thesmiths
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
Evan "Buck" Buckley has always felt most alive when he’s off the ground. Trained as a trapeze/aerial silk artist since childhood, his secret life in the air contrasts sharply with his role as a firefighter on the ground. No one at Station 118 suspects the skills he keeps hidden—until a series of daring rescues force Buck to draw on his acrobatic talents in unexpected ways.
As the squad teases and Eddie Diaz’s curiosity grows, Buck must decide how much of himself he’s willing to reveal—and whether the man watching him so closely might be the one person who understands the thrill of flying without fear.
In other words:
Five times Buck uses his trapeze/aerial silk skills on the job to pull off impossible saves. And then the one time the entire crew sees those skills in full display—at a pop-up circus where Buck volunteers, bringing his two worlds crashing together.Bookmarked by thesmiths
04 Oct 2025
-
Tags
Summary
“Did you know that kissing is good for you?”
Buck asks the question out of absolutely nowhere, and Eddie blinks as he tries to process the words. To be fair, it’s barely seven in the morning — on their day off, after Eddie’s night on the couch — and he’s yet to have the coffee that typically kicks his brain into action.
Also, what?
“Buck,” he says, rubbing at his eyes. “What?”
Or: Eddie and Buck start platonically kissing.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,710
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 355
- Kudos:
- 5,734
- Bookmarks:
- 1,117
- Hits:
- 37,463
Bookmarked by thesmiths
30 Sep 2025
-
Tags
Summary
“My mom said, uh, that his name was Buck. That he was going to go to the fire academy and that he had a—” she broke off, rubbing her own forehead, exactly where his skin went pink. “She said he went by Firehose.”
Buck didn’t need all of his coworkers to look at him in alarm; he was pretty sure he’d gone deadly pale. His daughter knew four things about him, and one of them was his old tinder profile handle. He felt a little like he was going to die.
“She’s got your eyes,” Eddie commented, unhelpfully.
----
Buck finds out he has a daughter, and also a stupidly big crush on his best friend. It's an adjustment.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 75,337
- Chapters:
- 11/11
- Comments:
- 1,217
- Kudos:
- 2,072
- Bookmarks:
- 626
- Hits:
- 34,233
Bookmarked by thesmiths
28 Sep 2025
-
Tags
Summary
It’s such a small thing, and yet Buck feels almost like he’s intruding by catching the moment, seeing it in its quiet intimacy.
He glances away, down at his own hands, and thinks rather wistfully, heart clenching something fierce in his chest: I’m never going to get that.
And it’s not the first time Buck’s had that thought; probably not even the tenth, or the hundredth. His brain tends to work a mile a minute, which means he’s used to things flitting through, sometimes with impact, sometimes without.
Now, though, it catches.
Sticks sharp and tacky in his mind.
I’m never going to get that, I’m never going to get that, I’m never going to get that.
Or: Buck thinks he’s unlovable. (Or or: Buck goes through it.)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 22,334
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 87
- Kudos:
- 1,265
- Bookmarks:
- 316
- Hits:
- 11,538
Bookmarked by thesmiths
27 Sep 2025
-
Tags
Summary
Buck seems happy today.
Really happy.
And anyone that isn’t Eddie loves seeing him like this; but he knows Buck like he knows the back of his hand– he knows that this type of high usually comes with a low. As it so happens, Eddie knows exactly why Buck seems so happy, and why Buck's inevitably going to crash: The Buckley Parents are currently in the state of California. Maddie told Buck yesterday, announced that they’re going to have dinner, all of them– Buck went straight to Eddie’s after that. So. Yeah. Buck seems overjoyed, but Eddie knows that Buck is actively doing everything he can to not think about his parents, to not have one quiet moment alone in his brain.
Everything meaning everything.
Cleaning, hanging out with Chris, watching documentaries, and falling into research pits about the Gros Michel Banana and their impact on the banana flavour.
Or: The Buckley parents are in town and the family secret is about to be spilled. Buck's mental health is impacted more than he lets on and the 118 are there to support him through an ADHD diagnosis he wasn't planning on getting.
Bookmarked by thesmiths
27 Sep 2025