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    Eddie touches Buck a lot.

    It’s a thing they do, has been for years, and it’s not a big deal. Eddie’s an affectionate guy. Side hugs and arm grabs and that move where Eddie steers him through doorways with a hand on his lower back.

    All of which Buck has never spent any real time considering because it’s just Eddie, it’s just how he is. Eddie touches people and Buck just happens to be the person standing next to him most of the time, so it’s aimed at him most of the time. Proximity and frequency, that’s all. A coincidence.

    They’re close. They always have been. So what?

    All that being said, there is one thing Eddie doesn’t do.

    Eddie doesn’t kiss Buck.

    Or — didn’t. Past tense, until about thirty seconds ago, when Eddie leaned across their table at the diner they’re currently eating at and pressed his mouth to Buck’s cheek like the kiss was just another item on a list of things he was doing that afternoon.

    Or,
    The totally natural and platonic long-term friendship escalation of kissing your best friend on multiple parts of his body without explanation.

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