Whumptober ‘23
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No 1. Swooning
“Nothing doesn’t result in you swooning to the floor like some overwhelmed Victorian woman, Buck”, Eddie mocked gently.
“I did not swoon… what the hell man?!”, Buck argued back indignantly.
“According to Google, to swoon is to faint, especially from extreme emotion, sounds like what just happened, pal”
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Buck is alone, freshly dumped and feeling forgotten and ignored by his family. When the conversation turns to him, he panics and works himself up until he and the floor become better acquainted.
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- Part 1 of Whumptober ‘23
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No.2 Delirium
“I know you’re a little confused right now, and that’s ok. But I need for you to listen to me. I would never let that happen to him. I love him as well, and I would do everything in my power to make sure that he gets home safely to you and your son”
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Buck is looking after a sick Christopher, leaving Eddie to work through a fever he has told nobody about at a fire alone
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- Part 2 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 3 - Journal
“I was going through the boxes in the bedroom and I-I found this…”
“Did you read it?”
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Snooping never works out, Eddie finds this out the hard way in his pursuit to learn more about Buck after he moves in
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- Part 3 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 4. - “You in there?”
“Buck, kid, I’m getting worried. If you’re in there, call out, please”
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Buck is left alone for the first time since the lightning strike, he wants to go to bed, but there’s a mountain of stairs and he’s not in the best physical shape…
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- Part 4 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 5. - Pinned Down
‘Buck was hurting and he was defenceless. And Eddie was helpless.
He was sure that years later if someone asked him how he felt at this very moment that he wouldn’t be able to summon the exact words to describe exactly how useless he was currently feeling.’
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The truck bombing and a helpless Eddie. Buck is in pain and Eddie can do nothing
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- Part 5 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 6. - Recording
“I miss her”, Christopher murmured, still transfixed on the screen where the home movie had just come to the end. “I wish she didn’t leave us”
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Eddie Diaz reflects on loss and grief when an innocent day watching home movies with Christopher opens old wounds
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- Part 6 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 7. - Alleyway
“It’s ok Buck, it’s going to be ok. We’ve got him”, Hen reassured softly, looking up at him from where she was on her knees next to Eddie’s prone form.
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A call to dispatch about an unconscious male victim and Eddie nowhere to be seen at work, definitely not unrelated.
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Reimagining A New Normal - Eddie doesn’t save himself after being assaulted
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- Part 7 of Whumptober ‘23
- Part 8 of The Rebuilding of Eddie Diaz
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No 8. - Overcrowded ER
Names were called, families reunited and still Maddie waited.
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Maddie sits alone waiting for news on Buck after he is injured on the job and thinks back on their life together
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- Part 8 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 9. - “You’re a liar”
“You’re a liar. Because if he meant nothing you wouldn’t be going out of your way to make him hurt like this”
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Eddie refuses to forgive Buck after the lawsuit, enter Hen who will not let Eddie treating Buck like crap fly any longer
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- Part 9 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 10. - “You said you’d never leave”
“I don’t want to think of you leaving here after this feeling… I don’t know, I hate to see you like this”
“It didn’t stop you before”, he finally snapped.
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The Buckleys never had a good childhood, and it only got worse for Buck after Maddie left. A picture is worth 1000 words.
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- Part 10 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 11. - Shaking (alternative prompt)
“It’s coming up to five minutes, Cap”, she sounded as worried as she looked.
“Chimney has gone for some help, he’ll be fine, it seems like it’s easing slightly”, Bobby responded, his eyes fixed on the lessening jerks of Eddie’s frame.
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Eddie hides a head injury to make sure Buck gets to the hospital after the lightning strike, or he tries to but when does Eddie ever get to hide anything?
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- Part 11 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 12. - Insomnia
“I can’t wait for him to work it out, I don’t know how much longer I can keep on like this”
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Everyone notices that Eddie is off, but it’s only Buck who speaks up and steps up once again
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- Part 12 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 13. - “I Don’t Feel So Good”
“Need to get out of here, Eds”, Buck said slowly, his voice starting to slur. Eddie looked at his face, he was starting to get worried now.
“Buck-“
“Outside. Please”, Buck all but begged.
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Their first night alone for forever, Buck and Eddie use the opportunity for date night. Dinner and drinks and an unwelcome encounter, not the idyllic night they’d been dreaming of
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- Part 13 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 14. - “Just hold on”
Sometimes when he looked at Eddie, the rest of the world just fell away for Buck. His focus on him and him alone. Looking into his eyes made everything else quiet, the world around them and the voices in his head. It was just him and Eddie.
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One shared look is enough to put Buck and Eddie into their own world, then Eddie is shot and Buck is thrown back into the real world and reality.
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- Part 14 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 15. - “I’m fine”
“You don’t need to be worried about m-“
“I think we both know that that isn’t true. I know that I haven’t been the best at keep in touch since you left the team, but I would hope that we are friends enough that you would have reached out before this… I’m worried Eddie. Buck called this morning and I thought- I’m sorry I let you down Eddie. But I’m here, ok? Im here to help you. Now please, tell me how are you really?”
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After eddie has a breakdown, Buck and Bobby are there to pick up the pieces and remind him that there are people when you do finally break
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- Part 15 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 16. - Flatline
“You were dead”, Eddie whispered, afraid to put too much volume to his biggest fear.
Buck’s eyes filled with sadness, the hand he had left on one of Eddie’s shoulders reaching out and grabbing the other man’s hand. He pulled their joined hands up to rest just over his heart.
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In Eddie’s nightmares, Buck wasn’t saved. The soundtrack to these dreams is the sound of a heart not beating.
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- Part 16 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 17. - Touch Aversion
“Cap, I don’t know what is happening. His arm is bleeding, I reached out to help and well… I don’t know what to do”, Hen said gently to their captain.
“We need to get him out of here”, Bobby said firmly, his hands hovering by Eddie but not touching him.
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Today is a bad day, Eddie just knows it. It’s a bad day and it’s Buck’s day off and the world is just too close.
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- Part 17 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 18. - Miscommunication (alternative prompt)
“He said you were disappointed that they’re still telling him no to you coming back, but Buck-“
Buck snorted loudly at that. It was a harsh bitter sound that Eddie never would’ve attributed to Evan Buckley.
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Buck has dinner with Bobby, it goes badly and Eddie is the only logical party in this situation.
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- Part 18 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 19. - “I’m not as stupid as you think I am”
“Yeah, right. You think I don’t realise what is going on, right? You think I can’t see that you are all treating me differently since the whole Daniel thing- now you know that my parents never loved me? I’m not stupid”
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Buck knows about Daniel. The team know about Daniel. Everybody is acting off so Buck lashes out, revealing more than he wanted to
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- Part 19 of Whumptober ‘23
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No 20. - Blanket
Buck was normally the colder of the two of them, Eddie normally laughed at his constant need for socks and the blankets strategically hidden around his apartment. But at this point in time, Buck felt hot to Eddie’s frozen skin. The warmth from the hold seeped into Eddie’s skin, he sighed in contentment, causing Buck to smile softly.
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Buck takes Eddie home after the well collapse. Eddie is cold and Buck is worried.
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- Part 20 of Whumptober ‘23