The Fireman and The Librarian
Chapter 6
Fully Developed - Putting the Wet Stuff on The Red Stuff
Bill would call Jasper, and it would go to voicemail, so he'd call Chris and again voicemail. "Damn them."
"Who?" Mary asked.
"Jas and Chris, they start fucking, and now I can't get either one of them on their fucking phones." Bill laughs. "Shit, you'd think two weeks later they would've cooled their jets a little."
"Well, give them time, Bill. I hope you aren't giving Chris shit at work."
"Of course, I am." Bill laughed. "He's attached even more to that fucking phone of his. When Jas, is out of work, you can guarantee they're chatting or texting one another."
Mary started laughing, "Are you sure they're just texting?"
"Oh, God. I don't want to know. Anyway, I'm going to go over to Jas's place."
"You sure you want to do that?"
"They can stop fucking long enough for me to talk to Jas, shit. They haven't even been here on Tuesday or a weekend. You want to come with?"
Mary laughed, "Hell, no."
Bill drove to Jasper's and knocked, not getting a response he keyed himself in and heard the shower running. He was glad he didn't catch them in the act; he took a seat in the living room to wait. Before the shower finished, Bill's phone began to ring; he chuckled and answered. "Hey, Jas, how are you doing?"
"I'm good. I see you called." Bill could hear him coming down the stairs, but before Bill could warn him that he was in the living room, he turned the corner and screamed, and Bill laughed. "You could've told me you were here. How long have you been here?"
Still laughing, "Not long, thank God, but you and Chris need to get out of bed sometime."
"We do." Jasper blushed.
"What, for food?" Bill chuckled, then his phone rang again, and it was Chris. "Probie just come downstairs." He answered and hung up.
"What the fuck, you can't just wait for us to call you?" Chris came down.
"You two can't seem to make it out of the bedroom long enough to call."
"I just did." Both Chris and Jasper said in unison.
"Yeah, Chris has been home five days, tomorrow he'll be back on duty. Jas, you've tired him out." Bill looked over at Chris, then shook his head. "God, you two are awful, do you realize it's been over two weeks? I know Chris has been at work some of the time, but shit guy's cool it a little."
Jasper looked at Bill, "You miss me."
"Well, of course, I do, you're my brother. Jas, you've completely disappeared these past two-plus weeks. I've seen you at the station, only because you can't fuck Chris there." Both Jasper and Chris smiled. "Ah shit, I don't want to know, how or where. Just calm it down." Bill got up and walked out.
****
Walking into the station the next morning, Jesse and Bill were waiting for Chris. "Hey Chris, you got a minute?" Jesse asked.
"Yeah." Chris dropped his duffle with his uniforms and bedding on the floor inside the kitchen, and they walked out into the engine bay.
"Chris, what's my rank?" Jesse asked.
"Captain."
"And what's Bill's rank?"
"Lieutenant."
"I'm going to say this as nice as I can because I like working with you. I'm assuming you're the top in your relationship with Jasper. I could be wrong. You could go both ways. But you screw up at this house anymore, and this hose will be shoved so far up your ass, you'll be walking funny for weeks. Got it?"
"Yeah, I got it." Chris looked at Bill.
"Don't look at Bill, he didn't have to tell me anything, I knew. I told him this morning when he got here, that I was going to talk to you. If you need confirmation, it wasn't Bill that told me. I asked him if he knew where you fucked, he didn't. It was the supply room."
Chris closed his eyes, nodded his head, and Jesse left the engine bay. "I've got nothing, see you in the bunkroom." Then Bill left.
Chris took a deep breath and went to retrieve his duffle and headed for the bunkroom, but he was happy to hear the tones and the voice come over the PA system stating they had a call, they all suited up and pulled out. But it was short-lived, false alarm, they rounded the block and back to the station.
When they pulled back in, Chris went and retrieved his duffle from the kitchen and continued to the bunkroom. With the call, it cleared it out, so he was almost the only one there. He made his bed and grabbed up a book, and headed down to the lounge. Before he got far, Bill stopped him.
"Chris, I'm not going to get on your case, Jesse did enough. I wasn't going to tell anyone. I told you yesterday; I didn't want to know where or how." Bill looked at Chris. "Chris, go take a nap. I'm sure you didn't get much sleep last night."
"You're correct on that one, and yes, you're also correct; we need to cool our jets. But it's not all me, yeah, I'm always up and willing, but shit your brother is a little on the wild side."
"He's a Stone." Bill smiled and laughed. "But you need to tell him no sometimes. Before you keel over."
They had a light day for fire and rescue calls. Chris had slept between calls and was in the fitness room when Jasper stopped by after work. Bill was in the lounge when Jasper came in to wait for someone to find him. Mike found Chris running on the treadmill; he had already lifted weights. He knows he needs to start hitting the gym more when he's off with Jasper. It took Mike a minute to get Chris's attention he had in earbuds.
When Mike stood in front of Chris, Chris took an earbud out. "You've got a visitor."
"Thanks."
Chris finished the five minutes left of running and then took his towel and went down to the kitchen, not seeing anyone there he went into the lounge. "Hey, Babe." Chris walked over to Jasper and leaned down and kissed him, knowing not to sit down being all sweaty.
"What were you doing?" Bill looked at Jasper.
"Working out. I was going to tell you that I'll be back after I showered."
"Okay," Jasper responded, and Chris went to take a shower.
"Jas, what was that?"
"What?"
"I saw jealousy, like Chris, can do anything here with anyone." Bill looked at Jasper. "Gee, start fucking him, and you become a little possessive."
"I'm not, I was just wondering why he was so sweaty that's all."
"Okay, if you say so," Bill responded, there were a few others in the room, they'd seen it too but weren't going to put their two cents in.
"Bill, I'm not jealous. I was just wondering."
"Okay, Jas, hey, come with me before Chris comes back." Bill took Jasper out into the Engine Bay to talk to him. "Jas, lighten up on Chris, you're going to tire him out, and he won't be good for the job."
"It's not all me."
"I know it's not, but how much of it's you?"
"Okay, a lot more than it's him, but he doesn't turn me down." Jasper smiled.
"You're a horny guy, shit, and Jas; he got in trouble for your little session here in the supply closet."
"Oh shit, the Chief, is he going to be written up?"
"No, not by the Chief, thank God, Jesse is the one that caught you. But Chris is on a warning."
"Oh God, I'll cool it down," Jasper responded. "Let's get back before Chris does."
Jasper and Chris talked for a bit in the kitchen, they tried to get a few minutes alone, but they couldn't find a spot, and Chris wasn't going to go into a closed room with Jasper at this moment in time. He didn't need Jesse thinking they were doing something they weren't. Chris finally walked Jasper out.
"I'm sorry for getting you in trouble," Jasper said as Chris kissed and hugged him goodnight.
"How did you know, oh, never mind. It's okay. I knew we shouldn't have done it, but it's too late."
"Well, I love you, Babe."
"I love you too, and I wish I could walk you to the train."
"I'll be okay, and I'll text you when I get home." Jasper turned and walked away as Chris watched.
****
As the months went on, things finally calmed down between Chris and Jasper. Bill took some time off because he wanted to be home for Mary. The baby was due any day, and he didn't want to be at work while she went into labor.
Bill took a month off, and Mary ended up going into labor just before what would've been his third set of work shifts. Chris was able to come up to the hospital to see William Michael Stone Jr., just after he was born. But he had to leave and head straight to the station to report to work.
Bill being off work with Mary and the baby, Chris had time to think about his relationship with Jasper. He was lying in his bunk late on his first night and wanted to take the next step for Jasper. He loved Jasper why didn't he sign his benefits over to him, if God forbid the worse happens. He decided when the Chief arrived in the morning. He'd ask him what he needed to do. There was something else the Chief asked him to do when he first hired on, and he thought it was time to do that as well.
