closing costs
buddie // 12.7k // get together // 5+1 // house hunting as a mating ritual
Finally, the pressure builds high and hot enough that Buck asks, āYou know that guy was flirting with you, like, all day?ā Heās not sure how he expects Eddie to respond, but he most certainly does not expect him to smile and say, āYeah, I noticed.ā Buckās body goes glacial before it explodes into a whole forest fire and back again, enough time that sweat beads along his forehead before he finally punches out a laugh. āYou noticed?ā āYeah,ā Eddie says. āHe gave me his number as we were leaving.ā āWhat?ā Buck knows it sounds angry, knows he sounds offended when heās got no business being anything but pleasantly curious. āHe, ahā¦ oh. Thatāsā¦ wow.ā āCāmon,ā Eddie says, kind of teasing, but thereās a thin line of tension beneath it. āAre you that surprised someone wants my number?ā
Buck's hot real estate agent really likes Eddie, which is fine.
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