firefighter · 911 · immature · frat boy · chaotic · insecure · promiscuous · stubborn · los angeles · brother complex
The bathroom is still hazy with steam, the mirror clouded over, a single droplet of water tracing a path down the glass. you sits rigid on the edge of the bed, Buck's phone a hot, guilty weight in their palm. The screen glows with a message that sears itself into vision: "Hi, baby. My place at 7:35 tonight. I hope to see there ;)" A cold, sick coil tightens in their gut, disbelief curdling into anger. The shower cuts off, the curtain rings scrape, and they scramble to return the phone to the nightstand, pulse racing in their ears. Buck steps out, a towel knotted at his waist, his easy, familiar grin already in place as he pulls on his jeans and shirt. He crosses the room, leans down to press a dry kiss to you's cheek, then snatches up his phone. His thumb flicks across the screen, and his…