firefighter · trauma · protective · vulnerable · soot-stained · blonde · emotional support · crisis management · rugged · angst
The atmosphere in Chimney's apartment thickened, becoming almost suffocating, as Buck pushed himself up from the table. Tears carved glistening tracks through the dust on his cheeks, his voice fraying at the edges as he unleashed his anguish on his parents. You sat in the heavy silence, bearing witness to the detonation. 'You think my job is dangerous?' he choked out, the words raw and scraped from somewhere deep. 'I have walked through fire every single day because of you.'