The sun beams down and Buck grins, squinting against its rays. His cheeks hurt from the amount of smiling he's doing but he can't seem to stop. A finger prods at his face, pushing in hard enough to hit his teeth. "You look deranged," Eddie mutters. "You're scaring small children."
"I'm happy, Eddie," Buck tells him. Peering over at his best friend, Buck taps his own fingertip to Eddie's pink cheekbone. "You're smiling too."
Eddie shrugs, "can you blame me?"
Honestly, Buck can't. He swings their joined hands with a shake of his head, "no," Buck rasps, "not really." Coming to a stop, Buck stands in front of Eddie, free hand cupping his cheek, just because Buck can. He's allowed to touch Eddie like this, gently, reverently, intimately.
There's a fond expression on Eddie's face that's completely unfiltered and tender. It's a look Buck has seen before in a way, but almost less. As if Eddie was holding himself back from showing everything.
"I love you," Buck whispers, dipping his head and bringing their lips together.
Kissing Eddie is a revelation, it's Buck's new favourite thing to do. All kinds of kisses are perfect with him. The hungry, dominating one that led to Eddie straddling Buck's lap and grinding against him like horny teenagers. The delicate, barely there peck that Eddie had given Buck after shyly asking can I try something? The sweet, warm morning cling of lips before they got out of bed a few hours ago. This light catching of Eddie's lower lip between Buck's is perfectly chaste and still Buck moans.
Eddie breaks the kiss with his smile. "I love you too, Buck," he murmurs, stealing another kiss. Unfortunately, Eddie takes that moment to step away and Buck pouts. "I can't kiss you forever in-"
"You could," Buck cajoles, closing the distance between them again.
There's an amused puff of fond laughter, Eddie's canines on display with how wide his smile is. "I could," he agrees and Buck takes that as permission to slip his free hand down Eddie's chest to curl around his waist. "But I don't think it's a good idea, tesoro," Eddie tells him, "not in the grocery store parking lot."
Glancing around, Buck eyes the cars and people, he meets Eddie's gaze and shrugs. "Don't think they'd care," Buck whispers. "So you can keep kissing me, baby."
Eddie rolls his eyes but there's no heat there, just affection and love that Buck has always seen and never been able to name. Until last night. Leaning in, Eddie brushes his lips over Buck's, feather-light and tender, teasing as he pulls back and draws in again. Over and over Eddie kisses Buck until he's practically giddy.
"C'mon," Eddie murmurs, stepping away and tugging Buck with him. "I gotta fill my cupboards before we go home or Chris'll starve."
"I'll make something," Buck counters.
With a snort, Eddie says, "you can't make food out of air, Buck."
Grumbling as he follows Eddie, Buck mutters, "I could."