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“I’ll do whatever you want, just, please.” Buck sobs out the last word, eyes burning with unshed tears.
“A vow.” The man leans uncomfortably close to Buck. The knife brushes against his neck, lightly scratching across the top layer of Buck’s skin. The man’s cold blue eyes hold Buck’s full attention. “That’s what I require. Sell me your allegiance.”
Buck stares back at the killer, unable to fully process what is being asked of him. He sees a flash of anger dance in the stranger’s gaze. He's impatient. Unpredictable. Fear pours into Buck's chest as he realizes he might not get a second chance at this. He has to make this count. “I vow to give you complete control over the remainder of my life. My body is yours to destroy—so long as you let my sister live and return safely to her family.”
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Or, After Eddie leaves for Texas, Buck goes to seek comfort from his sister and walks in on her kidnapping. In order to save Maddie's life, Buck offers up his instead. Unintentionally agreeing to something worse than death.
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30 Jun 2026
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Evan Buckley and Tommy Kinard have been married for ten years, and from the outside, their marriage is perfect.
Behind closed doors, it's a different story.
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30 Jun 2026
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“That’s the fifth time I’ve hit my hip on the table,” he says, rubbing his side as if it’ll stop the sting. “Your kitchen is too small.”
“I know.” Eddie grabs for the butterknife and starts the precarious process of raking away the black streak without fucking up his masterpiece beneath. “We’ll look for a house with a bigger kitchen on Zillow after the bake sale.”
Buck makes a funny noise, like a raccoon caught in the trash. “What?”
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Eddie buys a new house, battles with the homeowner's association, omits the truth, almost dies, and during the process realizes yeah, he's a little bit in love with his best friend.
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29 Jun 2026
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By the time his last class rolls around, Eddie is on the verge of tears. He fucked up. He never should’ve bothered with college, this clearly isn’t the right path for him. He’s rounding the corner, ready to get this last class over with and then call it a day when it’s like a wall materializes in front of him. He smacks into it, stumbling and nearly falling until two callused hands grip his upper arms, steadying him.
“W-whoa, sorry man. I did not see you there.”
Startled, Eddie glances up. He’s met with bright blue eyes, blinking at him sheepishly. Something in Eddie's face must show the close proximity he is to a breakdown because the look shifts to concern, and the man doesn't let go of him.
“Hey, you okay?”
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College AU because Eddie carrying around a baby Christopher is adorable to me
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22 Jun 2026
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Buck knew how Eddie flirted. He’d seen it enough times to memorize the rhythm of it. How Eddie’s voice would dip lower, how his posture would shift ever so slightly closer to the other person. How he’d tilt his head and smile in that slow, deliberate way. How sometimes, if he was really into it, a faint flush would creep up his neck, like a quiet confession.
Buck told himself he only noticed because he was observant. Because he noticed everything. It was part of who he was.
But that wasn’t true, and the tightness in his chest told him so.
When Eddie leaned forward, elbow on the table, smiling at something the man said, that small, tilted smile, Buck felt the world around him blur. It was as if someone had opened a window in the middle of winter and poured a bucket of ice straight into his ribs.
Eddie was into guys.Or
Where Buck and Eddie goes to a speed dating event and the best date they had the whole night was with each other.
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22 Jun 2026