Chapter 1
It's difficult, honestly. First, you get struck by lightning and wake up from a coma. Second, you suddenly seem to hear everything, even what people think.
When Buck woke up, he was surrounded. He was surrounded by his co-workers, his friends and his family.. What else could he possibly wish for?
It started when Buck was resting after everyone decided to go back to their houses to get some well deserved sleep while Maddie stayed with him. He had been eating his dinner, rambling to her about how the hospital food was awful, when the doctor came in for his checkup. He set his table aside and let her place her stethoscope on him. She was placing her fingers on his pulse point when he heard it: “He's so lucky to have all these people with him,” the voice said. Buck was startled and flinched away. “Did you hear that?” Maddie and the doctor stared at him in confusion. “Nothing,” he quickly said. He already had people worrying over him, for god's sake. What would his friends think of him if he told them he’s hearing voices? For the rest of his checkup he simply stared at the doctor as she talked to Maddie about his recovery.
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“Superman!” Buck called out as Chris leapt into his arms.
“How are you feeling Buck?” Eddie asked as he and his son sat on the dining table.
“Getting better. It’s exhausting to have people constantly visiting you”, Buck rambled on as he made lunch for his best friend.
“Have you felt anything out of the blue?” Eddie asked. Buck looked up at him with confusion. “Well, after you woke up, I read this article which said that people can get new cognitive abilities after an injury to the central nervous system, but some doctors say it's not a real thing,” he explained to his future husband best friend and son.
“Well, I definitely don't, it would be cool though,” Buck quickly added while he brought the hot steaming lasagna to the table and sat down.
“I heard this lady got the power to do math! That would be so helpful right now,” Chris pouted.
“You're never gonna learn like that kid, now put your work aside for a while.” Buck fought back the urge to tell Eddie about his mind reading, especially since Chris was here. But what would they think of him? “Hey Buck, could you pass me the salt?” Eddie requested. As Buck passed him the salt container, their fingers brushed and he heard the voice again. Only this time, it was Eddie’s.
“He’s so hot.”
“Buck?” Fuck, he zoned out. What the hell was that?? There was no fucking way. Eddie thought of him this way? Eddie Diaz, his best friend, his co-worker, a straight man, thought he was hot?
For the rest of their quiet lunch, Buck and Eddie's feet kept grazing over each other and Buck heard a lot. It was…something.
“I need to make him pregnant.”
“ I just can’t lose him anymore.”
“CAN HE NOT LOOK AT ME FUCK!”
“He's so precious.”
“I'm so gay.”
“I need his fingers in my ass.”
r/offmychest • Posted by u/firehose 9 hours ago
i read my best friend’s thoughts
I'm a firefighter (m32). Recently I got struck by lightning and fell into a coma
ever since I woke up, i've heard what people are thinking. I know this sounds impossible but I swear, you just have to believe me. Whenever I touch someone, even lightly or they touch me, I can hear what they think. I haven't told anyone yet because it feels like I'm dreaming. A few days ago, I invited my best friend & co worker (m32) and his son (m14) to come over for lunch. He asked me if I felt something weird and told me about this article where people get new temporary abilities after getting struck by lightning. I quickly refused because?? it's weird idk. So I set up the table and he asked me to get him something. our hands brushed and i heard him say (well, think) that i was hot ????? as far as i know he's straight. definitely straight. For me, I'm not quite sure yet. well sure i've stared at a guys ass or i've dreamed about kissing them, but that's not the point. it's called being an ally i guess
What should I do?? do i just admit to my friend that i heard him thinking about how he wanted me to fuck him?? or is that weird. what if i'm just imagining stuff
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Buck read his post again, for the 10th time. Would people believe him? Probably not, but it was worth a shot. He sighed as he got into his truck and drove to the station. It had been days since he’d actually gotten to do something other than watching tv all day or sleeping.
“Buck! It's good to have you back, kid," Bobby said as Buck pulled out his chair. It seemed like it was going to be a quiet, not loud shift. He felt his coworkers' hands on his shoulder as they comforted him and his mind was overwhelmed with the surge of thoughts.
“He looks just like Maddie, oh my god.”
“Don’t die next time Buckley.”
“He’s so cute.”
Eddie . Buck stared at him as he chatted with Hen and Chimney. He pulled out his phone to view the comments on his post, praying that people would help him.
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→ u/candlelightdinner hey man you did not just call yourself an ally 😭
→→ u/firehose then???
→→→ u/candlelightdinner you might wanna rethink your sexuality. talk about it to someone
→ u/yeonjun1stfan I genuinely don't know if you're good in the head or not but what if your friend actually likes you???
→→ u/firehose he's straight
→→→ u/yeonjuns1stfan be serious