Surprised kiss and bucktommy please!
Hi Amber!! I hope this is satisfactory as per our contractual obligations? <3!
For some reason the LAFD and LAPD had really gotten behind the Hots Shots movie. The why of it was above Tommy’s paygrade and well beyond his ability to care. What he cared about was that he, along with hundreds of his brethren, were being forced to gather in the July heat in their dress uniforms for some sort of PR stunt.
This was LA, couldn’t they have hired extras?
There were a lot of things that Tommy had expected about this day. It would be hot. That was a given. It was July in LA. Of course it would be hot. And it would be uncomfortable. That was also an easy guess given the fact that it was, to say again, July in LA and it was an outdoor event. Even more so for those, like him, who were fully buttoned and covered in their dry clean only best.
Beyond that, Tommy guessed it would also be a long day.
On those three guesses he was correct. Long, hot, and very uncomfortable for everyone involved. His fourth prediction for the day was a little off the mark, as it turned out. Because while standing around looking like a wall of blue was boring, tedious even, his own day took a hell of a turn.
And of course it had to do with his fifth idea of how the day would go: whether or not he would run into Evan and/or any of the 118.
They’d been arranged by height, which meant he was definitely going to be closer to Evan than not. But there were a lot of tall firefighters and other first responders, so he was hoping for the best.
Two hours in and he was both cursed and blessed. No Evan - or any others from the 118 - but he’d been put between two guys who would have loved working under Gerrard. And they’d carried on a conversation around him while he considered grievous bodily harm as both entertainment and an excuse to skip the rest of the day’s proceedings.
Unfortunately, considering his track record, he decided it was probably better for him to keep his nose clean.
So Tommy had entirely zoned out. It didn’t take attention to stand at attention, after all. He had years of service history to attest to that fact. In fact, saying he’d ‘zoned out’ was probably a kind way to put it. Considering he was standing at attention in too much uniform while being surrounded by bigoted, homophobic assholes, Tommy may have gone past zoning out and zoomed straight into disassociation.
Which was why it took him by such surprise to find himself being thoroughly kissed.
It was also why (Tommy told himself) it took several seconds for him to stop that kiss. To draw back from Evan’s hand on the back of his neck, his other gripping his side so fiercely that Tommy swore he could feel the heat of his touch even though the layers of fabric and distinct from the July sunshine.
“Ev…” That was all he managed. A single syllable of the man’s name. Anything more was washed away in the power of the smile Evan was aiming at him.
“There you are, babe,” Evan said loudly, not letting Tommy go even as Tommy tried to put more distance between them. “I don’t think anyone will notice if you come stand with us over there, you know?”
Evan’s eyes pointedly shifted over Tommy’s shoulder to where he was sure his linemates were watching. He could tell because it was the first time all afternoon that either of them had shut the fuck up.
“Yeah,” Tommy said, finally catching on that this was Evan’s idea of saving him, that he must have been near enough to hear what was being said. Tommy pulled on a smile and tossed it over his shoulder. “If you gentlemen will excuse me…”
And then Tommy let himself be led down two rows to where Evan had clearly vacated his own position.
“Thanks,” he muttered. “But you didn’t have to do that. I’m used to it.”
“I did have to because if you weren’t going to kill them, I was going to,” Evan told him, grabbing his hand before Tommy could take that as his cue to cut out. “Come on.”
“No, really, you don’t need to… I’ll go and if anyone notices I’ll claim it was a stomach virus.”
“I’ve heard your fake mouth static. I’m guessing your fake vomiting isn’t much better.” Evan paused and looked at him. “Unless your friends back there are preferable to my company.”
“Good, because they’re looking again.” That was all the warning Tommy got before Evan was kissing him again.
Except when he glanced back as Evan tugged him forward again, he only saw a three person gap in the line where he and his two loudmouth linemates had been.
