#the official start of my goofy lil christmas fics begins with tree farm fic

[queerdiazs]

i love you best when you're just yourself | 2.2k, teen

“Hey, Buck?” he hollers, gathering Buck’s attention off the trio of identical trees just behind him. “What about this one? Looks great. Little full, lots of sap.”  “There’s no sap, Eddie.”  Eddie’s smile tumbles down. “It’s a movie reference,” he says. “You know, Clark Griswold? ‘Merry Christmas! Shitter’s full!’”  Buck shakes his head, puckering his nose at Eddie’s horrid impression. “I don’t get it.”  He sighs. “Yeah, I know, and that’s terrible,” he mutters, adding another tally on the list in his head of the reasons he doesn’t like the Buckley parents. It’s a Christmas classic. “We’re going to fix that soon, though, so don’t worry that pretty little head of yours.”  Buck makes a face, shrugs his shoulders, turns back around to inspect the triplets, and—and Eddie can’t take it anymore, okay? He just can’t. He’s all dressed up, and Buck is, too, and they’ve been waiting so long to have this little outing, and he can’t handle seeing Buck not enjoy himself any longer.  “Buck, what’s going on?” he asks, striding forward and reaching for Buck now that he has a hand free. Buck’s fingers are cold, chilled little things that make Eddie wince. He wraps them up as best as he can. 

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