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there it is again, sitting on my chest (makes it hard to catch my breath) by Elgney
Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)
24 Mar 2025
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“I just—I don’t want you to be alone,” said Eddie, softly, like an admission.
Join the fucking club, Buck thought. It was funny, but none of his laughs were coming out right tonight. “I am alone, Eddie.”
“Buck, I—”
“She wants my kidney.” There it went; Buck never could keep anything inside. Could never keep the feelings contained, could never stop them from spilling out over the people nearest him. “That’s what fucking happened, okay? My dad needs a kidney donor and they remembered why they bothered having me in the first place. Is that what you wanted to hear? That my parents finally found a use for me after all these years?”
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A request from his mom tears open old wounds for Buck. From 800 miles away, Eddie tries to stitch him back together.
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“Happy?” Buck asked, incredulously. “One of the most pathetic moments of my life and you were happy?”
Eddie laughed at him, soft and low. “I know,” he ducked his head. “Not my best moment. Not about your parents, obviously. I just thought about how all your exes hadn’t stuck around and I thought—good. They don’t belong with you. Because I’m your partner.” He squeezed Buck’s hand, and Buck was pretty sure that if the hospital was on fire behind Eddie, he wouldn’t notice.
“I can’t believe you’re here,” Buck said. He couldn’t believe any of it, really—not yet—because the universe didn’t give him things like this, like his wildest dreams, served up on a platter.
“You’re worth coming back for,” Eddie said, chasing Buck’s eye contact and reaching one hand out to clasp Buck’s shoulder. His thumb rubbed the skin over Buck’s pulse, and he knew that if Eddie was counting, he’d be breaking 100 bpm right now.
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.After a moment, he shifted down so that he was hovering over Buck’s belly, and used one hand to slowly pull the hem of Buck’s shirt upwards. When his stomach was uncovered, he ran his fingers over Buck’s ribcage, his feather-light touches leaving a trail of goosebumps across his skin. “I want your body,” Eddie started, ducking to kiss one of his ribs. “I want it healed up,” a kiss on another rib, “I want it, not to be in pain.”
He dipped lower, then, at the bottom of Buck’s ribcage, where, under a few other organs and viscera, his kidneys sat. “I want it whole,” he said, keeping his eyes on Buck’s while he dropped another kiss, “and healthy. All its organs intact, everything where it belongs.” Another kiss, this one nipping the skin, before he moved up back up Buck’s body. “You hear me?”
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I’m really happy that Buck has Eddie by his side like this. The meals, the deliveries c the phone call with his parents… it’s just so great to have someone by your side.
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