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    “I mean,” Eddie backtracks hastily, “that I probably don’t—uh, that I don’t want a hook up. Just the single, uh, kiss. For research.”

    “Right,” Buck nods. “For research.”

    They turn back to the TV, sipping beers and spooning dessert, room quiet save for the telenovela playing. Buck, gun to his head, could not tell you who or what is on the screen right now. The brave, strong part of his brain has surrendered shamefully, white flag hoisted while the rest of his brain—stupid, stupid—hosts a skillfully imagined supercut of his best friend kissing men. It’s surprisingly new subject matter for him. What’s unsurprising is his distaste for every conjured scenario, discarding each indistinguishable stranger until the reel buffers on something more… familiar.

    “Well—”

    Eddie waits a patient minute for Buck to continue before asking, “Well, what?”

    “I just mean—if it’s just a kiss, right.” Buck pauses. “You could, uh. You could try it with me.”

     

    or, buck thinks kissing men and women feels pretty much the same. eddie’s not buying it. sometimes settling a bet requires kissing your best friend, a lot, for research

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    20 Jan 2026

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    “I still love you.” For a moment, it was like someone hit the pause button on the crappy indie flick that was his life. He felt his heart stutter at those words and his lips trembled at the prospect of saying them back because of how strongly he still felt them in his soul.

    Or the one where TJ and Cyrus broke up -and how they got back together.

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    04 Jan 2026

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    “Well, long story short,” Chimney says, and Hen mutters 'thank god' under her breath. “Maddie and Buck are insane when it comes to board games and cannot be trusted around them together.”

    “Alright,” Buck argues instantly, face heated and he’s using his entire body weight to lean over and point in Chimney’s chest, so far that Ravi has to lean over and grab Buck’s jacket to make sure he doesn’t fall out his seat. “Look, that was one time, and –”

    “You guys drew my blood!”

    “You wouldn’t have gotten scratched if you didn’t just grab the chess board from us!”

    “You were yelling at each other! And who plays chess?”

    “Well,” Eddie starts diplomatically, but at the frantic clutch on his arm that Hen does, he wisely realizes it’s best to keep quiet and he promptly shuts his mouth.

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    The Buckley siblings are not allowed to play board games together. Until they are. Please keep Eddie and Chimney in your thoughts.

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    23 Dec 2025

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    Mr. Diaz’s eyes are so infuriatingly brown, a roasted chestnut that feels lodged in Buck's throat. In certain flickers of the candlelight, they appear hazel. Another flicker, another color. Caramel, then gold. Buck doesn’t think he’s seen eyes like his before.

    “So, what do you recommend? I mean, to encourage affection,” Mr. Diaz hastily elaborates, his eyes briefly shooting over towards Mr. Han before returning to Buck, almost as if he's been caught doing something he shouldn't.

    With a grin so wide his cheeks nearly hurt, Buck answers pleasantly, almost saccharinely. “Dancing. Even if one’s partner is barely tolerable.”

    A flash bolts across Mr. Diaz’s face, as the recognition of his own words repeated back to him lands with a satisfying crash, his mouth parting slightly as his shoulders drop, like all air escapes him, all because of Buck.

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    It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single father in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of partner.

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    23 Dec 2025

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    He doesn’t know what to say, and the silence grows fast between them as Eddie searches for something to say back that’s proportional to what Buck said.

    I’d wheel you around too, Buck. I’d make you the first cup of coffee in the morning, just the way you like it. I’d give you my last spare pair of clean socks and my child and the morning newspaper. I’ll pull out Chimney’s chair right before he goes to sit at lunch tomorrow to make you laugh. I’ll buy you milk for breakfast every time you mention we’re out of it. I’d bring you the moon and get down on one knee and plead in a universe I didn’t used to believe in to let us be together.

    But he misses his chance, and Buck carries on. “I’d wheel you around like a little old man.” Before Eddie can raise back an argument, Buck powers through. “I’d carry you, like Chris when he’s sleepy. Two Diaz’s, one for each arm.” Eddie can practically taste the smile in Buck’s mouth, and it makes him dizzy. “I’ll bring gummy bears tomorrow, and milk. You need anything else?”

    “Nothing, Buck. Just you.”

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    Eddie just wants to be in Buck's arms, any way he can. It's a disaster.

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