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"Naturally, things get worse.
He tries to sleep that night, he really does. He’s exhausted, his body begging him to rest. He falls asleep without trouble, but wakes up gasping within the hour. He doesn’t remember the specifics of the dream, but his heart is pounding and his brain is on overdrive. His hands shake as he reminds himself to breathe in and out. ‘They’re in Jackson, Ellie is safe, they’re both home and safe’, he thinks to himself.
But it’s not enough. It never is."
___________________Joel stops sleeping and it leads to some pretty dire consequences.
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“So,” Eddie said, voice light, “what’s good today?”
Buck didn’t even look. He reached beneath the counter, grabbed a small white bag and the to-go cup of juice he had ready before sliding it across to Eddie. “You want the apple turnover. Some orange juice too.”
Eddie blinked. “How’d you—”
“You always glance at both of them but never pick them. Thought I’d make the call for you today. Start your day off with some joy.”
His eyes lingered on Buck. “Always do.”
Or Buck owns a bakery, Eddie gets a little sweet treat every day, and they learn what joy is.
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he seems fine most of the time (forcing smiles and neverminds) by Lamiiue
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“You are telling me that you didn't know I was homeless?”
“I mean we knew you left home but none of your stories ever indicated that you were homeless.”
Buck let out a soft, humorless laugh. “I was a nineteen year old runaway who didn't have anything but an old jeep and a change of clothes. I went days without eating, barely had gas to keep the engine running, let alone heat. I slept in that car. And when even that didn’t work... I did what I had to.”
He looked down at his hands, like he was remembering the feel of it all – cold nights, empty stomach, silence. “I rented my jeep so I could get money to buy something to eat. I had sex with various people, so I could sleep in a bed for once in a while. I spent days starving to some point that I couldn't feel hungry. I was so weak people would drag me around and force their power over me. So yeah,” He added quietly, his voice raw. “Eventually you learn how to cope. You stop calling it what it was and start calling it a choice. Because if you don’t, it breaks you.”
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What started as Chimney's question about body counts, led Buck to reveal something about his past that nobody knew.
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21 Jun 2025
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Buck hated the unpredictability of it all—the way his brain could speed up until it felt like he was running a marathon on a treadmill no one else could see. There were days his own thoughts scared him, spiraling out of control with no brakes in sight. And then there were the tic attacks—those overwhelming episodes that left him exhausted, nauseous, and often physically ill.
He hated it.
Hated having ADHD. Hated having Tourette’s.
There was no quirky upside. No magical, misunderstood genius buried under the chaos. Just exhaustion. Shame. A desperate need to feel normal for once.
It wasn’t fun.
It wasn’t interesting.
It was fucking hell.
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Evan Buckley has spent years hiding his Tourette’s from his team, from his friends, and especially from Eddie. Bobby’s the only one who knows, and Buck intends to keep it that way. He can’t risk losing what he’s finally found—family, belonging… and maybe something more with the man who’s become the center of it all. But when a severe tic attack hits the station, Buck’s secret unravels.—
Written by a girl with Tourette’s who knows what it’s like to live in fear of being too much! For Tourette's awareness month!Series
- Part 3 of Tourette's stories
- Part 1 of Buck Buckley Has Tourette’s
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- Part 1 of Wait for me to come home
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When Buck overhears Eddie choose to stay—too late, and not for him.
“You heard him,” Buck says. “But you didn’t hear me.”
From that moment on, something in him begins to crack. Grief grows louder and that maybe, just maybe, love will arrive seconds before the trigger is pulled.
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