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    “And it's not even like I mind topping, you know? Like it's great, it's fun, whatever. But sometimes I feel like I really wasted my twink years!"

    "Was Buck 1.0 a twink?" Eddie asks, because he's genuinely not sure what the exact definition is, but it makes Buck burst out laughing.

    "Maybe not strictly," Buck says, "but guys just make assumptions when you get big, and I feel like most of the guys who approach me in a place like this, they only see the muscles." He flexes as if to demonstrate, and Eddie sees at least three heads turn with visible interest. "Which, hey, I'll take the compliment, but I'm sick of the assumption that I'm some, like, macho daddy dom type. Don't get me wrong, I'm fully over Tommy. But -- I can't lie, I miss being with someone my own size. Tommy could really push me around, hold me down, everything. I didn't have to worry I was going to hurt him by accident. Sometimes you just wanna get railed, you know?"

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    Buck is beset by the twinks of Los Angeles. Eddie gets weird.

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    Eddie has to stop Chris from sneaking food to the dog during dinner. “I know the meatballs aren’t your favorite,” he says tiredly. “But they have garlic in them, which isn’t good for the dog.”

    Chris stops immediately, to his credit. “Sorry,” he says, and leans down to performatively whisper to the dog, “You’re not missing much anyway.”

    “Hey,” Eddie says, with no heat. “I know they aren’t as good as --” He catches himself.

    Chris wilts in his chair. “Sorry,” he mumbles again, and Eddie hates himself so much that for a second, he can’t breathe.

    “Hen brought treats we can give the dog after dinner,” he tries instead, and Ladder Truck Dog’s ears prick up at the sound of words he recognizes, which at least makes Chris smile, just a little.

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    Buck goes missing. The 118 gets a dog. These two facts are unrelated, right?

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    "Listen, I can read between the lines. You're the birthday girl, he's the fiancé, I'm the present, right? Full disclosure, I have like six and a half roommates, so I hope you don't want to come to my place."

    "Jesus, I knew the economy was bad, but six? And a half?" Tommy asks.

    "That's four official roommates, two roommates' girlfriends who don't pay rent, and one fuckbuddy who supposedly isn't anything serious but still sleeps over four nights a week." Buck counts them off on his fingers. It's not that he doesn't ever bring girls back to his place, but he knows instinctively that a woman like Abby deserves better than a mattress on the floor and music blasting from the other side of the wall.

    "Can't argue with that math," Abby says, finishing her wine.

    "Well, we don't have any roommates," Tommy says, "but we do have a California king."
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    Buck gets picked up in a bar and has a threesome so good it breaks an engagement. The engagement isn't even his, which might make it worse.

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    "We were also concerned about possible organ damage, particularly since you only have one kidney, but your ribs took the brunt of the impact," the doctor tells him. "We'll know more when the swelling from the penetrating wound goes down."

    Ha, Buck thinks. Penetrating.

    "Wait," Eddie says. "That's not right. Buck has both his kidneys."

    The doctor consults the chart again, her eyebrows drawing together. “I’m sorry, Mr Buckley, is there an error in your medical history? I have it right here that you only have your right kidney, is that correct?"

    "Ye-es," Buck says. He can feel Eddie’s gaze on the side of his face and studiously avoids it.

    "What?" Eddie says. "How did I not know this? When did you lose a kidney, was this when you were a kid?"

    "Uh..." Buck says. "Aha. Last year."

    Eddie's face shifts from perplexed to horrified to thunderous all within about two seconds. It would be funny to see his stoicism so rattled under different circumstances. "When I was in Texas?"
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    Buck is determined not to fall back on old coping mechanisms after Eddie leaves for Texas. So he invents a new one: organ donation.

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    Everyone knows that when you touch someone who's going to be important to you for the first time, you'll leave a mark on them. It's not just romantic love; parents and children, siblings, close friends all share marks too. At least, they do in theory. Maddie's the only person who's ever touched Buck and left anything behind.
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    It’s funny, growing up knowing your parents don’t care about you. The kind of funny that would get Evan uninvited from sleepovers, which is why he always changes into his pajamas in the bathroom. The kind of funny that he’s not allowed to ask his parents about. The kind of funny that makes Maddie look at him so sadly sometimes, when she doesn’t realize he can see her out of the corners of his eyes.

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