can a man not have a best friend around here?!

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• can a man not have a best friend around here?! by bird1ee

  Fandoms: 9-1-1 (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Gen, M/M
  • Work in Progress

  03 Oct 2025

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  • Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
  • Maddie Buckley/Howie "Chimney" Han
  • Evan "Buck" Buckley & Maddie Buckley
  • Henrietta "Hen" Wilson/Karen Wilson
  • Athena Grant/Bobby Nash
  • Evan "Buck" Buckley & Ravi Panikkar
  • Evan "Buck" Buckley
  • Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
  • Ravi Panikkar
  • Maddie Buckley
  • Howie "Chimney" Han
  • Bobby Nash
  • Athena Grant
  • Henrietta "Hen" Wilson
  • Karen Wilson
  • Christopher Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
  • Firehouse 118 Crew (9-1-1 TV)
  • Tommy Kinard
  • Sophia Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
  • Adriana Diaz
  • Chatting & Messaging
  • Texting
  • chat fic
  • Crack
  • Crack Treated Seriously
  • Light Angst
  • heavy emphasis on light
  • Bobby Nash Lives
  • Bobby Nash is Evan "Buck" Buckley's Parent
  • Evan "Buck" Buckley is Christopher Diaz's Parent
  • Mutual Pining
  • Humor
  • Fluff
  • this is really just an excuse to write something stupid
  • Gay Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
  • not that he realizes it (yet)
  • Bisexual Disaster Evan "Buck" Buckley
  • Codependent Evan "Buck" Buckley and Eddie Diaz
  • Eddie Diaz Moves to Texas (9-1-1 TV)
  • canon isnt real it cant hurt you here
  • Social Media
  • Slow Burn
  • Kinda
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Idiots in Love
  • no beta we die like shannon diaz
  • Firehouse 118 Crew Group Chat (9-1-1 TV)
  • Tommy Kinard Bashing
  • sorry to any Tommy fans this isn't a Tommy Kinard friendly fic
  • non romantic stage kissing
  • I cannot emphasize enough how non romantic it is
  • loosely set between 8x12 and 8x13
  • shhh the timeline doesn't exist
  • Bets & Wagers
  • Firehouse 118 Crew Bet On Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz Relationship
  • Buck gets a cat
  • Possessive Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
  • The Buckley Siblings Have Bad Parents (9-1-1 TV)
  • Secret Relationship
  • But also
  • Fake/Pretend Relationship

  Summary

  Ravi: genuinely im still so shocked that you guys arent part of the mob
  like it made so much sense in my head
  next ur gonna tell me that Buck and Eddie arent divorced smh

  Eddie: WE ARENT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

  Buck: ADKJADHFLA WHAT

  Ravi: what else was i supposed to think?!?!?!?!

  Buck: CAN A MAN NOT HAVE A BEST FRIEND AROUND HERE?!?!!

   

  OR: What happens when you put Pining Idiot #1, Pining Idiot #2, and the rest of the 118 in a group chat?
  Surely nothing weird, right?
  ...right???

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  • Part 1 of can a man not have a best friend around here?!

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