Spruce_Goose
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Eddie has always been a light sleeper.
Between the Army, Chris, and his job as a firefighter, the smallest noise or creak of a floorboard has him shooting out of bed on high alert. Usually, it’s nothing; a branch falling outside his window, a bird flapping its wings, or the floorboards settling back into place. Once or twice, he caught Chris sneaking around long after Eddie had put him to bed.
It’s something he’s come to recognise as a face of life.
The sky is blue, the grass is green, and Eddie Diaz can get woken up by a falling leaf.
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OR Chris is sick, Eddie watches over him, with a smidge of Buddie at the end.
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- Part 2 of Bad Things Happen Bingo
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Learn How to Live Again (Realize This is Not My End) by Spruce_Goose
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
09 Dec 2025
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Almost a week after leaving L.A., Evan "Buck" Buckley is back with a plan and a newfound determination to get back the job and the family he lost. This time, he's the one in control and he's adamant that no one will take that away from him.
He decides to keep his return to L.A. a secret until he's ready to face them one by one. With some interesting but much-needed conversations on the horizon, Buck readies himself for the fight ahead of him.
OR, Buck returns to L.A. to try to fight for his job.
This is a sequel to my other Fic 'Can't Keep Chasing This Fire (I'm so Damn Tired)' and would make more sense once that one has been read.
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- Part 2 of Live Again
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To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides by Spruce_Goose
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
25 Nov 2025
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“Tilt your head back,” Eddie says, his voice barely audible over the running water.
Buck does as he was told, tilting his head back and closing his eyes to the spray of water dripping onto his face. Eddie’s hands go to Buck’s hair, lightly scratching and massaging his scalp. The familiar smell of his shampoo fills the shower.
He relaxes into Eddie’s touch, a small hum escaping his lips as Eddie works the shampoo into his curls with slow, methodical movement. Given the chance, Buck would fall asleep in the shower just from the sensation of Eddie’s fingertips against his head. The touch is light, delicate, intimate in a way he hadn’t expected. The butterflies continue to flutter in his stomach.
“Enjoying yourself?”
“Uh-huh,” Buck says, all other words failing him.
“Good.” Eddie laughs, moving to wash the shampoo out of Buck’s curls. “You just relax, I’ve got you.”
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OR Buck is hurt, but Eddie takes care of him
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There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief by Spruce_Goose
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
11 Nov 2025
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He can’t look at Bobby’s handwriting without being reminded of everything he’s lost. The thought of smelling Bobby’s cooking again has his stomach clenching, and the nausea pushing itself to the surface.
It hurts too much.
An ache settles in his chest when he looks at the firehouse kitchen and remembers the afternoons spent with Bobby. Those quiet shifts where he’d talk Buck through his favorite recipes step by step, showing him secret ingredients that weren’t written down. Spending hours perfecting a recipe.
The first time Bobby let him cook for everyone had been one of the best days of Buck’s life. It gave him a strength he’d never felt before, a confidence in what he was capable of doing.
All it gives him now is pain.
Memories of things he’ll never get back.
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OR --- After Bobby dies, Buck loses his interest in cooking
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“Just taking a trip down memory lane.” Buck holds up the photo album. “Ballroom dancer Eddie Diaz!”
Eddie groans, his face turning red. He pushes himself off the wall and drops to the floor beside Buck, stretching his legs out. “Why did I let you pack the living room?”
“Because you wanted to pack the linen cupboard yourself.”
“I have a system.”
“And I now have your embarrassing childhood photos.”
With another groan, Eddie buries himself into the warmth of Buck’s neck, inhaling the sweet vanilla scent of his boyfriend's body wash. Buck laughs, his shoulders shaking. He presses a light kiss to Eddie’s forehead, letting a comfortable silence settle over them.
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OR Whilst packing up their house, Buck and Eddie make an interesting discovery...
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Sometimes it feels like he hasn’t been touched in years, like he can barely remember what it’s like to have arms hold him close, keep him safe, soothe the current running through his veins. It hurts late at night, when he feels like he’s floating and there’s nothing to ground him. There’s a pain there, a desperation so acute it burns deep in his chest. He’s tried burying himself under blankets, quilts and cushions and anything else he could find, anything to weigh him down and try to replicate the feeling he so desperately craves. It never works, it just makes it worse.
And so Eddie begs, the only way he knows how. He reaches out at every moment possible to touch Buck; he’s pleading with his body every day for Buck to touch him back. He brushes their arms together, bumps shoulders when they walk, rests his knee against Buck’s. It burns when Buck doesn’t return the touch, but he can’t stop himself trying again and again and again.
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24 Dec 2025
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Buck thought the lawsuit was the worst thing that could happen to him.
He was wrong.
Being forgotten hurt worse.
Being invisible broke him deeper.
And falling apart quietly became its own kind of death.When he collapses alone, the 118 realizes how far they let him slip.
And when Eddie Diaz walks back into Buck’s life, determined to hold him together piece by piece, Buck begins the hardest journey of all—
learning to stay alive, learning to be loved, and learning he’s never been alone.Bookmarked by Spruce_Goose
24 Dec 2025
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He’s been having that issue lately. His control over his emotions is completely out of whack. As though he’s back to being a teenager, all feelings and no logic. He finds himself crying over spilled milk and catching an attitude with Eddie for trying to make his life easier.
And Eddie, who is ever so cruel, doesn’t even dignify Buck by yelling back. He never judges, never gets angry, never gets frustrated, just always persistent and always stable. This, of course, makes Buck feel awful afterwards, which only makes him even more irritable. A horrible cycle for everyone involved. And yet Eddie does not once complain. So, when he finally does yell back, it really throws Buck for a loop.
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After getting struck by lightning, Buck struggles with his injuries and getting back to normal. Things change between Eddie and Buck as Eddie helps Buck recover while dealing with his own guilt about the situation
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24 Dec 2025
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“Buck?” Eddie called out sceptically. “Chris?”
“We’re back!” Buck yelled from the foyer, letting out a loud grunt in his travels.
Afraid of what he might find at his front door, Eddie rounded the corner slowly. Only to be met with a sight he did not expect in the slightest, but also could expect considering Buck’s grand plan he mentioned the night before.
“That’s a Christmas tree.” Eddie pointed at the massive tree nestled in Buck’s arms, inches away from toppling over onto the front porch.
Buck patted its branches, wincing slightly as he lost grip of it for a second. “It’s our Christmas tree!”
“Surprise!” Chris cheered, poking his head out from behind Buck.
Or; Buck plans the perfect Christmas for Eddie and Chris
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24 Dec 2025
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Eddie hums contentedly, taking a bite of his burger. “I missed this.”
“Missed what?”
“Us.” He bumps his shoulder with Buck, “working together.”
“We work together nearly every day.”
“Yeah but, working as partners.”
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after winning the firefighter competition, drunken room service is ordered and confessions are shared.Bookmarked by Spruce_Goose
24 Dec 2025