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Epilogue
Year 2035, At Grace and Sebastian Buckley-Diaz’s school.
Buck was nervous.
“Buck, calm down. She’ll do okay.” Eddie, his husband said.
“It’s easy for you to say. You already got through it with Christopher. You have the experience.”
Eddie rolled his eyes, amused.
Today, both their daughter and son were going to talk about their fathers and the medals they received for their heroic ‘s behavior.
Grace and Sebastian were 10 years old. They were twins. They adopted them when they were babies. Grace chose to talk about Buck and why he got a medal and the key city. She worked hard. Sebastian was going to talk about Eddie’s silver star medal.
Buck remembered the day he got the medal. He met all the people he saved. It touched him and it was important for them to meet him and talk to him. It was 15 years ago. Time went by fast.
Today his daughter was talking about him, and he wanted her to succeed. His daughter was a bit shy.
So much things happened this past 15 years. Christopher was now studying art and already had a job in a Los Angeles Gallery. Dorian wanted to become a teacher and was studying in order to become one.
Daisy died few years ago. She received a medal for her work. Bobby had been right. It broke Buck ‘s heart to lose her. He cried so much.
He didn’t take another firedog. He was not ready. Instead, he and Eddie were now having a cat. Grace and Sebastian loved cats more than dogs. Daisy couldn’t be replaced in Buck’s heart. He accepted a cat more willingly.
Bobby had retired one year ago. He and Athena were enjoying their lives and had many grand children which includes Christopher, Dorian, Grace and Sebastian too. Their bond was strong.
Buck became the 118th station Captain, but he was soon promoted as a battalion chief and had to move to coordinate a battalion. At first, Buck didn’t want to become a battalion chief. Less action, more guidance, and too much reports to write. But he accepted. He was still doing things than a battalion chief shouldn’t do. To go right in the middle of the action sometimes. It drove Eddie mad with worry.
“You are not 29 years old anymore. You are 45!”
“I look like I’m only 35 years old.” Buck replied, offended but with that cocky smile.
Eddie stopped to be a firefighter 10 years ago. When they adopted Grace and Sebastian. He didn’t mind. For Buck, being a firefighter was his life. It was not the same for Eddie. Eddie was a medic. When Grace and Sebastian went to school, he got a job as a nurse in the hospital where Hen was now a doctor.
The Buckley’s parents were back in Pennsylvania, in their vast mansion. They were old, but still healthy. They left when Dorian was 18 years old. Dorian decided to stay in Los Angeles. He had a nice childhood. Nothing like what Maddie and Buck had.
He and Christopher were still best buddies.
Grace did wonderfully. Buck and Eddie were so proud of her. Sebastian did well too.
They heard Grace and Sebastian’ friends talking to them.
“Wow, both of your daddies are heroes. That’s awesome.”
Tonight, they were going to host a party at their home. Buck and Bobby cooked together. Buck invited a part of his team to dinner. Hen and Karen will be there too. Eddie invited two of his co-workers, he became friends with. Dwayne and Josh, who were now married, were invited too. Christopher and Dorian promised to come along with May, her husband and daughter and son. Harry couldn’t come. He was a coastguard at Kodiak in Alaska. Albert was working in Pennsylvania at the Hershey’s company as the ceo.
Only the Han ‘s family won’t be there for a good reason. They were living in South Korea since 10 years ago.
It all started when Howard’s dad fell ill and died. Howard, Albert, Maddie and their 5 years old daughter went to Korea for the funeral and to take care of everything along with Albert’s mother.
But only Albert came back to the USA. Maddie fell in love with south Korea, she thought it would be good for her daughter to be raised in Korean culture too for a while.
It surprised everybody but Buck and his parents. Maddie hadn’t felt comfortable since everything happened 15 years ago. Buck and she didn’t apologize to each other. They still met and had family reunions, but nothing as close to before. She didn’t like to have her parents around. She never talked about what happened to her at her parents either.
They didn’t know how she convinced Howard to stay there. But she did, and from what Albert said, it had not been easy. It got worse when their daughter started a career as a teen actress and idol there. To come back was out of question.
They faced time once a month. Eddie, Buck, Hen planned to visit them in 5 years When Grace and Sebastian will be 15.
Buck was looking at his house full of his families and friends. The old ones and the new ones.
Eddie was talking to Irina. She was a 25 years old firefighter under Buck’s command. Bobby and Hen called her “ Buckette” because she was just like him. Fearless, an excellent firefighter and… Yes, she stole a firetruck to have sex with two girls she rescued a week before.
Bobby laughed when he heard the story from Buck, who was not happy about it.
“That’s karma.” Bobby said why laughing at loud.
The dinner was served. Buck and Eddie smiled at each other. Life was good. It had never been so good.
The End of the many mysteries of Buck Buckley.
Author’s note.
It’s the end. For good. I hope you enjoyed the short epilogue. I couldn’t reconcile Maddie and Buck fully. I wanted to keep Maddie’s trope ' “The one who is always leaving.” I understand you can find it hard to Howard to accept it. He accepted because she said it was only for a while and a while became years and now, their daughter is having her dream comes true in South Korea. So he is staying, of course. He is happy with Maddie and his daughter. He had new friends too there. Don’t worry. Howard is happy, and he is still keeping in touch with Buck, Hen, Eddie and Bobby. ^^
It’s my choice and I understand if some of you are upset with my choice, but sometimes things cannot all been fixed even in fiction.
I know I could write a whole new fic to tell how they reached that epilogue.^^
i enjoyed writing the fic. It ‘s now the time to discover 9-11 season 4 and what the true story of Buck will be. I’m curious about it. I’m anxious about it. We will see…
Thank you.
Pupuceplus.