#protective bobby

“Man keep quiet. We don’t need the neighbors calling the cops,” A voice he didn’t recognize stated.

Now he was fully awake. Someone has just broken into his apartment, and his first thought is, ‘Oh boy did you just break into the wrong apartment. Don’t you know who my mum is?’ Then his second thought is to figure out just how many people have broken in. So he quietly and gently got up out of bed, snatching his phone of the night stand before walking towards the loft railing.

He peered over the edge of the railing and noticed two people standing in his kitchen. He can just barely make them out in the darkness of his apartment. They both appear to be wearing black clothing, and both have flash lights in their hands. And then he spots the glint of a gun in one of the men’s hands.

He quickly ducks away from the railing and silently makes his way into the second floor bathroom. He gently shuts the door and locks it, then slides down onto the floor in front of the door and takes a deep breath. His adrenaline is flowing, and his heart is pounding. He unlocks his phone and without even thinking about it he calls Bobby. The phone rings several times before the line connects and he hears Bobby’s voice.

“Buck, you know we love you, but it’s three in the morning, what the hell do you want?” Bobby questioned, sounding half asleep.

“Bobby, two people just broke into my apartment. One of them’s got a gun. I’m hiding in my bathroom,” Buck whispered into the phone.

“And you called us? Buck, call the police. Now, and whatever you do, DO NOT confront them!” Bobby shouts, wide awake now.

Buck can hear Athena ask Bobby what’s wrong, and he hears Bobby tell her what Buck told him. He can hear the sound of her moving on the other end of the line, and he just knows she’s getting dressed.

“Buck, Athena will be there soon. You need to hang up and call 9-1-1,” Bobby ordered.

“No! I don’t wanna hang up! Bobby please,” He whispered, fear racing through him.

Bobby and Athena have been the closest thing he’s had to decent parents his whole life. And hiding in the bathroom like this is giving him major flash backs to his childhood. To nights when he and Maddie would hide in the bathroom while their father would scream and shout and beat his mom. And the only thing keeping him grounded in the here and now is Bobby’s voice.

“Buck, it’s gonna be okay. We’re on our way, just stay in the bathroom and don’t open the door. Athena’s calling for backup now,” Bobby stated.

Buck hears the sound of a car starting on the other end of the line and he feels relieved slightly to know that both of them are on their way. But then he hears the sound of someone moving around in his bedroom just outside the door. And he’s glad that he hadn’t turned the bathroom light on otherwise the person outside the door would have know he was in there. He quietly shifts across the floor and climbs into the bath tub so he’s as far away from the door as he can get.

“One of them’s outside the bathroom, I can hear him moving around,” He whispers.

He’s having serious flash backs to the night his dad beat the crap out of his mom then came looking for him and Maddie. How he came to the bathroom and broke down the door and beat him and Maddie. How his dad broke his arm that night. How he broke Maddie’s nose. How his mom didn’t wake up for hours after their father had knocked her out.

“Buck! Buck I need you to stay calm okay. We’re almost there,” Bobby exclaims.

“Buck, everything’s going to be okay!” Athena states.

Bobby must have put him on speaker, and he feels himself relax slightly at the sound of her voice. Then suddenly the door knob rattles as the person on the other side tries to open the door, and Buck stops breathing for a moment.

“Shit, I think someone’s in there,” A voice exclaims.

“What? Why?” Another voice questions.

“The doors locked, and these doors only lock from the inside,” The first voice states.

“Fuck! Get it open,” The second voice orders.

The door shakes as the person on the other side throws their weight against the door.

“Bobby, they know I’m in here. They’re trying to break the door down,” He whispers, panic lacing his voice.

“It’s gonna be okay Buck, just hold on!” Bobby states, panic in his own voice.

The door shakes once more as the person tries to force the door open once more.

“Freeze! Hands in the air. Drop the gun, now!”

Buck sags against the back of the tub at the sound of Athena’s voice outside the bathroom. There’s some shuffling outside the bathroom, then everything’s quiet for a moment.

“Buck, sweetie it’s okay, you can come out now,” Athena’s voice floats through the bathroom door.

It takes him a moment to be able to get his feet under him. And then he shakily unlocks the door. The second the doors open he’s glancing around his bedroom frantically. The two burglars are sitting on their knees at the other end of the room facing the wall with their hands cuffed behind them. Athena glances over at him for a moment, looking him over for any injuries.

“You okay Buckaroo?” She questions.

He nods his head in response, not trusting his voice right now. She’s gives him a small smile before moving towards the stairs, all the while keeping an eye on the two burglars.

“You can come in now Bobby,” She shouts down the stairs.

And then Bobby is racing up the stairs and pulling Buck into a hug. He sags into Bobby’s chest as his surrogate dad holds him tightly. Bobby pulls away for a moment to look him over for injuries.

“You okay? They didn’t hurt you did they?” Bobby asks.

“N-no, I’m fine. A little shaken up, but fine,” Buck replies after a moment.