911 Fanfic Recs By Darragh

9-1-1 (Mostly Buddie) Fanfic Recommendations by @dbuckley118

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Intro - Hi!

Hello, my name is Darragh. I am an avid buddie reader, and in fact probably read far too much. My goal this year is to hit 30 million words of buddie by 2026.

I can also be found on my main tumblr (dbuckley118) and on bluesky (dbuckley118).

I will aim to post fic recommendations around 2 times per day using my queue. The # for my fic recs is #dbuckleyrecommends.

I hope you like my recommendations - Please reblog or comment your thoughts on the fics, I would love to hear them :D

My asks is also open for anything 9-1-1:

9-1-1 fics you’d recommend I read. No BT.

9-1-1 fics you’re trying to find - I can try and help out 😊

Other 9-1-1 related things. Anything not about fics will use #darraghanswers.

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His Father(s)

Rating: General Audiences

After the chess competition, the lead organiser of the competition asks whether Chris has two fathers, and Eddie says it's just him. During the car ride home, this prompts some further conversation.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64458031

Written by: xompeii | Word Count: 1,308 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Family, Fluff, Coda, episode 8x13, Chess Tournaments, Communication, Feelings Realization, Christopher Diaz Has Two Dads, Christopher Diaz is a National Treasure

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both can be absent

Rating: General Audiences

It's an incredibly interesting fact that in Montana you can legally marry someone without either party being present. The 118 use this fact to their advantage.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64487509

Written by: astronomical_eclipse | Word Count: 2,503 | Chapters: 1

Tags: POV Outsider, POV Howie "Chimney" Han, Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, i ended up treating this a lot more seriously than i thought, Fluff, based on a tweet, Getting Together, Arranged Marriage, Kind Of, in a fun and fluffy way

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Saddle Up

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

Eddie's new house in El Paso is haunted. Haunted by ghost Wyatt Manning, who pretty quickly realises that there must be something going on between Buck and Eddie.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64549183

Written by: lightyears (@bisexualbellamyblake) | Word Count: 7,110 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Crack Treated Seriously, POV Outsider, Eddie in El Paso, Ghosts, Haunted Houses, Pre-Relationship, Feelings Realization

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The longer the waiting, the sweeter the kiss (it's better my darlin', I promise you this)

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

Eddie Diaz comes back from Texas determined to ask Buck on a date. It turns out that asking your long-term best friend and love of your life out is more difficult that you'd expect.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64541734

Written by: Goldillocks | Word Count: 6,246 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Friends to Lovers, Getting Together, Mutual Pining, Roommates, Idiots in Love, Eddie Diaz Loves Evan "Buck" Buckley, Sharing a Bed, Buck reads Oscar Wilde, References to Oscar Wilde, Gay Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Eddie Diaz Comes Back from Texas (9-1-1 TV), Eddie Diaz is So Whipped (9-1-1 TV), Post-Episode: s08e13 Invisible (9-1-1 TV)

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Eddie Diaz v. the hildy-powered vending machine

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

A fun little crack fic where Eddie struggles with a Hildy-powered vending machine and only admits defeat once Hen comes along to help.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63879589

Written by: hailstormtsunami | Word Count: 1,728 | Chapters: 1

Tags: POV Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Technophobe Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Eddie Diaz & Henrietta "Hen" Wilson Friendship, Eddie Diaz Loves Evan "Buck" Buckley, Evan "Buck" Buckley Loves Eddie Diaz, Christopher Diaz is a National Treasure, for one line and one line only, Crack Treated Seriously, Getting Together, Technically?, no beta we die like eddie did inside when hildy wouldn't take his one dollar bill

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Paint the ceiling black

Rating: Mature

This fic explores Eddie's move to Texas (written pre-8b) with a lot of extended metaphors about his feelings. When it all gets a bit too much, Buck inevitably follows him.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62254683

Written by: hispolestar | Word Count: 7,519 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Introspection, Eddie Diaz Moves to Texas (9-1-1 TV), Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, Getting Together, Christopher Diaz Comes Back from Texas (9-1-1 TV), Panic Attacks, Grief/Mourning, First Kiss, Non-Explicit Sex, Love Confessions, Heavy Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Extended Metaphors, Eddie Diaz Has Feelings (9-1-1 TV), Childhood Memories, Post-Episode: s08e08 Wannabes (9-1-1 TV)

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rock, paper, scissors

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

In which Buck and Eddie have their first date, Eddie gets wooed across LA and the game rock, paper, scissors features heavily.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64113442

Written by: Paleredheadinascifi | Word Count: 3,059 | Chapters: 1

Tags: First Dates, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Fluff, Eddie Diaz Loves Evan "Buck" Buckley, Soft Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Friends to Lovers, Idiots in Love, Christopher Diaz Has Two Dads, author apologises for any LA related inaccuracies, Relationship Reveal

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i'm scared of being lonely (i'll let anybody hold me)

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

Buck refuses to be that queer person who falls in love with their best friend. Nothing good will come from it, so he's not even going to entertain the idea. Eddie is... he's straight, okay? He's not going to go begging for scraps of affection where there are none.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64073590

Written by: justhockey | Word Count: 9,408 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Sad Evan "Buck" Buckley, Feelings Realization, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Mutual Pining, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Christopher Diaz Comes Back from Texas (9-1-1 TV), Long-Distance Friendship, Good Sibling Maddie Buckley, Love Confessions, First Kiss, Getting Together, Mentioned Tommy Kinard, sorry about that one, Denial of Feelings, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Angst with a Happy Ending, Post-Episode: s08e11 Holy Mother of God (9-1-1 TV)

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Silver linings

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

After a mishap at the donation clinic, Buck finds out that his sperm donation has fathered many more children than originally intended. Most of them are in happy families, but there is one child unaccounted for.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62428933

Written by: buddieaya | Word count: 17,841 | Chapters: 3

Tags: POV Evan "Buck" Buckley, Established Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Evan "Buck" Buckley Needs A Hug, Self-Doubt, another fic where Buck acquires a child, Raising a baby together, Love, Idiots in Love, Eddie Diaz Loves Evan "Buck" Buckley, Soft Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Humor, Fluff and Angst, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Domestic Fluff, Domestic Bliss, Marriage Proposal, Weddings

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Love Don’t Cost A Thing

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

After winning the lottery without even trying, Buck ends up going to Texas and everything, for once, just works out.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64075786

Written by: Scarmaddiewrites | Word Count: 10,180 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Christopher Diaz Has Two Dads, Eddie Diaz Moves to Texas (9-1-1 TV), Gay Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Evan "Buck" Buckley Takes Care of Eddie Diaz, Getting Together, Helena Diaz and Ramon Diaz Bashing (9-1-1 TV), Buck wins the lottery accidently, MaddieEddie friendship, Light Angst, Fluff and Humor, Evan "Buck" Buckley Loves Eddie Diaz, Eddie Diaz Loves Evan "Buck" Buckley

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Dropped Call

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

It's absolutely crazy, what Tommy said. Isn't Eddie? Isn't it crazy?

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64027123

Written by: Ameliahart (@melliehart) | Word Count: 1,800 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Post-Episode: s08e11 Holy Mother of God (9-1-1 TV), Pre-Relationship, Phone Calls & Telephones, a completely normal and platonic late night phone call, the cusp of feelings realization, holy mother of repression

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drink the river dry

Rating: Explicit

After Eddie gets shot, Buck comes to stay with the Diaz's to help out. It's not until they're discussing the discharge paperwork and medical regimen that it really sinks in exactly what that means.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/42761322

Written by: Rianne | Word Count: 32,215 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Injury, Injury Recovery, Pining, Mutual Pining, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, until there is a, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, First Time, Smut, Anal Fingering, Anal Sex, Evan "Buck" Buckley has a praise kink that we don't super get into but it's definitely there, Evan "Buck" Buckley & Taylor Kelly Friendship, in this house we love Taylor Kelly as a friend for Buck, idiots to lovers, mostly Eddie is the idiot in this case, listen sometimes you just have to break up with your girlfriend, and then spend 7 weeks having the best friend you're in love with tenderly wash your hair, Episode: s04e14 Survivors (9-1-1 TV), Christopher Diaz Has Two Dads, Christopher Diaz is a National Treasure, Demisexual Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Bottom Evan "Buck" Buckley, Top Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Podfic Welcome

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A River In Egypt

Rating: Explicit

After his breakup with Tommy, Buck decides it's time to start dating again. The dates don't exactly go as he expects. Meanwhile, Eddie is coming to terms with his own feelings for Buck and how there's nothing he can do about them.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/62175313

Written by: Ellesworth86 | Word Count: 32,429 | Chapters: 13

Tags: Idiots in Love, Feelings Realization, Unrequited Love, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Mutual Pining, Pining Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Pining Evan "Buck" Buckley, Biphobia, Awkward Dates, Bad dates, Eddie Diaz Loves Evan "Buck" Buckley, Evan "Buck" Buckley Loves Eddie Diaz, Meddling, Sexual Tension, Implied/Referenced Blow Jobs, Teen Christopher Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Evan "Buck" Buckley Acting as Christopher Diaz's Parental Figure, Christopher Diaz is TIRED, POV Christopher Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Flirting, Firehose Reference, Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz First Kiss, Interrupted Sex, Drinking to Cope, Head Injury, Parental Bobby Nash, Parental Athena Grant, Minor Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)/Original Male Character(s), Referenced Semi-Public Hand Jobs, Getting Together, First Kiss, Christopher Diaz is a National Treasure, First Dates

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rage is a quiet thing

Rating: General Audiences

When Buck's dad falls ill, he feels the need to return to Hershey because his mom asked him to, and Maddie can't. Eddie and Chris refuse to let him go alone.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63756067

Written by: oceansofchaos | Word count: 33,318 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Hurt/Comfort, Evan "Buck" Buckley is Christopher Diaz's Parent, Getting Together, First Kiss, Evan "Buck" Buckley Needs A Hug, POV Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Buck's Canonical Sad Childhood, Daniel Buckley Haunts the Narrative, The Buckley Siblings Have Bad Parents (9-1-1 TV), Dysfunctional Family, Implied past child neglect, Extremely Light Implied Past Suicidal Ideation, Also Pretty Light Comphet! Eddie Diaz, Fluff, Happy Ending, Protective Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Protective Christopher Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Protective Evan "Buck" Buckley, Jealous Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), So Married, Season 8a Compliant, The Canonical 118 Group Chat, Feelings Realization

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Shovel

Rating: Teen Audiences and Up

A fun crack texting fic where Buck get's a little bit jealous of Pepper Pig's mom and Eddie's gay adventures lead to the purchase of a shovel.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63758029

Written by: ah_lourry | Word Count: 1,366 | Chapters: 1

Tags: Crack Treated Seriously, Crack Fic, Texting, chat fic, text fic, Getting Together, it has no plot im not sorry, No Plot, shovels, dont ask, Gay Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV), Bisexual Evan "Buck" Buckley, Good Friend Ravi Panikkar, no beta we die like freddie fakeman, Fluff and Humor, ravi is always getting threatened im sorry, peppa the pig you deserved better, Evan "Buck" Buckley and Eddie Diaz Are In Love

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Fic Stats Update!

I hadn't gotten around to doing my fic stats update at the start of April, so we're going to pretend that the 9th April is the start of the month :)

March

Words Read: 1,852,919 This was lower than average. I had quite a busy month, and apparently less motivation to read. I got stuck on one fic for probably longer than I should have let it.

Fics Read: 130 This is significantly less than February, but my word count for the shorter month was about the same so I must have read longer fics in March!

Average Word Count per Fic: 14,253 This is a very basic total word count/number of fics read

Total number of unique authors: 100

April (So Far)

This month is already going a lot lot better. I can tell you that off the bat.

Words Read So Far: 889,349

Fics Read So Far: 82

Average Word Count Per Fic: 10,846

Total number of unique authors: 70

Year to Date

Words Read: 6,953,324 A little behind on my goal for the year. However, I don't feel like it's unachievable just yet!

Fics Read: 550 Yes! I hit the 500 mark this month :D

Average Word Count Per Fic: 12,642

Total number of unique authors: 324

I hope you've found these stats as interesting as I have! I think the most amazing thing is I am currently reading from the buddie tag and every morning when I find my next fic there has been an additional two pages. This fandom is incredible!