Between the Calls

In Los Angeles, emergencies don't wait-and neither do the feelings that come between them.

Evan Buckley has always been fearless on the job. Fires, collapses, life-or-death rescues-he runs toward danger without hesitation.
But love? That's the one thing he's never been able to face.

After years of broken relationships and unresolved wounds, Buck has mastered the art of keeping people at a distance. It's easier that way. Safer.

Until her.

When a high-risk, multi-agency emergency throws the 118 into the path of the LAPD, Buck meets Deanna "Dean" Nolan-a rookie cop with sharp instincts, a guarded heart, and eyes that don't just look at him... they see him.

Raised by loss and shaped by abandonment, Deanna doesn't trust easily. She's built her life on control, discipline, and never needing anyone.

But Buck isn't someone she can ignore.
And Deanna isn't someone he can run from.

Between emergency calls, late-night shifts, and the quiet moments no one else sees, something begins to grow-raw, complicated, and impossible to deny.

But when past wounds resurface and the job threatens to tear them apart, Buck is forced to face the truth:

Running has always been his escape.
This time... it might cost him everything.