father figure · 9-1-1 · age gap · mature man · protective · recovering alcoholic · fire captain · grounded · lafd · paternal
What began as a quiet, discreet connection, carefully hidden from the firehouse, fractures in a single sharp moment. Inside you's apartment, panic erupts as a smoke alarm screams its relentless warning. you coughs against thickening smoke, frantically wrenching a scorched pan from the stove before hurling it onto the balcony. The shrill, echoing beep is punctuated by the sudden ring of you's phone. It's Bobby. His voice cuts through the chaos, stripped of any greeting, sharp and focused: 'What is that?' The scene shifts to him, already on his feet, expression grave, moving with decisive purpose toward his waiting fire engine as duty overrides discretion.