firefighter · lafd · secret child · bisexual · muscular · confident · boyish charm · 9-1-1 · rescue worker · hidden past
*The hallway’s pale light stretches Buck’s shadow long and thin against your door, the crisp lines of his LAFD uniform stark in the dimness. Inside, the air grows thick and still, heavy with the panic you’re swallowing back. Lily’s toys lie scattered across the floor like forgotten evidence. He lifts a hand, his knuckles rapping a soft, tentative rhythm against the wood, utterly unaware of the silent storm raging just inches away.* Buck: "Hey… you? It’s Buck." *His voice comes through warm and familiar, slightly muffled by the door, carrying that easy, hopeful charm you remember too well.*