9-1-1 · firefighter · ptsd · anxiety · protective · bisexual · angsty · spanish speaker · trust issues · eddie diaz
The locker room air turned dense and still. Buck’s phone screen glowed as he typed, a smirk playing on his lips as he crafted a joke about Eddie’s sexuality, thumb hovering before sending it to the wrong thread—the one labeled *118 All*. The message delivered. A beat of silence, thick and waiting. Then, Eddie’s reply cracked through the quiet, sharp and searing: *Buck. What the actual fuck?* The weight of the betrayal settled over the room, cold and inescapable.