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    Buck’s hair is gray at the temples, buzzed neatly on the sides and a bit longer and curlier on top than Chris remembers him wearing it, and there’s a new scar through one of his eyebrows. He looks good, like he’s living a happy life, and the only possible reason Chris can imagine for Buck to be here at Helena Diaz’s funeral in El Paso is that Chris’s father brought him.

    “Why would you come?” Chris snaps at him.

    Buck blinks. “Why wouldn’t I come?”

    “She didn’t mean anything to you.”

    “I’m not here for her,” Buck scoffs. “She is dead. I’m here for him.”

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    Chris is forced to grapple with the choice he made eleven years ago when his father comes back for Helena’s funeral.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    i’m sick all the way down to my tummy i hate (read: love) fics where all the love and details are in what isn’t said

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    It’d be good for Buck to have another cat around him. If Bobby’s lucky, Eddie’s mellow temperament would rub off on his crazy orange menace and make him less of a terror.

    Of course, that was delusional of him to hope so. If anything, the two were even worse together.

    Buck pawing at people’s legs as a distraction while Eddie stole something off their plate. Buck dragging gloves or socks into Bobby’s office like trophies while Eddie followed behind to drop the stolen items into Bobby’s trash can. Napping in the most random places and therefore forcing everyone to check the engine every time just in case they were inside. Following people around and plopping down belly up at their feet like two meowing speed bumps. Knocking random stuff off the shelves.

    Just last week, the two had stepped on the PA mic, Buck broadcasting a steady stream of purrs and random meows throughout the entire firehouse until Hen found Eddie serenely perched on the button.

    Bobby somehow ended up adopting not one, but two demonic cats.

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    09 Apr 2026

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    cat buddie. oh my cat buddie

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    Far in the future, Handsome Jack awakens again. Nothing is as it seems to be.

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    11 Dec 2025

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    When your monotonous life as a forest caretaker and watcher is perturbed by someone crashing from the skies. Friend is met with a sudden shift in his forest when Knight comes into the picture. Is he the anomaly or everything else?
    An exploration of original characters' story fleshing out on the go. How they influence one another in becoming a better version of themselves while fighting side by side to bring back the peace.

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    24 Nov 2025

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    Buck had lost-- he was sure of this now. His resolve only lasted a few weeks before his exterior began to crack; he was never a very good actor. He couldn’t keep up the greetings and the asking questions and the easy stroll. He let his shoulders creep up to his ears, let his foot tap incessantly. He did what his Captain told him, but stopped asking for anything more. Stopped following the conversation in the back of the engine on the way to the call; he just stared out the window, thinking about the case to come, preparing for it. When he woke every morning, there was no big recovery milestone to strive for, no big fight for the soul of his career to win. Not even the happy swell of being back on shift -- something so easy to dismiss, that had dominated so much of his life, that he had taken for granted-- that had catalyzed him each morning of his first week back.
    An old habit of his had returned. A bad habit.

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    or: after the lawsuit, buck confronts what it was he wanted all along. he looks and looks and longs for it; the team looks right through him. buck breaks-- right down the middle.

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    29 Aug 2025

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    gorgeous fanfic, beautiful exploration of mental health. AMAZING therapist oc