#lovepod

the entire trip to nashville had felt different. he had bobby to thank for putting both his name and eddie’s into the competition and it meant a lot, knowing that bobby believed in him. not that he ever doubted it. bobby always had, but this time it felt… bigger somehow. the whole thing had passed in a blur. the firefighter games, the late nights with esdie, the bonding, it all felt… right. he’d definitely noticed the shift in eddie, too. the small things. maybe he was just imagining things. instead, he waited until they were on the road back to los angeles. this time eddie was the one driving while he reclined his seat slightly, settling in comfortably for the long ride home. soft music hummed from the radio, filling the quiet comfortably as the highway stretched endlessly ahead of them. buck’s mind replayed moments from the trip and a small, amused smile tugged at his lips. “so,” he said, turning his head slightly to glance at eddie. “what’d you think of the 113?” he asked, a teasing note in his voice. “they got on our nerves quite a bit.”