in which the oldest child of Owen Strand moves to Los Angeles and falls for a fellow firefighter
EVAN "BUCK" BUCKLEY x FEM!STRAND OC
cover by @spxrrxwstxrks
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tessa marie strand (t.m.) was a firefighter just like her father and like her brother, she got addicted to pills after a seriously bad relationship when she was in high school. owen used the tough love parent style on her because he didn't want to lose his daughter. after about 6 months of the tough love routine, she was doing a lot better. she transferred to a fire station in los angeles so that she could get away from all of the bad memories that were in new york. when she got to the 118, she met the entire team and got along with everyone there, but she made a special connection with evan buckley and they became thick as thieves.
t.m. strand or tessa as everyone called at in a jail cell after a bar fight in a texas bar. she took off of work for two weeks after she had heard that tk had overdosed on oxy for the first time in years. buck wasn't extremely happy about her leaving, but he understood how close she and tk were because that's how close he and maddie were.
"tessa strand? you've been released. there are no charges being given to you but don't do it again or i will have to book you." tessa nodded and walked out of the open jail cell and into the main area of the building where her dad and tk were. owen had a disappointed look on his face and tk was sitting at a desk with handcuffs on as well. she went over and sat next to him, squeezing his hand as an officer sat at the desk. she looked up and was relieved to see carlos while tk on the other hand looked like he wanted to be anywhere else but here.
"seriously?" "austin is a small town, tk. or should i say tyler kennedy?" tk groaned at the use of is full name but tessa started to giggle at him. carlos snapped his fingers to get their attention. "tessa, you're good to go. just don't do this again or buck is gonna be extremely upset with you." she nodded, squeezing carlos's shoulder in response before going over to her dad.
"tess, sweetheart. are you okay?" "yeah, some guys were trying to mess with tk and i just kind of lost it when they punched him in the gut." tk came over to the two and tessa immediately wrapped her arm around his waist as he was limping. "tessie, i'm fine. i can walk on my own." tessa gave him a knowing look and still helped him into the car, sitting next to him. tk had been exhausted from the day so he laid his head on tessa's shoulder. tessa leaned her head on his, her own exhaustion catching up with her. "so, do you two want to get..." owen said before turning around to speak to the two who were knocked out cold. he smiled softly and took a picture, sending to their mom, captioning the picture "26 years old and still just as close."
"baby, i miss you. when are you coming home?" buck said through the computer as tessa called him when they got home and got tk to bed. "i miss you too, buckaroo. i'll be home in a few days, i just want to make sure tk is going to be okay before i leave." "you and t looked comfortable earlier. your dad sent me a picture." tessa grinned as she looked at the picture buck had sent her. "yeah, today was exhausting. we had to save a guy stuck in a corn silo and ty thought it was a good idea to jump in after him and then i jumped in after him and we got into an argument with judd about us not following orders and then he called us out for being the boss's kids. then ty and i went to a bar to cool off but then we got into a huge bar fight and we got arrested." "you got arrested? did you get charged? are you okay?" buck asked, his face coming into full view on the computer. "i'm fine, just a few bruises. i was just defending my brother." she heard a knock on her door and saw that it was tk. tk sat on the bed next to her and waved at the camera. "your girlfriend is a badass, buck." tessa blushed and grinned at buck when he spoke up. "i have no doubt about it." there was a siren on the other end of the call making buck groan. "i got to go, baby. i love you." "i love you too, bub." buck blew her a kiss and then hung up.
tessa turned to her brother, who was messing with her stuffed bear that she's had since she was a kid. "what's up with you, ty. you're quiet." "what do you think about carlos?" "he's a nice guy, way better than fucking alex." "i like him, tess. but i can't go through another heartbreak again." "do you think that carlos is worth the risk?" "i want to believe he is." "let him text you. if he really cares about you, it'll happen."
tessa sat in her dad's office waiting for him to meet her and tk for lunch the next day when she decided to be nosy. she found copies of their birth certificates, social security cards, letters she had written him when she was in the army, and pictures of her and tk from when they were kids. but when she shut the drawer, she noticed something fall off the edge of the desk. it was a pill bottle and immediately pulled out her phone to look up the medicine; it was nausea meds for chemo patients. she knew that he'd been coughing a lot more but she'd chalked it up to the texas air and needing to adjust because that's what she had to do when she moved to la. she knew that people who were at 9/11 had a very high chance of developing lung cancer because of the dust clouds full of poisonous gases. "my dad has lung cancer." she said to herself, tears coming to her eyes at the thought of loosing her father.
