voice is hoarse, like he’s been crying for hours –or screaming into a pillow. It’s frayed at the edges, worn down to the nerve. And it’s not just sadness Bobby hears in it– it’s fear and terror.
“I want to go home,” Buck whispers next, and it shatters something deep in Bobby’s gut.or: The 118 teaches Buck that family isn't about owing someone your organs, but about who brings you pie when you've given too much of yourself away.
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25 Dec 2025
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Everyone knows that when you touch someone who's going to be important to you for the first time, you'll leave a mark on them. It's not just romantic love; parents and children, siblings, close friends all share marks too. At least, they do in theory. Maddie's the only person who's ever touched Buck and left anything behind.
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It’s funny, growing up knowing your parents don’t care about you. The kind of funny that would get Evan uninvited from sleepovers, which is why he always changes into his pajamas in the bathroom. The kind of funny that he’s not allowed to ask his parents about. The kind of funny that makes Maddie look at him so sadly sometimes, when she doesn’t realize he can see her out of the corners of his eyes.