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    Through sharp and saturated vision, with no thoughts of consequences, he led a trail of carnage. His emotions, his aggrieve, were fighting, clawing desperately inside of him; building and building until he could no longer contain them.

    The damn breaks.

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    After the season 4 episode 4 argument with his parents, he is finally alone to breakdown, except Eddie arrives at his apartment to hang out.

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    06 Aug 2025

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    "You," Buck sucks in a shaky breath and reminds himself that he knows what real love is now, that he never again needs to settle for some cheap imitation, "You never loved me. You don't hit the people you love. You don't send them to the hospital with broken bones and blood loss and concussions."

    Buck recognizes the twitch in Kyle's jaw, knows he's pushing, knows that now is the time that he's supposed to make himself small and apologize and promise to do better.

    But he's not that man anymore.

    (For the bingo square: Fireworks)

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    06 Aug 2025

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    Think, Buckley, think, he scolded himself, trying to focus on figuring out what was wrong. Dizziness, headache, shortness of breath, chesty coughing, exhaustion. Someone had to know what was wrong. He glanced around but his vision was fuzzy, so he slowly grasped about for his phone until he was able to grab it from where he’d dropped it. Through blurry eyes he fumbled to unlock his phone and struggled to find his contacts. Eddie would know. Or Bobby. They’d know why Buck felt like he was drowning.
    …Drowning.
    Drowning.
    He was drowning.

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    After the tsunami, Buck goes home alone when he shouldn't have and he starts to suffer from secondary drowning, an excess of water in the lungs. He stops breathing before Eddie finds him. Will he make it out unscathed?

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    05 Aug 2025

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    "Talk to me." Eddie encourages, his voice gentle and low.

    Buck chews the insides of his cheeks, his leg bouncing; he clears his throat and gives a tiny, barely there shrug. "I— uh, I'm— I'm having trouble sleeping…lately."

    Eddie's brows gather and he tilts his head. "Nightmares?"

    "Uh, kinda? I— I don't know." Buck shakes his head as he lets out a bitter, empty chuckle. "I guess I'm—" He clears his throat again, hoarse voice cracking at the last word and god he sounds so broken. "I'm scared of not waking up."

    Eddie's tone is soft and gentle when he asks, his heart skips a beat against his chest. "What if I stay with you?"

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    Buck is having trouble sleeping, Eddie offers to stay with him.

    Bad Things Happen Bingo: Nightmares

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    05 Aug 2025

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    He opens his eyes again, knowing that when he looks back to his best friend they are wet and teary, when Buck weakly tangles their fingers together and squeezes.

    He's not anywhere near being back to his full strength yet, but to Eddie it's the most grounding touch he's had since the lightning struck.

    “Buck, if you had died, you would have taken me with you.”

    He didn’t look Buck in the eye when he said it. How could he? It was the deepest, darkest truth that had been swirling in his head from the second he’d heard them shout that Buck was unresponsive. It was the most vulnerable thing Eddie had ever said to his best friend. Buck had watched him break down when Shannon died, had heard every thought and concern and decision making process for raising Christopher, listened to Eddie’s quiet whispers of things he didn’t say to anyone else, kept him together when he emotionally snapped and destroyed his own bedroom. Buck knew Eddie inside and out in a way no one ever had before.

    But this?

    This was his entire soul truly laid bare for Buck to see.

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    Eddie makes a few confessions to get Buck to truly understand how important he is.

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    04 Aug 2025