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After the fight in the grocery store, Buck feels like he's causing too much damage so he drops the lawsuit and leaves LA, joining a hotshot wildland firefighter crew out of Montana. He's gone for six months until he gets a call from Chris that something is wrong with Eddie, causing him to race back home only to find a very confused Eddie instead of a hurt or depressed Eddie. Eddie talks him into coming inside for a beer and after that Buck can't bring himself to leave the Diaz boys behind again. But that doesn't mean he's ready to talk to anyone else yet. So they just don't tell anyone else Buck is back. For over two years. Even when they start dating.
Three years after he left LA and the 118, there's a pileup on the 210 in La Tuna Canyon Park and a wildfire racing towards all the crews scrambling desperately to get everyone out in time, including the 118. Buck's crew is in the right place at the right time, and they don't hesitate to come help.
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Buck had finally understood... it had taken him 3 months, 3 months of silences and angry looks, of orders given coldly and endless lists of tasks at the station, of people leaving when he sat down at the table, of conversations stopping when he arrived.
3 months but he had finally understood: Station 118 did not forgive and those he had fought for had turned their backs on him.
3 months but it had become clear to him: he was not welcome there and that was not his family, it never had been.And now all that was left was to let go.
But a call and a girl who reminds him too much of himself could be the solution to the cold in his life and his heart.
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After the lawsuit, Buck drifts a little.
Or maybe it was before that. Maybe it it was even before the truck bombing. Maybe it was before he ever left home.
And not the kind of drifting where he's lost. The kind where he can blink and its been a week. The kind where he can go days without showering or eating or working out without even realizing. The kind where sometimes he sleeps for 24 hours and other times he sleeps for 2. The kind where he can't focus on thinking most of the time, but when he does it hurts and spirals and bites. The kind where he just wants to be alone, but knows he doesn't want to feel lonely.
The kind where he pulls away and folds himself up until he can disappear.
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Post Lawsuit
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Buck is back to work, but is on the outs.
He goes out, has a one night stand.
What could go wrong?Or,
"Lucas, seriously, calm down. It's just a broken condom. I can get tested for... you know, the standard stuff. It's not the end of the world. Just take a deep breath."
Lucas let out a sound that was half sob, half hysterical laugh. He backed up until his spine hit the bedroom wall, sliding down slightly as if his legs could no longer support his weight. He looked at Buck like he was looking at a dead man.
"Evan," Lucas said, his voice dropping to a devastated, trembling whisper. "I should have told you. I swear to god, I should have told you before we even left the bar, but I didn't think... I've never had a condom break on me. Never. I am so careful. I am so, so careful."
"Told me what?" Buck asked. His voice didn't sound like his own.
Lucas closed his eyes, a tear escaping and tracking down his pale cheek. He swallowed hard, and then he looked Buck dead in the eye.
"I'm HIV positive."
Note: This fic is prewritten, I will upload as I edit.
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VERY HEAVY ANGST.
(It does have a happy ending)Series
- Part 1 of All Based In The Lawsuit Era
- Part 1 of Life Beyond The Wait
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“I need you to go to the police station and pick up Eddie.” She states as if that's normal, as if Buck regularly talks to Eddie. As if Eddie isn’t pretending Buck never existed and really some of that is his fault. Because technically they’re not allowed to speak to one another.
“I don’t know if—“ Buck starts and she sighs, annoyed and Buck kind of wants to hang up.
Or I play with canon and Eddie gets arrested and instead of Lena, it’s Buck that comes and bails him out. This is how that changes everything.
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21 Jul 2026