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    Still off balance, Buck slams his left heel onto the roof, heaving forward to catch the collar of that yellow shirt. And there’s no conscious decision making here. It’s all instinct, and he’s grateful for it. If he’d given his overzealous mind the chance to consider another way, he would have missed his shot. Instead, his arms hurl the boy into the hands of another survivor...

    And his right foot misses the edge.

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    Buck catches Chris before he rolls off the firetruck, and it's him who falls back into the retreating waters of the tsunami. Unconscious and seriously injured, he's unaware that his team has been searching for him, never giving up as the days pass.

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    29 May 2026

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    He knows he could have called Maddie and she would have been there, though the memory of her disappointment last time stopped him. As for everyone else—even if he weren’t prohibited from talking to them by his lawyer, Buck doubts anyone would have come. The last time they talked was when they ran into each other in the grocery store a week back, and, since Buck is not eager for a repeat of that interaction, he doesn’t even consider calling anyone in to hold his hand for what is, he tells himself, probably just another little blip on his road back to the 118.

    He is able to convince himself of this up until the moment Dr. Gutierrez walks into his room and says, “Well, Evan, you just can’t seem to do anything the easy way, can you?”

    Because, as it turns out, there is a circumstance under which a tiny clot that doesn’t cause you to vomit blood in front of all of your friends and family is worse than three big ones that do: that circumstance is called ‘being on blood thinners.’
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    In the midst of the lawsuit, Buck is diagnosed with cancer. Dropping the lawsuit is easy. Finding forgiveness, less so.

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    27 May 2026

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    Buck doesn’t think that if he were to say, “I’m in a bad place”, that anyone would turn him away. Really, he doesn’t. The 118 has too many good, kind people for that.

    But every time he wants to open his mouth, to say something, to reach out to Eddie or Bobby or Hen or Chim, he hears Eddie yelling, “you’re exhausting.”

    —you’re exhausting, you’re exhausting, you’re exhausting—

    So each day he does his job and he laughs and he jokes and he pretends he’s the care-free goofball he’s always been. And each day he packs away his bruises and his worries, takes them home to his empty loft with its quiet rooms, and licks his wounds in silence.

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    26 May 2026

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    “Leave the 118? What are you talking about?”

    “TK called me, they need a hand in Austin. Just for a couple months. He said I was what they needed. Apparently they are like five or six firefighters short.” ...

    “Owen sent out the request to Bobby for 4 months.”

    “Four months!?” ...

    “You don’t think your going alone do you? Buck, I’m going with you man.”

    “Eddie.. Bobby can’t loose two firefighters.”

    “And I can’t lose you.”

    or. Buck tries to switch houses for a period of time and freaks out when Eddie makes it clear he's not going alone.

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    26 May 2026

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    [@evanbuckley: you have two new follow requests.]
    @marjanmarwani would like to follow you.
    @tkstrand would like to follow you.

    @tkstrand liked your photo.
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    @tkstrand
    So, I see you have a boyfriend, too. I’m sorry for assuming haha

    Wait, what?

    Buck and TK’s long distance friendship featuring love advice, horrible nicknames and background Buddie.

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    25 May 2026