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As the headlights of the car disappeared around the corner, Buck was still frozen as he watched Tommy abandon him on the street corner in the middle of their first date, and his first date with a man. He has had bad dates before that ended later than he would have hoped, but not once did he actually have been left like this; he had never done this to anyone either.
Numb Buck doesn't even remember picking up and planning on calling the only one that he knew who wouldn't hunt down Tommy and tear him a new one, Athena and Maddie would show him no mercy, and he might be hurt deeply, but he didn't want Tommy hurt, and more importantly he didn't want Athena or Maddie to get into trouble.
"Buck?"
Turning his head, Buck found himself meeting the brown eyes of Eddie's.
"What are you doing here? Aren't you on a date with Marisol?" Buck had been a little shocked when Eddie and Marisol had picked the same restaurant as he and Tommy had.
Eddie looked shifty, "We were, and now we aren't. That isn't important right now. What is important is why you are standing here looking so lost. Where's your jeep?"
Now it was Buck's turn to look a little shifty. "I didn't bring mine. I took an Uber with Tommy." He admitted.
"Huh, so where is Tommy? Are the two of you sharing another one or what?" Eddie asked as he looked around for the other man.
It took everything in Buck to smash down the jealousy that was building up in him, even when he was standing right before him, Eddie was still looking for Tommy. 'Something, I guess I should get used to.' It seemed like Tommy was Eddie's new best friend. "No, we took separate ones. Tommy decided to go see the movie we planned on seeing together without me, but I guess since you are free, you could call him up and ask him to join him." Buck couldn't stop himself.
Eddie's eyes went wide as he stared at Buck, "Whoa," he held up his hands. He was about to do some damage control, but it seemed like Buck wasn't in the mood for it, and he could only watch as Buck turned away from him and started down the sidewalk, away from him and away from the direction Tommy had gone. "Buck! Wait!" Eddie always admired Buck's long legs, but now he was cursing them as they were creating a distance between them. One that reminded him of the distance that had appeared between them from the moment they met Tommy.
Tommy, who had taken Eddie to a fight in Las Vegas.
Tommy, whom Marisol had accused of having taken him out on dates.
Marisol, who had broken up with him in the middle of the restaurant because he couldn't take his eyes off Buck and Tommy.
Off of Buck.
Buck, whom he had let slip to the side as he focused on his relationship with Marisol and his new and exciting friendship with Tommy.
Buck of who Marisol asked him before she left the restaurant and him behind, "Are you jealous of Buck being here with Tommy, or are you jealous of Tommy having all of Buck's attention?"
Eddie felt himself stagger. He was jealous of Tommy getting Buck's attention tonight; usually, he was the focus of Buck's attention, and to see another be on the receiving end of Buck's undivided attention. He knew what he had to do.
Buck was thankful that he had managed to catch an Uber back to his place. He wanted to crawl into a hole and forget this night ever happened.
"I'll have to apologize to Eddie tomorrow," Buck muttered under his breath. He felt bad about snapping at the other man. It was Tommy that he was unsure about. He had left him in the middle of the date because he hadn't felt comfortable coming out to his best friend in the middle of a crowded restaurant where they were on a date. "Oh, that would have been fun. Oh yeah, Eddie, I'm bisexual, and I am on my first date with a man who left me on the sidewalk because I wouldn't come out to you. Yes, the same man I have been jealous of getting all of your attention these past few weeks, and the best part is I am not sure if I am jealous of him paying attention to you or because he had all of your attention when I wanted it."
A noise of surprise had Buck turning around to see a wide-eyed Eddie staring at him. "Umm, you weren't supposed to hear that."
Jealousy filled Eddie as he took a step forward, jealous that Tommy had been on a date with Buck and angry at Tommy for abandoning him. "He left you because you didn't want to tell me you are bisexual and that you were on a date in the middle of a restaurant? I'm going to kick his ass the next time I see him." Eddie vowed.
"But I thought he was your friend?" Buck was so confused.
Taking a step forward, Eddie's eyes didn't leave Buck's. "Did he kiss you?" He asked his voice in a low growl when Buck nodded. Eddie felt the jealousy erupt like a volcano, "then he stopped being my friend the moment he kissed you and abandoned you like you were nothing. It is your choice and your choice alone when you want to come out. He had no right to try to push you into something you weren't ready to tell me." Closing the distance between them, Eddie rested his hand on Buck's cheek as he admitted in a husky tone, "But the reason he stopped being my friend is he dared to kiss what is mine."
Swallowing hard, Buck couldn't look away from Eddie's heated gaze, "But you're straight and with Marisol."
"No, Marisol and I broke up. Or, well, she broke up with me before making me ask myself who I really wanted to be. I only want one person, and that is you, Evan Buckley. I think I have loved you since that night we promised to have each other's backs."
"I have loved you since then. What I felt for Abby is a small candle compared to the inferno that my burns for you." Buck whispered. "I love you, Eddie Diaz."
"Good, you are mine, Evan Buckley. I love you, Evan Buckley." Cupping Buck's cheek, Eddie claimed Buck's lips in a soul-searing kiss.
Tommy stared at the wedding invitation in his hands.
You are invited to the wedding of Eddie Diaz and Evan Buckley.
He lost count of how many times he had read it, but still had trouble wrapping his head around the fact that this was the first time he had heard from either man. Buck had never reached out after their failed date. The kiss had been sweet, and he could tell that Buck was touch-starved and wanting to be loved, so he was surprised that Buck never called and pleaded for a second chance. It was almost a week later, after his disaster of a date with Buck, did he had last seen Eddie, the man had made it very clear that he knew what he had done to Buck, that he ended their friendship.
"Is he really worth it? What can he offer you that I can't?" Tommy couldn't wrap his mind around what made Evan Buckley so special.
The way Eddie's lips twitched up into a smirk made Tommy feel like he knew something he didn't, "If you haven't seen by now what makes him so special, then you are a bigger fool than I thought."
Now six months and one day after that failed date, he finally understood Eddie had won the competition, not that he ever stood much chance against Eddie, not when it came to Buck's heart.