Everything was in little boxes. Eddie wasn't even sure what kind of boxes they could be called, but his brain was the same of unpacking things, and while stuff was connected, he found that all of it was a fucking mess.

He felt worn down, and while it wasn't affecting work yet, Eddie found that he was very much going to have to take some time maybe off as he dealt with it or be the one who stayed behind or just stayed working around the engine and support crew when they were called out.

"Hye," Buck said as he came and sat down in front of Eddie. He had a cup of coffee in his hand, and Eddie kind of balked that Buck had been around long enough to do that and Eddie had not heard him.

"How long have you been here?" Eddie asked.

"We got here about twenty minutes ago. You were staring into space."

"We?" Eddie tried to remember who the other person would be with Buck. Then he heard the sound of hammering out in the backyard—Tommy. They were going to work on the new roof for the deck in the backyard since all three of them were off today, hadn't worked the day before, and wouldn't be working tomorrow either.

"You okay?" Buck asked.

"No," Eddie said.

"Do we need to put off the porch?" Buck reached out and laid his hand on Eddie's shoulder. "Are you sick?"

"Mentally sick. I had a hard session last night, and I got little sleep as I thought about something that my therapist talked to me about. I shove everything into little boxes, and while the therapy I did two years ago was good as a starting point, I stopped it because I thought that it was done. Then Kim happened, and I think she's right."

"I still see Doctor Copeland. She had a field day with me when I told her that I found out I was bisexual. She thought that I knew, but we rarely touch sexual things after, you know."

Eddie nodded because he did know. He looked at where Tommy was doing something. "What is he doing?"

"His sawhorse needed a little TLC or a lot. So he's getting that before you guys start to use saws. Will the work help or hurt?"

"Help, I can't focus on this anymore. I did all night long. Maybe after lunch, I'll nap, and we can work again."

"Sure. Tommy's pretty happy with everything that you have laid out, and we can get started as soon as you get something to eat as you need to, even if you throw up half of it."

Eddie made a face, but he nodded. He had a few sandwiches he made in the freezer that he could throw into the oven to warm up again. "I have a few of the sandwiches. Do you guys want any?"

"Just one each. We ate an hour ago, but the extra food isn't going to hurt with what we are doing today."

Eddie nodded, and he sighed. He got up and started the toaster oven since it would make it faster. Maybe he needed to get one of the Air Fryers like Buck had. Buck loved the damned thing, and it was nice not to have to warm up the whole oven and the whole house.

When things were ready, Eddie got the carafe full of coffee and the needed things that Buck put into his coffee, tossed the sandwiches on there, and then headed outside with it. Tommy was already shirtless, and his scars were on display. Buck touched the one on his side a lot when they were close. It was like Buck reassured himself that it wasn't something that took Tommy from him before they could even meet.

Of course, Tommy did the same with Bucks' scars on his leg from the bombing.

Eddie laid the tray down a safe distance from where everything for the saws was set up. He laughed when he saw Buck's coffee cup had a napkin over it. Eddie found Tommy's cup on the ground by him with a napkin over it as well.

"Morning," Tommy said when he noticed Eddie.

"Morning. Thanks again."

"Of course. Bring me my sandwich, and we can discuss what you want. Please and thank you."

Eddie grabbed two of them and headed over. He looked for Buck but found he wasn't back there.

"He's getting a few things from my truck. He'll grab his sandwich when he's done. So, do you want the same kind of roof?"

"No, I want something that takes the water off to the sides. It doesn't rain often, but when it does, I want it not to come off the front like it was."

"That's what Evan said, but I wanted to be sure. I sketched out a few things." Tommy waved at a notebook that was open on the plywood on the sawhorses.

Eddie picked it up and looked at it. He liked all three, but the middle was the best. It was a fun design. He tapped it and waited for Tommy to take the book from him. Tommy smiled at Eddie.

"I like that one as well. It'll be the easiest, too." Tommy tossed the notebook aside and waved at the piles of lumber he had picked up before handing the receipt from his pocket. Eddie had already paid for it; this was just for records.

Eddie headed back to put the receipt where he would find it again. He tried to keep those records just in case the landlord ever fought him on things like this. He was pretty much allowed to make the changes as he saw fit. The changing out of the roof had already been approved. There was just something wrong.

When Eddie looked at Tommy, he saw that Tommy was staring at Buck. He knew what he was getting into with having them both with him to help with this, but he had thought that it would at least take a little while for the whole staring at Buck's ass to come into play.

"I'm queer," Eddie said.

That had Tommy looking at him, and then a hand was on his shoulder.

Eddie exhaled and was grateful when Buck wrapped his arms around him from behind and held on. It felt like he was being anchored.

"Well, there are some who exclude what I think I am from the whole queer umbrella. But that's not you guys. I've been honest and open with my therapist, and things have been going well, but there are a lot of little boxes. I opened up one and dealt with what was inside, and then three more appeared. It took a long, hard session to accept that I wasn't what society considers normal."

"Okay, well, you don't have to tell us a single thing," Buck said. He knocked into Eddie's head and held on even tighter. "You never have to come out to anyone if you don't want to."

"I love sex."

"We know," Tommy said with a smile on his face. He walked around the saw horse and stood in front of Eddie. "That's not exactly some big revelation."

"I only like sex. I only like sex with women. I tried to picture sex with a guy, and there was nothing. I watched some porn that was good other than it was two guys, then I watched something that was about the same with a woman, and I got off."

"Okay, there is nothing wrong with being heterosexual. So you only like sex with women, but what don't you like?" Buck asked.

"The whole relationship and romance shit. I legitimately did a deep dive into an identity on the Internet. I talked for four hours last night; I was freaking out about it all because I felt wrong. I felt broken, so I went online. I ended up going to my appointment with a list of stuff that I needed to wrap my head around it all. I think I spent half an hour crying at one point."

"So aromatic?" Buck asked.

Eddie laughed because, of course, Buck would know where he thought he fell on the scale of queer.

"Yes. We decided on that since I wanted to leave there with an identity. Heterosexual aromantic. This means I need to figure out what I want out of life because it's not like many people out there don't want romance. Finding a woman to be with who is happily sharing space and us only really having sex or even just a long-term hookup."

"There are more than you think," Tommy said. He cupped the back of Eddie's neck and pulled him out of Buck's arms and into his.

Eddie sighed as he was held tight, and then buck wrapped around him from behind.

"How about I do this? You two probably need to talk," Tommy said.

"You can't do this alone," Eddie said.

"I think I will call Miriam and Jake. Jake already offered. Evan's going to worry about you too much, and you are not good around equipment right now. So, go, and I'll take care of this."

Eddie grumbled, but he felt like maybe Tommy was right. He nodded his head.

---

Eddie rolled his shoulders and looked at where Tommy and Buck were dancing. The line dancing part had been over for a while now; it was just them all having fun dancing. They were pairing off, which made a few people eye them, but mostly, they were having fun.

"Wanna dance?" a man asked as he stepped over.

"Sorry, my dance card is already full. I'm sitting this one out 'cause my feet need a break," Eddie said. It had been his rote answer to everyone who asked him to dance.

The man nodded, tipping his hat before walking away.

Buck was the first into the booth, moving to plaster himself along Eddie's side. This was supposed to be a fun night, and Eddie had nearly canceled because he felt like he was having some kind of weird imprinting thing. He had no idea what his brain was trying to do to him.

"What's that look for?" Tommy asked as he landed on the table, showing off his ass in the tight jeans to the people on the dance floor.

Eddie wanted to step up behind him and hold on, maybe even do something else.

"Nothing."

"Eddie, I will order you drink after drink until you are drunk enough to talk."

Buck glared at him, making Eddie want to stick his tongue out at him, but the idea of tongue and Buck was off-limits. Eddie knew he would have issues going out, so he should have just stayed home. The painted-on jeans and the cowboy-like clothes made Eddie remember summers in El Paso. The sting of Shannon wasn't there anymore. It had been worked through, and Eddie was left with the wasteland in the aftermath.

"Let's dance," Eddie said as he looked at Buck. Buck was the easiest of the two because while the feelings were there, Buck was better at looking at Eddie like a friend.

Buck pouted but got out and let Eddie take him to the floor. Eddie really wanted to leave, but he had come here with them, and they had all taken an Uber because they had planned to drink. None of them had drunk all that much so far, so Eddie wasn't sure if he would actually be able to slip away from them.

Eddie had thought that figuring himself out would make it to where he didn't change again, but things started to change again. He had unpacked a few more boxes and found that while he was very attracted to women on a very sexual level, his attraction to men took longer, and he didn't feel anything for their form unless he was close to them. Hence, the horrible night of line dancing with the two men he had figured out he was attracted to via a weird sex dream just a week before. He had been able to keep away from them since then, but then this night happened.

Buck spun Eddie since Eddie wasn't paying attention, and it pulled Eddie out of his thoughts. He looked for where Tommy was to see that he was gone. Eddie started to look for him until Buck pulled him closer and started to kind of slow dance with him. The music changed to a slower song. Many couples left the floor while a few got closer, as Buck had done to Eddie.

"Buck," Eddie said.

Buck wasn't looking at Eddie but behind Eddie.

That was when Tommy came up behind Eddie, making a sandwich for him. One arm wrapped around Eddie's chest and the other on his hip, holding him right where Tommy wanted him as Buck continued to dance with him.

"You look good on the dance floor," Tommy said.

Eddie swallowed as all thoughts were gone from him as he felt Tommy's erection pressed to his ass. He wanted to say that it was all for Buck, but if it were, Tommy would be behind Buck and not pressing that thing anywhere else.

"You ready to talk?" Buck asked.

Eddie shook his head because he wasn't ready to talk at all. He also wasn't going to run away.

"Okay, that's fine. Let's keep on dancing."

Eddie lost himself in the dance. He groaned when Tommy was right there, spinning him around to grind into him as Buck took up behind, plastered against Eddie's back. Buck's erection wasn't nearly as prominent as Tommy's was, but it was there.

The night kept on moving, with them drinking just water and dancing as a trio on the edge of the dance floor. He wasn't sure what they would talk about when they made it back to Tommy and Buck's place, but he wanted to make sure that they did talk, even if the thought of it scared him.

Eddie hadn't come out to anyone else but them. He had talked to Bobby a little about a few things but never gave him anything. It was easier that way. He would come out when he needed to and not a moment before. Which was good since it seemed like he had changed who he was again.

Taking a risk when they were sitting down to drink a little more water before heading out, Eddie kissed Tommy. There were a few seconds of shame and worry that Tommy would do something like shove him away, but big, gentle hands cupped his hips and pulled him in more, to the point where Eddie was leaning into Tommy more, and Tommy kissed him back.

A hand on Eddie's back made him shiver, and then Buck's hand curled around his shoulder, holding him there until Eddie broke the kiss. Eddie looked into Tommy's eyes to see nothing there that hadn't been there before—love and support. Buck pulled Eddie back to lean into him, and he wrapped his arms around him.

"How?" Eddie asked.

"You've been looking the last few days, and I noticed the other day when you came into the kitchen to get more popcorn, and Tommy and I were kissing in there, you started to get a little hard, which was something you said wasn't exactly a thing that happened before."

"Yeah, I didn't think about it at all until it happened. I wanted to have time, and then my session was quicker than the last time I had a change in what I thought I was. It was easier to grasp."

"So something like demi for men?" Tommy asked.

"Yeah, that was the term that I was given. Which, I have to tell you, brains are weird. Why couldn't I just live in happiness about finding something with a long-term woman who didn't want romance?"

Tommy laughed and drained his water before scouting Eddie's glass over to him. Eddie finished his off and looked to see that Buck had already done it.

"Ready to go?" Buck asked.

"Yes."

"Good. I got us an Uber already, and it should be here in a few minutes, so let's head outside."

The trip to the house was silent, beyond the few things the Uber driver had talked to Buck about. Buck took the front seat of the bar, and Eddie was in the back with Tommy. The only thing that stopped Eddie from vibrating out of his skin was that Tommy kept a hand on his thigh, a little higher than most would consider approbation, but Eddie was able to keep his mind focused on how good it fucking felt. The erection he had started to get while dancing had softened a little, but Tomyy's hand there started to make it wake up again.

"Thanks," Buck called out as he got out of the car and shut the door. He looked at the house and then back at the pair of them before marching forward.

Eddie felt like going inside with them was going to change everything. He could do it, and things would be fine, but then he thought about wanting something. The hookups at bars and the like had been good for him. He had been happy in a way he hadn't been in a long time. There were a few things that he needed to work out before talking to Chris about it, but things with Tommy and Buck needed to be found out as well.

Tommy ushered Eddie out of the car and then up and into the house before Eddie could figure out where he was. Eddie was pushed into the door, and Tommy bracketed his body with his own and waited for Eddie to nod before he leaned in to kiss him again. Eddie looped his fingers through the belt loops on Tommy's jeans and pulled him close.

He should have felt bad about kissing his best friend's boyfriend, but he heard Buck's breathing from the side and knew Buck was watching them. Maybe there was a little bit of something that they were going to get out of this. Eddie looped his arms around Tommy as Tommy started to rut into him, pressing him to the door even more. Tommy groaned, and then his hands cupped Eddie's ass and hefted him up.

The idea that Tommy was that strong made Eddie melt into his arms as he was turned around, and then Buck was along his back, kissing his neck and holding onto him. This was all too fucking much, and Eddie wanted so much more. He broke the kiss and breathed as he tried to calm down a little bit.

"Upstairs?" Buck asked.

"Yes."

Tommy didn't put him down. No, Eddie was carried up the stairs and into the main bedroom, which he knew well from visiting Buck or Tommy when they were sick or injured. He was dropped to the bed, and then Tommy climbed over him and kissed him again before rolling off when Buck cleared his throat.

"This will change nothing if you don't want it to," Buck said.

"How can it not?"

"Well, you are still friends with Lucy, and you've been having a wild and torrid sex affair with her for weeks." Buck grinned as he started to unbutton his shirt, letting it hang loose as he bent down and got his boots off. Eddie thought about his boots and how he wanted to get them off, but he didn't want to look away from Buck either.

Tommy worked on Eddie's shirt, getting it open and pouting a little when there was a shirt under the overshirt. Buck got on his knees and picked up Eddie's foot to get the boot off it before he did it with the other.

"You can say no at any point and go sleep things off in the other bedroom, and tomorrow will be pancakes and anything you need."

Eddie nodded. He trusted Buck's words because Buck had never lied about something like that. He didn't think that Buck had ever wanted him this way, but Buck liked emotions with his sex these days, and he got all of that, Tommy; maybe this was just something to help Eddie get a grip on himself.

Tommy put his hand back on Eddie's thigh, right where it had been in the car ride over but never higher. Eddie reached down and pulled it up to where Tommy was cupping him in his jeans. He hissed at the feeling of it and groaned when it was taken away. Then he had his hands on his jeans, which were being opened. He looked down to see that it was Buck. He felt like the whole night had been a seduction that was ending with them both getting him.

"Talk now or later?" Buck asked.

Eddie debated it for all of five seconds before he uttered a single word. "Later."

Buck tugged down on Eddie's boxer, and his cock was free, and Buck was going down on him. Eddie reached out to touch, waning and needing to touch something as he was swallowed whole by his best friend. Tommy caught his hand, and he was led back down on the bed a little, and Tommy was kissing him. Eddie diverted his hands to Tommy, working on getting him stripped a little as he was sucked off. It was a strange feeling to have sex with two people, and the idea that they were to him faded away, and he was just left with two hot guys he was close to, which made him feel good.

Just before orgasm, Buck pulled off him.

"Fuck," Eddie said as he tried to reach down and stroke himself off, but Buck caught his hand. A kiss was placed to the palm, and he was stripped of his jeans, a tug making it easy to get them down; next was his underwear, and then all he had on was his shirts.

"What do you want?" Tommy asked.

"I think I want to watch you two," Eddie said. He sat up to get his shirt off, threw it away, and scooted back on the bed to set himself up against the headboard. "I want to calm down a little and see you two."

"Okay," Tommy said before he grabbed Buck by his waist and pulled him down on top of him.

Eddie watched as they kissed and touched, taking off clothes as they went, their bodies arching up into each other, and their hands never stopping. It was heady to see how they were with each other—the love in the caresses, the way that they knew the best way to get a sound out of each other, the way that they were good together—which made Eddie crave to be in that. He spread his legs and pulled his knees up to give them more room.

Tommy rolled Buck onto his back and then braced himself above Buck to stare down at him. They both looked at him. Eddie swallowed at the looks they were giving him.

"Now?" Buck asked.

"I don't know. I want to be touched."

"How about we just have some fun? If something feels wrong, tell us, and we will stop. Who do you want below you, and who do you want above you?" Tommy asked.

"Buck below."

Buck moved up the bed and dropped beside Eddie to his back, waiting for him to crawl on top. They were all naked except for Buck's socks, which were really beyond the pale, but Tommy had never moved to take them off.

"They are like ice cubes for a while, so unless you want those cold things against you, don't even think about taking them," Tommy said.

Eddie laughed, and it was then swallowed by Buck, pulling him down into a kiss. Buck shifted him with his hands a few seconds later, and then they were lined up cock to cock. The first big thing that was happening while naked was proof that it was two men and not Eddid with a woman. He groaned into the kiss and braced an arm on the bed so that he could touch it. He ghosted his fingers down Buck's side and was about to break the kiss, telling Tommy to touch it when he felt it. The hand on his back went down it, and then fingers were ghosting between his ass cheeks. He had others who had touched him like that, but it was always women.

Then, a kiss on his back and teeth scraped his shoulder. Tommy touched with assurity, and then Tommy's cock was pressing to Eddie's cheeks, and for the first time in his life, Eddie thought he was going to come without anyone touching his cock in any way. He moved into the kiss and lowered his lower body again to where she was rocking into Buck's cock.

Tommy's hands moved, touching all over Eddie's back before the y swept down to his ass and spread his cheeks. The ghosting breath over his hole had Eddie jerking, and he broke the kiss to drop his head to Bucvk's shoulder, and he just panted.

"Good?" Buck asked.

"Fuck, yes," Eddie answered when he could get the words out.

Tommy chuckled behind him, sounding like he was being smug as hell, which, given how close they both had him, they had a right to be smug.

"Ready for more?" Buck asked.

Eddie wasn't sure what more was until he heard the snap of the lube cap. He braced for the first feel of fingers at his hole, pushing inside when it was just fingers ghosting over his hole. Tommy slicked up between his cheeks and kept on doing it, his finger brushing over the hole and only teasing at pressing in before moving away again. Eddie trembled, and he whined when Tommy took the finger away. It was back and was slicker before the first one pushed inside of him. Eddie tried not to clench up, but he found that he didn't need to worry about it. The hands on his back that had to belong to Buck helped him stay calm.

"Okay?" Tommy asked.

"Yes," Eddie said.

"Good. Now, why don't you get up a little and get ready to get Evan ready for your cock?" Tommy said.

Eddie lifted as Tommy said, but he just looked at Buck instead of doing what Tommy was telling him. He hadn't put a thought to actually fucking Buck or Tommy. It was all just kind of a hazy thought. Now that it was there, though, Eddie wanted it. He wanted to be buried inside of him. He wanted that more than anything else now that he had been teased with it.

Tommy pulled his finger free of Edide's hole and handed over the lube.

"Just slick up your fingers," Buck said.

Eddie knew the mechanics. He had fingered himself a few times but never got much out of it. He hadn't thought about how it might just be that he needed more. He groaned when he sunk a finger into Buck and then two when he realized Buck was much more relaxed than him. He groaned when Tommy slipped two into him as well, and he tried to mimic what Tommy was doing to him as his fingered Buck open.

"Ready," Buck said just a few moments later.

"I'm..." Eddie about said he was pretty big, but Eddie had seen the cock that Tommy had and realized that Buck was used to taking someone who was thicker than him. He swallowed as he thought about that cock going inside of him.

"You can swap. We can have me fucking you," Buck said.

"No, no, I just hadn't really thought about it going inside of me."

"It doesn't have to," Tommy said.

Buck shifted, and a pillow was pushed under his hips, and he pulled Eddie into a kiss again.

Eddie allowed it. The calming tactic was going to work this time, he hoped. He groaned when he felt fingers on his ass again, and then two were pushing into him again. It didn't take long for Tommy to work up to three as Eddie rocked his cock against Bucks. He wanted to be inside of Buck, but he also wanted to stay like they were. The new angle of Buck's hips was great, and he wanted more of that, so he canted his hips a little, and then Tommy's fingers were going right for Eddie's prostate. He nearly came at the first press of fingers over it.

"Fuck," Eddie said as he broke the kiss.

"Yes, that would be lovely," Buc said.

"He likes a cock in his ass. I've been half tempted to plug him before work some days."

The blush on Buck's cheeks at the words had Edie moving, and then he felt a hand on his cock; Tommy was going to help him get inside of Buck. He groaned at the warmth of Tommy's hand and then at the warmth and tightness of Buck's body as he slid inside of him. He realized that condoms hadn't been brought up.

"Condom?" Eddie asked.

"You said that you had a test the other day," Tommy said.

Eddie had gotten one as part of his normal routine check, given that he was sexually active with condoms with other people. He and Lucy didn't use them for oral but they did for everything else since Lucy didn't want kids and Eddie didn't think that he should have another at the moment.

"We can stop and get them," Buck offered.

"Fuck no. I just wanted to make sure that a decision was made on them that worked for all of us. You are so hot inside, Buck."

"And so good wrapped around your cock, right?" Tommy asked.

Eddie made a noise that was almost like a flying animal at the words as Tommy pulled his fingers out of Eddie's ass.

"Condom?" Tommy asked.

Eddie hesitated because someone going into his ass without one was a lot different, given that they had never done this. The idea of leaking out was too thrilling for the first time. "No."

"Then make sure not to tense up," Buck said before he pulled Eddie's face to stare at him. Buck smiled at him as the blunt head of Tommy's cock rubbed over his hole.

Eddie thought about how he was losing something that he had never cared about before, but being with these two was something that made it so much better. He groaned as the head slipped into him. He wasn't even moving inside of Buck now, stilled by the hand on his hips. There was lube on Tommy's hand, so it had to be the other hand holding him. Then there was pressure, and Tommy kept on sinking into him. He expected pain or something, but there was just pressure and a sense of being full, right until Tommy's cock brushed over his prostate, and he saw stars.

"He's trembling," Buck said.

"I know. He's so fucking tight and hot, different than you," Tommy said.

Then there was skin on Edid'e ass. He groaned again and reached back to make sure that Tommy didn't pull out, holding on to him and keeping him right where he was.

"Like a dick up your ass?" Tommy asked before he rocked just a little, not just into Eddie but rocking Eddie into Buck as well.

Then, they were all moving. Eddie only had to hang on the ride of being fucked while he was fucking Buck. He groaned again and buried his face into Buck's neck because there was nothing else he could do but keep up with them. The idea of a cock inside of him had never been that arousing at all before this, but now that he had a cock in him, he wanted it, but only like their cocks. He wondered if they would both fuck him sometime.

"Of course we would. If this weren't your first time, I would say tonight, but let's just get you through this first," Buck offered up.

Eddie knew he had an issue with saying stuff during sex what he was thinking, but it normally didn't happen this fast. Rocking even more, Eddie found a good rhythm actually to take part in all of this. He also wanted this good from Buck, so he kissed him. It felt like heaven when they were all moving and touching, and Eddie felt Tommy's lips on his back.

Buck was the first to come, and Eddie loved the feel of his body clenching around him as he rocked in and out of him. Tommy didn't slow down or stop, still having Eddie rock into Buck long after Eddie knew that Buck should have pushed him off him.

"He likes it. There are times that he has me come first in his mouth, and then I fuck him through his orgasm and sometimes into a second before I come," Tommy whispered into Eddie's ear.

That did it. Eddie came with a sharp cry, and he mouthed at Buck's neck as Tommy rocked in him. Eddie was nearly where he needed to stop when Tommy pulled out, and then he heard it: Tommy was going to come all over this back. The idea of seeing that sometimes made Eddie groan, and he collapsed into Buck and flopped on him. Buck held him and rubbed his hands up and down Eddie's back until Tommy did come on him. Then Buck's hands went to Eddie's ass and teased at his hole.

It was like they had all decided to be as debauched as possible, Eddie thought as he lay there trying to recover from an orgasm so strong that he thought he lost brain cells from it. Buck was still tasing his hole, and Tommy's spend was cooling on his back. He had wanted Tommy to come in him, but maybe that would have to come later since Tommy had been right to pull out when he did.

"Next time," Tommy said as he settled along their side.

"So heterosexual is free for all, see pretty woman, fuck pretty woman, but with guys, you need that friendship connection?" Buck asked.

"I think so? I was freaked out when I figured it out. It's just been you guys, mostly."

"Mostly?" Tommy asked.

"There has been one other, but I've not seen him in person, just thinking about him while jerking off last night, and it was a little bit of a shock."

"Josh?" Buck based.

Eddie groaned at that because it was very much Josh, and he hated it.

"Keeping it all in the family, huh?" Tommy asked.

Eddie hated that, but he groaned when he felt new fingers at his hole, and it was a clinical approach.

"You seem fine. I'll check better when I get stuff to clean us all up."

"Shoer," Eddie said.

"If you get into that shower, Evan's going to get on his knee and suck you off. It's a favorite of his when in the shower."

"Not you?"'

"I would never deprive Evan of his favorite thing in the world. No, I would probably have you bent over and take your ass again."

Eddie felt his cock jerk at that because it wasn't nearly as horrible as Tommy made it sound like.

"Okay," Eddie said.

"Let's talk first. Are you seriously feeling fine about this?" Buck asked. His hands left Eddie's ass, and they went to rub at his upper back, where ther was no mess.

"Yes. It was easy, which should scare the fuck out of me, but I also trust and love you both," Eddie said.

"Good, and this doesn't mean anything monogamous. You can still go and get your freak on with anyone; this is just...for when you want love and care."

Eddie nodded, his words not able to come out at what he was feeling about all of this.

He would deal when he was alone, or they were asleep. He would figure it out and make sure that this worked. He didn't want to be there every single night, but there was something about being there when they let him.

---

The smell of food told Eddie that one of the two was awake. He thought it was Tommy behind him, but without opening his eyes, he had no idea. Buck and Tommy were about the same size, which would have made Eddie feel like he was lacking, but he was longer than them, and Buck seemed to really like that when he had been going down on Eddie.

Eddie rocked back into the cock, and the groan that came out was all Tommy.

"I knew you were having the time of your life with this, but do you really want more?"

"Not in my ass. That's very much closed for a little while, but we can do other stuff."

Tommy didn't respond, and he thought that maybe the stuff with them was only with the three of them. Like Buck had to be in the room, he nearly rolled over to get off the bed before he put him onto his back, and Tommy was staring down at him.

"Evan had your cock both ways last night, and I only got your ass. I think I'm due something." Tommy leaned in to kiss him, giving Eddie more than enough time to get away.

Eddie surged up to kiss him, holding Tommy right there as he woke up fully. He wasn't sure how Tommy sucking him was going to get him off, but then Tommy was scooting down the bed, kissing him as he went, keeping the covers over him.

It made it feel like it was a little secret as he looked down, and Tommy pulled his shorts down to get to his cock.

Eddie groaned as he watched the blanket move as Tommy bobbed on his cock. Tommy played with his balls a little, his finger brushing Eddie's taint and only dipping back a little before Eddie was coming.

"Yeah, that's hot," Buck said.

Eddie turned to the side and saw him standing there with an apron on over what Eddie assumed was just a pair of shorts.

Tommy kissed up Eddie's chest, and he kissed him, letting Eddie taste himself before he started to rut into him. Eddie cupped his ass as he helped him out in getting off.

Eddie stared at Buck as Tommy worked on getting himself off. Buck stroked himself off, and his hand made the apron tent.

"Suck him," Eddie said.

"You telling me to suck Tommy, or do you wanna see Tommy sucking me?" Buck asked, but he walked over to the bed, dropping his shorts and untying the apron to get naked.

Tommy didn't give them a chance even to decide before he got Buck on the bed and started to suck him.

That was fucking hot as hell. He really fucking enjoyed watching Tommy go to town on Buck. Eddie teased at Tommy's hole a little, and he heard the groan and the way that Tommy stopped sucking Buck for a moment.

Tommy had gotten off that way.

"We are going to be shit today," Eddie said.

"At least we can have a lazy day," Buck said before rocking his hips into Tommy's mouth. He came a few thrusts later.

Tommy slumped half on both of them, cuddling in.

"He's a cuddler, isn't he?" Eddie asked.

"He is." Buck huffed when Tommy blew a raspberry on his throat, but he moved up and off them.

Eddie realized that he was covered in stuff again, and he glared at Tommy, who just grinned.

"Breakfast," Buck said, picking up his shorts to wipe himself off before walking over to grab another pair. He left the apron on the floor as well, and Eddie saw the wet patch at the front. Buck glared at them. You two are on clean-up duty for dishes."

Tommy made a humming noise before he looked at Eddie with a smile. "Shower?"

Eddie nodded. He was a little lost but figured that talking would come with breakfast.

The little breakfast nook in the kitchen was set up for all three of them, with a chair pulled up for the end. Eddie wasn't sure where he wanted to sit. He knew that Buck sat on the left and Tommy on the right, but he also knew that with him there, it might be different. He figured that they would want him to pick a spot.

The food smelled good, and Tommy was a few minutes behind. He had brought clothes down to Buck after he had gotten out of the shower and then gone back up to get dressed.

"Smells good," Eddie said.

"Good. I think that I'm nearly done with the last few pancakes. I made those cinnamon and spice ones that you like."

It felt normal, just like Eddie had stayed the night when the house was too silent. Eddie went to the coffee pot and poured out a cup for each of them.

Buck was at the stove taking care of the food when Tommy came in a few minutes later. Tommy took the black cup of coffee from Eddie and he walked over to kiss Buck's cheek.

It was domestic and wonderful. Eddie felt like it was as it should be.

"Need anything?" Tommy asked.

"No, I'm good."

"Good. Now, boundaries," Buck said as he laid the plate of pancakes on the table before going back for the bacon and sausages, as well as a plate of potatoes. He handed over the rest to Tommy, who handed those off to Eddie. It was a train of food handing off. Then they were sitting down, and Eddie was right that they wanted him to pick a seat. And he looked at them before sliding into the booth. Tommy took the chair, and Buck sat down across from Eddie.

"What boundaries are you talking about?" Eddie asked as he started to serve himself food. There was more than enough, but Eddie was into the pancakes. He knew the leftover meat and potatoes would be frozen for later meals if not saved for the next day. The pancakes would be snacks for Buck over the rest of the day since he liked them dry and cold. He was weird like that.

"Nothing like what you are probably thinking," Tommy said, and he laid his hand on Eddie's shoulder, leaving it there longer than Tommy normally did. Everything is talked about beforehand, and if you don't ask for something and end up having an issue, you are going to get in trouble."

"What does trouble look like?" Eddie asked.

"Depends on what you do. Nothing like a punishment, just us both being very, very upset with you," Buck said.

Eddie swallowed, and he understood what they meant. He had promised to take care of himself a lot better. He had made that promise to Chris and Buck when he spiraled a little too much right after Chris left. Buck tried to keep it from Chris, but it was hard to do in the end, and word got to Eddie's parents.

The only good thing that came from that was that Chris had been willing to text him sometimes. It was not a lot back then, but it had been enough to help reel Eddie in on the stupid shit that he did. So, Eddie had settled in and gotten better.

"Nothing at your place either," Buck said.

"Why?"

"Well, your bed sucks," Tommy said.

Eddie snorted.

"And too many people have access there, and it's better to keep a boundary of some kind with that. Out in public is also a no."

Eddie nodded at Tommy's words. "That would be hard even to touch on because we all know too many people. The dancing we did last night was easy to explain away, so I assume that things like that are okay?"

"Yes, because we do that kind of thing with people all the time."

While they tucked into their food, they discussed the work and boundaries and considered it pretty normal.

"What about Lucy?" Eddie asked.

"She is your relationship to deal with; she knows that you are not monogamous," Buck said.

"I know that, but I mean when it comes to telling her about this."

"Again, that's for you," Tommy said.

"She works with you."

"And she's an adult who understands these kinds of things. If you want someone to talk to, just let us know who you are talking to, and that's all that we need."

It sounded so fucking adult.

"You two have never talked about having an open relationship before," Eddie said.

"It's not really an open relationship, not in the normal idea of the description. This is just a single exception, and it's one that we do out of love. You are hot," Buck said, and he waggled his eyebrows. "I always knew that, but I had never felt that connection with you that I have. There is love, but I'm not in love and not anything close to that, but sex isn't always about that connection; sometimes it's all about having a body in the bed that is hot, and you can have fun."

"How, how long have you two talked about this?" Eddie asked.

"Three weeks since Tommy noticed that you were looking more, and then things were getting worse and worse, so we kind of made it come to a head. We used your erection against you in that situation, but we discussed it greatly beforehand," Buck said. He picked up his coffee and turned in the booth to put his legs up.

Eddie could just see a little bit of his fete; he was tapping them against Tommy's hip.

"Is there a time limit?"

"What do you mean?" Tommy asked as he looked away from Buck to look at him.

"Like one night a week, every two weeks..."

"I know that you hook up with Lucy a lot, so unless you are invading our time all the time, I'm not going to say that we need a big time limit."

"What about solos stuff?"

"Like you coming home with Evan and starting something even if I'm not going to be there?" Tommy asked.

Eddie nodded.

"If I'm on my way home, that's fine, but it's three or none," Tommy said.

Eddi nodded, and he liked that. He liked that big boundary.

"Even if one of us doesn't wholly participate, we all three have to be here,' Buck said.

It sounded too easy, but Eddie knew that things had been discussed between them, and he also knew that if he never came over for sex again, the two of them wouldn't care as long as Eddie wasn't hurting himself because of it. He liked the idea of sex with them on a rare occasion and it being something that he could just let himself go with.

"I might open myself up to others, but I will stay safe when it comes to that. Lucy's only with me, and that's because she needs that kind of connection with someone to really enjoy sex, so I know that she's being safe. She doesn't go without condoms, though, and I know that she's never going to. I'll talk to you both if I ever want someone else."

"Like Josh?" Buck asked.

"I like him. He's pretty much a relationship kind of guy, so that's out of there, but the connection I need is there, which is a shock."

"Well, you and he stayed in contact, and I think that after you left there, you two were able to become better friends. I agree that he's a wanting-love kind of guy, but he's had a dry spell, and he might enjoy something if he knows that nothing is going to come of it. Sometimes it's better to have a body in the bed for sex than to want touch and sex and affection so much that one does stupid stuff."

Eddie understood what Buck meant by that because he could see that if Buck had been a little better off in relationships, not just sexual but friendships, back when he met Abby, things might not have gone that way with her or the stuff that led up to Abby, like him taking the engine for sex. It was easy to see the changes that might have come of all of that.

"I think I'm done for now," Eddie said as he scooted the plate back, having finished off all but half a pancake.

Buck reached out and took it, and he stuffed it into his mouth with a grin.

Eddie liked that Buck and Tommy realized that he meant more than food when Tommy changed the topic to the car he had in the garage. It was a family member of someone from Harbor, and it needed a lot of love. If Eddie wanted to help him, he could. Buck made a face at that, and it spoke of hatred.

Buck was more than willing to watch Tommy work on cars, but he didn't like doing it himself. This was good as it meant that Tommy and Eddie had something to do that Buck would never have. Not in that way.

"So, how many more little boxes do you have?" Buck asked as he got up to start cleaning up the table a few minutes later.

"I have no idea, but I feel that I should run out soon. I'm not sure that anything else can be hiding in there. I really hope no more changes in sexuality are there."

"You never know," Tommy said.

Eddie tossed a balled-up napkin at him. "Shut up."

Buck laughed, and he made that look on his face that said he was adorable. He knew it, and no one would hate him for it. Eddie looked at Tommy, who was looking at Buck like he was in love, which Eddie knew, but it was nice to see.

This little arrangement might not make sense to a lot of people, but hopefully, it would work for them. It gave him something that he didn't get from Lucy just because of the connections he had with them. He wasn't going to fall in love, and he wasn't going to want to have more than he did now. If he did, he would talk with them about it. He wasn't going to be the rock between them.

He might find more little boxes that threw him for a loop, but with these two around him, he was going to be okay.

The End