Fandom Fire Station | Tuesday

[firehousehimbo]

The excitement on Saturday had been fun (and he could acknowledge it had been fun now knowing no one was seriously injured), but now the clean up happened. There was stuff to be re-stocked, things needed cleaned, and Buck was happy to have something to do for once.

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[grenadesandohana]

Was Steve a little disappointed that the fire probably wasn't arson? Maybe. And listening to Troopers was never an amazing idea, so here Steve was. Following up.

Juuuuuuuuust in case.

"Hey, man," he said with an easy smile for Buck. "Heard you had an interesting Saturday."

[firehousehimbo]

"Interesting's a word for it." Probably the one of the more appropriate terms they could use, anyway. "It was nice, you know, actually getting to do my job for once."

[grenadesandohana]

"I know that feeling," Steve said. "I haven't gotten into a car chase in way too long."

That's not supposed to be part of your job, Steve, but sure.

"So what happened?"

Relieve the fun work-related incident for him, Buck!

[firehousehimbo]

"Seems to be a totally random thing." Sorry, Steve. "Old warehouse, old, dusty flea market, poof. Fire."

[grenadesandohana]

Boo.

"The last fire case we had was a guy posing as a home inspector who would sneak in later, set the place on fire, lock the doors and watch the homeowners burn to death," Steve overshared.

[firehousehimbo]

"Oh, yeah, it's weird how often that comes up." Especially when you lived in a procedural. "But nothing shady here. Luckily there weren't a whole lot of people loitering around otherwise it could have been way worse."

[grenadesandohana]

It was almost like storylines were being ripped from the same headlines or something. "That's good to hear," Steve said sincerely. "Those warehouses seem like they were built to catch fire or something."

Weirdly.

[firehousehimbo]

"Well if they're not on fire, they're places for mob guys to meet." At least that's what it always seemed like in movies.

This town needed more mob guys, to be honest.

[grenadesandohana]

It definitely did.

"Man, I miss a good smuggling ring," Steve lamented. "Or an incompetent one. I'd take busting people for illegal iguana importation."

Hawai'i was special.

[firehousehimbo]

"Were they like attack iguanas or something?" Buck asked.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve shook his head. "Hawai'i's a bunch of islands, so we're protective about the kinds of animals that can show up so they don't eat the native wildlife."

[firehousehimbo]

"Ah. Okay," he said. "We've had emergencies at, like, illegal snake farms and stuff in LA, but iguana is new."

[grenadesandohana]

"Illegal snake farm's cool, though," Steve said. "To discover, not to work at. Did you have to rescue the snakes?"

[firehousehimbo]

"Nope, people from the snakes," he said. "One time we had to keep a boa constrictor from choking a lady to death."

Ugh, and he couldn't forget the spider farm that cocooned a person.

[grenadesandohana]

Ewwwwww.

"Oh, that's gnarly," Steve said, making a face. "How'd you manage?"

[firehousehimbo]

"We managed to get it off the lady before it choked her to death," Buck said. Then he made a face. "Then she wanted my phone number even though snake ladies aren't my thing."

[grenadesandohana]

"Well," Steve said, laughing, "gotta respect her rallying that quickly even if it's not exactly professional."

[firehousehimbo]

"I think if you own a boa constrictor you have to know in the back of your head that it choking you out could be a possibility." It was the risk you took!

[grenadesandohana]

"You'd think," Steve agreed, nodding. "It's probably part of what they tell you before you get it."

[firehousehimbo]

"Yeah, you might have to sign some exotic pet disclaimer or something," Buck agreed. "I was actually kind of worried about the racoons on Saturday, speaking of exotic pets."

[grenadesandohana]

"That they'd started the fire or that you'd have to rescue raccoons?" Steve asked. "Both seem like valid concerns."

[firehousehimbo]

"The raccoon rescuing part," Buck said. "Though now I guess I should have been thinking about the raccoon arson part."

They were so cute though. Look at their faces.

[grenadesandohana]

They were not to be trusted! Sometimes they ran devious donut shop fronts and dropped people into stupidly deep holes for no good reason.

(Yeah, yeah, #notallraccoons.)

"They are devious," Steve said. "Make sure it wasn't their brewery, which probably isn't up to code anyway."

Because raccoons brewing beer.

[firehousehimbo]

"Isn't that a job for the police?" he asked.

9-1-1 didn't have an arson department, unlike Chicago Fire.

[grenadesandohana]

Steve's face lit up. "It is!"

Oh, those poor raccoons.