Time Is Of The Essence

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[rhaenyrahightower]

Okay whatever!

[userilyarozanov]

HEATED RIVALRY (2025 - ) ▸1x04, rose

[ilyaslouis]

HEATED RIVALRY 1.01 | 1.06

[jimmysea]

HEATED RIVALRY | EP 5

[ilya-rozanova]

HEATED RIVALRY | ROSE (1.04)

[bisexualbellamyblakeinjail]

heated rivalry ☆ 1.04 rose

[timeistheessence]

A small video put together from a Gif set;

thank you @whichcouldmeanothing for the inspo

[sobadbad]

HEATED RIVALRY 1.02

[timeistheessence]

What's Left Behind

My take on what should have happened in that kitchen fight in 8x17

Buck moved off the counter bench and towards Eddie. "You don't think I did everything I could to save him?"

"I don't know, Buck," Eddie seethed. "I wasn't there."

Eddie moved towards the doorway that lead to the living room.

Buck blinked, anger seething up his chest. He turned to a retreating Eddie.“You’re the one who left.”

Eddie stopped in his tracks, shocked, before angrily turning to face Buck again.

“I had to. I had Christopher. I had t—”

“And you didn’t tell me about the fucking job. I had to fucking find out through Ravi!" Buck stepped closer, chest heaving. “You were gonna leave for good and didn’t tell me. And now Bobby’s dead and I don’t even know if you’re staying.”

“I didn’t tell you,” Eddie said, low and bitter, “because you weren’t here. You’ve been shutting me out for weeks since—” He cut off, eyes blazing. “You want the truth? I didn’t know if you gave a shit.”

Buck’s face crumpled. “You don’t mean that.”

“I mean all of it.”

They were too close now. The silence that followed buzzed with heat and static. Eddie could feel the rage pulsing off Buck like a second heartbeat.

Buck looked at him, eyes wild. “So hit me. Yell. Do something.”

Eddie grabbed him by the collar and shoved him hard against the wall.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65433298

[timeistheessence]

Fault Lines

When an earthquake hits Los Angeles, Buck and Eddie are forced to face more than just the shifting ground beneath them. In the wake of disaster, buried feelings rise to the surface—and once spoken, there's no going back.

Snippit:

A brutal, shuddering roar tore through the ground. Buck barely had time to shout Eddie’s name before the floor dropped out beneath them.

A beam came down with a scream of rebar, catching Eddie mid-step.

Buck dove forward, attempting to shield his head as the debris collapsed around them.Something slammed into Buck’s shoulder, knocking him sideways into a wall. He hit hard, pain flaring, but not enough to stop him.

He groaned, coughing, pushing off the broken concrete. “Eddie?”

No answer.

“Eddie!”

A moan—low, pained—barely audible over the settling wreckage.

Buck turned, heart seizing. And saw him—half-buried beneath a fallen beam, blood streaking down the side of his head, eyes dazed and barely open.

“Shit, shit, no—” Buck stumbled toward him, voice breaking , hands shaking. “Eddie, talk to me. Eddie!”

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65356444/chapters/168169729

[timeistheessence]

Where It Hurts, Where It Heals.

The missing airport scene we all needed in 8x16.

Grief still clings to Eddie’s skin, but in Buck’s arms, he starts to breathe again.

Buck stood just past the security barricade, hands stuffed deep in his hoodie pocket. His chest ached at the sight of Eddie, all rumpled t-shirt and haunted eyes.

The automatic doors slid open, and Buck’s heart skipped like it always did when Eddie walked into a room—only this time, Eddie looked exhausted. Worn thin. There was a beat-up duffel bag slung over his shoulder, his usual calm buried beneath layers of grief.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/65258458

[timeistheessence]

Chapters 3 and 4 are up for Hurts Like Hell

Buck broke the silence first. "Uhh, I changed the sheets on the bed before last shift."

Eddie gave Buck an inquisitive look.

"It's your room, Eds." Buck filled in. "I'll take the couch."

"It's actually your room." Eddie clarified. "And besides, you're too tall for it."

"I - I know it's no longer your place, technically, but I still see it as yours. And I feel -"

"Buck." Eddie said empathetically, stopping Bucks rambling.

"Seriously, Eds, it's late. Just take the dam -"

"Sleep with me…" Eddie mumbled, cutting Buck off.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64861462/chapters/167128252

[timeistheessence]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

“They were getting rowdy, so I sent them outside.” Maddie’s voice came from behind him, sitting at the table.

“Good call.” Eddie nodded, turning to face her. “How are you?”

“Yeah, you know...” Maddie sighed, leaning back before rubbing her swollen belly. “ besides almost loosing my husband. All the hormones rushing around, but I’m doing better than Athena.”

Eddie bowed his head. Athena. “True.”

“Buck still asleep?” Maddie questioned as he moved to the table.

“Yeah. I just hope he doesn’t sprial from this...”

At that moment, Karen appeared at the doorway. “Oh sorry. Wanted to get another cup of coffee.” She said holding up her mug. “I’ll be out of your hair in a minute.”

“No, no, no. Stay.” Eddie insisted, pulling the chair out for her. “ We need to be a united unit at the moment.”

“I agree.” Maddie expressed.

Karen pouted her coffee and sat down with the pair.

[timeistheessence]

Fanfic alert

@evismurf and I have created our very first fic.

Please be kind. All comments welcome.

Snippet:

“What happened?” Eddie said softly, drawing back to look Maddie in the eyes. Her face fell as her eyes filled with tears.

 “We never saw it coming.” Maddie whimpered as she began to breakdown. Karen guided her back to the sofa to sit.

Eddie raised his voice, getting frustrated with the lack of answers. “Will someone please tell me what’s happened?!”

Hen piped up then, her voice unsure. “It might be better if we let Buck tell you. Might be easier coming from your partner.”

Eddie scrubbed at his face, dragging his hands through his hair. This was not making any sense to him. Why was his family not telling him anything?

“Okay, fine.” Eddie exasperated, throwing his hands into the air. “Where is he?”

“He is-, he’s in the spare room.” Ravi speaks, voice sounding tired.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/64861462/chapters/166702075

[emotionalinfideleddie]

What I would give for Buck and Eddie to have some kind of intimate, lingering moment - not quite a kiss but clearly pushing against the line of friendship - and then pull back and shut it down because Buck is still with Tommy and Eddie is not ready to come out.

And like, they've both already done the blowing up relationships with illicit affairs thing. They're not gonna do that to each other. Eddie hasn't even finished rebuilding from his last ill-advised encounter, Buck's not about to jeopardise his efforts to fix things with Chris. And Buck's so smitten with Tommy, he wants so badly for their relationship to work, Eddie would never let himself be the reason it didn't.

But the thing is. The thing is. Now it's out there. They're clinging to the facade of friendship with everything they have but it's too late. They've admitted there's a line there to cross, and now they can't walk it back. And Buck is trying so hard to be happy with his perfect boyfriend whose only crime is not being Eddie and who Buck still doesn't love the way he should. And Eddie is throwing himself into any distraction he can find, but with Chris gone he's slowly realising that almost everything he has left is Buck. And through all of it, they can't even talk to their best friend.

I just want the kind of pining that almost kills them, that's all.

[timeistheessence]

Someone please write a fiction based on this 🙏

[cherishingstydia]

Eddie not only matches Bucks freak, but is also in fact very into it.

[bilosan]

(a series of interesting choices)