The Water Cure: Tag to 3x03′s “The Searchers.” Buck recovers. The team helps. Genre: Gen; Hurt/Comfort
It Don’t Break Even: Tag to 3x04′s “Triggers.” Buck falls…and then falls apart. Slightly canon divergent. Genre: Gen; Found Family; Hurt/Comfort
A History Of Violence: Tag to 3x05, Rage. Buck discovers Eddie’s new hobby. Angst ensures. Slightly canon divergent from 3.06. Also includes a prompt-fill for @kayapronto : Can you please write a fanfic where Bobby yells at Buck and calls him a disappointment and then the next day Buck is really subdued and doesn’t call anybody by their nicknames? And instead of calling Bobby his name or even cap, he just calls him Captain Nash? Genre: Gen; Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Prompt Fill
Peonies And Peace: Short tag to 3x07 “Athena Begins.” After learning about Emmett, Buck visits Athena. It goes better than expected. Genre: Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Found Family
(God)Father’s Intuition: Eddie knows something is off the second he enters the house. He just didn’t expect it to be so…wonderful. OR Buck adopts a dog for Christopher, and Eddie is LIVID. Post 3x03′s “The Searchers.” Genre: Gen; Utter Cotton Candy Fluff; Shades of Buck/Eddie if you squint
Intervention: Buck has been through hell with the explosion and the tsunami and the blood clots. He didn't realize it affected more than him. Post 3x06's "Monsters." Genre: Gen; 118 Firefam, Buck and Eddie; Buck and Hen; Found Family; Hurt/Comfort
Buck, Interrupted: Buck’s past year has been filled with so much trauma: nearly losing his sister, being crushed by a firetruck, and the tsunami. Here’s how he recovered. Post 2x18’s “This Life We Choose.” -OR- The five times Buck’s family and friends let him not be okay, and the one time they don’t. Genre: Gen; 118 Firefam, Buck and Eddie; Buck and Hen; Buck and Athena; Found Family; Hurt/Comfort; Angst; Recovery
Lasting Impression series: First impressions said a lot about a man, and Eddie’s initial experiences with Evan Buckley indicated that he was cocky, insecure, needlessly competitive but fortunately a damn good firefighter. OR Stand-alone moments from Eddie Diaz's friendship with Evan Buckley. Genre: Gen; Friendship, Buck and Eddie; Hurt/Comfort; Angst, Firefam
Lean In (911 Lone Star): TK isn’t the only one fighting for his life. Genre: 911 Lone Star; Found Family; Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Episode Tag; Judd Ryder, Grace Ryder; Owen Strand
Any Other Way: Tag to 4.05′s ‘Buck Begins.’ Buck thought he could breeze over the fallout of learning about Daniel, but he's trapped in a vicious cycle of self-doubt and depression. Athena and the 118's newest and cutest member, Nia, helps him though. Gen; Hurt/Comfort; Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Found Family; Firefam; Buck, Hen, Nia, and Athena
Carpe Don’t: Set after 3.06 "Monsters." After everything Buck's been through, working through a shift with the flu isn't a big deal, right? Wrong. Sickfic with a side of Buckley warmfuzzies. Sickfic; Hurt/Comfort; Rescue Fic; Gen
Relative Term: Missing scene for 4.14′s “Survivors” after Taylor finds Buck at the hospital. Buck keeps claiming that he's okay, but Taylor is terrified that this will finally be the tragedy that breaks him. Gen; Angst; Friendship; Mild Hurt/No Comfort; Taylor Kelly, Evan Buckley, mentions of the Diaz boys
Life Will Out: Coda to 4x01 and 4x02. Maddie Buckley misses her family, so she decides to do something about it. Fluff abounds. Gen; Angst, Pandemic stress; Buckley Siblings
The Perpetual War: Missing scene for 4x14′s “Survivors.” Athena gets a frantic call to check on Buck, and she finds him struggling more than he ever has. Gen; Angst; Emoitonal Hurt/Comfort; Buck, Athena, Eddie, Christopher
Sandcastles: Buck and Maddie spent years apart, and Maddie’s only just now realizing there’s a lot she doesn’t know about her brother. But she’s willing to learn. Gen; Buck and Maddie, Hen and original character. Post Season 3. Written for Evan Buckley Week 2021.
The Elusive Light: After a terrifying call, Buck is recognizing that the world is a scary place, and he doesn't know how to deal with it. Athena and the 118 help. Gen; Hurt/Comfort; Found Family. Late Season 3.
Those Who Seek To Find: Missing scenes for 5.02, “Desperate Times.” Buck controls the animals, but at what cost? And through it all, he still doesn't stop worrying about Eddie. Gen; Action; Hurt/Comfort; Friendship.
Fates Be Damned: Missing scene from 5.06 "Brawl In Cellblock 9-1-1." In the aftermath of the just another crisis, Buck spirals. Eddie helps. Gen; Angst; Friendship.
But A Single Step: Tag to 4x14 “Survivors.” Healing isn’t a singular event, but a journey. Gen; Hurt/Comfort; Emotional Hurt/Comfort.
The Favorite Place: Speculation for 5B, eventually AU. Eddie Diaz doesn't break. Except when he does, it's worse than anyone ever imagined. Gen; Hurt/Comfort
On An Open Fire: My extremely, pathetically late season 5 Christmas fic. Heartbroken over the absence of Maddie, Chim, and Jee-Yun, Buck throws himself into work over the holidays. Rescue fic; Action/Suspense; Family; Gen; Hurt/Comfort; Holiday fic.
Always: Post 5.11. While settling into his desk job, Eddie finally gets the call about Buck he prayed he'd never get. Gen; Hurt/Comfort; Found Family; Friendship; Drama.
A River In Egypt: Post 5.03′s “Desperate Measures.” With Maddie, Chim, and Jee-Yun gone, Buck simply can't deal with another disaster even when it hits him dead on. Hurt/Comfort; Angst; Buck and Trauma.
Mayday: Post 5.13′s ‘Fear-O-Phobia.” In the aftermath of Eddie's breakdown, Buck wonders if he saved him at all. Warning: careful but clear depiction of suicide. Gen; Emotional Hurt/Comfort; PTSD; Anxiety Attacks; Family.
Fate and Flowerboxes: Season 2; Bobby is stumped by a difficult extraction, but his young charge has an idea. The beginning of the 'Unreckless' series, which focuses on how Buck is a damn good firefighter, not a reckless one. Gen; Suspense, Angst Drama, Firefam.
Get On Up: Post 5x13′s “Fear-o-Phobia” with references to 3.01′s “Kids Today.” Eddie traverses the highs and lows of recovery with a lot of help from Buck. Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Fix-It Fic; Anxiety and Depression; Found Family.
Back Here Again: 6x06′s “Tomorrow” Speculation. Soon-to-be-AU. Buck makes an incredible sacrifice for Hen, so she won’t have to. Hurt/No Comfort; Death Fic; Drama.
Imagine That: Post 6.10's "In A Flash." As they wait for news on Buck, a distracting idea turns Eddie into a man possessed. Emotional mayhem ensues. Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Angst; Fluff; Buddie
There’s An App For That: 6.11′s “In A Flash” missing scene. Sometimes hope and relief feels too dangerous, especially when your best friend almost died. Hurt/Comfort; Emotional Hurt/Comfort; Recovery; Found Family; Firefam.
Scenes From A Recovery Series: A series of unrelated one-shots featuring Buck and the 118's struggle to cope with Buck being struck by lightning. Hurt/Comfort; Emotional Hurt Comfort; Found Family, Drama; Firefam.
Buck was upset that he didn't realize Theo was his son by some soap opera-esque paternal sixth sense.
BUT
BUTT
HOWEVER
What about him being mostly unfazed by Theo's rambunctiousness? He just dove from one activity to the next, completely unbothered that the kid was a supercharged tsunami. There was an instant chemistry and connection there, subconsciously or not.
And when Buck saw the bodies of his friends being pulled out of the car, parental instinct took over immediately. He wasn't grieving his friends. He was immediately and intensely concerned about THEO. Of course, he'll grieve later (and did judging by the tissues next to him in the waiting room) but he shielded him from the sight of his parents' bodies, and immediately got him to the hospital.
Summary: Post 1.06's "The Cottage." David and Ilya work on a project together, and bond over past traumas. Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
Author's Note: I've been dying to write a David Hollander fic, and father's day was a great motivation. I don't really know David Hollander's backstory, so I invented one of my own.
Happy Father's Day, David!
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David Hollander liked his life. His job was still challenging enough that working in his fifties didn’t feel like the last grueling miles of a marathon. His wife was just as gorgeous as she was infuriating. His son was a two-time Stanley Cup-winning hockey player, which was practically prince status in Canada. And more importantly, he was in love.
Sometimes, though, as he settled down to read a book or took a walk in the neighborhood, he could admit that he was a little bored. Since Shane had been drafted, and Yuna began managing his career full-time, David’s existence had become a little too dull and solitary, even for the man who admired schedules, routines, and balance.
So when his son’s boyfriend called to ask for his help with a project while Shane was out of town filming an ad campaign, he was thrilled to have the company for a weekend.
He tidied up his woodshop.
He bought and chilled a bottle of Beluga Noble.
He found a new pasta recipe that included bacon and cheese (Ilya didn’t meticulously track his calories like Shane and Yuna, so David would indulge a bit).
He hummed while he vacuumed the living room, checking the clock every few minutes.
“If you change into a new outfit, I’m going to start getting jealous,” Yuna said with an air of fond exasperation as she paged through a magazine in the armchair.
“I want to get to know my son’s boyfriend, that’s all.” David fluffed with pillows with enthusiasm. “He asked me to do something with him. It’s a big deal, Yuna.”
