Buck bringing Tommy to a 118 barbecue and the team all doing the older sibling thing of telling embarrassing stories about buck and buck is sulking but secretly having the best time bc his team is his family and Tommy has his arm around buck the whole time so who cares really, that Tommy is hearing the story of that time he couldn't stand on the ice rink for the fourth time?
And then Bobby gets this smile on his face, and Buck wonders what he's going to bring up, what embarrassing story he's going to have to sit through next
Except Bobby doesn't start telling a buck story.
Bobby asks Tommy if he's seen any chickens lately, and Tommy is burying his face in the hand that isn't on Buck's waist, and oh
This isn't an embarrassing buck story, it's an embarrassing Tommy story.
And buck listens with glee to the whole thing, as Tommy feebly argues that the chicken was armed, and had genuinely proven itself dangerous before giving in and muffling an embarrassed little laugh into Buck's shoulder
"I could use a haircut."
He said "yeah" and "me too." He pushed a hand through the thick mop on the top of his head, blond fading darker. He had the beginnings of his own beard, like he hadn't shaved in a week, but it was scraggly and thin. He was just a fucking kid.
This guy is gonna be the first sticker for the bug tier on Patreon when I make tiers live next month!! You can join for free to get updates for tiers going live and stuff!
Publicly apologizing to my friends who have had to hear a lot about Eddie Diaz (and buddie) and will now have to hear about Evan Buckley (and more about buddie) for an unknown but extensive amount of time, y'all are some real ones and I'm so sorry I'm like this