We Were Amateurs at War
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We Were Young Enough to Sign Along the Dotted Line by modernnature for strictlybecca
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
15 Feb 2025
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Eddie is three months into his fifteen month deployment when Evan Buckley shows up.
Eddie has been in the Army long enough that he knows the type of guys he can expect. There’s the idealists, the patriots, the desperate, the gloryhounds. He can definitely tell the difference between a good soldier and a shitty one. And right from the start he believes wholeheartedly that Buckley might be one of the worst soldiers he’s ever met.
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Eddie and Buck meet in the Army while deployed in Afghanistan.
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- Part 1 of We Were Amateurs at War
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“Has he always been like this?” Chimney’s voice is exasperated, strained as he’s forced to bend forward under the weight of Buck leaning on his back like a bicycle kickstand. It’s clear that he’s forcing Chim to support the bulk of his weight, grinning merrily. Bobby watches from the stove with a look of fatherly amusement as Hen sits at the bar with a mug of coffee, attempting to ignore them.
“Yes,” Eddie says instantaneously, shooting for annoyed but landing somewhere far closer to fond. He remembers the overly-confident way that Buck had carried himself, how he’d been stupid and headstrong, how Eddie had tried valiantly to hate him for weeks until he just couldn’t do it anymore. “Pretty much since the day I met him.”
“And you had a gun in your hand and somehow still didn’t kill him?”
“Every day was a struggle.”
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Eddie settles into his life with the 118 after finally reuniting with Buck and it's a hell of a lot easier having an old army buddy there with him.
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- Part 2 of We Were Amateurs at War