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idk just. the diner. the humiliation and vulnerability of getting clocked as queer in public, getting harassed and disrespected, called homophobic names (would have been a slur if this was a different network guaranteed), and then there's just nothing he can do about it. eddie has had people being shitty and racist towards him, but this is new. you can see it in the way he reacts. we've seen eddie interact with racists, and he's just like whatever, fuck you, moving on dot com. this was NOT that. eddie heard that guy say "your kind" and he was out of his seat in a split second. he's so unprepared for it, the homophobia, the emasculation - eddie is level-headed and often a calming influence on situations, he doesn't fight people for shits and giggles - but here he is trying to physically fight a man who called him princess. sure, it gets broken up by earl, but just look at eddie's face in the aftermath. he's so exposed and everyone is looking and there's nothing he can do about it. he just has to walk out of the diner with no resolution to everything that just happened. the guy leaving the bar is still smirking at him: he knows what eddie is.

when people mistook ana for his wife he had full on panic attacks but when they thought buck was his husband. well.

i didn’t know the dog knew this many chess moves. i just didn’t know

so the sheriff of a small town homophobically accuses you of murder and not once do you say a word to defend yourself. all you can say is we have to find him. hes out there. my. friend. hes out there and someone took him and we have to find him. i wont defend what he is to me. hes evan buckley. my buck. and hes hurt somewhere and i wont give up until hes in my sight and i can hold him in my hands again. accuse me and arrest me. but only when hes safe. ill take a horse and a shitty car and ill point a gun and yell until my voice gives out. and you can think whatever you want of me. hes the only thing that matters

assumed couple by a homophobe and eddie was the one who exploded in rage. oh my god its happening. oh my god its happening.