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Buck has just one New Year's resolution --- get over whatever he feels for Eddie.

He's thought about it for some time before the New Year's Eve party at Bobby and Athena's, mostly because he didn't know what to do with himself since he and Natalia broke up --- and Eddie and Marisol haven't --- and the more he thought about it, the more he felt trapped with no escape route.

Eddie will always be his best friend, Chris will always be his best buddy. But there's no way further, despite what his heart keeps imagining.

Marisol isn't at the party --- Eddie said she is celebrating New Year with her brother --- but Buck can't stop thinking about how the party will look next year. How she'll be here, giving Eddie the midnight kiss along with all the other couples and Buck will be there, the only person on the sidelines, still waiting for something that will never happen.

Even now, with Chris in Harry's room, completely de-attached and uninterested in spending time with the adults, Buck feels... numb. Like he is missing on something but not being missed.

Buck goes to the kitchen five minutes before midnight, intending to wait out the actual countdown and the midnight kisses. Eddie tracks him down a minute and twenty seconds to midnight.

"Why're you sulking in here?"

"Not sulking," Buck says and it's technically true. He's just feeling a bit raw. "Just needed a minute alone."

Eddie steps closer to him, leans on the counter next to Buck, so close their hips keep brushing up, but still turned towards Buck, enough that Buck can see his lashes fluttering, the little beauty marks on his tanned skin, the warm shade of his eyes, the soft creases around them as he raises an eyebrow at Buck, waiting for Buck to explain himself.

The timer says fifty-one seconds when Buck makes up his mind.

It's forty-six seconds to midnight when Buck leans down, his hand landing on Eddie's collarbone as he kisses him.

He closes his eyes, lets his nose brush Eddie's, lets himself taste the strawberry cheesecake he ate a few minutes ago, breathe in Eddie's sandalwood aftershave, stroke the broken skin on his bottom lip.

Buck steps back when there's no response. Blinks the wetness away from his eyes.

Four...

Eddie stares at him, wide-eyed and silent, leaning back on his hand on the counter.

Two...

There's nothing but surprise on his face, coarse and unprocessed.

One...

The fireworks outside start erupting and there's an echo of cheer from the garden when the whole team watches the New Year begin.

Buck smiles but looks away. "Thought I'd leave that behind with the year."

#this was an attempt at writing short confused but jealous eddie fic #buck was supposed to be set up on a date with an AF PJ by Hen later in the fic but like hell I'll ever finish it #enjoy the angsty beginning #buddie #911 fox #911 abc #evan buck buckley

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