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  1. Rec 70

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    Dennis Whitaker puts all his cards on the table and tells his best friend that he’s gay.
    Trinity makes sure he gets comfortable saying it out loud.

    Or: Trinity accidentally conditions Dennis into blurting “I’m gay” whenever the right song plays.

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    08 Apr 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    The fic strikes a balance between making us laugh and feeling relieved as we watch Dennis's conflict gradually resolve itself. Trinity's support was very characteristic and a joy to watch.
    As a queer person from a Catholic family, a friendship/family like this makes the world a better place to live.
    I hope that all of us who are a bit like Dennis find a Trinity to support us.

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    Dennis lays in the bed with a stillness so absolute it feels staged. A ventilator breathes for him in measured sighs, the sound too rhythmic to be human. It almost looks like he’s a kid pretending to sleep in the backseat of his parents’ car, hoping to be carried inside by strong paternal arms. 

    Robby would do anything for that to be the case. Instead, it is sedation that has smoothed away the sharpness from Dennis’s features.

    It is a heart attack that has made him so still. 

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    Dennis Whitaker fails to clear and gets shocked by a defibrillator. He takes it as a punishment for sinful eyes that can't seem to look away from Dr. Robby and decides not to tell anyone. The ER keeps moving, but Dennis's heart doesn't. It terribly, horribly doesn't.

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    04 Mar 2026

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    It’s a cruel, twisted joke from the universe, really, but it’s just the way it is. Everyone’s born with a date on their ribs — they call it their Mark Day (cute) — and on that day, it’s actually very simple, the destined love of your life and the other half of your soul ceases to join you in the land of the living. Fun, right?

    No, Eddie doesn’t think so either. But that’s probably because today is his Mark Day, and most people are a bit crabby on their Mark Day. We try not to hold it against them.

     

    Or, Eddie's soulmate is going to die today, and that's fine, really. He's never met her. It's just a cruel coincidence that Buck is struck by lightning on today of all days.

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    04 Dec 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    One of the most delightful things I've ever read on this site.
    The humorous narration perfectly complemented the excitement of the events, clearly a work to be read repeatedly.
    Thank you to the author for sharing this.

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    “You don’t have to,” Buck says quickly. “You could just leave it. Don’t look.”

    Eddie glances up at him, and they both know without saying it that he isn’t going to let this go.

    There’s no way he can look away now, not after seeing the way Buck reacted.

    “Or maybe just not now,” Buck says softly, stepping closer, his hand settling gently over the screen like he can shield Eddie from what’s on it. “Maybe leave it for now. You’re not… Eddie, you’re not doing well right now. I’ve been so worried about you and this—” his voice catches, “—you… Eddie, please don’t. Just leave it.”

    It stings to hear the worry out loud, even if he knew it was there.

    He wants to do what Buck says, he wants to trust his friend and give him what he’s asking.

    Buck never asks for anything.

    Eddie moves Buck’s hand aside gently, giving it a brief squeeze. “Can’t do that, Buck.”

    Or; After Christopher leaves for El Paso, Buck decides that he and Eddie should trace their family trees to keep Eddie’s mind occupied elsewhere. The results lead Eddie to face a family secret.

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    29 Oct 2025

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    They were trapped.

    Fire hadn’t broken through yet, but it was coming. Buck could feel the heat pushing in, wrapping around them like a warning. The smoke thickened, clawing at their throats, painting the walls with a haze of panic.

    “So…” Eddie’s voice cut through the haze, rough around the edges but maddeningly calm. “You wanna talk about it now?”

    Buck turned slowly, disbelief etched across every exhausted line of his face, and he hoped his deadpan glare said it all. He didn’t need to ask what Eddie was referring to.

    No, he didn’t want to talk about how he accidentally told his best friend he loved him just hours earlier.

    He’d rather let the fire take him.

    A season 9 two-part opening emergency, in which a group of hijackers takeover Station 118.

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    02 Jun 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    canon in my mind

    It's so beautiful and spectacular the way it was written. how the story developed not just about Buck and Eddie, but about the whole 118 as a family.
    I cried many times because this fic managed to be so emotional and touching. It's definitely one of the best 9-1-1 fics I've ever come across