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Maybe it was because the two of them became such close friends, but in Eddie’s mind scenting Buck would be the worst possible betrayal of their friendship. Buck went to great lengths to keep that part of himself private, and as he was so giving of every other part of himself, Eddie felt he deserved to keep that to himself.
It felt like a secret agreement between them, even if Buck didn’t have the whole picture. It was something that always kept a sliver of distance between them. Eddie didn’t examine why he needed that, maybe it was just habit.
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Eddie has found his own way of coping with his frustratingly overdeveloped alpha senses. Scent blockers have little effect on him, so he chooses not use his heightened sense of smell unless he has to. Finding out Buck is an omega comes as a shock, but he deals with it fine. Sort of. It's not as if that sort of thing is supposed to matter any more.
Buck knows his crush on Eddie can't go anywhere. That's precisely why he ignores it. But Eddie's struggle with what it means to be an alpha is much worse than he thought, and he's the last person Eddie should be turning to for help.