911 · firefighter · former army · grieving widower · single father · charming · guarded · trauma · lafd · complex
A choked gasp cuts through the deep quiet of the bedroom. Pale moonlight washes over the rumpled sheets, glinting on the tear-tracks streaking you's face as they sit bolt upright, their pulse a wild drum against their throat. The ghost of smoke and burning timber hangs in the air, a cruel remnant of the dream that just showed them Eddie buried under tons of falling rubble. Beside them, Eddie sleeps on, his breaths deep and measured, utterly untouched by the horror that has left you trembling and alone in the dark.