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  1. Public Bookmark 36

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    Christopher makes a mistake, Buck proves that safe doesn’t mean easy, and Eddie realises that maybe Buck has always been more than just there.

    He’s been staying.

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    17 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 74

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    Eddie Diaz: father, veteran, firefighter, gay. It’s that easy. A descriptor, a word that Eddie’s spent his entire life running from.

    It’s a fucking relief to realise now that he’s stopped running. The burn in his muscles will linger, but it’s okay. It will serve as a reminder of how far he’s come.

    Beside him, Buck huffs a laugh. “I can’t believe you did a honky tonk dance.”

    Eddie laughs, startled. “I can’t believe you didn’t."

    Or: on the drive back to Los Angeles, Eddie works up the courage to tell Buck the truth.

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    17 Apr 2026

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    This is all perfectly applicable to friendship. Friendships require effort. Intentionality. Sometimes you have to watch a minute long Instagram video about attracting men to figure out how to get your male best friend to come back to your house and fall asleep on your couch again. Or in your bed. Either one.

    Whatever Buck's comfortable with. Eddie's not picky.

    Eddie will take whatever proximity Buck is willing to offer and be grateful for it, and if that sounds desperate then fine, it's a little desperate, but it's friend-desperate, which is a completely different thing than regular desperate.

    He replays the video and takes mental notes, formulating a plan that is simple: get Buck's attention. Spend more time with Buck. Stop feeling like his ribcage has been hollowed out with a melon baller every time he goes forty-eight hours without hearing Buck laugh.

    Easy and straightforward. He’s got this.

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    Five times Eddie tries to show Buck how much he misses him; plus the one time he just says it.

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    17 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 8

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    Tommy getting married surprised everyone for a few very simple reasons.

    Reason number one: it was only a year and a half after he and Buck had broken up, or, more accurately, since Buck had been ready to move in together and Tommy had revealed that he hadn't ever been expecting them to get serious.

    Reason number two: who on earth would want to marry Tommy Kinard?

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    16 Apr 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 6

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    Despite Buck making himself very hard to get to know when they first met, Eddie knew what Buck liked. It was all a part of the Best Friend title, which he was maybe less loud about compared to Buck, but he did take pride in it.

    He was Buck’s Best Friend, so he bought his coffee. That was his job.

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    16 Apr 2026