He was upset and said ‘okay even if I was in love with him I wouldn’t need to sleep with him’ basically, because he thinks Tommy views him as easy, and would go with Eddie sexually/romantically if they opportunity arrises.

Would he? We don’t know, Tommy doesn’t know and Buck doesn’t know. The important part is he made Buck feel wrong and like a cheater for having a friend and that’s why he snapped the way he did.

But he doesn't know he's gay.

Buck, however, knows he likes men. Buck knows he loves the burn of bruised knees the same way he loves nails scratching his back. Buck knows he loves scratchy stubble the same as strawberry shampoo, glossy lips and mascara. Liking men, is new, is freeing, is everything at times, but its also simple. Its him, and has been him since he kisses his first girlfriend at fourteen and asks Tommy to move in with him at thirty three.

But he doesn't know he's in love with his best friend on top of all of that.

I want her to ask Christopher to help in the garden and he tells her that lilies are his favourite flower because they mean rebirth and beginnings, all while ditching the gloves and getting his hands dirty in the soil. Shannon would do the same thing in the summer even if her nails were clean. Her favourite were lilies. Chris can't stand the texture of silk, washes his face twice a day and his eye twitches slightly when he is tired.

and one day Christopher picks at his cuticles and tells her about animal facts the drive to church. He ducks his head down when he gets complimented by the ladies after mass and scratches at the spot below his eyebrow.

Shannon haunts her through her son, a reminder of her passing and everything that came before.

When Tommy called Eddie compition and that implemented the idea of Buddie to her, who has believed Eddie was gay since his kiss with Shannon, she spoke about why she thinks Eddie is gay and then said,

“He wasn’t running from his son when he left for Afghanistan, he was running from his wife. Because he didn’t mind having a son, he just couldn’t stomach having a wife too.”