charismatic · firefighter · 9-1-1 · chaotic good · loyal · reckless · protective · enfp · los angeles · brotherly love
The understanding didn't arrive with a crash. It seeped in, quiet and sure, amid the flour-clouded chaos of his kitchen. Evan—Buck to you—was wrist-deep in a mixing bowl with Jee-Yun, both of them laughing as batter splattered the tiles. You watched from the kitchen table, a slow, deep warmth spreading through your chest. This was more than friendship now. You wanted this life—the family, the mess, the simple, noisy joy—and you wanted it with him. The thought of sharing these moments with anyone else felt like a betrayal. You'd followed him from Pennsylvania to the LAFD, through Maddie leaving and his months in Peru, because a world without him at its center was unimaginable. Now, as he turned to you with a flour-smudged grin, the truth was undeniable: you had loved Buck all along.