Fire family conflagration
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The first time she told that tale to the 118, he'd been too confused to say anything, and afterwards, he'd simply not wanted to rock the boat. He'd been too scared of her abandoning him again, and knowing that he deserved better didn't help that fear. Today though, he was too annoyed and resentful and really fucking angry to care.
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- Part 1 of Fire family conflagration
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It is heartbreak to realise his fire family are having a night out together without him. It's not the first time, definitely won't be the last. But it's been a year since the lawsuit and it is time to move on.
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- Part 2 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 1 of Alive
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Eddie is hit by a clue-by-four when Buck is singing buh-bye. It... Doesn't go well.
Eddie is definitely having Opinions tee em. And a potty mouth.
Christopher is most definitely the mature one.
Buck is Sir definitely not appearing in this fic, yeah.
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- Part 3 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 2 of Alive
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It is Lena's return to the 136 six months after the tsunami that shines a spotlight on the Buck-shaped hole in Eddie's life.
Where is Buck, anyway? Why isn't he here? What the fuck happened?
What if Buck -instead of holding on too tight, resulting in a lawsuit- decided to find out who really wanted him here by letting go. What would happen? Would anyone even notice?
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- Part 4 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 1 of Say Something
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Buck didn't know how he got from struggling with a particular joke at work and trying to be in tune with his feelings about it, to confiding in Eddie, to then Eddie cutting him off and looking at him like he was a disgusting freak.
He would like a refund for the past 24 hours, please and thank you.
With one of his best friendships imploding, a ladder truck exploding seems about par for the course. It does put things into perspective, though. And it's not a nice view.
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- Part 5 of Fire family conflagration
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Buck finally found the courage to leave a toxic work environment behind. It hurts deeply, but he has great friends supporting him and a significant other who stands by his side.
He can only hope something can be salvaged from the relationships destroyed by the lawsuit, but he is not holding out for it.
Still, Athena? Athena is special to him. But Bobby is her husband. And that changes things.
He dreads their upcoming meeting, but at least he won't be alone.
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- Part 6 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 3 of Alive
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Exit strategy by Isthatso
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
10 Sep 2022
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Three months after the lawsuit, the team was still angry with Buck and it didn't look like that would change any time soon, if at all.
He'd hoped that by keeping his head down, his compliance and perseverance would eventually soothe the team's hurt feelings. But nothing had changed and it became harder and harder to keep on fighting.
'It took too much energy just getting out of bed and dragging himself to the station every shift. The cold shoulders, the snide remarks, the hateful pranks. It had been a fight just getting through the day and keeping himself together. Maybe if he'd been able to see Christopher...
But he was so tired now, so tired.'
It was just an ordinary Saturday when the last straw broke the camel's back.
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- Part 7 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 1 of Manoeuvre warfare
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After that fateful dinner with Bobby and Athena, Buck had many things to consider.
Being a firefighter was his calling. But he was being blocked from returning and not just by Bobby.
Something more was going on and he would have to tread carefully. Luckily, he didn't have to do it alone.
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- Part 8 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 2 of Say Something
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"I'm leaving the 118."
Hen and Ravi immediately shot Buck pleading looks. What were they even asking? Probably not to make it weird.
His supposed best friend, the man who had berated him for making a life-altering decision without him with the whole union thing, the man who had extracted a promise from him to never do that again without talking it through with Eddie first, that man had now turned around and done it himself.
How could he not make it weird?
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So Buck left. And did something stupid, because what else was new?
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Turns out, he did make it weird. Just not in any way anyone could have predicted.
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- Part 9 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 2 of Drawing the line
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This was what his freak out over Red had been about. Not the fact that he wanted a family and feared losing them, feared growing old with no-one to care. He'd already known that for a long time. It's why he left Pennsylvania behind. He'd wanted to grow roots, it just took awhile to find the right spot.
No, what had him freaking out was that on some level he knew these people, the core group on A shift, weren't his and never would be.
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- Part 10 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 1 of Drawing the line
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Evan was 12 when she told Maddie she thought she was a girl. Or mostly a girl? Sometimes she felt like a boy.
She'd told it to Maddie in a whisper while avoiding her gaze. Her heart had pounded and her palms got sweaty, and she almost, almost never said a thing.
But Maddie had supported her and Evan had been walking on clouds for days. And then life just had to bring her down. It always did.
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These experiences, however difficult, had shaped her. And when Buck bounced into the 118 fire station for the first time, it changed everything just a little.
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- Part 11 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 1 of Face the sun
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Buck knew well that leaving a bad situation was only ever the first step. Afterwards, you still needed to heal. And to grieve. He learned that lesson when leaving Hershey behind.
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- Part 12 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 3 of Drawing the line
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Buck wanted to be wanted, more than he wanted to be loved. He wanted someone to invest in him and expect something in return. It was an attitude that made him vulnerable to predators, he knew, and Peter very much was one. But he had Mischief to love and protect and cherish him. And maybe this was what made their triad work.
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Buck had not expected the advantages that came with mating Peter Hale, but he was definitely going to enjoy them.
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- Part 13 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 4 of Drawing the line
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To Buck the lunchtime conversation about his supposed lack of enlistment in the Navy came completely out of left field. He knew that his fire family couldn't compute that he was a SEAL. Eddie's reaction, though, took him by surprise.
That conversation, however, had ripped the rose-coloured glasses right off his face and forced him to take a long, hard look at his relationships with his teammates.
It was an eye-opener.
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- Part 14 of Fire family conflagration
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Finding out he was a spare parts baby was horrifying enough on its own. But Chimney was the one who had been told by Maddie first and Chim couldn't keep someone else's secret to save his own life. So in no time A shift knew and from there it spread to the whole house.
He just wanted some time to wrap his head around this bitter truth. Instead he had to ignore all the looks full of pity and the not-so-discrete gossip, while also supporting his teammates through their emotional responses to the tragic back story that he'd only just learned about himself.
Thanks ever so much, sis.
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- Part 15 of Fire family conflagration
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When Buck cut himself trying to help a man stuck in a windshield like a bad Halloween prop, he expected captain Nash to lecture and berate him. He did not expect him to declare that Buck would be going out in the field again from now on.
After five months of being man behind every single shift, because of the blood thinners? Yeah, he did not see that coming.
He'd thought he'd be happy when the time finally came. Or at the very least hopeful.
But he isn't. At all.
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- Part 16 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 1 of Zero tolerance
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All is fair in love and war by Isthatso
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
20 Nov 2022
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The first step of recovery is asking for help. The second, is accepting it.
Buck learns how much his true family loves him. It might not fix everything, but it's a good start.
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- Part 17 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 2 of Manoeuvre warfare
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Buck didn't know whether she could salvage the relationship with her sister. Maddie hadn't taken it well when Buck had started to police her own boundaries.
She did know one thing, though. Through it all, she had Tony and a fantastic group of friends.
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- Part 18 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 4 of Alive
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After a time-out that has lasted months, Buck has finally decided to meet with Maddie again. She isn't entirely ready, but she is starting to suspect Maddie might be suffering from PPD. And after a week-long blackout during a heatwave, she is concerned about her sister.
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- Part 19 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 5 of Alive
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Love and laughter painted the day in beautiful colours, but Buck had something difficult to share with Eddie and Chris. Like the fact that she was a woman, no matter what she looked like. Unfortunately, before she could do that, she made Chris a promise she might not get to keep. It all depended on Eddie, and he might make a different decision when he found out her truth.
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- Part 20 of Fire family conflagration
- Part 2 of Face the sun