we're all in agreement that the whole "oh no, i can never tell him i'm in love with him, because what if it ruins our friendship" best-friends-to-lovers angst is one of the most delicious aspects of mutual pining buck&eddie, but like... do you ever think about the very distinct, entirely plausible possibility that buck's just- never really had a best friend, before?
like, he's so friendly and charming and charismatic that he's probably had several close friends, i'm sure. guys he'd hang out with, roommates, coworkers, friends from school, people he met in peru. people he could trust to house-sit and water his plants for a weekend, friends to go bar-hopping with, an older sister who loves him so much she gave him the chance to leave home even if it meant trapping herself there longer. his found family from the 118, who'd all have his back through anything. he's always been loved, even if he didn't realize it, because he's always had a family, first in maddie and then in the 118. he's always had friends.
but a real, street-goes-both-ways, mutual, reciprocal, coffee order memorized, key to your house, spare toothbrush on the bathroom counter, emergency contact, i'm-doing-laundry-anything-you-want-me-to-throw-in-with-my-load?, on each other's car insurance policies, plus-one invite to family functions, naps together, bail-you-out-of-jail best friend?
that living-in-each-other's-pockets kind of friendship, that unspoken trust born from endless firsthand experience? those are the kind of roots that take years to put down. it's hard to find that kind of love, when you're an awkward little kid growing up in a house that never really feels like a home, until suddenly you're an awkward lonely adult moving from place to place too often to make any real friends?
speaking from experience, that... might all be brand new, to buck.
and now that he has that, for the first time, with Eddie? something tells me he'd do damn near anything to keep it.
and idk, i just think that's something we should all talk about more. could be fun!
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