Down Bad (Buck x Eddie)

Chapter Nineteen: Forever and Always

- Forever and Always (acoustic) by Taylor Swift
- Fortnight by Taylor Swift

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Evan Buckley
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Eddie sits on the couch, his leg propped up on the coffee table. Chris is at school and I have the day off, meaning I get to spend the entire day with my man.

"Is there anything I can get you?" I ask as I come up behind him and press my hands into his shoulders, massaging them.

He shakes his head and I round the couch, sitting down at his side and resting my head in his lap. He plays with my hair, tousling it between his fingers. Our eyes meet.

Eddie is slowly recovering. He can walk again, but not more than a couple of steps from room to room of his apartment. He let me move in though, after our speeches in the hospital about spending forever together, we felt as though it was right.

Everything feels right with Eddie.

"I love you Eddie Diaz."

He smiles softly, "I love you too,"

He turns off the TV and motions for me to sit up, I do and turn my body to face him.

"Buck, I've been thinking a lot about our relationship since I've had a lot of free time since I've been here all day, mostly on my own, and I was thinking, what if we moved in together?" Eddie drops the bomb out of nowhere. Though, I should've expected it, I've hardly been back to my apartment since he was discharged from the hospital, but it does definitely surprise me.

"Eddie, is that even a question?" I ask sarcastically and he laughs, something he hasn't done much and I lean forward, gently cupping his face and kissing his lips.

I never thought that I would get to this point in my life, where I feel so comfortable to move in with someone and call them mine. I don't know if I ever would've if it wasn't for Eddie.

I pull out of the kiss, our faces inches apart, "Well, I wanted to ask you something."

His eyes widen, then he leans back into the arm of the couch.

"A year ago, I was still the old me. I was arrogant and selfish and cocky. I was with a woman who was just with me to give her some kind of satisfaction of trying to fix me, and overall, I was lost," I start and I slowly help him stand, handing him his crutch. He leans on it and I slowly move to a knee, "Then I met you, and my entire world had been thrown into a spiral and I didn't realize how much I needed someone like you in my life. I didn't realize I needed to feel what real love felt like. From the day I laid my eyes on you, I realized that there was something between us, and I don't know if it was the universe pushing us to each other, but I know that I am so madly, deeply in love with you."

His eyes begin to water up with tears, "Buck, yes."

"I'm not done yet," I tell him and he nods, giving me a small smirk.

"I want more than to live with you, in your apartment, Eddie. I want everything with you. Everything from marriage to whatever the future may hold for us, I want it with you." I finish, then stand to his level and cup his face. I don't have a ring, so I really want to lock it in with this.

I lean forward and I kiss kiss him with a sweetness that feels so, so strong and loving. He pulls back, leaning on his crutch.

"I love you, Evan Buckley. I want it all with you."

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I enter the station and see Hen and Chimney restocking the ambulance. Maddie is exiting the changing room.