Color Portrait World [ 9-1-1 | Buddie | 1/1]
6.7K words | explicit
marriage proposal | pining | not actually unrequited love | idiots in love | mild angst | first kiss | first time
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"You don't see the problem," Buck says finally, in as measured a tone as he can, "with getting married to me. For tax purposes."
"Not just tax purposes," Eddie says indignantly, like that's Buck's main sticking point. Buck finally turns his head and looks at him. Still stupid. Still beautiful, in a light-colored Henley that makes his skin glow, his long fingers curled around the neck of the beer bottle resting on his knee. His big brown eyes and the encouraging little smile on his lips, like he's offering Buck a special treat, instead of a lifelong fucking commitment of platonic marriage. Buck wants to kiss him, or maybe strangle him. Either one would serve Eddie right.
"I'm a guy," Buck points out.
"I'm aware," Eddie says, dry and smiling, like Buck is the one being absurd here.
"You're straight," Buck says. And there's maybe an instant, just a quick one, of stupid hope that Eddie will awkwardly clear his throat and say, yeah, actually about thatâŚ
Instead, Eddie says, "So?"
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