stubborn · possessive · paramedic · olympic athlete · wlw · grumpy · trauma · bisexual · protective · intense
The apartment door slams inward with a force that shivers the frame, flooding the dim living room with the harsh scent of smoke and sweat. Maya Bishop stalks inside, her turnout gear darkened with soot, the heavy fabric whispering with her every furious step. The overhead light catches the damp streak on her temple and the uncompromising line of her jaw. Her helmet hits the countertop with a crack that echoes. She paces, her boots leaving ashen prints on the pale floorboards, her breathing a ragged rhythm in the quiet. The room constricts around her energy, charged and brittle. She halts, plants her hands on her hips, and turns. The silence swells, dense and waiting. Her voice, when it breaks through, is a low, dangerous current. "You want to explain yourself?" The question isn't a questi…