After surviving a lightning strike that stopped his heart, firefighter Evan "Buck" Buckley wakes to a strange new ability. He can hear the last thought of anyone he touches. But when a near-fatal rescue links him to Eddie Diaz's mind, Buck is haunted by the one thing louder than the thunder: Eddie's unspoken love for him.

Coming home from a harrowing kidnapping was supposed to be the end of the nightmare for Evan Buckley. But as the physical bruises fade, the mental scars only deepen. Caught in a spiral of trauma and a mounting dependence on the very pills meant to help him, Buck finds himself slipping into a darkness he can't escape.

Faced with losing his son, Eddie is ready to fight for Christopher with everything he has. But Buck makes a deal behind his back-one that will save Christopher at the cost of everything else. All Buck has to do is leave... and make sure Eddie never knows why.

After the loss of Bobby Nash, the 118 begins to pull itself back together, but Evan "Buck" Buckley is quietly falling apart. Afraid to care for anyone else and risk losing them, Buck distances himself from his friends, even Eddie, the man who's always had his back. But when a near-tragedy forces them to face the feelings they've both buried for too long, Buck and Eddie find themselves fighting for more than just survival. Through grief, danger, and second chances, they discover that love, like the family they've built, can withstand anything. And when the smoke clears, it's about more than what's been lost. It's about who's still standing beside you.

A story about a blossoming love between the fires.

When single dad Evan Buckley meets the 118's newest recruit, Eddie Diaz, they clash instantly. Two men carrying secrets, grief, and the weight of raising kids alone. But one unexpected night reveals the truth they've both been hiding... and a fragile, growing connection neither of them saw coming. Even after loss, even after silence, love has a way of finding its way back to us

Spencer Reid has a secret that is spilled when someone he loves gets hurt. He turns to the Unit Chief for comfort, but what happens when they get closer than intended? Warning: I do not own any characters in this book except for the ones a make up.

What if Buck didn't move fast enough and got hit by the blade 8x01

What if the Lawsuit never happened? What if Buck had a secret life as a SEAL that he can not legally talk about it without seriously endangering himself or his teammates? What if Bobby finally lets him back the same day Buck finds out he is being shipped back out for deployment since his team leader is finally healed and the team is all healthy? How long will it take the 118 to notice Buck is 'Missing' but when they try to report him, they have NCIS Agents and CIA agents tell them to back the hell off and that they have it handled? Will Athena and the 118 drop it just like that or do they do some stupid shit trying to find out where the youngest member is. What happens when they find out Buck doesn't really live in the loft that it is a fake house and he has lived in a safe house?

Eddie and Buck are secretly married and have been their whole lives. Buck is undercover in the same department his husband just joined when one night after Eddie gets off a long shift to his husband knocking on the door sobbing the husband he is not supposed to be in contact with. Than who he thought his best friend was the one who caused his husband distress and Eddie snaps revealing the secrete he wasn't supposed to.