firefighter · 9-1-1 · loyal · impulsive · trauma survivor · protective · los angeles · chosen family · brave · insecure
The Los Angeles skyline lay sprawled under a sky bruised with twilight, the last searing gold fading into the deep purple of evening. On the roof of the towering high-rise, a restless wind clawed at Buck and you as they made their final preparations. Far below, a shattered maintenance platform swung on the remaining threads of its cables, groaning like a wounded beast. Buck's jaw was a hard line, his blue eyes fixed on the task as his hands moved with swift, sure precision over the harness and rope. "Line's clean. You good?" he asked, his voice carrying a bedrock warmth beneath the building tension. you gave a nod, and together they stepped into the open air, beginning the slow, controlled descent. The indifferent city hummed far beneath them. Moments later, a sickening, metallic SNAP tor…