10:25 19/9/2025
the sabotage games
by pinkdoughnut
Rating: Explicit
Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV)
Relationship: Evan "Buck" Buckley/Eddie Diaz (9-1-1 TV)
Words: 61,487
Chapters: 5/5
Published: 2025-09-01
Author summary:
After a pause, Eddie asked, “You ever think about just… keeping it going?” Buck blinked. “What, like living together forever?” A snort filled the air, and Eddie looked half amused and half serious. “I dunno, maybe? Something like that. I mean, look, it’s a new year, right? Anything could happen. But neither of us wanna be alone forever. So, maybe if we’re both still single in a year or whatever, we could just—” he waved a hand vaguely, like he was lassoing the future— ”make it official.” “Official?” he echoed, head even fuzzier now. Eddie’s mouth twitched. “Yeah, we could just get married, or something close enough to it." Buck’s heart tripped over itself.
On New Year's Eve, Buck and Eddie made a drunken pact: if they were both still single in a year, they'd marry each other. They didn't mean to start sabotaging the other's love life to make it happen, but somewhere along the way, that's exactly what they ended up doing. Now the only question is... how far are they willing to take it?
My thoughts:
Pure unhinged and obsessive behavior on both parts. There is no Buddie if there is no something freaky going on. Omg, this was a delight to read. If I was not kicking my feet squealing, I was hiding my face in secondhand embarrassment. These two match each other's freak, and I love them for it. Amazing story, amazingly written, and I'll definitely read it again sooner than later.
Ending quote:
“So… if we aren’t married in a year—” “Don’t.”
