Joining the 141 is a dream come true, a team fully comprised of avian hybrids, working alongside the best of the best, and you'll have a fellow bird of prey to keep you company? What more could you ask for?..... maybe for a co-worker who's not a massive cunt.
Ghost is less than enthused about another raptor joining the team, especially one so eager to show him up. Avoiding them doesn't exactly work when you live in close quarters and Price has made it clear they're on the team for good. Guess he's left with only one option.
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Part 1 - Meet and Greet
Part 2 - Tour Group
Part 3 - Skill Assessment
Part 4 - Mess Hall
Part 5 - Excursion
Part 6 - Downtime
Part 7 - (Not So) Friendly Competition
Part 8 - Close Call
Part 9 - Big Steps
Part 10 - Bonding
Part 11 - Dream Team
Part 12 - Annual Traditions
Part 13 - Sulking
Part 14 - Snap Judgement
Part 15 - Rise and Shine
Part 16 - On Top
Part 17 - Consequences
Part 18 - Silent Treatment
Part 19 - Butting Heads
Part 20 - Implosion
Part 21 - Recovery
Part 22 - Shadow
Part 23 - Debrief
Part 24 - Bet On It
Part 25 - Tiptoe
Part 26 - Drinking Games
Part 27 - Tight Grip
Part 28 - Preening
Part 29 - Private Moment
Part 30 - Revelations
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This series may contain some amounts of violence, harassment and sexually explicit scenes
Harry hops off the engine, followed closely by Ravi, who claps him on the back with the hand not holding his helmet.
“You did a great job on that call, Probie,” He says with a grin. “Way better than I did on my first extraction call.”
It had been an apartment fire with residents still inside. Chimney had reluctantly sent Harry inside with Buck and Ravi, grinding his gum between his teeth as he gave the order. The fire hadn't been raging and the structure was secure, the main concern when they went in was the smoke. A majority of the building had been cleared by the time they arrived, just a few older tenants with mobility issues and a woman who was running a small child care service in her apartment needed assistance getting out safely. Harry is still buzzing with the rush of adrenaline and he grins at Ravi, preening under the praise.
“I had a pretty good teacher,” he acknowledges, nodding toward the truck.
Buck climbs out of the engine after them, grimacing as he steps down onto the concrete floor of the station. He gives Harry a pained smile.
“That was all you, but I'll take the credit.”
“You okay?” Ravi asks, brows pulling down in concern.
“Yeah, just twinged my knee carrying those kids down the stairs. It's a bitch getting old.”
“Speak for yourself,” Ravi sniffs, punching his arm lightly. Buck rolls his eyes and pushes him away. It's familiar, teasing, it reminds Harry of something he and May would do.
“Maybe you should ask Chim to make you man behind next call,” Ravi says, tugging his turn out jacket off, watching Buck wince as he shifts his weight. “We still have about six hours here. You're only going to make it worse if you keep agitating it.”
Buck shakes his head, glancing warily toward Chimney's office. “A few minutes with the heating pad and it will be good as new. I've worked with it aching way worse than this.”
“That's not as comforting as you think it is,” Ravi frowns. Buck waves him off and drops a hand on Harry's shoulder.
“I'm gonna go deal with this, then I'll walk you through how to restock the engine. Great work out there, kid.”
Harry and Ravi watch Buck limp his way up to the loft, and Harry feels his gut twist uncomfortably. He's never seen Buck take a beat, never seen him hurting. It feels weird, like seeing Superman wilt around kyptonite. Ravi blows out a breath and Harry gets the feeling he's thinking the same thing.
“How about I show you how to restock the truck?” Ravi says. “Give Buck a break for once. Plus, you do not need to be subjected to that man with a clipboard yet.”
Harry cocks his head and Ravi gives him an all too knowing smile. “Come on. It's pretty simple. You can probably do it without anyone looking over your shoulder, but I'll go through it with you anyway.”
It is a fairly routine task. Ravi shows him how to check the water levels in the engine, how to make sure the hoses are in good shape and loop them back into position. They go over the supplies in all the compartments and Ravi helps him find the things that need to be restocked in the store room and arrange them the way Buck likes them. It's actually kind of fun. Buck is a great teacher, but Ravi is a little less serious as they go about their work. He's got a way of making little jokes that Harry takes a minute to catch on to, but they're fully laughing together as they start checking the engine levels on the truck.
“What the hell is going on here?” They both look up, surprised by the low simmering anger in Chimney's voice. He's standing in the bay with his arms crossed, watching them with an annoyed expression on his face.
“I was walking Harry through an engine restock,” Ravi says carefully. Chimney makes a noise and turns toward the loft, where Buck is coming slowly down the stairs, still favoring his right side.
“Seriously, Buck? Ravi isn't your probie anymore. You can't just shove your work onto him because you don't feel like doing it.”
“What?” Buck's brows draw down as he tries to take stock of the situation. “I didn't –”
“What kind of example is that to set for Harry, huh? You're the second most senior fire fighter here with Hen out and you can't be bothered to teach him how to do this yourself?”
A look of bewildered hurt flashes across Buck's face for a moment before his expression goes stoney.
“That's not what happened, Cap,” Harry tries to interject. Chimney turns to him with a kind expression on his face.
“You don't need to cover for him, Harry. He should know better.”
“Buck didn't tell me to show him how to do this, Chim,” Ravi steps in. “He didn't know anything about it. We just –”
“It won't happen again,” Buck cuts him off. “Shouldn't have happened at all. Sorry, Cap.”
Chimney scoffs and shakes his head. “Do better, Buck.”
He stalks off, muttering under his breath. Ravi and Harry both turn their gazes to Buck.
“Buck, I'm sorry, we didn't mean–” Buck brushes off Harry's attempt to apologize with a smile that doesn't look quite right.
“Don't worry about it, Harry.”
“That was totally unnecessary,” Ravi disagrees. “There was no reason for him to–”
“Ravi, it's fine,” Buck says with an air of finality. Harry gets the feeling it's not the first time they've had a conversation like this.
“It's really not though. You know that, right?” Buck runs a hand through his hair with a sigh. “Thank you for taking care of the engine for me. I owe you one. Did you guys get finished?”
“Yeah. We were just wrapping up.”
The alarms sound overhead, and Buck shoots them a grin.
“Well, looks like we have the chance to see if you did it right,” He smacks Ravi's shoulder and moves with everyone else to start pulling his turn outs on. Harry can't help but notice that, while he is moving faster than before, his gait is still a little stilted.
“This place is bad for him,” Ravi mutters under his breath, low enough that Harry hopes he just misheard him.
“What are you two waiting for? A special invitation?” Eddie yells to them as he climbs into the ambulance. Ravi rolls his eyes and runs over to get into the engine behind Buck, Harry on his heels.
The call is a minor car accident, no one seems to be hurt, but one of the drivers is stuck in her car and they'll have to use the jaws to get her out.
“Can you handle the extraction, Buck, or you gonna need Ravi to do that, too?” Chimney asks, snapping his gum. The smile on his face is teasing, but something about it rubs Harry the wrong way. He didn't understand why Chimney was making such a big deal out of what he and Ravi did, why wouldn't even begin to listen to their explanation.
“I got it, Cap,” Buck says with a mock salute. He grunts softly as he hoists the jaws up onto his shoulder and hurries over to the car to get to work on freeing the driver.
*This place is bad for him* echoes in Harry's head, unbidden, even as he gets his orders and sets to work helping Eddie assess the conditions of the other driver sitting in the back of the ambulance.
For the first time since he had joined the 118, he feels himself starting to wonder if this is really the house Bobby left behind.
Make me write prompt fill for @verschlimmbesserung who requested 🏒🏒🏒 (9 sentences of the 911 x Heated Rivalry crossover I'm working on with the incredible @thegirlinthe118bubble)
(Continued from here) Enjoy!
“I guess I- I hoped that if I pretended long enough that it would just happen, that maybe you could be the exception- I wanted you to be the exception. But I know better now. And this is the part where it sounds stupid but the very least I can do is be honest with you now. The other night I watched the New York Admirals win the Stanley Cup and then their Captain Scott Hunter– who I was actually friends with as a kid, not the point– pulled his boyfriend I'm assuming onto the ice and kissed him and I guess I realized I had no reason to keep hiding who I was.”
“You knew this whole time?” Abby’s voice was small filled with hurt.
“I did,” Tommy hung his head in shame. “I’m sorry.”
Abby inhaled deeply as she pulled her engagement ring off her finger, placed it down on the table, stood, and left without another word.
Tommy sighed and put his head in his hands. He knew it could’ve gone much worse– she could’ve yelled, cried, begged him to reconsider– but somehow this felt worse. Logically he knew that it would probably end up being the best thing for both of them, but sitting with the feeling that his whole world was blowing up, it sure didn’t feel that way right now.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Pitt (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Emma Nolan/Dennis Whitaker
Characters: Emma Nolan (The Pitt), Dennis Whitaker, Trinity Santos, Joy Kwon, Victoria Javadi
Additional Tags: hey siri play casual by chappel roan, mentions of garsantos, Sharing a Bed, its just so fluffy, I love them so much, girls night + whitaker
Series: Part 1 of Foolish Heart
Summary:
sweet music playing in the dark
Garcia needs a girls night, and Dennis finds his girl that night <3
But I'll start by requesting a little bit of 💭💭 please. I'm in the mood for a bit (or a lot) of angst.
Thank you, love 🫶🏼 Here's the beginning of some amnesia 💭 angst for you!
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Without giving his evil twin a chance to respond, he swings the axe, shattering the glass. As the pieces fall to the ground, Buck is pulled back into his body and, with a gasping inhale, sits up in his hospital bed. He barely registers the room as he takes a couple of steadying breaths, when he feels a hand on his shoulder.
“It’s okay, Buck. You’re in the hospital, but you’re going to be okay,” he looks towards the voice and finds Maddie encouraging him to lie back in the bed.
She's the only one in the room, so he assumes the others have likely gone to get food or rest. He notices Maddie's hair looks lighter than it was when he was watching the room from his coma. It’s probably just the change in lighting.
He wonders where Bobby is. Buck knows that he saw him in the room praying with his rosary and that he’s okay, but he really needs to see Bobby to confirm that he’s alive. Anything to get rid of the ache in his chest that's still lingering despite knowing it was all just a horrible trick of his mind.
