Epic Buddie Fic Recs

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Epic Buddie Fic Rec | November 2025 (part 1)

Hope the switch to daylight savings time didn't hit you guys too hard! Here's a fic rec to start your week on the right foot! :)

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🔥where i walk alone by kermytheefrog (tardigradeschool) (Soulmates AU | 19K | T): Everyone knows that when you touch someone who's going to be important to you for the first time, you'll leave a mark on them. It's not just romantic love; parents and children, siblings, close friends all share marks too. At least, they do in theory. Maddie's the only person who's ever touched Buck and left anything behind. It’s funny, growing up knowing your parents don’t care about you. The kind of funny that makes Maddie look at him so sadly sometimes, when she doesn’t realize he can see her out of the corners of his eyes.

tricked and treated by rhodeys/ @rhodeys (Halloween, PWP | 5K | E): “Catwoman, huh?” Buck’s eyes flick down again, snagging on the shape of Eddie’s torso. “Yeah, you’re, uh, pulling it off. But, uh…” Buck straightens, licks his lips, voice shifting to something practiced, polite, and extremely strange to Eddie’s ears. “Look, you seem cool, and that suit’s... heh, working, but I’m— I’m not really doing the whole hookup thing anymore." The words don’t register at first—then they do, and the world tilts, grin falling right off his face. Buck doesn’t know it’s him. Buck doesn’t know it’s Eddie.

please resume oversharing by shortndiaz (Crack, Getting Together, Jealous Eddie | 2K | G): 5 times Eddie finds out details about Buck from someone else +1 time he finds out why Buck hasn’t been telling him things

eddie's secret(s) by maydecember (Magical Realism, Cat Eddie, Getting Together | 3K | T): The cat simply meows again. Buck suddenly remembers Eddie is gone. He huffs, standing up and looking around again. “Where did Eddie go?” he mumbles. “Did he run away?” A meow. Buck tilts his head. “Did you see him leave, Mr. Kitty? Tell me the truth.” Mr. Kitty claws at his legs again. Suddenly, something dawns on Buck. Smoke, Eddie’s sudden disappearance, a cat showing up in his place… “...Eddie?” he says tentatively, reaching down to slowly pick the cat up. Mr. Kitty meows ferociously.

Eddie Diaz vs. The Evidence by buckmeetsboy (Pre-Buddie | 7K | G): Eddie Diaz discovers the perfect scientific explanation for why the internet thinks he’s 98% compatible with his best friend: dad-friend bias. Definitely not feelings. (Probably.) OR Eddie and Buck take internet quizzes on the couch after work.

the benefits of floor time by brewrosemilk/ @gayhoediaz (Post-S8, Love Confessions | 2K | T): “Maddie thinks you’re in love with me,” Eddie states, and Buck nods once. “Are you?” he repeats—slower now, not as if Buck is stupid—never, not once, has he ever made Buck feel stupid—but as if he’s… encouraging him to… slow down. To process. “I-I love you,” is all Buck can stutter, along with as much of a shrug as he can manage in this position. “And I love you,” Eddie confirms—still slow. “But that’s not what I asked you, either.”

paint the red flags green by poppypickle/ @poppypickle (Post-S8, Buddie Roommates, Getting Together | 6K | T): or: Buck’s dates keep finding things wrong with him. But Buck’s red flags are all green to Eddie.

I'm sorry for myself because you're not here with me by flightlessmaddie (S7E4: Buck, Bothered and Bewildered | 9K | Not Rated): After the disastrous basketball game, a conversation goes very differently and it leads to some big realizations for Eddie.

marriage of inconvenience by coldbam/ @coldbam (Accidental Marriage, Established Buddie | 5K | T): This is to certify that the undersigned Rev. Matthew Johnson did on the 11th day of the month of March of the year 2026, join in lawful wedlock Evan Buckley and Ravi Panikkar. Buck drops the paper like it’s burned him. “What the fuck?” * or, Buck drives himself insane over Eddie’s reaction to his drunk marriage.

The Art of Being Parent Trapped by songbvrd/ @songbvrd (Post-S9E1, Fluff and Crack | 14K | T): Harry and May take it upon themselves to use their weekly Bachelor nights to parent trap Buck and Eddie.

🔥thrown here or found, to freeze or to thaw by Daisies_and_Briars/ @cal-daisies-and-briars (Accidental Baby Acquisition, Mystery, Fake Relationship, Alive Bobby | 56K | T): When a baby is left on Eddie's doorstep, addressed to Buck, the whole extended 118 family is thrown into a mystery that reaches back further than anyone expects, and Buck and Eddie's lives are changed in an instant.

Color Portrait World by glorious_spoon/ @glorious-spoon (Marriage Proposal, Getting Together | 6K | E): "You don't see the problem," Buck says finally, in as measured a tone as he can, "with getting married to me. For tax purposes." "Not just tax purposes," Eddie says indignantly, like that's Buck's main sticking point. Buck finally turns his head and looks at him. His big brown eyes and the encouraging little smile on his lips, like he's offering Buck a special treat, instead of a lifelong fucking commitment of platonic marriage. Buck wants to kiss him, or maybe strangle him. Either one would serve Eddie right. Or: Eddie proposes marriage (platonically). Buck spirals.

Hungry for Love by jukoist/ @beforejuko (Succubi!Buck, PWP, Getting Together | 16K |E): Buck would do anything to protect Eddie. Even if it means keeping the truth hidden — right to an early grave.

🔥you'll ask me to pray for rain with ash in your mouth by Daisies_and_Briars/ @cal-daisies-and-briars (Magic & Fantasy elements, Getting Together | 21K | M): Whenever Eddie sleeps, he experiences the dreams of those who are dreaming about him. He doesn't tell anyone. But when Buck's dreams start to change, addressing his strange ability may become unavoidable.

Wait for Me to Come Home by jukoist/ @beforejuko (S8E18: Seismic Shifts Coda | 6K | G): “Look, e- everyone needs to grieve, and they… they have people they need to grieve with. And as much as I want to pretend I'm of use here, I… I'm really just getting in the way. So yeah. I’m transferring.” Buck starts walking towards the door, brushing right past Eddie. Eddie turns to watch him, heart breaking further with every step Buck takes away from him. “And what about me?” Eddie asks desperately. Buck stops. Doesn't turn. “What about you, Eddie?” Buck asks. “You'll be in El Paso. It's not gonna make a difference to our calls if I'm a 24 hour drive away instead of a 12 hour one.” An 8x18 coda and fix-it. Buck and Eddie fight, and make up, and learn to grieve together.

but not too far by jaekyu (Post-S8, PWP | 16K | E): or: Evan Buckley attempts to edge his boyfriend, with varying levels of success.

Home Sweet (almost)Home by rhodeys/ @rhodeys (Post-S9E5: Dia de los Muertos, Pre-Buddie | 4K | G): And, well. It keeps happening. Buck invites: a dinner, a game, a just swing by, man. Eddie dodges: laundry, groceries, whatever comes first before his mouth can betray him by saying I can’t be inside your house.

you're my lucky star by beetlesandstars/ @jothebeetle (Getting Together, PWP | 11K | E): “Eddie. Dude.” That, finally, does the trick. Eddie pulls off with his eyebrows in his hairline. “Dude?” he rasps. “Sorry,” Buck gasps. “I– I’m gonna come, just. Just, it’s not– you don’t want that in your mouth.” Eddie looks… amused, of all things. Relaxed. Wetting his lips, he says, “Why not?” “Uh.” Buck blinks. “It’s– do you?” “Yeah,” Eddie says, unimpressed. “Dude.”  * Or: Buck and Eddie go camping. Things spiral from there.

Love Potion No. 9 by Tizniz/ @tizniz (Magic, Getting Together | 6K | G): “Buck, listen to me,” Eddie leans in this time, and blue eyes lock onto him, “This…this isn’t real, what you’re feeling. This isn’t you.” Eddie hates how his voice shakes. Hates how his chest aches as he speaks those words. He’ll worry about that later. “You don’t actually want me. You don’t actually love me.” Buck shakes his head, a set line to his mouth, “No. No. I do. I love you so much, Eddie.” Ridiculously, Eddie wants to cry. To be loved completely and wholly by Buck? It would be a gift. But that won’t happen. “No,” Eddie says quietly, “Buck, you’re under a love potion.”

hallelujah, dude by beetlesandstars/ @jothebeetle (Buddie Roommates, PWP, Getting Together | 4K | E): Or: Buck's really trying to keep it in his pants. Eddie's not exactly keen on letting him do so.

the letter you forgot by beetlesandstars/ @jothebeetle (Getting Together | 2K | T): Or: Eddie finds a letter Buck wrote years ago addressed to his future-self.

Dreadful Need in the Devotee by PhenomenalWoman (Love Confessions, Getting Together | 6K | T): “It wasn’t dumb to look back, it was destined. He loved her so much he was always going to look back. That’s what love does to you,” Buck’s gaze flicks up, and for one time-stopping moment, he meets Eddie’s eyes. Eddie’s heart lurches in his throat, and he thinks he might be sick.  “Do you think Eurydice was mad at him?” Chris asks quietly, homework entirely forgotten in light of the story unfolding around him.  Buck shrugs, finally dragging his gaze back to Chris. “I don’t know.” Buck says carefully. “Do you think you’d be mad at someone loving you that much?” Eddie wants to be capable of that kind of love so bad – of being loved like that. He wants it so much his teeth ache with the force of it. 

red is the colour of blood by jaekyu (Vampire AU, PWP | 9K | E): “You—you saved me,” he says, leaning forward to touch the jut of Buck’s elbow. Buck’s eyes flick to him, fast and predatory, from the corner of his vision. “How did you know where I was?” Buck scoffs. “Because I could smell it on you, Eddie,” he explains. “Three weeks ago you walked into the station smelling like iron and moss. Like wet stone. Humans don’t smell that way on their own.” Humans. Buck says it like he doesn’t count himself among them. What would he call himself, then? Eddie finds himself too nervous to ask. “So you… you followed me?” Buck doesn’t respond, but his gaze remains fixed and pointed, his mouth pressed into a firm line. Finally, after what feels like forever, he says, “you don’t understand what you are.”

Podfic

[Podfic] most of all i get to be in love by Silverkat1620/ @silverkat1620 | fic by hattalove/ @hattalove (Getting Together | 10-20min | T): He'd planned on sleeping some of the day away, right on the couch, just until it was time to pick Christopher up from school. And then he'd gone to drive his parents to the airport, and came back home to music blasting and everything his mother nudged out of place back in order and Buck, halfway through the dining room with an armful of sheets, the whole pile wedged under his chin as he tried to keep it upright. * in which a fitted sheet is a metaphor for love, and eddie is in it.

[PODFIC] Nap Trapped by Cozybrain | fic by paleredheadinascifi (Getting Together | 20-30min | T): “Eddie Diaz,” Buck gasps. “Are you using me for my very soft cardigan?” Eddie chuckles and tells the truth. “You looked so comfy. And I missed you.” Buck sucks in a breath beneath Eddie’s ear. “I missed you, too,” he whispers. “I think I missed you too much,” Eddie admits.

[PODFIC] Waxing Gibbous by Cozybrain (Getting Together | 30-45min | T): Eddie takes care of Buck in big little ways. Buck has questions— the primary one being: are they in love or something?

[Podfic] How to supreme an orange by Cozybrain | fic by paleredheadinascifi (Getting Together | 20-30min | T): Or, Eddie knows his kid, and his kid loves oranges. Buck knows both of them better than Eddie realized. He shows it in various citrus-based ways.

[rhodeys]

S9E13 : D.I.Y || S7E10 : All Fall Down

[bamfbuddie]

This is what I mean when I say that Eddie is sweet and gentle when it comes to the people he cares about and then will literally fuck you up if you’re the one attacking said people.

When people say Eddie is sweet and caring and so innocent this is what they’re seeing but they’re not accounting in for the fact that it’s only with the people he cares deeply about.

That man is a vet who has no qualms about killing someone who is going after his family.

[inkursa]

troubles always gonna find you baby, but so will i

probably one of my favorite pieces i’ve ever made, all the little doodle details around them are symbols for their ndes they’ve had where they’ve save each other in some way or another (except for eddies well collapse but buck tried to dig into the ground with his bare hands so i count it shhh)

[emziess]

You came to me for help. 9-1-1, S09E15

[gayeddies]

9.15

[redrosydiaz]

hc that buck loves pineapple on pizza, but eddie hates it. thinks it is. an abomination. an atrocity. an utter crime against pizza.

HOWEVER. every single pizza night at the diaz house they always order hawaiian pizza and eddie always eats it.

because, it's buck's favorite and if eddie ever even hinted at the fact that he doesn't like it then buck would simply never order it again and eddie doesn't want that. he wants buck to have his favorite, always. so he Silently Suffers through it every time.

but christopher ALSO strongly dislikes pineapple on pizza, and buck does know this about him. he finds out the first time they order hawaiian pizza, because chris takes one look at it and makes the most disgusted face ever, to which eddie shoots him The Eyes and chris goes oh um. yum. but it's too late bc buck Saw the look on his face, and he's like oh sorry chris i didn't know. and chris is like it's okay buck ill just pick the pineapple off. and buck is like we can get something else next time. and gets those sad droopy eyes. and eddie, because he is. down so horrendously bad for this man, holds out his plate and goes I'LL TAKE YOUR PINEAPPLE CHRIS. because he doesn't want buck to think he's alone in liking pineapple pizza. because he doesn't want buck to stop ordering his favorite pizza. and so, chris piles his pineapple onto eddies plate (and jesus how much pineapple can one slice of pizza hold?) and now, not only does eddie have to Silently Suffer through normal pineapple pizza, but he now has to Silently Suffer through EXTRA pineapple pizza. and the smile on bucks face after that is. so big and so dazzling that eddie just. he can absolutely never ever come clean about this ever. and so he comes to term with the fact that he will have to pretend to love pineapple pizza for the rest of his life.

but it's worth it, for buck. anything is worth it for buck. <3

[bucksgreyhairs]

FUN!

[siratonin]

Maddie Buckley - 9-1-1 x 2.13 "Fight or Flight" Evan Buckley - 9-1-1 x 9.13 "Mother's Boy"

[birthmarkedbabyblues]

It is so important to me that the first thing Buck does after being rescued from a crazy lady pretending that he is her son is to call the closest thing he has ever had to a loving mother 🥰🥰🥰

[bilosan]

9x13 buck and eddie + friend

[foobango]

running back to you

[eddiesmedbag]

there's something about the desperation of it all. they were both willing to sacrifice pieces of themselves to ensure the other's survival. buck was ready to give up his identity, the thing he has consistently fought for over the course of the series, for eddie. he'd stop fighting if it meant eddie lived. force him to be derek. he'll do whatever you want. please, just let eddie and chris be together. and eddie. eddie was not going home without buck. at every turn, someone was against him, but he would not quit. if anything, he fought harder. eddie, a character who has consistently shown he is gentle and kind, was ready to shoot someone for buck. he was prepared to take a life even when he has dedicated his own to saving them. they were both willing to give up these integral pieces of themselves if it meant saving each other. they love each other so much.

[stevenrogered]

food being Buck’s love language + Eddie gets cranky when he doesn’t eat = Buck always making sure Eddie is fed

[gayeddies]

[briagrant]

not only will we see buck have to recover from the kidnapping but eddie is also gonna have to recover from the events of that day. he’s gonna have to grapple with the fact that he almost killed someone intentionally. either he’s gonna be horrified with himself for thinking he was capable of doing that or he’s gonna be strangely calm about it because if buck was in danger he would do anything and that’s a whole new realization to be grappled with

[pairofraggedclaws]

idk just. the diner. the humiliation and vulnerability of getting clocked as queer in public, getting harassed and disrespected, called homophobic names (would have been a slur if this was a different network guaranteed), and then there's just nothing he can do about it. eddie has had people being shitty and racist towards him, but this is new. you can see it in the way he reacts. we've seen eddie interact with racists, and he's just like whatever, fuck you, moving on dot com. this was NOT that. eddie heard that guy say "your kind" and he was out of his seat in a split second. he's so unprepared for it, the homophobia, the emasculation - eddie is level-headed and often a calming influence on situations, he doesn't fight people for shits and giggles - but here he is trying to physically fight a man who called him princess. sure, it gets broken up by earl, but just look at eddie's face in the aftermath. he's so exposed and everyone is looking and there's nothing he can do about it. he just has to walk out of the diner with no resolution to everything that just happened. the guy leaving the bar is still smirking at him: he knows what eddie is.

[pairofraggedclaws]

and this is what make's buck's apology so interesting too bc buck blames himself and his queerness for making them a target. but eddie got clocked first (watch the scene, people start looking at eddie even before buck crashes out) because of how he and buck are. TOGETHER. buck has always been afraid of his queerness ruining things between him and eddie, so that's what he thinks is the cause. but it's not him getting attention, it's them. it's both of them. the way they are with each other. and that's what gets eddie. he's not insecure, i seriously don't think he cares if some idiot thinks he's gay. they think he's gay WITH BUCK (thank you @glorious-spoon for putting this into words for me) and eddie just cannot control his reaction to that. he's so upset. he's so fucking off guard and upset and blindsided and angry about it.

you're in love with your best friend and everyone KNOWS. JUST BY LOOKING AT YOU. strangers can tell. you can hide it from yourself but it's still there. EVERYONE KNOWS. even if you got to fight all of them, they would still know.

[911onabcbts]

Ryan by Oliver.

[brittany-murphy]

9-1-1, Mother's Boy (S09E13)