Chapter 1.

Buck´s POV.

Buck sat down on the couch and pulled out his phone, they were all 20 hours into a 24-hour shift with still nothing to do, except a few call to help an elderly woman get down from her roof, and a man who had gotten his hand stuck in a vending machine, but other then that they had spent it at the fire house doing chores.

He sighted and decided to check for messages, and sure enough there was 3 new ones, one from Maddie and two from Eddie

Maddie: Hey, what are you doing after your shift? I was thinking maybe we could go out and have some fun

Buck smiled before scrolling to the next messages

Eddie: hey we still on for tonight?

Eddie: you okay man?

Buck decided he should probably reply to Eddie first seeing as they were on shift together, and he didn't want the extra attention in front of everyone

Evan: hey yeah, what time should I be there? And I'm fine.

he then replied to Maddie

Evan: Can´t tonight, going home to Eddie´s, but I'm free tomorrow?

Not even a second later another message came in

Eddie: 5pm like always, are you sure? You are staring at your phone like its your life line man

Buck smiled a little before looking behind him towards the kitchen area where Eddie, Hen and Chimney was sitting and talking about something he couldn't hear

Evan: Great, ill see you there. And I'm fine, I'm staring at my phone cause you keep texting me

Eddie: Im just worried about you Mi Amor, you´ve been quiet all day

Evan: Im quiet, because its so damn boring here, and I'm thinking about Friday ;)

He laughed a little to himself and began typing another message, but was cut off when the bell rang, he jumped up from the couch and ran down the stairs and towards the truck

"Buck, you drive" Bobby yelled

Buck did what he was told and sat at the driver's seat and started the truck when he heard the signal to the last door closing. They were driving towards a mall, where two adults had gotten into a fight and somehow had gotten stuck somewhere, and of course their kids had wandered off and had been found in the elevator which of course, they had hit the emergency break on so it was stuck between two floors.

When they arrived at the scene, there was multiple mall workers running towards the truck, and yelling for help, they all got out of the truck and waited for Bobby to delegate orders

"Okay, Hen, Chim you go to the injured adults, Buck, Eddie you go get the kids, radio me if you need help with them" he said and they were immediately in movement, Hen, Chim and Bobby was running with the mall workers to get to the two stuck adults and Buck and Eddie was running towards the elevators.

"Bobby we got the kids out, headed towards you now" Eddie said through the radio and nodded for him and Buck to start walking with the kids

"So why did you run off?" Buck asked the youngest of the boys

"Because adults are stupid" the boy said and giggled

"Why do you think that?" Eddie asked as they walked towards the ambulance where the rest of the 118 was

"Well, they like each other and go on dates and stuff, but they worry too much about everyone else´s opinions, and because of that, they hide it from everyone, which just makes them angry" the older boy said with a shrug, Eddie nodded and looked at Buck with a small smile, Buck nodded too, but not to what the boy had said

"MOM!" the youngest of them yelled and ran towards the ambulance where Hen and Chim was with one of the female adults who was laying on the gurney ready to be taken to the hospital

The older boy looked towards who Buck guessed was his mom, and looked back to Buck and Eddie

"Can I ask you something?" the boy asked, and got a nod from Buck as an answer

"Why cant they just admit they like each other and then just let it be that, and just don't care what everyone else say?" he asked

Eddie whistled before he smiled to the boy "If you ever find the answer to that kid, find me and let me know" he said

The boy looked towards Buck for a better answer, Buck shook his head "I don't know kid, adults are weird" he said

he nodded and ran towards his mom, Buck turned to Eddie before they headed towards the truck and the others

"So?" Buck asked with a smirk

"Stop it" Eddie said while giving Buck a gentle smack across his shoulder, he rolled his eyes before he walked towards the truck, he turned a little "You coming or?" he asked with a laugh and Buck ran up to him where they walked side by side to the truck


When they reached the fire house, Buck hurried out of the truck and ran up the stairs to get to the kitchen to grab something to drink, he reached for the water when he heard his name, he grabbed the water and turned around and saw Chim and Hen coming towards the kitchen

"What´s up?" he asked them when they sat at the bar stools around the kitchen island

"we have a favor to ask uncle Buck" Chim said, and Buck knew that he was going to say yes, even before knowing what it was, his title as uncle Buck was one of three of his favorite titles

"What now?" Buck asked and tried to sound annoyed, but he knew he didn't, he couldn't not when he knew it had something to do with his niece

"Do you mind watching your niece and Denny Friday night?" Hen asked and rolled her eyes at Chim

"Uh…" Buck started but was cut off by Chim "Please uncle Buck" he pleaded

Buck looked at Eddie and Bobby who was walking towards them, and then back to Hen and Chim

"Yeah sure" he said after a few minutes of debating to himself what to do, as he already had plans, he just couldn't share exactly what plans.

Hen and Chim grinned as they said thank you, Buck just smiled and took a sip of his water and wondered how the rest of the day would go

"What's going on here?" Eddie asked as he and Bobby reached the kitchen island

"Just Buck being a good uncle to Jee" Chim said and winked to Buck, who rolled his eyes, but still had a smile on his lips

"How so?" Bobby asked

"We are going on a double date Friday night, and Buck agreed to babysit" Hen explained still with a massive grin, Eddie gave Buck a look, that clearly said `What the hell!?´ as they had plans Friday night

"That's great" Eddie said with gritted teeth, which clearly caught the others attention as they glared at him "What's up with you?" Hen asked

"Buck just agreed to watch Chris, as I was supposed to be going on a date" Eddie said

"oooh That's right! You and Ana have been together for what? a year?" Bobby asked with a smile

Eddie glanced at Buck "two years" Eddie said, Hen raised her eyebrow but didn't comment on anything

"I'm sure Buck can look after Chris too, and if not, Buck can just come over to Athena´s and I with the kids, and we will make dinner and make a night out of it, that way Harry can spend some time with Denny and Chris" Bobby suggested, which of course just made everything worse, Buck just smiled, as he had no idea how the hell he could get out of that

"Yeah, uhm I just have to push something around and uh ill be there" he said

Chim laughed "What you have a date or something Friday?" he asked in between laughs, Buck knew he meant It as a joke, but it still stung a little to know that he still had the reputation of being an eternal bachelor, where everyone else had steady relationships and had everything Buck really wanted

"Well, as a matter of fact, yes, I just have to call Taylor and tell her that we have to reschedule" Buck answered, and to his enjoyment everyone stared at him with wide eyes, because to everyone´s knowledge Buck and Taylor had broken up two months prior due to her leaking a story she only could have known off because of Buck and his big mouth.

But what nobody knew, was that he and Taylor had actually only hooked up sexually once or twice and kept it at that, but had remained friends, good friends actually which had surprised the both of them, as they were actually really good as friends, and Buck loved it, since he at least had one friend outside of the firehouse that wasn't Maddie or anyone who had a link to the firehouse

"Wow, really?" Hen asked surprised after a few minutes of silence, and them staring at Buck like he was a lion in a zoo about to attack them all

"yeah, we are kind of trying to make it work again, and I will be keeping my mouth shut about anything and everything to do with the firehouse" he said with a small smile, Bobby nodded "Good, we don't want another story leaking" was all he said before the alarm went off again


When they reached the scene, Athena was standing ready to tell them a little about the case

"We have a young girl pinned under the car, and then that dumbass over there who wont get down from the damn car" she said and pointed at a man standing on top of his car, who was looking up towards the sky, Buck noticed the girl who was pinned under it, and remembered Bobby telling on the way over that the girl had walked across the sidewalk and had been run over by a car and was pinned underneath it.

"Damn" He heard Chim say before Bobby yelled "Okay everyone, Chim, Hen you go to the girl and get her sorted and ready for transport, Eddie, Buck you go get that man out of there so we can remove the car"

Chim and Hen nodded and ran towards the car and the girl, Buck and Eddie ran back to the truck to grab their gear

"Taylor? Really? Couldn't come up with a better lie?" Eddie asked with a smile as they opened the hatch so they could grab their gear, Buck stopped in his track

"Well, you could have helped" he said with a small laugh, which only made Eddie´s smile even wider

"How? I couldn't exactly say-" Eddie paused and looked around to make sure no one was around, he lowered his voice and leaned towards Buck "Buck cant babysit, cause he will be too busy in the bedroom, with me" he said and winked at Buck before he grabbed his gear and turned around to walk towards the car, Buck grabbed his gear and tried to get his heart to stop beating out of his chest and to get his face to cool down, so it wouldn't be so red

"Hey! That wasn't fair" Buck said as he reached Eddie who had just arrived at the car, Eddie threw his head back and laughed

"Hey, get back to work you two!" Bobby yelled from Bucks other side, he had a serious face on, but everyone who knew their captain, could see he was in as good as mood as them

"Right on it cap!" Buck said and got serious

"Sir, hey, I'm Eddie Diaz from LAFD, can you come down from your car so we can have a look at you?" Eddie said to the man

"No, I can´t! I must call my daughter" the man said and pointed at the sky, Eddie looked back at Buck and raised his eyebrow, Buck shrugged as an answer

"Sir, we can call your daughter from down here, I promise, can you tell us your name?" Eddie tried again

"T-Tony, my name is Tony" the man said while keeping his focus to the sky

"Okay Tony, why don't we get you down from that car and we can check you out, and call your daughter" Eddie said

"O-o-okay" Tony said and turned his attention towards Eddie, who held out his hand to help him down, Tony shook his head, and after a few seconds he took Eddie´s hand and Buck jumped in to help Tony get down from the car, once Tony had been guided safely back on the ground, Athena and two paramedics arrived to take over, so Eddie and Buck could help Bobby and Chim move the car away from the girl


Once they arrived back to the firehouse, everyone settled at the dining table ready to eat, Buck stayed back and went over to the locker rooms, once there he sat down on the middle bench closest to his locker, he pulled out his phone and texted Taylor, who replied immediately

Buck: hey, do you have a minute?

Taylor: Yeah, everything okay?

Buck: everything is fine, but uh, I need to ask you a favor

Taylor: Shoot

Buck: I told the station that you and I are a thing again, and I need you to play along

Taylor: Sure, that also kinds of help me in a way, do we need to put up a show or?

Buck: how does it help you? and uh i dont think that would be necessary

Taylor: I will explain once I get to the firehouse in a few minutes to pick you up from your shift

Buck: uh, okay. See you there.

Buck shook his head as he put his phone back down in his pocket, he got up from the bench and headed upstairs to the rest of them

"So we have a little over 10 minutes left of this shift, what are you doing when you get home?" Bobby asked as Buck sat down next to Eddie at the dining table

"Well I'm going home, I promised Denny to watch the Lion king trilogy with him" Hen said with a smile

"Im going home to sleep the last 24 hours of boredom away" Chim said

"Just going to get some laundry done, enjoy a little time alone, since Christopher is with my abuela" Eddie said as he looked up from his phone, Buck felt Eddie´s knee bump into his, and he couldn't help but smile

"What about you Buck, got something planned for today?" Bobby asked, and suddenly everyone was looking at him, Buck moved a little around in his chair

"Uh, yeah i-" he paused as he noticed Taylor walking in downstairs "- I have a date, and she´s here, so I'm going to go" he said, got up from the chair and rushed down to where Taylor was standing and waiting for him

"Hey" she said and hugged him

"Hey" he answered and pulled away so he could head to the locker rooms to change out of his uniform

he pulled his shirt over his head as Eddie walked towards him, so far they were the only ones there

"So you and Taylor?" Eddie asked

"Don't worry, I texted her earlier to ask her to play along, and apparently, she needed it too for something, so that's why she is here, nothing else. We are just friends" Buck answered

"Good" Eddie said and turned towards his locker

"Eddie…" Buck started to say but was interrupted by Eddie smacking his locker closed "Don't, okay, I get it. We will talk about it later, okay?" Eddie said and gathered his gym bag

"Yeah, sure" Buck answered, he had a feeling like this talk was long overdue, but he knew better then to push Eddie to talk about it, so he let it go, until they were alone and was able to talk freely without being scared of anyone coming in.

"See you at 5" Eddie said as he got ready to leave the locker rooms, Buck nodded and grabbed his bag and went in the direction of Taylor, who was waiting for him.


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