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After learning the truth about why he was born, Buck makes the most deliberate choice of his life: he applies to Asterbridge House, a private matchmaking service he’s been saving for since he was eighteen, because more than anything, he wants a spouse, children, and a home that lasts.
He does not expect to be matched with Tommy Kinard.
Tommy is older, steadier, richer, and far better at seeing through Buck than Buck is ready for. He listens carefully, kisses gently, and makes room for Buck exactly as he is, which would be easier to enjoy if Buck’s family didn’t think he was making a mistake. It would be easier still if Maddie wasn’t trying to fix his life for him, or if wanting something for himself didn’t feel so much like betraying everyone else’s expectations.
Somewhere between first dates, family betrayals, crossed lines, and one very bad fire, Buck has to figure out whether he can stop asking permission to want the life he actually wants — and whether Tommy might be a place to land.
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After losing Bobby, Buck’s just trying to hold it together, but between grief, growing tension at the 118, and the silence settling into once-solid friendships, he’s not sure where he fits anymore. As he questions where he belongs, Buck starts to find quiet support in unexpected places…and a second chance at love he never thought he’d get.
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I See Through the Bricks to the Sea by LeeBlack
Fandoms: NCIS (TV 2003), 9-1-1 (TV), Criminal Minds (US TV), Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
27 Jun 2026
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June finds one Very Special Agent Tony DiNozzo exhausted. After an unforgiving string of back-to-back cases and a swampy DC summer, the MCRT’s current case has Tony questioning his future with NCIS, and wondering if his efforts to support the MCRT aren’t just going to end with him in an early grave.
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The day Buck receives the settlement offer, he is ready to reject it to win back his job and his family at Station 118. But when Christopher is rushed to the hospital needing a critical, very expensive spinal surgery on the other side of the country that insurance won't cover, Buck breaks his legal no-contact order and races to Eddie's side.
To save Christopher's mobility, Buck makes the ultimate sacrifice: he accepts the payout. He willingly plays the villain, letting Bobby, Maddie, and the crew believe he chose greed over loyalty, and exiles himself to Florida to help Christopher heal in secret. Back in LA, Eddie must silently endure a resentful firehouse, anchored by a devastating truth: "If the choice is between you and Christopher, you will lose every time."