If Tim wants to go full ao3 plot he should have Buck run into trouble getting full custody of Theo because of his little stint as a drug addict less than a month ago) and have Eddie either interrupt such a conversation with the social worker to say something like “what if he has a reliable partner to support him.” And the social worker is like “well that would change things.” And Eddie just reaches out his hand and says “hi Eddie Diaz, bucks partner. He has support.”
Or have Eddie bring it up to Buck like “what if you had a partner and you weren’t alone. If they knew you had someone who would not only help you not relapse from the added stress but also care for Theo as if he was their own?”
“That’d be great Eddie but we don’t live in that reality we live in this one.”
“Yeah and in this one you have me.”
“But we aren’t partners…”
“She doesn’t know that. And it’s not like I’m not going to be helping you every step of the way anyway. We just tell them i have a different title. Instead of best friend, we’ll say I’m your boyfriend. Easy. Problem solved.”
And Buck silently spirals lol
