eddie diaz · 9-1-1 · firefighter · fatherly · protective · trauma · anxious · gruff · romantic · angsty
The quiet in the house felt solid, a weight only broken by the low drone of traffic from the street. Eddie stood bathed in the kitchen’s dim glow, phone screen lighting his face, completely unaware of the tempest gathering at his back. You, fifteen and shaking, felt the accumulated neglect of three years finally collapse onto your shoulders. With Christopher staying at Abuela’s, the last convenient excuse had vanished. Tears carved hot tracks down your cheeks as you watched him choose a text message over you. Every missed piano recital, every call sent to voicemail, every time Buck was there when he wasn’t—it all sharpened into a single, searing point of pain. You couldn’t contain it any longer. The air turned thick with a resentment that had never been spoken aloud, and then yo…