And yes, it occurs to him Buck may be thinking the exact same thing. Which would be hilarious if it didn't make him want to take another baseball bat to his room, because his most trusted confidante is the one person he can't talk to about this.
And so they dance. And take turns scrubbing the toilet. And wake up tangled together, though one of them always pretends to be asleep until the other can escape to the shower (Eddie's a master by now of the five-minute jerk off session, whether in bed or under a tepid stream of water. He wonders if Buck is too, and whenever he thinks about it he cuts his time by at least a minute).
And then one day Eddie gets back from his therapy session to find Buck screwing a fancy silver hook into the wall beside the kitchen door. He startles when Eddie walks in from the dining room, nearly dropping the final screw in the process.
“Oh, h-hey, Eddie. You're home earlier than I thought you'd be.”
“Traffic was normal for once,” Eddie murmurs. “What happened, did you finally buy that paella pan?”
FILL: Check and Mate, part 3/9
And so they dance. And take turns scrubbing the toilet. And wake up tangled together, though one of them always pretends to be asleep until the other can escape to the shower (Eddie's a master by now of the five-minute jerk off session, whether in bed or under a tepid stream of water. He wonders if Buck is too, and whenever he thinks about it he cuts his time by at least a minute).
And then one day Eddie gets back from his therapy session to find Buck screwing a fancy silver hook into the wall beside the kitchen door. He startles when Eddie walks in from the dining room, nearly dropping the final screw in the process.
“Oh, h-hey, Eddie. You're home earlier than I thought you'd be.”
“Traffic was normal for once,” Eddie murmurs. “What happened, did you finally buy that paella pan?”