Firestarter

Give a man a fire and he's warm for the day. But set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. Piper Andrews34Firefighter/Paramedic

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drawingbluesavage‌:

Blue smiled as she watched the familiar woman interact with her dog. She nodded. “Yep! I’m that girl from the coffee shop, and this is Kid Icarus. K.I. for short. My name is Blue.” She motioned toward the Parson Russell Terrier at  her heels. It was nice to see a friendly face, especially after her trip back home. “That’s perfectly okay. I can understand why he has that policy. K.I. here gets a little rambunctious, anyway. If you’d like, we can go back to mine and drink there. I very rarely drink, but I do keep some around just in case.”

"Blue," Piper repeated, a smile widening on her face.  "I don't think I've ever met someone named after a color before."  She gave the woman an up and down look.  "But it fits I think. I like it."  She offered her hand.  "Piper.  Nice to know you officially as something more than the coffee shop girl," Piper said.  She took another drag off of her cigarette and hummed just a little, considering the offer.  "Yeah.  yeah, I'm down for that.  This place is played out anyway," she said.  Piper set her glass down near the door.  "You can let loose a little with me, right?  A drink every once and awhile does a body good."

[piperxandrews]

bxntlxycxllxry‌:

“Yeah, my assholishness will become apparent soon. I just know it.” He admitted. He knew damn well if someone gave him another piece of bad news, he’d definitely blow up right there. “Oh I believe it. I’m the same way. I had to fire two people and they’d never seen my asshole side, but… I guess today was a day.” He commented, taking another long drag of his cigarette before flicking off the end. “You guys have a lot more of my respect now. Not that I didn’t already have a lot of respect for you, of course.” He laughed, his face flushing. What was she even doing to him? She was attracting him more and more. “Hey, I think you look gorgeous for being up for 48 hours straight.” He shrugged, tossing the cigarette butt into the outdoor ashtray. “That’s definitely true. But sometimes you have to draw the line and be nice and polite. Politeness can get you anywhere.” He winked with a smirk. “Got it.” He pulled his phone out, texting his assistant to get two coffees, one black and one with three sugars and five creamer for himself.

"Well, hold on there, don't go selling yourself too much," Piper said with a half snort, lifting a hand to run it through her hair.  She hit a tangle here and there and frowned deeply over it, but hey, there wasn't much else she could do about it now.  "I wish I could fire a couple of people.  Hell, I'd settle for setting them on fire.  I am technically trained to put them out and bandage them up after too.  So it would hardly be a crime."  Piper found herself laughing again a moment later, giving the guy an amused look.  "I don't think people really respect firefighters that much.  They think we're a bunch of uneducated yahoos.  Because you know...the whole running towards the fire.  Like idiots."  She wrinkled her nose.  "Definitely not going the polite route, I don't have it in me.  I think I left my polite bones back in Fallujah."  Piper pursed her lips and looked the guy over again.  "You know, CEOs don't usually bum around with jaded vets like me.  You must be one weird dude.  I'm Piper," she said and offered a hand.

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bxntlxycxllxry‌:

Bentley shook his head and laughed. Her? A beautiful woman like her? A jerk? Nah… “Kinda doubt that, but I’ve only known you for what… Two seconds?” He commented with a laugh. He knew he could be a massive jerk himself. “48 hours? Jeez, how are you even still alive?! I get off one 12 hour shift and I fall right on my bed and pass out without even eating!” He shouldn’t have found that attractive. Why did he find that attractive?! “Hey, atleast you still look really nice though. If I were to pull that I’d look like I was the walking dead or something.” He noticed Piper looking him over, not being able to help himself but smirk. Who wouldn’t get really confident if a girl like Piper looked them over? “Not a problem, come on in. And really now? When I’m on my shift I do, but on break or off work? I’m probably the nicest guy you’ll meet. You’ve gotta be kind of a jerk to keep things running, right?” He winked before heading inside the large building. “Oh, by the way, forgot to ask.. What coffee would you like?” 

Piper let out a small huff of a laugh and shrugged her shoulders.  "Don't worry, it'll become apparent eventually," she said, flicking some ash off the end of her cigarette.  "Most people get there pretty quick too."  It wasn't that she set out to be a bitch most of the time, she just didn't really have a whole lot of time to waste on people that were jerking her around.  And honestly...most people seemed to exist to jerk her around. "Welcome to the life of a paramedic.  We don't really do that 'sleep' thing all that often.  It why we're such personable people."  She smirked. "Thanks for the flattery, Mr. CEO, but I don't really look that great.  I look like ass."  She finished off her cigarette quickly and stubbed it out under her foot before following the guy inside.  "Jerks are the only people who get shit done," she agreed and hummed a little. "Black.  It's a black coffee kind of morning."

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ofwillixm‌:

it’d been a good - what, six months ? give or take, it’d been a while since will’s last wild night out. but he’d found a sitter after being coaxed into a guys night out’ by an old friend of his and, well. going out kinda’ sucked. had it always? will couldn’t be sure. maybe another drink .. no. no, three shots and a beer were already three and a beer too many. going out sucked, sober or not. the bar was hot, the people were pushy, and the wait around the bar paled to the night in he could be having back home. jesus, had he always been this boring? will chose not to dwell on that as he slipped out the door, glad to get a bit of fresh air and away from the throng of people inside. he’d just began considering an early uber when a voice called out from just off to the side. he looked over, brows raised in inquiry. “tell that to half the crowd in there,” he muttered, jabbing a thumb towards the door behind him. he deliberated, then turned on his heel to join the woman by the entrance. “escaping like i am, or just taking a break from the madness?”

Piper chuckled lowly and shook her head, leaning her head back against the brick for a moment before answering.  "True.  It’s a rough crowd in there tonight.“  She took a drag off of her cigarette and gave the guy a lopsided smirk.  "You, though…you’re not the typical asshole I see roaming around in there most nights,” she observed.  "You look a little too good for the place, honestly.“  Piper took a long sip of her drink and nodded. "Yeah, more or less.  Both.  I don’t even know why I bother most nights, you know?  But it beats going home alone.”  Piper shrugged and downed the rest of her drink, and then pursed her lips, a bit of a sigh on her lips.  “You don’t look drunk enough to really deal with that crowd in there.  Did you lose a bet or something?  That’s the only reason I could think you’d end up here and not in that nicer, yuppie bar downtown.”

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drawingbluesavage‌:

Blue rarely drank, and she never smoked. Not because she was trying to be the best girl. It was simply because she didn’t desire it. She had other vices to deal with. For now, she was focused on trying not to chew on her pens as much. “Hello!” The illustrator greeted as she stopped to see the familiar woman from the coffee shop. Blue couldn’t recall getting the other’s name,but maybe she’d learn that tonight. “I don’t mind at all, and I don’t think K.I. minds as long as we’re outside.”A giggle as he leaned down to gently pet the dog’s head. 

Piper didn’t have a whole lot of smiles to spare for most people, but she always had one for animals, smiling down at the dog and leaning down. “Hey, pup,” she greeted before lifting her eyes back to the woman.  "I’ve met you before, right?“ she hazarded a guess.  "I think I bought you coffee once, in one of my better moods.”  She lifted the rest of her drink in a kind of greeting and downed it.  "I would buy you a drink tonight too, but Eddie has a strict no dogs policy.  He’s kind of a hardass about those things.“

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bxntlxycxllxry‌:

When Bentley heard the girl did, in fact, have a lighter, his face lit up and all the previous stress went away for just that little moment. “God, you’re a saint in a world full of jerks.“ He practically exclaimed, taking the lighter to light up his cigarette. He soon returned it, taking a long drag from the cigarette. “You look about has stressed and exhausted as I feel right now, and my work just began an hour ago.” He commented, which probably wasn’t the best idea, but Bentley was known for saying things without thinking at times. “Sorry um… That was probably a little rude… Can I get you a coffee? I’m the CEO here and can order you some starbucks or something. A little favor paid for this generosity of the lighter.”

Piper let out a soft huff of a laugh and rolled her eyes.  "Hate to break it to you, but I'm really one of the jerks," she said, her eyebrow raising a little.  She took back her lighter and lit her own cigarette, sighing a little.  "Yeah, well, I just got of of a 48 hour shift, so I'm pretty much done with everything," Piper said, lifting one shoulder in a half shrug.  "Don't sweat it, I know I look like crap."  She ran her fingers through her hair and looked the guy over. Definitely had money, not giving off a creepy vibe.  "Yeah, sure.  I could use a coffee.  Thanks man.  I don't think a CEO has ever done anything nice for me before. Aren’t you supposed to be eating children or drinking the blood of the innocent poor or something?”

[piperxandrews]

Piper lives in a small studio apartment above a Chinese restaurant with her two cats, James Dean and Marilyn Monroe.  She’s more of a chaotic clean type of person, messy but not dirty, and a little bit of a pack rat.  But she doesn’t have company often enough for it to matter.

[piperxandrews]

bxntlxycxllxry‌:

It had been such a stressful day for Bentley. Stocks were in their low stage for the year and he already had to fire three people for misconduct just today. You’d think the world would cut Mr. Bentley Callery a little break, right? Nope, it was the opposite. While outside on his first smoke break of the day, he tried to find his lighter after popping the cigarette in his mouth. It wasn’t there. Where the fuck was it?! Then he remembered, he had a feeling he forgot something at home. This was it. Are you fucking kidding? Bentley wanted so bad to get angry and yell, but he tried his best to contain himself. glancing around, he noticed someone walking closer. “Excuse me..” He called to them. “Do you have a lighter or some matches on hand that I can borrow really fast?” He pulled out the polite tone, knowing most of the time he got anything he wanted when using it.

Piper was running late getting off of work, again.  It was a pretty typical thing for her really, there was always something in need of being done, and Piper was usually the one to do it.  Which meant leaving with bags underneath her eyes more often then not, feeling like a fucking zombie as she made her way home.  She turned, a lopsided smile on her face when she heard the request for a light.  "You're in luck," she said and pulled out her lighter, flicking it on and holding it out to the guy.  "In fact, great idea," she said, pulling out a cigarette of her own.

[piperxandrews]

Piper leaned up against the cool brick wall behind her, grateful for it after the thick, hot air inside the bar.  She'd snuck her drink out with her, the glass dangling from one hand while she futilely tried to light her cigarette with the other.  "Shit," she muttered under her breath when she ended up just burning her fingers again.  Piper finally got the thing lit on her third try and took a long drag of it, sighing as she leaned her head back against the wall.  “Hey, stranger,” she called to the next person who slipped out of the bar, one eyebrow lifting lightly.  “Want to keep me company for a few minutes?  Smoking alone is fine, drinking alone, no problem, but doing both seems a little sad, don’t you think?”

[piperxandrews]

arlith-crone‌:

All she wanted was to have her eyedropper back- not an extended conversation. She was hardly the type to hold a lengthy conservation with in the first place, and the fatigue that gripped her shortened the span greatly. Arlith stuffed the item back into her purse and drew her coffee cup a bit closer. “It’s been a long day,” she said with the same half assed smile as before. 

There came a vibration and a chime from her purse and she frowned while she got her phone out. The urge to give a long sigh resurfaced as she looked at the texts that had come through since her departure. “And a very long night apparently.” 

Piper was good enough at reading people to know when she wasn't wanted, and she generally just left it at that.  Sure, if she had some reason to push, she would have, but as weird as it was having a woman like that in a place like this, Piper knew it wasn't her business.  And she tended to appreciate it when people left her to her own devices, so why not leave this woman to hers?  

"No kidding, lady," she said and pointed to the patch on her jacket.  "Nothing but long days, you don't need to tell me."  Piper sat back down and pulled out her paperback again, before she heard the woman speak again.  "You could deal with whatever that is, or blow it off and have a drink with me.  Alcohol, not coffee."  She shrugged.  "No talk necessary, I can just hear when thing need to be fixed with alcohol."

[piperxandrews]

Firewitch posted: 

Cat Mom Monday- little bitches that rule my life.

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hneysimmons‌:

“ i cannot believe i let you drag me out last night. “ honey says, her hair frizzy and all over the place, her voice hoarse and dry as she began to make a pot of coffee. her head was thumping harder than it had been before and she swore that she did something she regretted but couldn’t put her finger on it at the moment. since she’d been working hard, she treated herself out to a night on the town with her company little did she know they’d be getting themselves into trouble. “what even happened last night?” 

Piper didn't make it a habit to really get close to many people, and hell, just liking someone enough to go out drinking with them felt like a big deal.  But Honey was just cool, she'd known the nurse was a badass the first time she brought a trauma her way.  And so Piper had started counting on seeing her when she was giving report on the next greatest trauma victim, and eventually had asked her out for a drink  And the rest was kind of history.  "You did it because you love me," Piper said from where she was sprawled somewhere on the sofa. " Fuck me," she said when the dizziness hit as she changed position.  "I don't remember anything past the jello shots.  Which were fucking loaded."  Piper chuckled. " Damn, I hope none of us have to save lives today."

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arlith-crone‌:

She was over it. The stifling atmosphere from the show nearly suffocated her, and it certainly didn’t help that she had been running on almost no sleep. Arlith had the manners to stick around to greet the needed connections, old friends, recently established friends- so on and so forth, but she didn’t stick around to have lengthy conversations. No, she slipped out of the gallery and tucked herself into one of the lesser well known cafes. Which, might’ve been a foolish choice since her attire was above and beyond a casual Saturday afternoon.

Still, she ordered a large cup of coffee and went about to settle herself at a table in the far back. Her dress dragged behind her, but she couldn’t bring herself to care when she was this exhausted. In hindsight, her getup probably painted a very odd picture. Half parts fatigued, half parts expensive. 

Arlith rummaged around in her purse to get her phone out. The movement caused something to fall out and roll away. Of course it did. Peeved, she let out a small sigh and looked around to get the attention of someone nearby. “Hi, sorry, could you get that for me?” She put on her best smile, which still looked more pained than joyous, and gestured towards the item on the floor.

Piper loved this coffee house because it was just around the block from the fire house, and she could count on it being a pretty mellow atmosphere.  Meaning less hipster douchebags hanging around at every corner, mucking up the place and generally being a problem.  And it tended to be full of people on the force in one way or another, other firefighters, police officers and medical personnel.  Namely, her people.  

So she couldn't help but stare when the woman seated at one of the tables was definitely not one of her people.  Not dressed like that.  Piper tried to ignore it and ordered her coffee, finding a seat somewhere to sip it and try to ignore the rest of the world around her while she flipped through her dog eared paperback of It.  Piper looked up when she heard something roll against the floor, watching the item come to rest right at the edge of her table.  "Oh, yeah, no problem," she said, picking it up and going to set it on the table in front of her.  "I could give you the whole, 'you don't look like you're from around here' line, or maybe 'you seem upset is there anything I can do', but I have a feeling not a single thing I can come up with to say is gonna work on you."

[piperxandrews]

fuckwarren‌:

“why are you throwing me out for punching him when he was the one groping me!” warren was screaming at the bouncer as he literally carried him out, both feet off the ground, before tossing him out to the kerb. “you can fucking bet i’m writing this on facebook!” the man called out as the bouncer just scoffed a laugh and went back inside. scrabbling to his feet, warren dusted off his knees and glanced to the person standing outside of the bar. “what are you looking at?”

Piper knew it was for the public health and blah blah blah but she was really kind of tired of having to leave the bar to have a cigarette.  Especially when it was cold as it was tonight.  But she was managing, wrapped up tightly in her leather coat, and clinging to the small bit of warmth she could get from the end of her cigarette and sighing low in her throat.  She turned her head, amusement and concern warring on her face when she saw a guy (god he really looked like a kid to her) being tossed out.  "You," she said mildly when asked what she was looking at.  "You okay, kid?  Or it is a 'you should look at the other guy' kind of situation?"

[piperxandrews]

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Damaged angry paramedic

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wwariehart‌:

With a light nod, she ran her hand over the dog’s head before taking the ball to throw again. “Well, my career involves dogs. Went to college for it and everything. But I have a cat, too.” Ariel turned back to the women opposite her. “So, what’s is firefighting like? Like is it super glamorous? Or does TV make it that way?” 

"Oh yeah," Piper said with a small laugh.  "It's glamorous as fuck.  The 24 hour shifts that tend to turn into 48 hour ones, because we're down a few paramedics is super glam."  She wrinkled her nose.  "And honestly, not as many fires as I thought.  A lot of first responder shit, trying to stabilize people long enough to get them to the hospital."  Piper shrugged. "Still, it's a lot higher success rate than being a medic in Iraq, so I can't complain too much."  She watched the woman's dog and smiled. "I probably should have gone to college for dog shit though, seems much better."