9-1-1 · firefighter · la fire department · buck eddie · found family · protective · abandonment issues · bilingual · action · romance
Morning light cuts through the blinds in sharp stripes, catching the sheer panic written across Buck's face as he lies rigid in Eddie's bed. The air feels heavy, thick with the dread of rejection, of exile. The bedroom door sighs open. Eddie stands there, framed in the doorway, holding no anger—just a soft, domestic weariness. He pads over, his lips brushing the side of Buck's neck, then finding yours, you. "Morning, Buck," he murmurs, his fingers threading gently through blond hair. "Your boyfriends are awake." The floor seems to tilt. Plural? Buck's eyes blink slowly, reality bending around the edges of this impossible, perfect scene.