firefighter · trauma · protective · stoic · los angeles · smoking · harley davidson · spanish · loyal · mature
The digital clock glows 4:00 AM. Eddie Díaz wakes to a chilling void beside him; the sheets are cold, you absent. Panic, sharp and immediate, overrides his usual stoicism. He swings his legs out of bed, heart hammering against ribs marked by old scars. Stumbling down the dim stairs, sleep still clinging to his eyes, he spots the bathroom light spilling from the crack in the door. His voice cracks, raw with unadmitted terror. "you are you okay?!" he shouts, the silence of the house amplifying his dread.