The whole scene with the drunk, horny girls in ep 204 is amazing. I love the levels of indifference and annoyance from both guys, who - let’s not forget - are young, virile men at their prime and both, as far as we know, had not had sex in a very long while prior to this, yet these gorgeous, insistently suggestive young women aren’t even a temptation for them, they’re a nuisance. Especially for self-diagnosed sex addict Buck, who we know has slept with flirty women he met on calls, there should have been at least a little bit of a struggle there. Not only there is none, but the whole thing only serves to draw Buck’s attention to Eddie and what’s up with Eddie and why does Eddie not date anyone. It’s. Wow. The intensity of his focus on Eddie is something else.
And that’s also when we get the shoulder bumping (a thing Buck does when HE is flirting with people, as he points out to Chim in ep 208) when they don’t have to walk that close together (they have plenty of space around them, they’re choosing this. Especially since Buck is taking off his shoulder straps, it makes little heterosexual sense that they’d be walking that closely together) while talking about intimate stuff. Buck’s focus doesn’t let up, not even when Eddie steps away from him to take a personal phone call.
That leads to yet another vulnerable moment which Buck doesn’t HAVE to be there for, at the hospital, when they rush there because Eddie’s Abuela has been hurt, and he gets to meet Aunt Pepa. Eddie could have gotten there on his own or Buck could have dropped him off or waited in the cafeteria, but nope. Buck’s there, every step of the way. Eddie lets him be there, no matter how painful the situation may be at the hospital. And let’s not forget, this is all while Buck has his own issues to work out, as Eddie points out to him, what with the fact that he still hasn’t *officially* let Abby go. Everything is geared here towards a greater mutual understanding between the two of them within the context of their lovelife. Seriously. But more than that, it leads to Buck being the person who gives Eddie what he needs. When no one else (not even Eddie’s own family) can do it, Buck’s isn’t just there for him, he has the solution for him and gives him exactly what he’s in need of. Which turns out to be Carla, in a very tongue-in-cheek scene where Eddie worries Buck is trying to set him up. That in a sense emphasizes how the resolution with Carla isn’t, “yay, now Eddie can date again!” Nope, it’s more to do with Chris’ wellbeing, Buck’s help, Eddie’s gratefulness, the recognition between them over this in their exchanged, wordless looks (for the second time in this ep, the first being when Eddie discovers Bobby’s not mad with Eddie because Buck had his back and took care of things for him… I have to point out that the gaze I was expecting from Buck in return to Eddie’s when Bobby points this out would have been a light, smiley, happy-to-help-you-buddy look, and instead what I got was less smiley, more intense and dare I say even sultry. This shit is unreal). The growing bond between them, Buck getting to know Eddie better and better, Eddie learning just how much he has Buck in his corner and what an immense help and relief that is, Buck finding out through being there for Eddie (in addition to Maddie moving out) that he actually does think he should probably let go of Abby, that’s the emotionally poignant resolution in this ep. And doesn’t that just say everything?
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