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This was Buck's first winter in Texas, and of course his bad luck must have caught up with him here, as all of Austin was blanketed in snow. The city was completely paralyzed, as no one expected such a huge wave of white fluff to arrive in a state that had never seen more than an inch of snow. He and TK were fairly accustomed to the cold, TK being from New York and Buck having spent most of his life in Pennsylvania, but Carlos had not had the opportunity to develop an immunity to sub-zero temperatures. The policeman, however, was too nice by nature to point out that it must be the fault of his boyfriends and that they were magnets for disaster. He often denied it when either of them brought it up, but everyone around him knew that Buck and TK were the worst combination in the world when it came to luck. This time, Carlos' immense kindness must have caused fate to smile on them a little, and when the blizzard hit, all three of them started their three days off from work after the latest schedule from hell. Let someone else deal with this snow Armageddon.
There was a pleasant silence in the apartment as Buck began to come back to reality after a few hours of deep, wholesome sleep.
The previous shift had taken a toll on them when they got a call about an eight-car pileup two hours before the end of their shift. Just when they thought they had everything under control, a strong wind came up and the car that hit the tree decided to explode, setting several trees ablaze. The paramedics had to call the police for help when the driver of the car wreck declared that he would not be taken to the hospital to sober up because he would lose the chance to see his children. TK dodged his fist in time, saving Nancy from the same fate. In short, fire and drama.
Taking a deep breath to stimulate his entire body, Buck slowly opened his eyes, and a small but sincere smile almost immediately appeared on his face. For the sight before his eyes was once only a fantasy in his mind.
TK's brown strands of hair stood out on all sides of the pillow into which the man had just pressed his face. He was facing Buck, who only realized after a moment that the younger man had tangled his legs with Buck's in his sleep. One of his hands was on Buck's chest while the other held the hand of Carlos, who slept tightly against TK's back. Cop free hand rested on the pillows above them, his fingers inches from Buck's hair. He remembered Carlos playing with his hair before bed, grinning appreciatively at the lack of gel on it. Of the three of them, Tyler was the one who appreciated it the most anyway, since he was the only one who didn't have curly hair, which at the same time was the biggest phase about it.
Neither of them had any plans for today, so it was only for a brief moment that the thought crossed his mind as to why he was up so early. Seeing only seven o'clock on the clock and feeling two unusually warm bodies, which, as if they knew Buck was not sleeping anymore, tried to get even closer to each other, so there wouldn't be even the smallest gap between them, made Buck push away everything unnecessary and fall back asleep.
When his mind forced his body to wake up for the second time this morning, he was no longer alone. His blue irises immediately crossed with brown irises, looking at him with such a gentle gaze that less than two years ago he would not have believed that anyone could look at him like that. But now he knew that the owner of those eyes had just seen the exact same look in his own eyes.
‘’Hi, querido,'' Carlos' voice was slightly hoarse, letting Buck know that his boyfriend had just woken up. At the sound of the Spanish word, his cheeks blushed and his smile broadened, washing the last traces of sleep from his face. The fingers that had played with his hair the night before began to gently scratch his head.
Both he and TK loved it when Carlos talked to them in Spanish. TK also loved it when Buck spoke Spanish because he knew the language. Thanks to his time in Peru, he had picked up the basics of the language and had been perfecting it over the past few years. The blond man surprised them when he first responded to the silent curses Carlos was throwing under his breath after one of those calls where a guy turned out to be dumber than anyone thought. The expressions on the faces of both the cop and the medic at the time will forever be seared into his memory.
‘’Hey, guapo,'' Buck replied in a whisper, not wanting to wake TK yet, who was the most tired of the three after the last shift and had fallen asleep almost immediately. He had barely managed to change into something comfortable to sleep in. Right now he was squeezed between two older men, which was one of his favorite things. He had fallen in love with it from the moment that Buck had joined them in the bed for the very first time.
"All of Austin is covered in snow, so it's a good thing you turned up the thermostat before bed. We probably won't be able to get anywhere soon. First day off, spent in bed and on the couch.
‘’It's a good thing we did our shopping for the week. Marjan mentioned that she was supposed to do it today, I feel sorry for her that she has to go out in the snow.''
No more words came out of their mouths, instead they decided to enjoy the pleasant silence and comfort their bed offered. They knew they would have all day to talk, laugh, kiss in between cooking dinner (when TK would be more in the way than helping and one of them would have to somehow distract him so the other could finish cooking in peace), and later kiss on the couch while watching a movie.
As if on cue, as soon as he thought of their sleeping lover, a sleepy voice came from between Buck and Carlos.
"Hey, my handsome guys. Did I hear something about a day in bed? A whole day of cuddling with me?''
Buck definitely wanted to thank fate for his bad luck this time. Because to have his two favorite boys together in bed with him? The world could freeze at will, he did not complain about the lack of heat today.