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chuck was trying really hard to just relax on his day off. he’d been at the fire house for the last 48 hours and that meant he’d get the next 96 hours to himself. in his apartment and his OWN BED. the firefighter was just about to relax in his bed for an early night, much like an old man not a guy of twenty-one, in when he heard it.
BEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP, BEEEEEEP.
it was like an internal instinct in him, hand rubbing over his face as he slipped on his shoes once the grumbling on the other side of the wall started. his lips spread into a small smile knowing full well most people HATED their fire alarms even if it was gonna save their life. knocking ( with a fist so more of a POUND ) on the next door neighbor’s door, his voice was loud enough to project over the beeping. ‘HEY, you okay in there? i’m your, um, neighbor from next door and a FIREFIGHTER, did ya need some help?’
As slip of her hand as she reached for her copy of Paradise Lost had tipped over the aromatherapy candle her roommate had left lit before leaving for a club meeting she was late for. It’s okay, Betty had told her, it’s not like it’s unattended -- I’m gonna stay in tonight, I’ll put it out when I go to bed. So much for STRESS RELIEF. Not only did the wax start spilling over the laminate of their small dining table, but the flame had started to lick at her notebook. ‘ Oh my gosh ! ’ she exclaimed. She ran into the kitchen and pulled the dishrag off the oven handle, covering the flame with the cloth in an attempt to smother it.
It only seemed to make it worse.
Smoke started to billow up from where the fire had caught onto the dishrag and all of a sudden there was an incessant BEEPING from the ceiling. Great -- she had just moved in and now she was going to burn the apartment complex to the ground. Betty took a few steps back, nervous and ( not gonna lie ) a little scared as she looked for a cup or a bowl to fill with water. Maybe she could placate it before anyone noticed.
Before she could make a move, someone started to pound on her front door. ‘ I -- uh, ONE SECOND, ’ she called out to them. Betty reached to fish something out of the sink --- a saute pan, sure, and flipped the faucet on, catching a little bit of water to dump on the literal flaming pile on her way across the room to answer the door. ‘ Um, hi, ’ she breathed out. ‘ F-firefighter, huh ? ’