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The second Eddie pulled into his driveway he felt a wave of anxiety hitting him. He knew it made no sense, because they were home. They were all safe and together, but he couldn’t shake the anxiety that was now crawling all over his skin. He looked to his right at Buck who was sitting in his passenger seat. He was clearly trying to hold it all together, but Eddie could see him losing the fight against his emotions. Not that Eddie could blame him. Buck had been getting hit a lot lately. It was bad enough that he almost lost his leg during a bombing, but then he almost died in Bobby’s backyard coughing up blood. He gets told he can’t be a firefighter while on blood thinners. And now he was out with Christopher only to end up in a tsunami and wandering the streets of LA, bleeding out, screaming himself hoarse just to try and find Christopher. Buck was done, he was beyond done and Eddie just wanted to get him and his son inside and into bed.
“Alright, I am going to get Christopher in and then come back and help you.” Eddie said to Buck.
He just gave a small nod and Eddie got out of his truck and went and opened the back passenger door. Christopher was exhausted and barely able to keep his eyes open. It had been a long day for all three of them, but Buck and Christopher were the ones that had to swim against a tsunami and spend hours walking around trying to find someplace safe. He removed Christopher’s seatbelt and picked him up as he headed over to his front door he spoke.
“Ok, Mijo, I am going to get you inside and into the bathroom. We need to get you cleaned up before you can get into bed. I have to come back out though and help Buck get inside. His leg is really hurting him right now.”
“He kept swimming after the other people.” Christopher said, as he placed his head down on his dad’s shoulder.
“What do you mean?”
They hadn’t asked Buck or Christopher what exactly happened. All they knew was the rough idea that Buck had managed to get them onto a firetruck and then Christopher fell back in and Buck went after him. That was it though. Eddie wanted to know more, he needed to know more, but back at the makeshift hospital it didn’t seem like the best time to ask.
“After we got up on the firetruck there were people stuck in cars and in the water. Bucky took a ladder and a firehose and went back into the water. He used the ladder to get to the car where the man was stuck. He tied the hose to a big tree and people were able to grab it. He helped them to get up onto the firetruck and to get the man out of his car. He was in the water for hours saving people.”
Eddie couldn’t help but shake his head. Of course Buck was able to make some type of clothes line for people. The man was a genius when it came to firefighting and street smarts. The way his mind could solve a problem was remarkable and Eddie wished the others on their team could see just how much of an asset Buck truly was.
“And you are sure nothing hurts? Not your chest? You didn’t swallow or breathe in a bunch of water?” Eddie asked, as he placed Christopher down on the floor in the bathroom.
“No. Bucky told me to take a big breath and hold it in no matter what. It was really hard, but I did it. I’m sore, but nothing hurt hurts. I’m sore like I did too much at PT.” Christopher said, as he took in a quick inventory of his body.
“Ok, that’s really good. I am going to be right back. I just need to help Buck get inside and then I will grab you some clean clothes and get you all showered off. Then you can go to bed and I will help Buck.”
“Bucky is gonna stay here right? He can’t be alone Daddy.” Christopher said, worried that Buck would have to be all alone tonight.
“No, he’s going to sleep in my bed with me so I can keep an eye on him and make sure nothing is wrong. He’s gonna be here for a few days until I feel like it’s safe for him to be on his own again.”
There was no way in hell he was going to let Buck be by himself tonight or for the next few days. He knew his Abuela and Pepa would be coming by tomorrow to see Christopher and he had already texted them about Buck being here. His Abuela was going to be bringing food by and they would be able to keep Buck here and make sure he was resting and ok. Eddie was very worried about Buck having another clot, even with the blood thinners. He wanted Buck to be somewhere that he could be safe and be looked after. That was something that was pissing Eddie off, because no one else on the team seemed to be really bothered by the idea of Buck going home alone. Maddie didn’t offer him to stay with her or even for her to crash at his place. Everyone wanted to lecture Buck about what dangers he could have been in, but they didn’t seem to care if he choked on his own blood in the middle of the night. The last thing Buck should be right now was alone.
When Christopher gave a nod and a warm smile, Eddie went and headed back out of his house and over to his truck. He opened the passenger door and saw that Buck hadn’t even taken his seatbelt off. He was a bit lost in his own mind and he flinched when the door opened.
“Come on, let’s get you in.” Eddie gently said, as he unbuckled Buck and got him moving.
Eddie made sure to put Buck’s right arm over his shoulders as he wrapped his left arm around Buck’s waist to help him walk. Buck’s left leg was killing him and Eddie knew he would need to look at it, to look Buck all over, before he would be able to get any form of rest tonight. Slowly he was able to get Buck inside and had him sit down on a dining room chair for now. Buck was even more filthier than Christopher. Eddie bent down so he could look Buck in his eyes. Buck didn’t seem all that there, but he expected as much. His body was well past exhaustion and his mind was done. He needed sleep, but Eddie had to get him cleaned up first and to double check that he didn’t have any injuries that were missed under all of the guck on him.
“I have to get Christopher cleaned up and into bed. I need you to wait here for me, ok?”
“Is he ok?” Buck asked, but his voice was very rough.
“He’s going to be fine. I just need to get him cleaned up and into bed. I won’t be long. Are you ok here? Do you need me to get you anything?” Eddie knew Buck had drank some water and ate a granola bar, but he didn’t really eat much. He knew Buck was too exhausted right now, so in the morning he would be making sure he got some real food into both him and Christopher.
Buck gave a small shake of his head and Eddie gave him a warm smile. “I won’t be long.”
Eddie hated knowing that he was having to leave Buck, but he needed to make sure Christopher was also taken care of and he knew Buck would want to put him first. Eddie made his way back into the bathroom to check on Christopher. He was still sitting down on the closed toilet seat and he looked exhausted.
“I am going to get you some pajamas and then we will get you in the bath and get you all cleaned up. Are you hungry?” Eddie had made sure to get Christopher something to eat while him and Buck were being checked out, but he knew they hadn’t really eaten anything all day.
“No. I’m just tired. Is Bucky ok?”
“He is. He’s waiting in the living room. Once I get you into bed, I will work on getting him all fixed up and into bed as well.”
Christopher just gave a nod and Eddie went into his bedroom to grab a change of clothes for Christopher before heading back into the bathroom. He closed the door part way, he wanted to give Christopher some privacy, but he also needed to be able to hear should something go wrong with Buck. Eddie made quick work of getting the water going in the tub before he turned his attention back to his son. He helped Christopher get out of his clothes and he knew he would be throwing them out. There was no way he would be able to look at his son wearing these again without thinking about this horrific day. Eddie still couldn’t believe that he had been working the whole day and didn’t even think about Christopher or Buck. He knew he was under the impression that they were at the movies, a place that was inland and away from all of the destruction of the tsunami. Still though, he felt horrible that he didn’t know they needed his help. He had spent the whole day helping to rescue people when he should have been trying to find and rescuing his own family.
Eddie knew to most Buck was just his best friend, but he was so much more than that. They had only known each other for a year, but to Eddie it felt like Buck had always been in his life, in their lives. He felt like he knew him from another life. The way Buck fit within their family was insane. Even his Abulea and Tia loved him and saw him as a member of their family. They were teaching him family recipes, something his own mother and Shannon never had. They could all tell how special Buck was and Eddie didn’t realise just how much he loved the man until he saw him standing there covered in dirt and blood holding Christopher’s glasses. When he collapsed, Eddie thought Buck had been bleeding out and he was too late to save him. That he was too late to tell him how much he meant to him. That he was too late to tell him that he was in love with him and didn’t want to lose the family they had built.
And yet once again by some miracle Buck was going to be ok. Not only that, he had managed to save Christopher from the tsunami. Their family was going to be ok because of Buck and he was going to be making sure Buck knew how much he was loved and wanted by them. Eddie wasn’t going to lose this chance. He had already allowed too many chances to slip by him.
Once the water was ready, Eddie got Christopher into the bath. He made sure the water was warm to help with Christopher’s cold skin. He also didn’t put too much in it as he didn’t know how Christopher would react to the water after being surrounded by water for so long today. As Eddie started to work on getting his son clean he spoke, hoping it would distract Christopher enough to keep his mind off of the most recent trauma. He didn’t talk about his day, instead and talked about things that he had thought would keep Christopher engaged, like what he read about on elephants and about the different planets. He tried to focus on things that were not water based, but things he knew his son was interested in. Eddie wasn’t too good at it, because Buck was always the one that could talk about anything and had all of these facts just stored up in his brain. It worked though to keep Christopher engaged and distracted. As the bath went on he could tell Christopher was getting very tired and struggling to keep his eyes open.
“Alright, you are clean. Let’s get you out of here and into bed Mijo.” Eddie said, as he pulled the plug. He had to empty the tub and refill it twice already to get all of the dirt off of him.
Eddie picked up his son and got him out of the bath and sitting on the toilet seat once again as he dried him all off. Once he was dried he got him dressed before he picked him up and brought him into his bedroom. He pulled the covers back on Christopher’s bed and placed his son down very gently into bed before he covered him up. Eddie went and sat on the edge of the bed as he spoke.
“I am going to help Buck get cleaned up and into bed. I’m going to have him share the bed with me tonight. So if you wake up and are scared, you can call out to me and I will be right here or you can just come into the room with us, ok?”
Eddie didn’t know if Christopher would wake up from nightmares tonight. It would happen at some point, but he didn't know if his son would have them tonight given how exhausted his little body was. Typically when you were too physically exhausted you didn’t have to worry about nightmares. Your brain would shut off to allow your body the rest it was in desperate need of in order to survive. Eddie was hoping that would be the case tonight for both Buck and Christopher. Eddie himself would be healthy enough for nightmares, but he wasn’t worried about himself.
“Ok Daddy.” Christopher said softly back as his eyes were already closing. Eddie stayed there for a few moments running his hand through Christopher’s soft and wet curls before he finally moved away.
He made his way back down the hallway to get Buck. He walked into his living room/dining room area and saw Buck sitting in the chair still, but his head was folded on his arms on the table and he was hunched over asleep. He hated that he was going to have to wake him up but he really needed to get him cleaned up and in some fresh clothes. He also wanted to check his injuries out real quick to make sure none of them were bleeding. Eddie bent down once more and ran his hand through Buck’s hair, being careful to not get his fingers caught in any of the knots.
“Buck, come on you gotta wake up.”
Eddie shook him slightly and Buck’s eyes slowly blinked open.
“Eddie?” He asked, his voice sounding like sandpaper had been used on his vocal cords.
“You’re at home. We just gotta get you cleaned up and then you can sleep. Come on. Carino, let’s get you all showered.”
Eddie got up and started to help get Buck moving. Buck’s whole body was hurting and he felt his muscles locking up. Eddie wrapped an arm around his waist and helped to get Buck down the hallway and into his ensuite bathroom. He once again placed Buck down on the closed toilet seat before he went and turned on the water and got the showering running. Buck was too big to try and wash off in the tub, so they would need to take a shower, which was fine with Eddie because he needed one as well. With the water at the right temperature, Eddie quickly stripped out of his clothes not even bothered with being naked around Buck, before he helped him to get his own clothes off.
Buck groaned as he had to raise his arms to get his shirt off. “I know, I’m sorry. But we have to get you cleaned up to try and prevent any infections. You have a lot of little cuts on you, Carino.”
“Everything hurts. It feels like my body is just locked up.” Buck said through clenched teeth, as he took a shaky breath in.
“It’s from the exertion, but also the cold of the water. It’ll take a few days before you are feeling better. I’m gonna help you get cleaned up. You just rest on me and I’ll do all the work.” Eddie said with a soft smile.
Buck gave a small nod and Eddie helped to get him standing up and into the shower. Eddie wrapped his arms around Buck’s back as he took his weight and they stood under the warm spray of the water. He made sure to angle Buck so it wouldn’t be on his head yet. Buck couldn’t resist leaning his head back and placing it against Eddie’s shoulder as the heat from the water started to seep into his skin. Eddie turned his head and pressed a kiss to Buck’s temple as he spoke.
“That’s it Baby, just relax.”
Buck gave a soft moan as Eddie grabbed a cloth and started to gently wash Buck’s torso. He wanted to wipe off as much grim as he could before he would add soap. He knew the soap was going to sting so if he could eliminate some of the dirt first that would at least help with the amount of scrubbing he would need to do. Eddie was also trying his best to keep his cock from getting hard, which was not an easy task to do with Buck’s glorious ass pressed right against him. Eddie worked the cloth over Buck’s chest and stomach, followed by his arms before he started to move his hand down lower. He ran it over Buck’s soft cock, doing his best to keep it professional. The last thing he wanted was for Buck to feel violated. But he also needed to get all of the crime off of him. Once Eddie was confident that Buck’s front was clean, minus his legs, he then shifted Buck slightly so he could get at Buck’s back. He ran the cloth over his back, which wasn’t as dirty as he had expected. He then moved down to run the cloth over Buck’s ass and made sure to get in between his cheeks before moving his hand down to Buck’s balls. Eddie would have loved to take more time with Buck, but again this wasn’t a sexy shower, it was clinical.
Eddie knew he had to wash Buck’s legs, but he figured it might be better to get the top half of Buck all clean first before moving down to his legs, because Buck would have to hold himself up for th. Eddie reached over and grabbed the body wash and loaded a bunch up on the cloth before he mixed it around. He repeated the same process of getting Buck’s torso clean, and again trying not to linger on Buck’s cock and his ass. Something that was not easy to do when Buck’s cock twitched in his hand from the movement of stroking his cock. With Buck’s top all cleaned up he then looked at Buck’s face and he could see that his eyes were closed and Eddie knew Buck was most likely not even going to remember any of this come morning. His body and mind were so exhausted that his body was functioning on autopilot.
“I know you’re tired, but I need to clean your legs. Can you grab the bar and hold yourself up for a few minutes?” Eddie asked, speaking for the first time since they got into the shower.
Buck’s eyes slowly blinked open and Eddie could tell he was confused. Eddie moved Buck’s right arm over to the grab rail that Eddie installed just in case Christopher ever needed to use his shower or he was injured again.
“Hold yourself up for me. I’m gonna get your legs cleaned real quick, Carino.” Eddie explained again.
Eddie kept his hands on Buck until he was able to hold himself up. Buck placed his left hand against the wall of the shower to offer even more support. Eddie got down on his knees and started to quickly wash the back of Buck’s legs. He was careful of Buck’s left calf as he knew the scar tissue was still a bit sensitive. Once the back of his legs were cleaned, he turned his attention to the front of Buck. He had to fight with everything in him to not look directly at Buck’s cock, which was now in front of his face and just inches away from his mouth. Eddie knew his attraction to Buck had been increasing, but he didn’t realize how close to the edge he was until this very moment.
Eddie pulled his eyes away and finished washing Buck’s legs before he stood back up. He then wrapped an arm around Buck’s waist and turned him around so they were chest to chest and he could wash Buck’s face and hair.
“Hang on, we’re almost done and then we can get some sleep, Carino.” Eddie said, as he held up Buck and softly washed his face. Buck winced slightly at the sting from the soap on the cuts on his face.
“I know, I’m almost done. You did so good today. I’m really proud of you. I know you don’t feel it right now, but you saved so many lives. You saved Christopher’s life. I don’t know who else would have been able to handle swimming against the current of a tsunami. All of that SEAL training you got saved his life. Saved yours and his life. I’d be lost without you both.”
“Christopher?” Buck softly asked, as he fought to keep his eyes open.
“He’s in bed asleep. He’s safe. Let’s get your hair clean.”
Eddie placed the cloth down and he held Buck closer to his chest, putting their cocks against each other. Eddie could already feel his own cock hardening. He knew it was just a natural reaction, but he didn’t want to make Buck feel uncomfortable either. Those thoughts went out the window when he felt Buck’s own cock starting to harden at the contact as well. Eddie got Buck to tip his head back and Eddie used his right hand to rinse Buck’s hair to get it all wet before he lathered some shampoo in it. It was hard, because he only had one hand and with how he had to hold Buck up their cocks were constantly rubbing against each other. Both were fully hard now, but Eddie knew Buck’s body was only reacting to the stimuli. He was practically dead weight in his arms.
Once Eddie had Buck all cleaned up he turned them so his back was against the water and he continued to hold Buck up while he worked on getting his own hair and body cleaned up. He tried to get it done as quickly as he could because he was getting exhausted having to hold Buck’s weight up. His cock was also pulsing with need and he needed to get some clothes on the both of them before he took matters into his own hands, literally. Once Eddie had gotten himself cleaned up he turned the water off and opened the shower curtain. He got them both out of the shower and grabbed a towel. He got Buck sitting down on the closed toilet lid as he started to dry him off first. He had to place a hand on the middle of Buck’s chest to even keep him from falling over.
Eddie ran the towel all over Buck’s body to get him as dried off as he could. Once that task was finished he got Buck back up and into the bedroom. He placed him down on the bed before he quickly dried himself off before he made his way over to the dresser and pulled out two pairs of boxers. He slipped one on before he went back over to Buck and Eddie couldn’t help but hesitate for a moment to take him all in. He was practically asleep already, but he was sprawled out. His legs slightly open and his cock hard and laying against his stomach. If the circumstances were different Eddie wouldn’t have been able to keep his hands to himself. He would have gotten between Buck’s legs and swallowed his cock whole. And it was a good size cock too. Just over eight inches if he had to guess and he knew it would feel good sliding along his tongue and down his throat. Eddie would have loved to have gotten them both under the covers without even the boxers on. To be able to feel the full beauty of Buck’s skin against his own, but he couldn’t do that. They had never done that before so this was as close to that as he was going to get.
Eddie reluctantly slipped the boxers on Buck and then got him under the covers before he went around and turned off all of the lights and double checked that the front door was locked. He poked his head into Christopher’s room as well, but he was sound asleep. Eddie made his way back to his bedroom and closed the door before he went and crawled into bed. He turned Buck so he was on his right side and Eddie slid in behind him. He wouldn’t be able to sleep with his cock buried deep inside of Buck’s ass, but he could sleep with his cock pressed against it and maybe come morning they could both finally give in to that fantasy he knew they both had wanted but were too afraid to act on. For now, he was going to enjoy the feel of Buck safe in his arms with his sound asleep just down the hall. His family was safe when so many others had lost loved ones today. Eddie was going to enjoy this moment for as long as he could.