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Margaret cooed, “Oh, look at you two. He’s all you, Buck. An exact copy, the smile, the eyes, everything. He’s definitely your son. A mini Buck.”
Buck smiled again and gave Theo a twirl, making him giggle.
Then Maddie said, “Except the hair. Chris’s hair is more like Buck’s than Theo’s.”
Buck smiled and started, “Yeah, Chris…”
Chris cut him off. “I don’t look like Buck. I’m not his son.”OR
Christopher hears it over and over again: "mini Buck, his son, just like him", until he starts to wonder where that leaves him.
Eddie sees it happening but doesn’t know how to stop it. But they find their way to each other.Bookmarked by starchasersversion
13 May 2026
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“There are too many yogurts.”
Eddie blinks slowly at his phone.
“…What?”
“There are probiotic yogurts and Greek yogurts and low-fat yogurts and yogurts specifically for children and I don’t know which one means I’m a good father.”
Eddie presses the heel of his hand against his forehead.
“Where are you?”
“Aisle seven.”
“Stay there.”or
Buck is new to this whole fatherhood thing, Eddie isn't, and somewhere along the way, they realise what's been there all along.
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13 May 2026
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Buck is spiraling. And when Buck spirals…
He leans forward fast, meeting Eddie in the middle and kissing him before he can think enough to convince himself not to. He pulls back just as quick, not even giving himself the chance to catalogue the feeling of Eddie’s lips on his own. Opening his eyes, he spares a look at the other man, and finds nothing but shock.
… He makes things worse.
“Fuck, Eddie I — I’m sorry. I — I’m gonna go.”
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Or: Buck has a difficult conversation with Theo, spirals out about it, then makes things worse.
Title from Staying Still by Noah Kahan
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13 May 2026
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From behind his back, Chris reveals his old, ratty Superman logo shirt. It’s way too small for him now, but, for some reason, he’s never thrown it away.
“This shirt has superpowers,” he whispers to Theo. "It keeps all the bad dreams away. It doesn’t fit me anymore, but I don’t want all the superpowers to go to waste. Do you think maybe you could look after it for me?”
Theo nods emphatically. “Yes,” he whispers. He looks up at him, his tiny face sure and determined. “I can do it, Chris.”
Or, Theo has nightmares. Chris works a hand-me-down shirt-shaped miracle.
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13 May 2026
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“Eddie! Eddie, hey, hi. Sorry. Theo, don’t touch that! Don’t touch that! Ah, frick. He’s - - he’s touching it.”
“Is everything okay?”
“No. No. I’m - - locked out. Theo is locked in. Well - - he locked himself in. Accidentally. I think. I’m pretty sure. Anyway, I need your key. I need your key really fast. Theo! Buddy. Please. Don’t eat that. That’s not for eating. Theo. Theo. Don’t - -” Buck lets out a loaded, patient breath. “Ideally as fast as you can.”
Or, Theo locks Buck out. Eddie comes to the rescue.
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13 May 2026