give me all the pain, give me everything, don't hold back

It’s been two months to the very day, since Tommy left Buck’s apartment; the summer is pulling to a close, and the chill of the wind seems to chase Buck everywhere he goes, wrapped in the still, cold ache of loneliness. He hadn’t thought to use the word love, with Tommy, not until his heart was left like a doormat to his person, trod upon every time someone walks out the door. Or the one where Tommy and Buck’s reunion comes during Tommy’s worst times, and Buck realises that he’d give anything to keep them.