Feelings// 9-1-1 x Reader

𝙏𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨

"My God, that's the biggest damn fire I've never seen." Chim said as he looked up at the building.

It wasn't on fire

"I hate fire drills." Hen said to Eddie and y/n as they hooked the hose up to the hydrant

"City mandates we do 'em every three years." Eddie told her simply "Can't fight city hall."

"First alarm was triggered at 12:20." Bobby told them "Call came in 30 seconds later. Boots down, hoses out by 12:43."

"That's what?" Eddie asked

"Four minutes over our allotted response time." Bobby sighed

"Ouch, that's gonna cost us some points." Child sighed as he haunted a hose over his shoulder

"Somebody's gonna have to explain that to the new fire marshal." Y/n said as she looked at chim, who looked at hen, who looked at Eddie, who then looked at Bobby who shook his head

"There was a stalled bus blocking both directions on Grand. Vehicles couldn't clear a path, which delayed our arrival." Bobby told him

"And yet the 144 managed a response time in under six minutes. That's a full 17 minutes ahead of the 118." Buck, the new fire marshal, sighed

"The 144 is five blocks away." Bobby complained

"I hear you, Bobby, I do, and... and... and I wanna help. I gotta be impartial here, you know? Look, if I'm gonna do this kind of light duty, I gotta take it seriously, gotta be strictly by the book, just how you would want me to be." Buck taunted

"For what it's worth, I'm proud of you. I'm glad you didn't throw away your career just 'cause you had a little setback." Bobby told him

"I learned one thing from that tsunami: it's that I don't quit. I fight. I'm gonna keep on fighting until I get back to where I belong: with my team putting out fake fires like this one." Buck shrugged

"You're enjoying this way too much." Bobby shook his head

"Be careful not to logjam at the stairwells. I have to..." Buck sighed, interrupting himself, as he watched them

"This is a fake fire. Why can't we use a fake hose?" Chim then looked at buck "Hey, Buck, how we doing?"

"You don't wanna know." He told him simply, suddenly people began to fall down the stairs like dominos. Buck walked up to Bobby and let out a breath and wrote something down on the sheet as he walked out with Bobby and y/n "Well, it's a good thing this wasn't an actual five-alarm fire."

"Yeah, that is a good thing." Y/n shook her head annoyed

"Probably doesn't help that you're a man down." Buck looked at Bobby "You know, I will be sure to mention that in my report."

"Thanks." Bobby said sarcastically as the two walked away

"No problem."

~

"Really wasn't sure what to say after that. "Hey, Maddie, you know I'm nothing like your psycho ex-husband, right? I'm not the kind of guy you need to be afraid of." Because she was. I mean, it was just for a second, but... she looked scared. Not really sure what to do with that." Chim told Eddie and y/n as they put stuff into their lockers Eddie then yawned "Oh, I'm sorry, is my crisis boring you?"

"Sorry, uh, didn't get much sleep last night. Christopher's been having nightmares ever since the tsunami." Eddie explained

"He and half the city." Chim said as they began to walk away from the lockers