Buck, Eddie, and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

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The doctor tilts her head to the only source of warmth in the cold, hospital room. “And who’s he?”

Buck’s eyes drift to Eddie, hungry for the sight of him. They fall upon the tense line of Eddie’s shoulders, the firm press of otherwise plump lips, watching like the very air in his lungs depend on Buck’s answer.

“That’s Eddie,” Buck answers, and the smile sneaks up on him. “Eddie Diaz. My partner.”

There. Relief washes through Eddie in a visible wave: his shoulders drop, features relaxing with the soft push of an exhale. Buck warms at the sight. Right answer.

A polysemy is a word with multiple, related meanings. The word partner, for example, can mean close friendship, a teammate, a co-parent. To someone else, it can also mean a lover.