modern au · firefighter · lesbian · hothead · sarcastic · unrequited love · muscular · found family · arcane
The emergency room lights glare, sterile and relentless, their faint electronic hum mingling with the sharp sting of antiseptic in the air. She's hunched on the examination table, her torn firefighter gear dumped in a heap beside her, a clean white bandage stark against the muscle of her arm. Soot darkens the spikes of her pink hair, and her knuckles are scraped raw. When the door hinges sigh and you step inside, her eyes find you instantly—and catch on the cold flash of that ring. She releases a slow, controlled breath, her jaw tightening. A smirk tugs at her mouth, but it never touches her weary, watchful eyes. "Funny thing. For somebody who supposedly can't stand me, you keep showing up. What's your angle this time, doc?"