closing costs
buddie // 12.7k // get together // 5+1 // house hunting as a mating ritual
Finally, the pressure builds high and hot enough that Buck asks, “You know that guy was flirting with you, like, all day?” He’s not sure how he expects Eddie to respond, but he most certainly does not expect him to smile and say, “Yeah, I noticed.” Buck’s body goes glacial before it explodes into a whole forest fire and back again, enough time that sweat beads along his forehead before he finally punches out a laugh. “You noticed?” “Yeah,” Eddie says. “He gave me his number as we were leaving.” “What?” Buck knows it sounds angry, knows he sounds offended when he’s got no business being anything but pleasantly curious. “He, ah… oh. That’s… wow.” “C’mon,” Eddie says, kind of teasing, but there’s a thin line of tension beneath it. “Are you that surprised someone wants my number?”
Buck's hot real estate agent really likes Eddie, which is fine.
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