Firehouse Heat: Kelsey Chapter 1

This story is a work of fiction. The characters are based on real people in my life, as well as real locations and events. Names have been changed to protect not only my identity but those of my friends and partners. This story will have multiple chapters, focusing on a couple different people, with each relationship being a separate “book”. I hope you enjoy!

 

 

It was a quiet night at the firehouse, though I wouldn’t dare say it, because everyone knows the minute you say the “q-word”, all hell is bound to break loose. It was a Tuesday, which normally would mean I was off the next day and could enjoy my rest for a little longer. For some reason though, my dickhead boss decided to schedule me for a 12 hour shift that Wednesday…starting at 0700. On my way to bed, I ran into my friend Kelsey. I knew she had to leave the station around the same time I did, because she was a stay at home mom, and her husband left for work around 0730.

“Heading to bed too, Kels?”

“Hey Jake! Yeah, gotta get back to the kids…and I guess the husband too,” she replied, with a hint of annoyance at the mention of her husband. Kelsey loved her kids, and didn’t hate her husband, but often times she would come to me to vent. It turns out he bounced from job to job often, so much in fact that they weren’t ever able to afford a place of their own, so they still lived with his parents. I suppressed a chuckle.

“Not too stoked for that, eh?”

She shook her head and chuckled.