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    It feels like the whole world shakes, heaves, sobs, in that moment. Thirty earthquakes occur every day in Southern California, nearly all are never felt. But oh, Eddie feels this one, right down to his core. After the Northridge earthquake in 1994, the Federal Emergency Management Agency spent $200 million retrofitting every school in the Los Angeles school districts. Eddie knows that fact, he learnt it before they moved here. Or wait, no, someone told him that, they helped make him feel less scared. Someone told him that…

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    Eddie keeps losing time, keeps losing people. None of it makes any sense. He's trying to find him though. He won't stop until he does.

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    26 Jun 2026

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    “Hi, this is Firefighter Buckley with the 118. Isabel and Josephina got a clean bill of health, sir. You don’t have anything to worry about, I’ll be here with them if they have any questions for us,” Buck reassures, and, surprisingly, he’s met with absolute silence on the other end.

    He waits a few seconds, then lowers the phone to check if the call dropped. It still says ‘Edmundo’ on the screen, and Buck catches a glance at the contact picture of said Edmundo on Isabel’s phone, and gapes for a moment. The guy’s real young, holding a newborn baby in his arms, baseball cap pulled down over most of his face but a dazzling smile, clear as day, peaks out.

    “Right. Uh, thank you, Firefighter Buckley.” And wow, oh. It’s a nice voice too, velvet and rich sounding. A little gravelly, but in a very pleasant way. Buck likes it. But not in any way that means something. Objectively, it’s a nice sounding voice. Right.

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    Or, the five times Abuela and Pepa try to matchmake probationary firefighter Buck with freshly single dad Eddie moving to Los Angeles, and the one time they don't need to do anything at all.

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    26 Jun 2026

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    “Hi, I’m Buck, a firefighter with the 136,” for now, the thought crashes through Buck, leaving a sour taste in his mouth. “Uh, you’re both welcome to take a tour with us, if you’d like.” Buck awkwardly scratches at his neck, running a hand through his hair, unsure what else to do, and it spurs the man in front of him to take a large step forward up to Buck’s bed.

    “Eddie,” he says, thrusting a hand to him, and Buck reaches over without a second thought. His whole palm feels electric, it smarts and carries the touch of Eddie, Eddie, that Buck feels it completely. He has no idea what’s happening to him. “Edmundo Diaz, but just Eddie though, uh, no one calls me Edmundo. Right. I’m a new nurse here, at Cedars-Senai. Oh –”

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    When Daniel Buckley lives a little longer, Evan Buckley dies a little more. And this is how Eddie Diaz saves him, a little later on.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    “Why the fuck are you even in this loop? This day isn’t about you.”

    “Well, I die,” Eddie comments idly, not sounding as offended as he maybe should be. “Haven’t you heard? I’m always dying.”

    “That’s not funny.”

    Eddie shrugs, not really agreeing or disagreeing. It’s a few seconds before he says, eyes still closed, “Maybe I’m here so you’re not alone.”

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    or, buck gets stuck in time, has a break down and then, relatedly, a break through

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    23 Jun 2026

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    “Eddie,” Carla says softly. “You could have called. We would’ve met you at the hospital.”

    He shakes his head. “No. I didn’t—uh. I didn’t go to the hospital.”

    He feels the way Carla’s hand goes still. “Eddie.” It’s not nearly as soft-spoken this time. “You didn’t go see him? Or Chim? Your team?”

    “They’re not my team,” Eddie says, almost without thinking. He winces as soon as the words are out.

     

    Or: Buck is hurt, Eddie is worried, and everything is broken.

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    20 Jun 2026