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Eddie’s eyes are wide, and the instant Buck looks over at him, pointing right at Eddie as he sings the lyric, he feels his cheeks turning red and hot. He looks everywhere but at Buck because – because what is Buck doing?
He makes the mistake of looking at Hen, and her eyebrow is raised right at him. He’s not sure if she’s even glanced at Buck a single time since he started singing. Eddie can’t look at her, and he can’t look at Buck, especially when Buck is singing a song about loving himself – which is great, really, because Buck deserves to actually like himself for once – but Eddie can guarantee that Buck is probably doing some hip movements that will send him to the floor.
“Um,” Eddie stammers, and then he’s bolting out of the booth, up and over Chimney’s lap in a very ungraceful manner, and shooting to the bathroom without another word.
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Or, at both the bachelor party and the wedding reception, Buck looks at Eddie. -
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Because Buck thinks he could build something with Tommy. He could love Tommy, if he put his mind to it. Tommy is fun, and serious, and competent and good at his job and he is really good in bed and with his mouth. He could love him.
He could. And maybe he even would, if he didn’t already –
He screeches to a halt at the next red light, almost missing it as the images race through his mind. An image of Buck himself digging through the mud, calling and calling the name of a man buried beneath feet of dirt, the name of a man that couldn’t hear him. He feels his heart breaking as Bobby grabs him, as Buck sobs into the sky.
Buck blinks and realizes that he could love Tommy, if he didn't already love Eddie.
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Eddie has not stopped talking since they left the restaurant. He thinks that he kind of blacked out during the actual dinner, because he’s not really sure what actually was discussed or how they even ended up sitting next to Buck and Tommy. But as soon as they got back into the truck, it was like the dam breaking loose.
“I mean, it’s so great,” Eddie says once they’re back in his bedroom, as he takes his shirt off in the closet. He’s not even paying attention as Marisol perches on the edge of his bed. “They’re two of my friends, it’s awesome.”
He’s happy for Buck, because Buck deserves to be with someone who gets him and will love him like he deserves. He just . . .
“Is Tommy too tall for him?” Eddie asks. “Like, they’re the same height.”
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Chris continues to chatter in Eddie’s ear, and Eddie half listens as Buck goes up to Margaret and hands her the tape measurer he’d been holding. She stares at him with one tape measurer in each hand now, eyebrows drawn in confusion as he smiles and waves goodbye at her.
“See you later!” Buck calls as he exits the loft with Chris.
Eddie is only a few feet behind, but he looks at her, gives her a polite but fake smile, and says, “See you later, Maggie!” as he closes the door. He only catches the first half of her spluttering and protest of the name as the door shuts behind him.
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Buck startles awake to Chris prying his eye open. Chris’s concerned expression swims into his vision as both eyes adjust, squinting at the morning sun streaming in through the window.
“You’ve been sleeping for fourteen hours,” Chris deadpans. Buck is still half asleep, but he catches the slight waver in his voice, can see his eyebrows furrowed as he watches Buck carefully. “You went to bed at seven last night, and now it’s nine in the morning.”
“Nine in the morning, huh?” Buck’s own voice resembles more of a croak as he sits up, muscles aching and head still throbbing. It’s all a result of being struck by lightning and in a coma for a few days, he knows, but that doesn’t mean he has to like it.
But what he does like is the smell of Eddie’s sheets, the pictures of him and Eddie and Chris on Eddie’s bedroom walls. He likes the feeling of Eddie’s arms around him in the middle of the night, making sure that he’s okay and breathing.
“Christopher.” Eddie’s voice hisses through the crack in the bedroom door. “I told you not to bother him.”
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Or, Buck recovers and doesn't quite realize what he means to others. -
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The sun is pink in the horizon, just starting its descent and emitting a light glow across the smooth expanse of snow. Everything is lit up pink and purple and orange, and when he glances over at Eddie, Eddie’s green coat is reflecting the light, illuminating his face and making him look like a dream. Buck has to glance away and ignores the skipping of his heart.
Eddie is silent next to him. All Buck can hear are their skis against the snow, their poles pinging with every push forward. And when he glances at Eddie again, it’s to find Eddie already looking at him with a soft smile.
“What?” He asks, frowning and examining his own shadow to see if something is off.
Eddie just shakes his head. “Nothing,” he replies quietly. “I just . . .” Eddie trails off and looks back into the distance, and Buck so badly wants him to finish his sentence.
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Or, Buck inherits a house in a small ski town, reunites with his sister, saves a restaurant, falls in love, and finds a family, but not necessarily in that order. -
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Because Eddie is built. There’s no denying it now, not when the proof is right in front of Buck and Buck is actually paying attention. Eddie has obviously been stepping up his workout regimen since returning to the 118, and Buck feels a little weak at the knees as several realizations come crashing down on him at once.
The first is that Eddie is hot. This isn’t really breaking news to him, but the intensity of it is startling.
The second, however, does startle him, and it’s that he’s pretty sure he’s in love with Eddie.
“Buckley,” Eddie huffs, breaking Buck out of his thoughts when Buck was obviously standing in silence for too long. “My eyes are up here.”
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Buck glances at Eddie’s bedroom door one more time, almost like he’s willing it to open. But the door stays mostly closed and Buck feels himself deflate as he grabs his bag and keys.
He quietly closes the door and locks it behind him, and he’s just about to turn the car on when he frowns and realizes that he left his jacket in the house. He knows he’ll probably be back at some point tomorrow to get it, but he thinks about Eddie under all that mud. He thinks of his head on Bobby’s lap and Eddie’s name on his lips, screamed into the air. He felt –
He felt like his whole soul was being buried under the mud, and that’s what scares him the most.
Sighing, he gets out of the Jeep and decides to get his jacket, and if he happens to listen for any signs of movement from Eddie’s room for a few more seconds before he leaves again, then that’s between Buck and God.
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Eddie clears his throat, shifting his eyes from Buck’s hands and chest and up to Buck’s face, because he absolutely wasn’t checking out his best friend while he was holding a tiny kitten.
“Eddie,” Buck’s voice is urgent, his hands uncurling to reveal the tiny, fluffy black kitten with white socks. “She looks like Bobby.”
Eddie blinks at the kitten for a long moment, because he has no idea how Buck is making that kind of connection.
“She has Bobby’s eyes,” Buck insists, turning the kitten to look at him again. “Not in color, obviously, but in attitude. The vibes.”
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Or, the one where Eddie sees Buck with a small kitten, realizes he’s in love, and spontaneously combusts, but not necessarily in that order. -
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Eddie’s a steady man who likes predictability. He buys the same beer all the time, the same shirts just in different colors, the same type of mulch for the garden every year.
But the thing is, Chris is starting high school in two weeks, and Bobby has been floating the idea of retirement around more and more. Chim and Maddie are expecting a second baby, and Pepa and Abuela have been talking of looking for a new home for Abuela soon.
And then there’s the promotion and the transfer, and it’s all just a bit much for Eddie to handle.
But he spins the silicone ring on his finger, smiling down at it while the heat of Buck’s thigh presses carefully into his own. At least that’s something that isn’t changing.
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Buck smiles as Eddie leans in and presses a soft kiss to his lips, and Buck feels himself grinning further against his mouth and kissing back before Eddie pulls away, too soon and with that same soft smile on his lips. He eases the bags fully out of Buck’s arms and turns to head into the kitchen, and Buck watches him go with such a fond smile that he feels like he’s going to explode.
And then he freezes and stares at Eddie’s retreating form, his heart constricting in his chest as his brain struggles to catch up with the events of the last twenty seconds. Because kissing? Is not something they have ever done before.
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Buck opens his door on the Saturday morning before Father’s Day, fully prepared for the long trek down to the mailroom, but he’s stopped in his tracks by something on the floor. He frowns down at the ground, because there’s a small, potted cactus right in front of his door, and he’s about 95% sure he didn’t leave it there. He groans as he bends down to pick it up, carefully balancing on his crutches while his fingers fumble with the small envelope attached to the cactus.
Chris says thanks for the help and Happy Father’s Day. He wanted to get this for you because it’s small like him but won’t die since you’re a little slow right now. – Eddie
Buck blinks back the sudden onslaught of tears that prickle in his eyes, the words swarming his vision before he takes the cactus into the living room and sets it on the middle of the coffee table. His heart flips in his chest once, twice, and by the third flip, he knows for sure what it means.
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As Ravi walked out of the vow renewal venue and said goodbye to everyone, wishing them all a good summer, he saw Buck and Eddie slipping out the backdoor, and he swears he saw Eddie’s hand in Buck’s back pocket. But they were out the door and out of sight before he could even do a double-take to confirm. Nobody had said anything in the group chat after, and then his phone was off for the next three months while he was out of the country, and Buck’s emails gave him absolutely no clues.
So, Ravi really has some questions, and he hopes they’ll be answered within five seconds of him stepping foot into the station.
What he didn’t anticipate is that Buck and Eddie have acted like more than friends since the moment he met them. Because when he enters the station, Buck has Eddie backed up against the wall, pool cue poking against his chest while he stares him down.
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Or, the one where Ravi returns from a vacation and absolutely cannot tell if Buck and Eddie are actually dating. -
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“Shut up,” Buck grumbles at the dog. “It’s not a crush.”
Buck walks out of the room, out the backdoor, and into the yard, trying to ignore his large and judgmental dog following behind him.
“I don’t want to hear it,” Buck tells him as he gets the hose out to start watering his plants. “Keep it to yourself.”
“Who are you talking to?”
Buck startles and drops the hose, doing a quick 180-degree turn and coming face-to-face with Eddie. He’s clearly standing on something, elbows folded over the top of the fence and chin resting on them as he looks at Buck. His expression looks almost fond and it kind of makes Buck want to both preen and die of embarrassment.
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Or, the one where Buck owns a doggy daycare, has a large dog with an attitude, and is hopelessly in love with his new neighbor. -
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“Dad said that if anything happens to him, I’ll get to live with you. He wrote it in his wish,” Chris says simply, like he’s making complete, logical sense. “And he signed it and everything.”
“His . . . Wish.” Buck repeats. “That he signed?” He’s racking his brain to think of when Eddie might have brought this up or asked him or even mentioned this, but he’s coming up with absolutely nothing. Not a word has left Eddie’s lips about a will or any future plans, but then it suddenly makes sense how he’d come home from his secret meeting a little more relaxed, and then telling Buck to go have some bonding time with Chris, and –
“Oh my god,” Buck groans, covering his face with his hands. “Your dad wrote me into his will.”
“Will!” Chris shouts, the word finally clicking, but then he quickly pauses. “I like wish better.”
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“Buck, listen to me,” Eddie says, grabbing Buck’s wrist and lifting it off of his thigh. “I think that I’m . . . Bad at being a dispatcher?” He phrases it like a question, because – well, because he knows it, but he’s not sure if anyone else has clocked that fact yet.
And Buck, much to Eddie’s confusion, blinks at him for approximately four seconds before breaking out into fits of loud, deep laughter. “I’ve been keeping a list,” Buck says. “Let’s start from the beginning.”
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He’s not jealous. He’s not, because that would be ridiculous. Buck is still his best friend and he’s at the Diaz household at least five out of seven nights of the week. He is still a very permanent fixture of their lives, helping Christopher with his homework and making dinner for them and driving them around town in Eddie’s truck. Eddie has nothing to be jealous of.
Now if only Eddie’s brain could get with the program.
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Or, after returning to the 118, Eddie becomes a full-time paramedic and Ravi becomes Buck's partner. Eddie absolutely doesn't feel anything about that, not at all. -
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It starts with a call to an animal shelter and ends with a tiny dog tucked away in the chest pocket of Buck's uniform.
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always will until the end by fallingthorns
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
04 Oct 2021
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“Bucky?” Steve says, and the Winter Soldier looks confused as he looks at Steve and processes the name.
“Who the hell is Bucky?” Steve hears in response, but it’s distant and he can’t focus on it, not right now, because –
Well, because Bucky has two fangs where his incisors should be, menacing as he says the words that should pierce right through Steve’s heart.
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“I’m fucking scary,” Eddie huffs, crossing his arms over his chest. “I’m a fucking ghost from 1820. That’s terrifying.”
“Preach it, babe,” Richie replies from where he’s perched by the attic window. “You’re terrifying.”
“I’m a fucking ghoul,” Eddie continues, floating back and forth. “I could be a demon if I wanted to be.”
“Would prefer if you don’t get yourself exorcised, though. I do kind of like having you around,” Richie says absently without looking at Eddie.
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Or, Eddie and Richie are ghosts who have haunted the house on Neibolt Street since 1820. But it might be time for a change of scenery.