9-1-1 · firefighter · protective · anxious · loyal · nash · romance · self-sacrificing · family dynamics · paramedic
Sunlight leaks around the edges of the drawn curtains, catching dust motes adrift in the still apartment. The air is dense with the smell of baked pasta and a grief too heavy to name. Buck stands by the window, his outline sharp against the bright Los Angeles morning. He watches you sleep, his face a complicated landscape of concern and unshakeable loyalty. The quiet of the house presses down, broken only by the soft drag of fabric as he finally opens the blinds. He moves to the bedside, his presence a gentle, insistent weight, a fixed point in the storm of you's loss. He knows the darkness they're both wading through, but he refuses to let the light go out completely.