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  1. Public Bookmark 85

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    On their way to Nash's first birthday party, Margaret and Phillip's rental car blows a tire. Luckily, an off-duty firefighter shows up to help.

    Phillip's smile tilts oddly, followed by his head. "I-I'm so sorry, this is going to sound strange, but do I know you...?"

    "I have one of those faces," the man says, glancing Margaret's way and nodding in acknowledgment of her presence. It's unexpectedly nice. The clerk who rented them the car spoke only to Phillip the entire time.

    Then he does a double take worthy of Bob Newhart. "Mrs. Buckley?"

    She blinks, then gasps. He's not just familiar. "Oh! You're Ev—um, Buck's friend."

    'Friend' isn't the right word. She winces a little the second it leaves her mouth, because you don't kiss your friends the way Evan did this man on Maddie's wedding day.

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    21 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 23

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    Tommy flinches when Buck laughs; because he looks a little lighter, a little brighter than when he first walked in. And yes, that’s what Tommy wants for him– but jealousy beats in his bloodstream, sparking anger in his throat, because that should be him, shouldn’t it? He wants to be the one making Buck laugh. Making him happy. Or the one where they needed some time, needed some space, but Buck and Tommy will always find their way back to each other.

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    20 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 21

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    Evan is a broken man. It’s written on his face, clear as day, even in pitch dark lit only by streetlights and the flicker of emergency lights on pale skin. He’s sitting on the curb outside of the lab when Tommy finds him after watching him turn inside out with pain on a screen and hearing him scream his grief, even in his place outside the building.

    “Here,” Tommy says, one hand landing on Evan’s shoulder and the other handing him a cold bottle of water. There’s a puddle of clear bile on the ground between Evan’s feet and his body wracks with dry heaves.

    Buck is wrecked by Bobby's death, and there's not a thing anyone can do to make it okay. Tommy is ready to swim in that ocean of grief with and keep his head above water.

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    20 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 30

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    Buck sits up and slips out of Tommy’s room, dread filling his veins.

    “Don’t be sorry, Eds. What’s up?”

    “I, um. I can’t sleep. Without Chris here. The house is too quiet and I keep going into his room to check on him and he’s not there.”

    Or, Eddie has a rough night and needs Buck. Tommy understands.

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    20 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 29

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    Buck, after a kiss.

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    20 Jun 2026