( seeing buck, having him here with him, the fact he's always so supportive of him, makes eddie resolute in his decision to want to talk things through first. the last thing he wants to do is ruin their friendship or to hurt buck in any way like he'd done with his exes. )
If we do this... ( and he takes a moment to just gulp down some coffee first because oh boy. ) I mean, you know, mess around... I can't let Christopher find out, okay? But is that gonna be all right with you? Us fooling around, no strings attached. ( because they shouldn't do this if buck has different expectations here. )
This isn't gonna mess up our friendship, right? ( it's an unfair question to pose to a guy when they both haven't even done anything because who's to know? except he figures they're both adults here. they can just agree on something and shake on it. no biggie. )
[ Well, that wasn't what he expected. He just expected Eddie to say that he doesn't want any part of this and he'd rather they just stay friends.
But - messing around, Buck could do that. ]
Yeah, I don't. I don't want Chris to think of either of us like that. You're just my best friend.
[ Maybe with benefits. He doesn't mind that. He doesn't like being a secret, but Eddie's not looking for a relationship and Buck doesn't want to push him into one. He wouldn't want his status to change to Christopher unless they were serious, and he supposes that they never will be. ]
And no matter what, Eddie, our friendship is the most important thing. I never wanna lose that. So if this doesn't... work out, we'll have to stop.
[ But he has another question he should ask: ]
We're. I mean, we're gonna. See other people though, right?
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If we do this... ( and he takes a moment to just gulp down some coffee first because oh boy. ) I mean, you know, mess around... I can't let Christopher find out, okay? But is that gonna be all right with you? Us fooling around, no strings attached. ( because they shouldn't do this if buck has different expectations here. )
This isn't gonna mess up our friendship, right? ( it's an unfair question to pose to a guy when they both haven't even done anything because who's to know? except he figures they're both adults here. they can just agree on something and shake on it. no biggie. )
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[ Well, that wasn't what he expected. He just expected Eddie to say that he doesn't want any part of this and he'd rather they just stay friends.
But - messing around, Buck could do that. ]
Yeah, I don't. I don't want Chris to think of either of us like that. You're just my best friend.
[ Maybe with benefits. He doesn't mind that. He doesn't like being a secret, but Eddie's not looking for a relationship and Buck doesn't want to push him into one. He wouldn't want his status to change to Christopher unless they were serious, and he supposes that they never will be. ]
And no matter what, Eddie, our friendship is the most important thing. I never wanna lose that. So if this doesn't... work out, we'll have to stop.
[ But he has another question he should ask: ]
We're. I mean, we're gonna. See other people though, right?