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Buck’s insistence on making a perfect dessert didn’t stem from a need to impress or a desire for praise. It was a way to express his utter joy that his boys had come home and to show his gratitude for letting him be part of their little family for the past seven years.
Even through the phone, Buck could see Christopher and Eddie buckling under the weight of living in El Paso, could hear the weariness in their voices after another disagreement with Helena and Ramon.
For all they had been through, the Diazes deserved more than a random pick out of a list; they deserved something crafted with care, specifically chosen with them in mind, and Buck was determined to provide that for them.
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While waiting for Eddie and Christoper to return from El Paso, Buck bakes. A lot.
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“It’s just that—I died,” Buck continues, voice unsteady enough that Eddie wonders if this is the first time he’s acknowledged that out loud. “I died, and there’s so much more. There’s so much more I want to do, things I don’t even know I want to do yet, and I almost had the chance to have and live them taken away. I don’t want to die and regret missing out on everything else, Eddie.”
“So let’s make a list,” Eddie says. “Let’s do them.”
or, a bucket list that’s really about buck needing to make a change and an eddie who’s ready to do anything to see him fall in love with life again. it takes some crossing off for eddie to realise—the thing at the top of the list in his own heart? it’s been right here all along
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17 May 2026
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Buck gives an exaggerated gasp. “Can’t a guy toss his best friend a platonic compliment?”
“A guy can,” Eddie agrees. “But you can’t toss me a platonic compliment.”
“And why not?”
“Because you think I’m cute.”
Buck and Eddie flirt their way through the renaissance faire and finally get together :)
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14 May 2026
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“We’re leaving,” Buck declared.
“In an Uber, I hope,” Ravi said, analysing the pair of them with a hint of amusement.
“Oh, yeah.” Buck leaned forward, placing his hands flat against the table to deliver his very important details to the group. “We’re leaving in an Uber and going back to my place because I really wanna keep kissing Eddie. He’s a really good kisser. Like… really good.”
Hen, Chim, and Ravi’s jaws fell to the floor.
“Okay, champ. To the Uber!” Eddie said cheerfully, grabbing the back of Buck’s shirt and yanking him away before any questions could ensue.
Or; Buck and Eddie drunkenly make out at the club and all the way to Buck's house.
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25 Apr 2026
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“My first concert was Hootie and the Blowfish,” Chim offers.
Buck guffaws. “Who and the who? That can’t be a real band name.”
“Uncultured swine,” Chimney retorts. “They were one of the best bands of the 90s, you plebeian.”
“You’re definitely messing with me,” Buck insists. There’s just no way that’s a real band.
“What was your first concert, Cap?” Hen pivots.
Bobby smiles at the question, and Buck gives up on making faces at Chimney and directs his attention toward his captain. Bobby’s face so rarely looks like that, and another piece of Cap lore is always compelling. “Bruce Springsteen in 1980, on The River tour. What a show,” he says wistfully.
Springsteen rings a bell for Buck. “Oh, I know him! I love Bruce Springsteen,” he agrees, and Hen and Chimney both raise an eyebrow at him. Okay, so maybe he’s exaggerating, but it’s worth it when Bobby grins at him. He’ll look it up later—he’s pretty sure he’s heard of him before.
“The kid does have some taste after all,” he teases, and Buck ducks his head, grinning.
or, a glimpse through buck’s life via springsteen songs. he finds the love of his life along the way.
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13 Apr 2026
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He turned out fine.
Eddie always says that. I turned out fine, I'm okay, it was just how things were. And he's right — Eddie Diaz is the most okay person Buck has ever met, which is either a miracle or an indictment of everything that tried to make him otherwise.
But okay isn't the same as having had everything you deserved.
And somewhere between the clink and the sip and the kiss, between Eddie's hand warm on his leg and the low hum of the evening settling around them, Buck makes a decision that he doesn't announce. Doesn't even hint at.
He's going to fix it.
Not the whole thing; he can't fix Ramon and Helena and every Saturday morning that came and went without X-Men and too-sweet cereal and four hours of nothing. He can't give Eddie back what wasn't given to him.
But he can give him this Saturday. And maybe the one after that.
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Eddie never watched Saturday Morning Cartoons growing up. Buck changes that.
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24 Mar 2026