All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Years before joining the 118, Buck’s travels take him to El Paso, where he meets Christopher. When Eddie comes back from Afghanistan and Shannon leaves, Buck ends up staying. As bills pile up, the best move is for them to get married, just for convenience, they’ll divorce when Eddie comes back from his re-enlistment.
Then Eddie gets injured and it’s just easier to stay married for a little longer, while Buck gets started at the 118. However, Buck doesn’t mention his ‘husband’ and kid, not feeling like they’re his to keep. When Eddie gets the offer from Bobby, they decide to lie and pretend they don’t know each other, so they can work together.
The whole lie gets out of hand as feelings start to become real, until it all comes to a head in the aftermath of the fire engine explosion.
AKA: Secret marriage of convenience buddie slow burn AU, where Buck and Eddie have been married for years so Buck could adopt Chris and no one at the 118 knows.
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- Part 1 of The I Do Verse
- Part 1 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 7, where the 118 gets a call to a very familiar house, causing Buck to panic as he realizes they’re answering to an emergency Eddie is having. His reaction to the call and Chris recognizing him, causes their marriage to be revealed.
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- Part 2 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 7, where instead of hiding his family, Buck just tells them he has a ‘husband’ and kid at home when Hen asks how he ended up becoming a firefighter. To satiate her burning curiosity, Hen organizes a trip to the zoo with both their families, just to observe the whole situation more, gossiping with Karen as she goes.
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- Part 3 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 7, where there is an emergency at Chris’s school that the 118 answers to. Buck is more worried about whether or not Chris is safe than keeping his distance for the life he might lose, causing the others to find out about his marriage to Eddie.
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- Part 4 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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You Are Listed as his Emergency Contact, I’m Calling on his Behalf by schrijverr
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24 Mar 2025
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Divergence from chapter 7, where Buck gets hurt on the job, so they have call his emergency contact: Eddie. The expectation is some frat bro, but instead it’s Buck’s husband and child that show up to the hospital for Buck.
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- Part 5 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 7, where when Bobby is firing Buck, he doesn't cut him off. Instead Buck gets to tell Bobby he has a family that relies on him and his income.
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- Part 6 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 7, where Athena learns of Buck’s family after the baby in the pipe incident when she talks to him in the aftermath of them saving that young girl together.
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- Part 7 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 9, where Buck decides to go through with calling Eddie after making it out of the plane crash. His side of the conversation is overheard by Hen, who has some questions for him when they make it back to the station.
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- Part 8 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Diverges from chapter 9, where Bobby finds out by running into Buck in the grocery store while he is out shopping with Chris and Eddie.
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- Part 9 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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I Was Wondering if You Guys Would Come to Chris's Birthday Party? by schrijverr
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07 Mar 2025
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Divergence from chapter 9 to 11, where instead of deciding to keep his distance just for now, Buck invites them all to Chris’s birthday party. The party becomes one of the most awkward parties to date, since the entirety of the 118 is filled with misunderstandings about what exactly is going on between Buck and Eddie and what they have been witnessing in the time before.
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- Part 10 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 11, where Buck comes back into work looking down after Chris’s birthday and just honestly tells everyone that his in-laws are in town when they ask what got him in a bad mood. Then Eddie runs to the firehouse instead of home after his disastrous lunch with his parents, meeting the 118.
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- Part 11 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Diverges from chapter 13, where Bobby goes to the fire academy to look for a recruit to become a partner for Buck once he finishes his probationary year. There he runs into Eddie, who is still under the assumption that Buck mentioned being married to him and raising Chris together to his colleagues. The resulting tensions lead to a confession and a very awkward moment at work.
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- Part 12 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 13, where tía Pepa is forced to drop Christopher off at the 118 while Eddie is at the academy, because Abuela isn’t feeling well and she has to work. This leaves Buck with a surprise introduction to make to everyone.
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- Part 13 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 13, where Eddie doesn’t tell Buck that he was taking the job at the 118, so his first day is a surprise to Buck… and subsequently a surprise for everyone else involved. Especially when Eddie learns that Buck has never mentioned he’s married to anyone there.
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- Part 14 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 14, where Buck and Eddie try really hard that first day, but their lie falls through the second they see each other. Neither of them are able to keep a straight face and burst out laughing, having to then explain why meeting a person is so funny.
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- Part 15 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 15, where Maddie knows Eddie is married to Buck when she arrives at the 118. However, she didn’t get the memo that she shouldn’t acknowledge that at work, so blows it in front of everyone when Buck introduces her to the team.
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- Part 16 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Diverges from chapter 13 to 17, wherein Buck and Eddie get together before Eddie accepts Bobby’s offer to join the 118, so he ends up at the 136 instead. When encountering each other on calls, they can’t help but flirt with each other. Only one small problem: Buck still hasn’t told anyone he’s married, let alone that he is dating Eddie, and Eddie told everyone he’s married, but forgot to mention he is married to Buck.
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- Part 17 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 7 to chapter 17, where Buck tells Hen – and only Hen – about Eddie and Chris. Hen takes it to mean he is married for real and not ready to be out at work, so covers for him, as well as lend a listening ear. It’s only when Eddie joins the 118 that she figures out that they’re not married-married. Against her will, she gets caught up in the dumbassery that is Buck and Eddie’s marriage, causing them to confess early.
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- Part 18 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 18 to 19, where Chris gives the secret away when he’s staying at the 118 firehouse after Abuela broke her hip. In this universe, the PT switch didn’t happen, facilitating the reveal.
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- Part 19 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do
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Divergence from chapter 20, where Chimney finds out Buck and Eddie are married from a high Eddie and then has to deal with keeping it secret; an impossible task for him.
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- Part 20 of All the Different Ways to Say I Do