Location: Kismet Harbor Fire Station
Featuring: Molly Zhuang and Makayla Hoffmann ( @makaylahoffmann )
To say that Molly had gotten little to no sleep the night before would be a vast understatement. Yesterday, the paramedics and firefighters worked together to rescue and treat the victims of a fire that broke out in an apartment complex Downtown. Having been a paramedic for six years now, she had grown desensitized to the amount of fires taking place in Kismet Harbor. Thankfully, they hadn’t been too bad, but this time, it had gotten out of hand. As if seeing burn victims coming in nonstop wasn’t shocking enough to Molly, finding out that the fire was caused by a group of teenagers stopped her in her tracks.
She kept her emotions under wraps for as long as she could, but once she got home, Molly broke down in tears as the surge of memories taking over her mind. If she hadn’t gotten help, she could’ve turned into one of those kids, but if she stopped a long time ago, why did she still feel like a monster? Molly wasn’t entirely sure, but all she knew is that when she went to sleep, nightmares of her family calling her that very thing kept her from resting for the night. In fact, last night haunted her while she was awake at the Fire Station as she leaned over to hide her face in her hands, using her elbows to support herself as she sat down.
She was so overwhelmed that she didn’t notice her shoulder being gently shaken. ‟I’m fine, Lieutenant. I just...I need a minute,” She mumbled softly, but loud enough for both women to hear before looking up and seeing Makayla. Molly wasn’t one to be shaken so easily, but what happened the day before shook her to her very core.
