i know it probably won't happen but if they made gay eddie canon and titled that episode 'eddie begins again' and it showed us his childhood in el paso and falling for his childhood best friend while not knowing what the feeling actually was and them falling out of touch because his friend got out of that small town while eddie couldn't because he had to stay because it was the right thing to do. but even after years pass eddie still thinks of him and wonders if he's happier. then we're shown eddie back in the present with chris back in el paso, still there, still miserable. his relationship with chris is better now, but he doesn't want to jeopardise that by pushing him to go home, where buck is, so he stays quiet. then one day, as eddie's wandering the isles of a grocery store, he runs into him. or well, he runs into eddie. calls his name. they talk, eddie learns he lives in boston now, in a nice apartment with his husband and their two cats, and that he's a writer, just like he always said he'd be. he tells eddie he's back in town for his sister's wedding, and eddie will nod, with a small smile just enough to be polite. then his old friend will say, "you know, back then, i always had a crush on you." and eddie will blink. "are you with anyone now?" and eddie will blink again, and try his best not to think about buck, and his bright beautiful smile. eddie will swallow thicky and say, "i- how did you know?" "know what?" "that you felt- that you feel-" "that you love them?" he says kindly. eddie nods. "if you have to ask, you probably do. but- if they make you smile, if you never have to question what they mean to you, and vice versa, if they're the one you think to call whether it's good or bad, or when there's no news at all, then it's them." and all eddie sees are sparkling blue eyes. with a hasty goodbye, he runs out of there, drives back to the house, talks to chris for a minute before he realises they both hate it here, then they're packing their bags, tossing them in the car, and on the drive back, eddie calls him. "buck? hey, we're coming home."