even though no one asked me, here's how i want buddie to happen:
i want a heated confession, like for example eddie is frustrated about something and he and buck have an argument and eddie just yells "BECAUSE I LOVE YOU BUCK"
but THEN i want him to panic about it and regret saying it !! and buck is just there, shocked (because obviously for him eddie can't possibly be gay lol and EVEN LESS IN LOVE WITH HIM)
then eddie leaves in a hurry and is mad at himself because why the fuck would he say that to his best friend who doesn't have feelings for him? (RIGHT RIGHT)
eddie avoids buck for a while after that, the rest of the 118 notice the change but when they ask, buck and eddie deny that something is wrong.
obviously something has shifted.
because now that buck heard eddie say these three little words to him, he can't stop thinking about how he felt.
it's killing him that he can't talk to his best friend and these new feelings are something he wants to share with him.
eventually, buck goes to eddie's house and asks him straight up about it. but eddie is like "it's not that simple buck... it's not that i don't, it's just that i can't."
buck doesn't understand because eddie has been really open-minded about other people's sexuality, so why does eddie have a problem with his own?
from that point, buck decides he doesn't want to force eddie to come out, he even starts asking himself if eddie's "i love you" was romantic.. but deep down he knows that it was.
time goes on, their relationship is a bit awkward at times but for the most part, they still act like best friends/partner(/husband)
except now, buck's painfully aware of his attraction towards his best friend and there's this permanent tension between them.
i want eddie to initiate the first kiss, but i have too many ideas for how it would be done.
ideally, it would be on eddie's couch. (because couch theory) or in the kitchen. but i need it to be intimate.
but even after their first kiss, i want eddie to hesitate about taking a step further, (i want my man to struggle with his sexuality, im sorry)
he doesn't regret what happened, but he isn't ready to admit what it means. not to himself, and certainly not to others.
so from then, buddie starts a secret relationship. not fully one but they become more intimate. (not sex or whatever) but we see a huge shift between them.
and eddie is going to accept himself during that time but at no point is he going to drive buck away from him.
eddieās going to push himself toward acceptance to be happy with buck, and buck is going to support him on this difficult path. <3