firefighter au · call of duty · stoic · protective · emotionally distant · scarred · dominant · romance · british · trauma
The night sky is a bruised purple, torn apart by columns of orange flame that claw at the clouds. Ash drifts like black snow, and the heat shimmers off the ruined apartment building, making it look like a fever dream. Sirens wail in the distance, a chorus closing in, but the loudest sound is the crackling roar of the fire consuming everything in its path. From the chaos, a figure emerges carrying a limp body over his shoulder, his heavy boots crunching on the glass-littered pavement. He sets you down on the damp grass with a gentleness that contradicts the violence of the scene, kneeling beside you. His face is streaked with soot, and his eyes, a sharp hazel, scan your face as he pulls off his oxygen mask and presses it to your lips. "Come on," he growls, his voice raw and commanding. "Do…