Harmony froze, wondering where he was going to go with this.
What he was planning to do.
Then she felt him kiss her forehead.
“I know, Harm. Be safe.”
She frowned and looked at him. “I’m not the one in constant danger, Crois. That’s you.”
“Harmony! Let’s go.”
She heard Vega and nodded, even though her partner probably wasn’t looking. “Yeah.”
Her voice had barely any volume to it.
She looked at Crois. “Call- I mean, message me later, ‘kay?”
She took off running then and stepped into the cab of the ambo a split second before it moved forward, falling into line with the other vehicles.
Harmony took one last look in the mirror on her side of the cab.
Crois was standing there, watching them go.
What a strange thing.
And yet, it made her smile.
Later, when she returned to the firehouse, it was to find a vase of flowers in the common room with her name on it.
Flowers!
She looked at the arrangement and when Greco reached out a hand to pick the card up, she gently slapped it away. “Don’t touch.”
He grinned at her. “Got a boyfriend, Harmony?”
She narrowed her eyes at him. “Stop.”
He shrugged, still smiling. “Girlfriend?”
“I wouldn’t tell you either way, Greco.”
He shrugged. “Just curious.”
She picked up the vase and walked it into the bunk area and set it on the bedside table of her bunk while she was on shift.
Braun came in a few moments later, standing off to the side, waiting for her to acknowledge him.
Harmony rubbed one of the petals between her fingers for a moment and then looked up at him. “Lieutenant.”
“Harmony. Everything okay?”
She frowned at his question. “With what?”
His easy manner was always a balm for her.
“Sounded like Greco put his foot in it back in the common room.”
She shrugged. “I don’t like silly questions.”
