A.N: (This takes place after the Tsunami!)
Buck had already been going through some fucked up shit in his head before the tsunami had happened.
He hated the fact that he lost Christopher. He hated the fact that he took him to the amusement park that day. He hated that he couldn't save everyone…
He stayed in bed the next day. It kept replying in his head, it wouldn't stop. He didn't know how..or even why! He'd gone through worse shit!... So..why now?
All he wanted was to keep Chris safe, and he couldn't do it…
'I-I just want it to stop..' he thought to himself. He just wanted it to stop for five minutes..he wanted peace in his head for once...
He covered his ears and closed his eyes. He wanted to keep them open, just so he didn't see the day reply in his head again and again..
All he wanted to do was sleep, but he couldn't. His brain wouldn't let him!
Chris sees that day as the day he saved him..but Buck? All he saw was the day he wasn't there..
He just wants to sleep, he knows! He knows that Chris doesn't blame him..that Eddie doesn't blame him..
But he can't help it..he can't stop thinking about it. He just wants to sleep…
Eddie wanted to surprise Buck and dropped Chris off with Carla for today, and took the day off to spend time with him.
After yesterday Eddie figured that Buck would be okay, or that he'd be sleeping the entire time.
Bobby had told him if anything happened with Chris or Buck to let him know. He thought it was good that someone would check on him, I mean a lot of things had been going on in Buck's life these past couple of months.
Eddie was there for Buck the entire time, but yesterday? After he saw Chris and made sure he was okay, he wanted to check on Buck. But he had insisted that he was fine and would go home and rest.
Knowing that Buck had a lot going on already, he was genuinely concerned about his best friend..his crush…
He'd known for a while..he'd known since after his wife died, and Buck was there the entire time for both him and Christopher.
But yesterday? If not anything it confirmed it, because as soon as he saw Buck? He was scared that not only could he have lost his son, but he could have lost Buck…
It scared him so badly because he knew Buck would do anything to help others before even thinking about himself. And that's what scares him…
After he'd dropped Chris off at Carla's, he called Bobby and told him that he wouldn't be in today. Told him that he needed to check in on Buck.
Bobby had said that the rest of them would come by later and check on him too, but that Eddie would be good for a day off to spend time with both Chris and Buck.
So he drove down to Buck's house.. something told him that something was wrong…
Buck was still in his head, the real world was blacked out. He'd thought he was finally asleep, but he was brought back out when he felt his chest tighten, then it was the dizziness, he couldn't breathe properly.
He felt his hands tingling and tears falling…
It replayed again…
Chills ran up his spine.
Again.
His stomach turned..
Again…
His mouth and throat went dry..
Again..
He felt the water in his mouth..
Again
He could barely see..
He was crying and holding his knees to his chest, he couldn't breathe, he couldn't see, he felt cold..like he was right. Back. In. The. Water…
Eddie had just got to Buck's house and knocked on the door.
Nothing?
He knocked again.
Still nothing..
He knocked again, "Buck?" He raised his voice slightly, his voice filled with concern.
Buck's car is here? He would have said something if he left..and he definitely would have taken his car..
He knocked a little louder, "Buck! It's me, Eddie!" He took a deep breath before he tired the door.
It didn't open.
He put his ear to the door and listened. Crying.
That's all he heard..that's all he needs to hear before he kicks the door open.
Buck can be mad later for almost breaking his door down. Right now he needs to see if he's okay..
Eddie walked in called out his name and looked up at his bed.
He didn't see him, so he looked around.
He still couldn't find him. He started walking. (Running) Up the stairs while calling his name.
He finds Buck in the corner of his room..holding his knees to his chest while hyperventilating.
It tore Eddie's heart to see him like that. He knew he was having a panic attack and he couldn't help but think, why? but that wasn't important right now. What he needed to do was help him calm down.
He immediately runs over to him and crouches down and puts his hands around him, just so that way he can ground him and try and see if he can get on the talk or anything really cuz it looks like he's blacked out..
"Buck buck buck!" He called.
It didn't work..
"Evan..it's me it's me Eddie.. I know you're having a hard time right now..but please come back!" He held him tightly so that he could feel his arms around him.
"E-edd-ed-eddie?" he studdered and gripped his hands.
He sounded so scared..like he was stuck in some kind of nightmare, that would never end..
"Yeah, it's me, Buck... it's okay..deep breaths.. follow my breathing." He says calmly, trying not to panic.
He takes a deep breath in and holds it for 3 seconds to start. And let it out for 3 seconds.
Buck follows his breathing.
This continues for a few minutes, and after that Eddie starts talking, calmly and softly.
"Evan, name three things you can hear.."
"T-the wi-wind- wind..y-your bre-breathing.. a-and…d-dogs bar-barking.." it comes out slowly, and unsure.
"Good..good..now I want you to move your fingers," he tells him gently.
He slowly moves his fingers and releases his grip slowly.
"Good..now your arm"
He slowly moves his arms off of his legs and wraps himself in a hug.
"Okay, that's good.. now move your legs"
He slowly moves his legs down, first the left, then the right.
Eddie smiles softly, "Good…now name three things you can see.."
Buck blinks once
Twice.
And then a third time.
"Bed"
It's a simple word, and it's not studdered, it's clear, it's quiet but clear.
It made Eddie smile again.
"T-the stairs.."
It was a little louder, almost like he was a puppy that could see for the first time.
Although it wasn't the right moment, his heart started beating a little faster.
"And…the railing…"
Eddie smiles and loosens his grip around Buck, "You back..?"
Buck just nods and relaxes against Eddie's chest. He looks completely drained at this point.
"Hey-"
"Nope..stop saying thank you to things you need…I'm here..now sleep..I'll still be here when you wake up," he says calmly.
Buck just nods and goes to get up when all of a sudden he gets lifted up and immediately wraps his arms around Eddie's neck and looks at him. "W-what are you doing?!"
Eddie looks at him trying not to laugh, as he sees a small light blush on his face. "You're clearly tired, you look like you haven't slept in 2 days, and not to mention after what just happened, you're probably still dizzy."
Buck just nods as Eddie puts him in his bed and he lets go.
"If you need anything let me know I'll be downstairs" Eddie smiles.
"Did-"
"No, Chris isn't here…he's with Carla right now.." he smiles and ruffles Buck's hair a little.
"I know you think yesterday was your fault..but it wasn't.. shit happens in natural disasters, and Chris still loves you okay? It was an accident..and I still trust you, you are still his guardian if anything happens to me" he smiles.
Buck nods and visibly relaxes. and his eyes start closing.
Eddie smiles softly and waits until he's sure he's asleep and his breathing is normal.
After that, he rubs the back of his hand softly and smiles. And then he gets up and walks downstairs and to the kitchen.
'Should I tell the team..?..no, that is his decision, if he's still asleep by the time they get here I'll tell them to go back home and come back tomorrow.' he sighs and drinks some water.
About two hours later Buck wakes up, and looks around, like he wasn't entirely sure if what happened earlier really happened.
"Eddie?" He called out, his voice was clear, a little dry- but clear.
"Hey! You're up!" Eddie got up off the couch and walked upstairs, "How'd you sleep?"
"Oh- uh good!- I think?" He smiled, but soon faltered, as that meant he actually did have a panic attack, and it wasn't a dream.
"Yeah..hey it's okay, you wanna talk about it?"
Buck shakes his head and sighs, "What you said before I passed out..that helped..a lot..I-it just kept..the day was just replying constantly…and I couldn't stop…"
"Hey hey hey, it's okay..You're okay..I'm here, and the team is going to be here after their shift today."
Buck nods, "And Chris? H-hes actually okay? He isn't hurt at all right?"
"No, no of course not, he's been worried.. worried about you..buck yesterday we all saw you almost fall as soon as you saw Chris..we all know you took this the hardest, and we're all here for you..okay? You're not alone.." he smiles and holds Buck's hand.
Buck just nods and looks Eddie in his eyes and smiles, "Thanks.. seriously..you didn't have to.."
"I know..I did it because I wanted to, and I know you would have done it for me- or any of the team." Eddie smiles.
"How…how did you know what would work on me..? Cause I know different things work for different people…"
"I didn't..but I knew you probably couldn't see, or move. Plus with your breathing like that, I had to get your breathing under control first before I could do anything else. After that what I did is called the '3 3 3 rule' 3 things you hear, 3 body parts you move, and 3 things you see. After the first two, you calmed down enough for the last one. And holding you like that helps..make sure that you can feel someone keeping you safe, so your body doesn't panic." Eddie sighs and smiles.
Buck looks at him in shock, "Wow.." unconsciously he leans against Eddie's side and lays his head down on his shoulder.
Eddie feels his heart start beating faster and faster. He so desperately wants to hold Buck and tell him everything he feels..but he can't right now…right?
Buck can feel his heart beating faster and faster as he soon realizes that he's laying his head down on Eddie's shoulder.
He definitely had a crush on Eddie for a while, but he honestly thinks that Eddie is straight.
I mean it took a while for Buck himself to come up with his sexuality…
~Flashback~
It was a quiet day at the station, not that anyone is stupid enough to say that, but quite so that it actually gives Buck time to think..
'Why now? Do I really like him? Or is it just a confusing feeling tricking me..? I know I like girls..but do I like guys?' he thinks to himself as he sits on the couch upstairs.
"Buck!" He hears Hen call and snaps out of his thoughts.
"Mhmm? What?" He blinks and sees Hen in front of him.
"What's wrong? You never space out and think." She sounded sarcastic, but it had a hit of genuine concern.
'I mean she's probably my best bet on figuring this shit out…' he sighs and looks up at her, "Do you mind if I come over? after the shift is done…i-..I need your help.." he tried not to sound and look like a desperate puppy, but that's what it came out like.
"Uh- yeah..of course, Buck..you okay..?" She asked in her soft voice. One that only comes out when she thinks someone is scared or hurt.
"Yeah..just..trying to figure something out.." he sighs and then the alarm goes off.
They both get up slide down the pole and grab their gear. "Hey, Buck-? You okay to come?"
"Yeah, of course, the job comes first right now. People need our help" he snickers a little, smiles a thank you and runs to the truck.
Hen smiles back and runs to the abundance.
*After the call had finished*
"Come on, you're telling me that you wouldn't have laughed if you tipped over nothing? Cause honestly it was funny!" Buck says laughing, as he closes the door on the firetruck.
"I know I would!" Both Hen and Chimney say.
"I'd probably break something," Bobby said, chuckling.
"I'm just saying- Buck you would trip standing up and find some way of hurting yourself in the process" Eddie comments.
Everyone laughs, including Buck.
"Anything to comment on that?" Chimney asks.
"uh- ...I plead the 5th!" Buck jokes.
Everyone laughs.
After it settles down everyone goes their own way and Hen follows Buck to the kitchen.
"Okay- Buck seriously what is it? I'm kinda curious and the suspense is killing me." Hen looks at Buck with a serious face.
Buck sighs and looks around to make sure no one is around and whispers quietly, "I'm confused about my sexuality.." he admits.
Hen suddenly understands and smiles softly, "Me and Karen will help you as soon as we get off in an hour."
Buck looks like a lost puppy that just found shelter.
'Funny..he always looks like a puppy when he looks like that.' Hen thinks to herself and chuckles. "Met me at my house at 8 since we get off at 7, okay?"
Buck nods and smiles, "T-thank you so much Hen.."
"Of course, me and Karen will help in any way possible. And I promise we won't tell anyone unless you ask us to" she smiles.
"T-thanks you…I really appreciate this.."
After their shift ended Buck immediately goes home and gets showered and changed. Then grabs his keys, locks the door, and drives to Hen's house.
When he gets there he gets extremely nervous, would people treat him differently just because he liked a guy? He's not even sure if he himself wants to know.. But the point is that this isn't about want. It's about need… he needs to know if he's actually in love with Eddie..
He finally knocks on the door and waits as patiently as he can, and trys to calm his nerves.
"One second!" he hears Hen yell.
A few minutes later and the door opens, "Hey Buck. Come on in, Hen is getting drinks ready. Oh- and Denny is already asleep." Karen smiles softly and let's him in.
"Thank you again" he smiles gratefully at her.
"Of course."
They walk into the living room and then sit down at the dining room table. A couple of seconds later Hen walks in with drinks sets them down on the table and looks at Buck, "Hey, make it okay?"
Buck nods his nerves not easing is painfully obvious.
"There's nothing to be scared about," Hen reassures him, "This kind of stuff can take people months to come to light, or even years to accept. It's different for everyone." She smiles and takes a seat, in between Karen and Buck.
"And no one will judge you. Everyone accepts us. Me and Hen will always be here to help."
Buck nods, slightly easing his nerves.
"Now, I know you said you need help. What exactly is it you need help?" Hen asked leaning against the table a little.
"I-its..It's…The only reason I'm questioning my sexuality is because of one guy… and now I-I look at him and- and I can't help but imagine us together-... and I don't know if it just him, if I'm confused, or if I've always liked both guys and girls.." he sighs.
Hen and Karen nod, "Is this 'guy' Eddie?" Hen asks as she takes a sip of her drink.
Buck looks shocked, "H-how-..how did you know…?"
"Please Buck, you look at every girl that flirts with him, like you want to set them on fire. Your jealousy is just a little obvious. And if you imagine you and him together it's not that you're confused. It's because you've already done it with him, you guys hang out all the damn time– hell his son has even said 'I love you' to you! It's obvious that you like him. As for the other thing, have you had a crush on a guy that you thought was admiration but didn't think too deeply about?"
Buck thinks about everything Hen is saying and slowly nods, "Holy shit..wait what does that mean..?" he looks at both of them.
"Well, Buck…it means you're not straight.. But you're not exactly gay…" Karen says with a sigh and a slight smile on her face.
"That means what?" Buck looks at them confused.
Hen sighs with a chuckle and holds Karen's hand, "Well, Buck… It means you're Bisexual. You like both guys and girls."
Karen pulls out her phone and looks up the definition of bisexual and slides her phone to Buck, "Here, this is the definition, it might ease your mind a little."
Buck reads it at least 5 times and nods. "Okay then…that's it..I-it was that easy…?" He looks at both of them, he finally looks relaxed.
"Yeah- and remember you are no different now that you know. Take some time to get to know you… it's okay to figure yourself out, Buck." Hen smiles.
Buck smiles thankfully at both of them, "t-this feels..it feels like a relief..I-i mean I don't feel different like I thought I would…but it feels like a relief to know that..that it's real…" he sighs with relief
Both of them smile, "of course, everyone thinks that you'll feel differently after you find out. Like your entire personality is supposed to change. But that is all up to you… you decide if you want to be different… but this doesn't define you, Buck." Karen smiles.
Buck nods and smiles, "Now I do have one question…if I do tell people… stereotypes… are there any I should be worried about?" he asks hesitantly.
Karen and Hen sigh, like they were waiting for it. But like they were wanting to avoid it.
"well the main one is that 'Bisexuals are shallow, narcissistic, untrustworthy, hedonistic, and immoral'… but none of that is true. It depends on the person." Hen smiles
"And don't believe any of it. If anything happens you can always come over here. Hen will protect you and so will everyone at 118" Karen said smiling.
Buck smiles, he looks like he's on the verge of tears.
"Buck…you're the baby at the station, you're the youngest out of all of us, you will be helped out. It doesn't matter what anyone says. We will always be here for you." Hen says with a chuckle and a smile.
Buck laughed a little, and wiped his tears, "thanks.. seriously..this is such a relief… there's only one problem now.."
Keran and Hen look at Buck confused, "And that is-?"
"I'm about 99.99999% sure he's straight"
"I- excuse me? How can you be sure?" Hen looks at Buck confused.
"Because he would have told me." Buck said with an exasperated sigh.
'Stupid. Seriously, stupid.' Hen thinks to herself and sighs, "If he likes you, why would he tell you until he knows your Bisexual? What if he's the one that thinks you're straight?"
"He would have asked." Buck sighs and folds his arms like he's pouting.
'This is the guy Eddie is in love with?' Hen thinks to herself and chuckles, 'They are lovestruck idiots.'
"Okay seriously though..I think I wanna wait till I tell the team." Buck says and stops pouting like a two year old who didn't get they're way.
"That's okay, if you ever need help or anything just call or come by. Our door is always open." Karen smiles as she says this.
"Careful now Karen, we don't need to adopt Buck now…that's Bobby and Athenas thing" Hen jokes and they all laugh.
After just generally talking and gossiping they say they're goodbyes when Bucks and Hens phone goes off.
"Everything okay?" Karen asks.
Hen chuckles and looks at Buck, "Looks like someone forgot to mention they got home safe, and now Bobby has everyone freaking out in the group chat we have." Both Hen and Karen laugh.
"Oops…." Buck takes out his phone and opens the group chat.
In the '118 family ?￢ﾀﾙ GC
Bobby: Buck where are you?!
Maddie: What do you mean?
Chimney: Explain please?
Athena: Buck never texted or called to say he got home safely. ?
Eddie: Exactly, he never came over either! He was supposed to have a movie night with me and Chris.
Bobby: Hen you okay? You haven't texted yet.
Hen: yeah I'm fine, Denny is down. And as for Buck, he came over here to talk about a couple things for Denny's birthday.
Buck: I'm so sorry! Eddie, I promise to make it up to you and Chris!
And I'm so sorry Cap!
Eddie: ?
Your grammar is on point
What are you hiding?
"I'm sorry- Eddie apparently knows that you only use grammar when your hiding things?" Hen asks as she looks up from her phone.
"I- yeah… I completely forgot that he knew that…"
"That's a weird tell…normally people's eye twitches, or they breathe heavier…not use grammar when they hide things.." Karen snickers a little.
"Yeah…it's weird…but thanks Hen for covering for me…"
"Of course…now text back before they start asking questions." Hen says laughing a little.
Eddie: Well?
Buck: I'm not hiding anything I swear ?
Eddie: I'm still suspicious.
Maddie: Buck just tell us, maybe we can help.
Buck: I promise I'm not hiding anything! ?
Hen: Denny wore him out, he was just playing with him.
Eddie: that's more believable
Maddie: exactly.
Bobby: As long as you're okay, now when you get home please let me know this time.
Buck: got it cap! ?
Buck is offline
Bobby is offline
Hen is offline
"See that wasn't so bad, now for Denny's birthday, just get him Mario Kart or something." Karen says when they put their phones up.
"I will, and thanks for everything guys. I really appreciate it…now if you'll excuse me I have to go home before everyone else texts me again and yells at me for not getting sleep." He jokes and smiles at them.
"Anytime. Bye Buck and see you Monday"
"See you!"
~End Of Flashback~
"That took me a while to even figure it out.." Buck mumbled to himself as he continued to lay on Eddie's shoulder.
"Mhmm? Figure out what Buck?" Eddie asked.
Buck kinda froze, he forgot he was listening.
It's as good time as any to tell him…at least his sexuality.
Buck lifted his head and looked Eddie straight in his eyes and said, "To figure out that I'm Bisexual…" he says to him in a way that he attempted to sound confident. But failed miserably at that.
Eddies jaw almost dropped, 'all I had to do was ask and I probably could have asked him out…' Eddie thinks to himself.
"T-thats great Buck! I'm so proud of you. And thank you for telling me. Does anyone else know?"
"Yeah…Hen and Karen, they helped me…"
"That's great, Buck, I'm so happy for you" Eddie hugs the younger one and smiles.
When he lets go he looks at him, "Hey Eddie… what's your sexuality..I never did ask" Buck said a little hesitant, almost like he was scared to find out.
"Me? Oh yeah, I guess I never said anything, I'm Gay." Eddie chuckled.
Buck feels his face heat up, "o-oh! That's cool…when did you figure that out exactly-?" Buck asks nervously.
"Oh, I guess when me and Shannon split. I never felt love love…I confused friendship love for real love. And- well I never really liked a girl like that. Only guys." Eddie sighs with a small chuckle.
Buck hums a little, "Did you have an awakening?" I smiled a little.
"I guess you could say that," Eddie laughs quietly. "Uh- a week after Shannon and I split I was walking around the street and saw this firefighter- he uh- he pulled this guy out of the building and then I guess he took off his helmet..and holy crap- I got exactly why girls always said they liked a guy in uniform." He laughs at the memory.
Buck laughs with him, "You had your gay awakening from a firefighter?" He asks sarcastically, with a playful tone.
Eddie nods a little and shakes his head while smiling, "I saw him working with his team and it made me think of the military, so I thought might as well. A day and a half later I was signed up for training."
"Damn- honest to god- I was in Peru and saw a movie about a firefighter and wanted to do it." Buck laughs.
Eddie looks at him in shock and disbelief, that turned into him laughing not even a half a second later.
"Damn Buck, didn't know that. If you were in Peru though. How did you get here?" Eddie turns to him.
"A buddy of mine told me he was heading to L.A. and told me I could come with him if I wanted. Told him that I would and within the week I was in L.A. And at the fire academy."
Eddie hums with a smile and then playfully nudges Buck, "and what-? You just so happen to love running into danger first with our thinking?" He teases.
"Well obviously, you know me." I chuckles a little and playfully nudges Eddie back.
"Speaking of knowing you, you dating anyone-" Eddie stops as he realizes that he said that out loud instead of asking himself about it.
"Oh-" the question surprised Buck, I mean even he has to admit, he's a little obvious when it came to him crushing on Eddie. Just don't tell Hen or anyone that they're right.
"Nope, honestly I don't have anyone at the moment."
Eddie feels relieved, relieved that he doesn't have anyone right now, relieved that he could be that person in his life.
"Are you looking for someone?" 'Please say me. Please say me.' he thought to himself.
You, Buck shakes his head slightly.
Eddie can tell that that was a lie.
The way Buck looked down when he told lies was always cute and adorable. He looked so guilty sometimes. It took Eddie everything in him not to pull him in and kiss him till he was out of breath.
It was awkward silence for the next few minutes when Buck broke it by getting out of bed and stretching, "Want some water or a beer?"
Eddie nods a little, "Beer" And then reluctantly gets out of the bed.
They both head downstairs and into the kitchen. Buck gets out two beers and opens one for Eddie and the other for himself.
He hands Eddie his beer and leans against the counter, "How's Chris?"
"Good, the kid looks and sounds brighter than the sun and stars sometimes." Eddie laughs a bit before taking a sip of the beer.
Buck chuckles a little at that and smiles, "Good, I'm glad- actually I'm quite surprised that you didn't stay with him."
Eddie isn't really shocked when he said that, honestly he thought about bringing Chris with him, but is relieved that he didn't.
"Well I'm glad that I came when I did…" Eddie says slowly and hesitantly.
Buck sighed, and drank some of his beer and looked at Eddie, "Sorry about that.."
"Stop apologizing damnit. You don't need to apologize, you have nothing to be sorry for, shit happens. And when it gets too overwhelming we panic, it's okay, I'm glad that you're okay at the moment. But please talk to me." Eddie sounded genuinely concerned.
Buck looks a little hesitant, I mean how could he tell him that he's in love with him?!
Something set Eddie over the edge, as soon as Buck looked like he was about to cry. So before Eddie could even think right, he had already brought his hands up and pulled Buck closer and kissed him.
The kiss only lasted a few seconds before they both pulled away.
Buck had a bright red blush on his face as he just realized what had happened. His best friend, his crush, kissed him…he was so happy.
Eddie look right at Buck like he was about to apologize to him a million times over. But he stopped as he saw Buck smile and blush.
Eddie starts to blush and looks at him and hesitates a minute before talking, "I-" Buck cuts him off.
"I love you…" Eddie says without hesitation and looks at him dead in the eyes to see if he just messed up their relationship or if this is the start of something else.
Buck freezes, he can feel his breathing shake a little, and looks at Eddie with love. He's in shock but when he comes back to reality a couple seconds later he says it too.
"I love you too" it's soft, and quiet.
Eddie barely hears it, but he does hear it and his face lights up.
A couple of hours later Buck and Eddie were on the couch cuddling, while yes Eddie did ask Buck out. And Buck did say yes.
They were still talking about the pros and cons about telling the team right now.
"Yeah- you're right, we should probably see how this goes first." Buck says, while clinging to Eddie's side.
"We could do this for a week or two first, and then tell Chris first. I think he should know before anyone else." Eddie sighs and wraps his arms around Buck.
"Yeah he does…and he's with Carla right?"
"Yep, he said he wanted to make sure her and her family were okay. He wanted to do that second but I told him that I would check on you. And thank God I did…you wanna talk about what happened?" Eddie asks calmly.
"Just-... I know Chris or you don't blame me for what happened… I know that…i just can't figure out why my head won't let me know that…I-i don't-" Buck sighs.
"Hey, you went through more than enough. You went through the tsunami and saved like 30 people and then got cut at some point. And you didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out… all I'm saying is, you went through shit, and you did everything you could to save Chris. It's going to take time, but Buck I'm here for you, Chris is here, Maddie, Chimney, Hen, Bobby- Buck you have people that will help you. And I'll be with you every step of the way."
Buck buries his face into the blanket and starts tearing up. Eddie just holds him.
"We're here for you" he whispers into his ear.
Buck just nods and holds onto Eddie a little tighter.
"We'll tell the team in a couple weeks. Okay?" Eddie smiles softly and kisses his head.
Buck nods and visibly relaxes.
"You know this means that you no longer have to do everything that's dangerous, so listen to Bobby and me when we say stop doing stupid shit" Eddie jokes.
Buck laughs a little, and nods as he wipes his tears.
"Thank you Eddie…love you.."
"Love you too, baby"