Fortuna_Major



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    Eddie can’t move. Like this, Buck is illuminated by the sunlight streaming through the window; dust motes shimmering around his head, his hair haloed in gold. Beautiful, Eddie thinks. And to his surprise, he doesn’t feel any sort of guilt about doing so.

    Except — he should. Because Buck is dating Tommy, and he’s happy, and Eddie would rather go to his grave repressed and miserable than ever take away from Buck’s happiness.

    Or: Eddie starts to untangle his complicated feelings about himself, and Buck. Mainly Buck.

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    "But she’s also Eddie’s girlfriend. And Buck's been doing a really good job of ignoring that fact, lately.
    Eddie seems to have the same reaction next to him, falling silent as they approach Maddie, who still hasn’t noticed them. And why would she, when the person she's talking to is, predictably, Chimney, gesticulating wildly enough for his sunglasses to fall off the perch on his head. As he bends to pick them up, they both see Buck and Eddie coming, and their conversation quickly vanes."

    maddie and eddie date. chimney and buck pine.

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    “Great, so Copeland has it all sorted?” Buck asks, but he’s reading the page, and his stomach is sinking to the bottom of the ocean.

    Because he sees it, the capitalized words in dark black ink.

    DENIED.

    “Deported, Evan. You didn’t fill out some paperwork on time, Copeland said she tried to call.”

    There’s a knock at the door, and then in walks Diaz.

    “Sorry, sorry to interrupt. Mr. Buckley, Carla’s on the line and she’s requesting your attention as soon as possible, says it’s an emergency,” Diaz is good, damn him, for a second Buck actually thought Carla needed him, and he’s taking a moment to breathe as Diaz keeps lying. “I told her you were engaged in a meeting, but she insisted, so…” Diaz trails off, looking at Buck oddly and that’s fair, because Buck’s staring at him like he's the solution to every puzzle in the world.

    He just might be.

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    Buck needs Eddie to stay in the country, Eddie needs Buck to keep his job. It's not fraud if you fall in love along the way, is it?

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    Eddie couldn’t look at the sympathetic tilt of Frank’s eyebrows for another second, so he trained his gaze over Frank’s shoulder. Ever since Chris had left, it had felt like the earth had stopped spinning. Like Eddie was frozen in time, forced to interminably live in the moment that his son had left him.

    But as he looked out the window behind Frank, Eddie could see evidence of the world relentlessly marching on. There were trees swaying in the breeze, a woman walking down the sidewalk, pushing a stroller. In the distance, a plane took off into the cloudless blue sky. If he stood up to get a better view, Eddie would probably be able to see Buck’s Jeep in the parking lot below. He’d dropped him off forty minutes ago and promised to be there when Eddie was done.

    (Or, Seven Conversations on Couches)

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    “Family doesn’t have to be you, and Christopher, and a woman that could maybe be his mother. It can just be you and Christopher. It can be you, and Christopher, and the people around you that love you enough to never stop trying.”

    “Like Buck.” Eddie doesn’t mean to voice it, but it feels nice to do it anyway.

    “Sure,” Frank nods. There is a smile on his face, one that Eddie doesn’t think he’s seen before. “Like Buck.”

    ***

    Eddie Diaz’s life is going great. He’s in therapy, he’s got a great girlfriend, a great kid, his friend is getting married to the woman of his dreams, and his best friend just came out to him.

    Now his best friend is dating their new friend.

    Things are going great. He promises.

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