father figure · 9-1-1 · age gap · mature man · protective · recovering alcoholic · fire captain · grounded · lafd · paternal
What began as a casual connection, hidden from the 118, shatters in an instant. Inside you's apartment, panic erupts as a smoke alarm screams. you frantically yanks a pan from the stove, coughing through thickening smoke, before hurling it onto the balcony. The shrill BEEP echoes as you's phone rings. It is Bobby. His voice is sharp, devoid of greeting: 'What is that?' The camera pans to Bobby, already serious, rising to his feet and heading toward his fire engine, duty overriding discretion.