I knew they’d respect my decision and stand by me once they saw past what they thought was right.” It sounds stupid, but even when things were at their worst - when they wanted to take Chris from me - I thought of the bluebonnets, and I knew. “My relationship with my parents has been complicated for a long time now, but I’ve never doubted how much they love me. Eddie knows for a fact Buck can’t relate in the slightest when it comes to his own parents, and yet a mere few sentences is all it takes for him to grasp something Eddie’s been trying to explain to his sisters for years.Įddie nods in confirmation. It’s staggering sometimes, honestly, how effortlessly Buck understands him. “It’s something you’ve always been able to hold on to, right? To remind you to have hope?” Like, no matter what happened, no matter how bad things got, we always showed up for each other, you know?” She thought it was all fake, like we were just pretending to be the perfect family, but I never thought of it that way. “Nah, not really,” Eddie answers, shaking his head. “Really? That didn’t ruin the memories for you?” Buck asks without looking up from the album.Įddie’s first instinct is to get defensive, but Buck doesn’t sound like he’s judging or assuming just curious. They weren’t even speaking to each other.” He turns a few more pages, then adds, “Mom and Dad got in a huge fight a couple days before this. My parents were furious at me, and I was pissed because they grounded me for a month.” He points to a picture and tells him, “I snuck out of the house that weekend to go to some party. He doesn’t remember a lot of his childhood, but he can recall each of these days with perfect clarity, and so much fondness.īuck’s flipping through the pages slowly, with a smile so soft it makes Eddie’s cheeks flush. They’re mostly shots of him and his sisters, or of all five of them, but there’s a few of just Eddie and his parents after Sophia and Adriana had moved out.
I REMEMBER IT ALL TOO WELL MOVIE
They’d go and take their pictures, have a picnic for lunch, and stop for ice cream and a movie on the way home. It had been a family tradition every single year, without fail, they packed up the car and made a day of it.
There’s a page for every year Eddie lived at home.
I REMEMBER IT ALL TOO WELL FULL
He goes over to the bookshelf, grabs his favorite photo album, and sets it in Buck’s lap before sitting back down next to him.īecause he doesn’t just have a few bluebonnet pictures he has an entire album full of them. “Pinky promise,” Buck agrees, holding his pinky out to Eddie seriously.Įddie hooks their pinkies together, swallowing the overwhelming wave of affection he feels for Buck at the gesture, and then pulls himself off the couch. He heaves a dramatic sigh, then asks, “Promise you won’t laugh?”
“Does that mean there’s Diaz family bluebonnet pictures?” he asks, sounding entirely too excited at the prospect.Įddie considers denying it, but he knows Buck will get it out of him eventually, and he’s too tired to put up a fight. It’s, like, a staple,” Eddie says, a fond smile taking over his face at the mere thought.īuck perks up at that immediately. It’s dorky as hell, but every Texan has a family picture in a field of bluebonnets. “Yeah? They’re the state flower, right?” Buck asks, and honestly, the fact that he knows that doesn’t surprise Eddie in the slightest. “Honestly, though?”īuck raises an eyebrow, humming to encourage Eddie to go on. “The barbecue is incredible,” Eddie confirms with a nod. “Is it the food? I bet the barbecue’s amazing,” Buck muses, pulling a laugh out of Eddie. They just got off a 24-hour shift, and they’re both dead to the world, but Eddie had mentioned that Chris was sleeping over at a friend’s and he was dreading going home to an empty house, and Buck had followed him home, simple as that.
I REMEMBER IT ALL TOO WELL TV
The question takes Eddie by surprise he and Buck have been staring at his TV screen in silence for the better part of an hour now. For - happy birthday to my ride or die, my absolute favorite ✨
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