AlpineDruid
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“Buck, I don’t know. I don’t know what you want me to say.”
“Anything, Eddie! Literally anything honest! I feel like we have conversation after conversation, and nothing actually gets said. I don’t know what’s changed, and I am literally begging you to talk to me! I miss you, I miss our friendship, I miss… us,” Buck runs out of steam towards the end, his voice breaking.
In which Buck can't handle the distance growing between himself and Eddie anymore, and finally tries to address it.
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“My husband does the same thing when we’re out together,” says the man.
Eddie’s mind is eerily blank at that.
“Huh?”
“Oh, I just mean the way your husband just took off, mine does the same thing. He gets distracted by something and ditches me!” The man is chuckling slightly to himself.
Husband?
Husband.
Buck?
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Buck ducks his head and chuckles lightly. When he looks up, he stares into Eddie’s eyes, his expression much more solemn, a sad pout tugging on his lips, “I wish I had someone who would buy me just because flowers.”
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In which Buck wants someone to buy him flowers and Eddie spends the rest of his life doing just that.
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Eddie is gay.
And in love with his best friend.
The thought causes a strangled cry to rip from his throat and he’s sobbing again, rocking back and forth, curling in on himself with each rock. He feels lightheaded at the admission.
No no no no no no NO.
He’d never felt more alive than when he was kissing Buck. He was held, caressed, wanted in a way Eddie had never experienced before, and had never been deserving of before. He’s not deserving of it now either. Buck kissed him like Eddie was worthy of love.
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“No, no, it’s all good man. I’m sorry I scared you, I should’ve said something before so you knew it was me. I just assumed you had talked to Maddie.”
“Wait, I called you Mads, did you not think that was weird?” Buck knits his brows together.
“Oh… I heard ‘Eds.’” Eddie stares dumbly down at Buck.
They both start hysterically laughing at that.
In which Maddie is tasked with taking care of Buck after wisdom teeth surgery. Until she has to call in a replacement. Good thing Buck has such a good friend to take care of him.
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"Hear me out," Buck said. "Clearly, both of us are sick of dating other people. And we're a good fit, in pretty much every way that matters. So what if we're not in love? We don't need to be in love to be happy together."
Eddie frowned. "So basically, we'd be boyfriends, without benefits?"
"Yes!" Buck snapped his fingers. "Like platonic boyfriends! We'd get all the benefits of a relationship and none of the heartbreak."
And maybe Eddie had finally lost his mind, or maybe it was from all the alcohol clouding his judgment, but the idea of it didn't sound half as crazy as it should have.
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After Buck’s and Eddie’s dates both end with disasters – proving once again that maybe dating just wasn’t meant for them – they decide to simply settle for each other. If there was one person in the world they'd ever trust with their hearts, it was each other. And who was a better person to date other than your very own best friend?Series
- Part 1 of What's love?
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18 Jun 2026
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"Eddie's back now, right? And I gotta imagine that small house is uncomfortable for all three of you."
"No, it's pretty comfortable." Buck was at least. He couldn't speak for Eddie, of course, but he was sure he knew his best friend. Eddie was fine.
"There's only one bedroom." Ravi paused. "Well, two, but the other one is, you know. Chris' bedroom."
"Yeah?" Buck wasn't sure where he was going with this.
Ravi blinked as if it was obvious. "Which means only one of you gets the bedroom."
"Oh, no. We worked that out pretty quickly after Eddie decided to stay." They had to because both of them were stubborn and refused to budge on who would take the couch.
Ravi let out a sigh as he ran a hand through his hair. "Look, I just wanted to know if you were looking to move out. Because if so, it would be really awesome of you if you could go through me."
OR: Buck decides to move out to help Ravi. Eddie helps. It goes about as well as you think.
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04 Jun 2026
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Eddie Diaz versus Buck's "Chopped and Unc" Hinge Date by buckasagirl, eatingmarbles
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
17 Nov 2025
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Eddie: What do you know about Buck’s date tonight?
Ravi: They’re going to some Greek place.
Ravi: And he’s kinda ugly.
“Oh this guy… sucks,” Ravi says.
“What have I been telling you this whole time?” Eddie throws his hands up dramatically.
“I liked you better when you were straight and sad all the time.” He pulls his laptop closer to himself and away from Eddie’s hands, “Now you’re evil and gay.”
“I’ll try not to live my truth and embrace joy next time if that makes you feel better.” Eddie reaches to pick up the laptop from Ravi’s lap, but he holds it out of Eddie’s reach before he can.
Or, Eddie assembles a team to cyber-stalk Buck's Hinge date. It gets a little out of hand when they discover things they probably never should have seen.
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16 May 2026
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“But… you’re straight.”
Eddie snorts, taking a sip of his beer. “I am well aware of that, Buck.”
“So why do you want to take me on dates?” Buck asks incredulously. “Won’t that make you uncomfortable?”
That makes Eddie sit up straighter, a frown playing on his lips. “I already told you that you being into men changes nothing between us. I meant that.”
“Okay, fine, great. That doesn’t mean you have to start buying me romantic dinners.”
“I don’t have to do anything,” Eddie points out. “I want to. At the very least so that you understand what romance really looks like and don’t settle for a dickwad like Tommy ever again.”
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OR: After his breakup with Tommy, Buck tells Eddie all the ‘romantic’ things Tommy did for him. Eddie is not impressed and takes matters into his own hands.
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04 May 2026
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love will call (love will make you fit it all in the car) by beetlesandstars
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15 Apr 2026
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Eddie Diaz: father, veteran, firefighter, gay. It’s that easy. A descriptor, a word that Eddie’s spent his entire life running from.
It’s a fucking relief to realise now that he’s stopped running. The burn in his muscles will linger, but it’s okay. It will serve as a reminder of how far he’s come.
Beside him, Buck huffs a laugh. “I can’t believe you did a honky tonk dance.”
Eddie laughs, startled. “I can’t believe you didn’t."
Or: on the drive back to Los Angeles, Eddie works up the courage to tell Buck the truth.
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25 Apr 2026