Sunday-Monday snippet
It is technically Monday, but 24 hours ago it would've been Saturday. Yay daylight savings!
But yeah. It's 00:33 and I've been staying up to write. Oops? Here's a snippet.
“Eddie?” He doesn’t know why it is a question. Buck has no right to ask questions right now, given that he is the one who showed up at midnight, drenched and exhausted, without a warning.
Eddie glances over his shoulder. “Sit,” he says, pointing at the kitchen table. At least that one looks decent.
Buck sits down with a heavy sigh. He wonders how long it will take until the exhaustion is gone.
“I called off the search party,” Eddie informs him, not looking at Buck as he continues cooking. “Given that you didn’t bother telling anyone where you were after walking away from home.”
“That makes me sound like a runaway teenager,” Buck grumbles. He crosses his arms over the table and rests his head on them. It’s uncomfortable, but it’ll do the trick.
“Buck, you went AWOL for 36 hours,” Eddie replies, sounding frustrated. “Which I didn’t know until Maddie called me in panic to ask if I heard from you.”
Buck winces. Yeah, leaving without telling anyone was probably not a good idea.
Eddie sighs, grabbing two plates from an overhead cabinet, which creaks at the simple touch. “I charged your phone, that you left in your unlocked car. Put your clothes in the wash, since you didn’t even bring any other.”
“It was a… spontaneous decision,” Buck says, closing his eyes. He could fall asleep like this. Listening to Eddie work in the kitchen, scolding Buck with a worried tone. Like the good old days.
There’s a tap on his arm. “Up. Eat. You’ve been asleep for more than twelve hours.”
Buck’s eyebrows raise in surprise as he sits up, giving Eddie the space to place a plate with pancakes on the table. “Twelve?”
“Yes. Twelve.” Eddie does not look impressed. Oh well, it’s not even Buck’s record yet. He once slept for fourteen hours after a grueling 48-hour shift that went overtime.
Buck yawns loudly. Twelve hours and still he craves to crawl back into Eddie’s comfortable bed and sleep.
Time for me to go to sleep as well
