Fandom Fire Station | Tuesday

[firehousehimbo]

It took Buck waaaaay too long this morning to realize there was stuff in his shoes. He was at work, in fact, when he finally took his shoe off and saw his sock was covered in melted chocolate. Whoops.

Well. Good thing they rarely had emergencies so it was no big deal for him to walk around barefoot all day.

[Open]

Comments

[justalittlerepressed]

"Did you put chocolate in my shoes?"

Oh, they were still getting used to things happening this month, weren't they?

[firehousehimbo]

"Did you put chocolate in my shoes?" It would have been pretty weird if they both did that to each other on the same day.

[justalittlerepressed]

Eddie paused and considered that. "Maybe Chris?"

Because school might have mentioned a new holiday tradition that didn't involve mom trauma or something.

[firehousehimbo]

"You think Chris would waste chocolate like that?" It was only a waste if you didn't check your shoes before putting your feet in them, Buck.

[justalittlerepressed]

"Well, no." Because he was a smart kid like that. "Is this like the Santa hat thing?"

If he went over to the boots lined up and ready for an emergency, would there be chocolate in there?

[firehousehimbo]

"Probably," Buck said. "You'd think I'd remember to check my shoes before putting them on, but no."

[justalittlerepressed]

"Huh." Should he have eaten that chocolate before checking on this? Probably not. "Well, I'm not turning down free chocolate."

[firehousehimbo]

"Mine are all melted." He couldn't imagine how that would happen.

[justalittlerepressed]

"How?" Eddie. Eddie. Think about it.

[firehousehimbo]

"I didn't check my shoes until I got here." Hence the bare feet now.

[justalittlerepressed]

Eddie tilted his head at that and started cracking up. "How?"

Look, he wouldn't be your best friend if he didn't laugh at this, Buck. Thems the rules of dude friendship.

[firehousehimbo]

"I thought it was just a pebble or something!" A large, squishy pebble.

[justalittlerepressed]

"No, I am never letting you live this down." Even though he'd go back home and get new socks and shoes so Buck could walk home after his shift.

[firehousehimbo]

"I mean, isn't it at least comforting to know when you do my laundry later it's chocolate on my socks?" Because it could have been a no toilet paper situation, Eddie.

Think about that.

[justalittlerepressed]

Give him a moment. Giiiive him a moment. And there it was.

"Gross," Eddie said, making a face and batting at him.

[firehousehimbo]

Buck laughed. "Oh, come on! You would have so thought it."

[justalittlerepressed]

"I would... probably not have," Eddie said slowly. "Because if you got sick like that, I'm pretty sure all of us would too."

Also, it'd probably be from Eddie's cooking.

[firehousehimbo]

"Yeah, good point," he said. "Also I would have taken a sick day."

Did he get PTO? Does it matter at this point?

"I really would prefer to have violent diarrhea at my house."

[justalittlerepressed]

Yeah, they really should check on their benefits with the local union. There was a local union, right?

Somewhere in the station... the singing Big Mouth Bass stirred.

"Yeah, where you can get Gatorade easily," Eddie agreed. "And also play games on Chris' Playstation."

Which would be upgraded this Christmas thanks to the whole weird Walmart thing.

[firehousehimbo]

"Maybe watch some Price is Right," he said with a nod. "I kind of miss those sick days."

[justalittlerepressed]

"Or the painting guy," Eddie suggested. "Those were the best."

They could literally just do that now. If they wanted to.

[firehousehimbo]

But what if an emergency happened?

(An emergency wasn't going to happen).

"Do you think anybody actually did those paintings with that guy? I always wanted to give it a try but my parents wouldn't let me do crafts indoors."

[justalittlerepressed]

Because Buck's parents were awful. But having terrible parents might be a prerequisite to becoming a firefighter?

"You should give it a try," Eddie replied, already thinking about getting Buck the supplies for the holiday. Which was just a thoughtful gift from a pal and nothing else.

[firehousehimbo]

"Would you put my artwork on the fridge to show everyone how proud you are of me?" Buck teased.

[justalittlerepressed]

"Right next to Chris'," Eddie replied with a grin. "Just a tiny bit lower than his stuff."