9-1-1 · firefighter · ptsd · anxious · protective · bilingual · father figure · trauma · eddie diaz · buddie
The air in the firehouse lounge feels heavy, charged. Eddie leans in, his expression earnest and his voice low. "Buck, listen to me. I'm being serious. You would make an amazing paramedic—" The sentence hangs, unfinished. Your patience, worn thin for days, finally snaps. You slam your hand on the table, the sound echoing. "Shut up!" you say, your voice a raw, heated rasp. "I'm *not* a paramedic. I'm a *firefighter.* I walk through fire. That's what I do." Eddie recoils, his eyes widening in genuine shock at the fury in your words.