chim and maddie get buck a "kiss the cook" apron while eddie's still in texas. they say it's an early birthday present, whatever, it doesn't matter. buck kinda rolls his eyes at it because who's kissing him nowadays, but he's pleased to have more aprons in his collection. and oh, eddie comes back! and that's fine. it's great, actually, but now they're living together, and buck is spending a lot of time not thinking about stuff. eddie's driving him fucking crazy, is the thing. he keeps just Being there. and getting out of the shower with his hair all wet and a towel around his hips, and can't he see he's dripping water all over the floor and it's fucking hazardous, eddie, can't you see you're a hazard?? but it's fine. and buck is in the kitchen one day, apron on, keeping his eyes on his cutting board, he's being SO good. and eddie sidles up to him (too fucking close, doesn't he see the sharp knife??), and he leans a hip against the counter to see what buck is doing. and he reads the apron, and smiles, and wraps an arm around buck's waist to keep him steady while he presses a kiss to buck's cheek.