Sparks (Buddie)

Chapter One:Under Pressure

AN: Well this is chapter one of my BUddie book if you have watched 9-1-1 then you will know that Eddie is from a Latin family, well in this he will speak more Spanish than he does in the show when he is with his family, he will mainly speak English with Chris but will sometimes speak Spanish to him, Chris does know Spanish. BTW I'm not Spanish or fluent in it so the translations are from a translation app. I hope they make sense and that you will enjoy the story! ❤️

Captain Bobby Nash walked into the 118 firehouse in a chipper mood. He complimented people as he walked past them. His coworker Henrietta, aka Hen, noticed this and said to him, "You are cheery." Bobby then replied, "Why shouldn't I be?" Hen responded, "Oh, I don't know. Maybe 'cause you've been like this for weeks, and it's starting to get on my nerves. What's going on with you?" She had a teasing smile on her face.

Not even a minute later, their other coworker Evan Buckley, aka Buck, walked up to them while saying, "I got another DXA scan, and guess who dropped another half percentage." Hen then asked, "What?" Buck explained, "A DXA scan measures your body fat. You can see your percentage in every part of your body." He said this while showing them something on his phone.

Their other coworker, Howard, aka Chimney, approached them while asking Buck, "Oh yeah? They measure the 't' in your head?" Buck replied, "Ah, see, that would be funny, but we're about a week away from submissions being due for the *Hot Days, Smoldering Nights: Men of the LAFD* wall calendar, and I'm already at my goal weight, so it seems that my head is clearly working perfectly fine." He said this with a slight tone of cockiness in his voice.

Hen looked at him and then said to him, "Do you really need to use that whole title? You could just say, 'that idiotic, reductive, sexist calendar that insults the dignity of this organization and furthers the myth that all firefighters are male.'" Bobby and Chimney looked at each other once she had finished talking. They were quite impressed with what she said, so they decided not to say anything else on the matter, as they didn't want her to be angry with them.

Buck did decide to speak up; he then said, "Yeah, that's not any fewer words." Bobby then said to her, "Hen, come on, it's for charity." Hen turned to look at Bobby and said to him, "No, Bobby, you too?" Bobby replied, "Well, why not? They say a man is at his sexiest when he reaches his fifties." Hen pulled a face at what Bobby had said.

She then said to him, "Is that what they say? Arts what they say, is it?" Chimney then said, "Okay, you're both wrong. All right? You see, I think sorority houses all across this great nation are ready for a new Asian sex symbol." Everyone around him gave him a look. He put something in his mouth and said, "It's our time." Buck then said, "I think it's great. You know? I like that you're both going for it." He said this with a teasing smile on his face and a teasing tone in his voice.

Bobby picked up on what Buck was insinuating and said to him, "Oh, because you don't think we have a chance?" Chimney turned to Buck as if he were waiting for Buck to say something else. Buck took the bait that Chimney had put in front of him and said, "Whoa, did I say that? I mean, sure, let's be real. They are only picking one candidate from each station." Chimney wasn't paying attention to the conversation as he had seen someone; he then said, "Okay, now that is a beautiful man." Hen then said, "Where's the lie? And I like girls." Buck then turned so that all of them were now looking at the person Chimney had seen, as Bobby had looked up as Chimney spoke.

What they saw was a very fit man putting on his t-shirt. Buck then asked, "Who the hell is that?" He had a slightly jealous tone in his voice. Bobby replied to his question with, "Eddie Diaz. He's a new recruit. Graduated top of his class just this week. The guys over at Station Six were dying to have him, but I convinced him to join us." Buck asked, "What do we need him for? Um." Bobby laughed at Buck's question and then said, "He served multiple tours in Afghanistan as an Army medic. The guy's got a Silver Star. It's not like he's wet behind the ears. Come on, I'll introduce you. He likes to be called Eight Pack." He made a gesture to his abdomen while he said the last part. Hen said to Buck "Wow. Silver Star." She then walked towards Eddie's direction. Chimney then said to Buck, "Better drop some more body fat there, butch." He hit Buck lightly on his stomach before walking away. The three of them then went over to where Eddie was so they could say hi and introduce themselves, but Buck remained where he was and arched an eyebrow with a jealous look on his face while he watched them with Eddie.