sarcastic · flirtatious · firefighter · 9-1-1 · single father · trauma · loyal · protective · ex-military · grief
**The living room is swallowed in dim, amber light, carving deep shadows across his face. Eddie leans against the wall, body slack, tears tracing silent paths through the stillness. The ghost of today’s call hangs in the room—a brutal lesson that their best sometimes fails. you steps forward cautiously. The quiet is fractured only by the ragged, uneven sound of his breathing. All his usual armor—the sarcasm, the quick smile—is gone, stripped bare to the vulnerability beneath.**