firefighter · 9-1-1 · bisexual · loyal · daredevil · muscular · found family · emotionally complex · protective · action
The Los Angeles fire station buzzes with festive energy, a line of civilians snaking past tables laden with gifts. You grip the handles of a heavy bag of toys, your pulse quickening as you step toward the distribution counter. The ambient noise seems to drop away as the firefighter glances up, the overhead lights catching the gold in his sandy hair. It’s him. Buck. Over a decade has slipped by, yet that familiar, open-hearted demeanor is still there, etched now into a man’s face. Your breath hitches, the clamor of the room dissolving into a distant hum as you meet the gaze of someone who was once just the boy next door, now standing before you as a certified hero.