Fireproof

AU. Cate and Baze fight to keep their marriage from falling apart. He is a firefighter and still has the bar and she's a radio host. Set 10 years after 2x13 final scene

Alternative story set around the time as one of my other stories "Certainly Unexpected". Just watched the movie "Fireproof" staring Kirk Cameron and I decided to give it some Luxiness (funny word) since I miss the show so much! All rights go to their respective owners

Children

Lux (28)

Charlie (12)

Hannah (9)

TJ (6)

Nate (3)

Cate's POV

I had known Nate Bazile since we were in high school. We were completely opposites, but somehow ended up together. I had gotten pregnant when I was 16 and had given the baby up for adoption, because I didn't think I could deal with it, I was told she'd be okay, but I found out 16 years later that she had been in foster care, her whole life, until the day she had decided to look for us to get emancipated and somehow got stuck with us

We had gone through some rocky patches in our relationship, we both were involved with other people when Lux first came back into our lives, but I had always felt a connection with Baze, even if it was because, I had lost my virginity to him and I had had his baby, I truly didn't know. But know it is 12 years later and every moment feels like we're growing apart

"Go!" I shot at Baze. We were arguing again, it seemed to be all we did when we were around each other

"Fine, but don't come beginning me to come back because you feel miserable!" His voice broke, when he saw Charlie watching us

"Hey little dude" he said calmly "you okay?" Charlie nodded. Of course he wasn't. He had just watched us insult the other person without remorse

"I'm kind of late for practice" he said simply and left. I thought Baze was going to say something, but he simply nodded and followed Charlie down the stairs

"Dad? Charlie asked as they drove towards the hockey rink, where he practiced "are you and mom going to break up?"

Baze stared at his son. It had been so hard for him and Cate to hide the problems they had from the kids; it was too obvious for them, specially his preteen child

"I don't really know, buddy, we are trying to works things out" Baze sighed "I love your mom, but lately we just…"

"Have lost your way?" Charlie finished "amber said that's what her parents told her the night his dad never came back home"

Baze didn't say anything, he wasn't really sure that he and Cate could work their differences, but he was at least, willing to try

"I'll see you later dad" Charlie slammed the car door, he was upset, not just because his parents wouldn't stop fighting, but because he wasn't sure of what would happen next

LUX'S POV

Mom called me that day pretty upset, she and Baze had been fighting again. I really didn't understand them, they had been through so much over the years, and they could just grow up once and for all and admit they both had made mistakes.

"Hey" I spotted her lying on her bed, she was against dad's pillow that now spent the nights at the bar, and he was a firefighter, who owned a bar, even though Math was the one who managed it "what are you doing?"

"Just resting my eyes" she said vaguely. I could see she had been crying. She had her computer on her lap. She had been looking at pictures, probably from the time she and dad had been happier

"You need to get up" I said placing my hand on her forehead "you still have the kids to care about" I had sounded too harsh

"Believe that's the first thing I have been thinking about ever since this whole charade started" she buried her face on the pillow

Dad came back home around nine, I had helped mom make dinner and get the kids ready for bed

"Hey kiddo" dad said sadly. He sat on the kitchen counter and I handed him a plate of pasta I had made earlier

"How is it going?" I asked casually. I couldn't really take sides, this was their problem and I didn't want to be caught in the middle of it

"Charlie asked me if Cate and I are going to break up" he played with his food, his eyes were puffy

"And what did you say?" I asked sitting next to him

"I didn't know what to say kid" he lowered his face and his voice cracked "I told him I wasn't sure of what would happen, but that I still love her"

"So what are you going to do?" I stared at him for a moment, the shade of what Baze had been was almost gone, he was still goofy and tried to keep it cool for us, but deep down he was broken

"Did she pick up Charlie from practice?" he tried to change the subject "I left her a message"

I nodded, we didn't say anything else after that, I just watched him eat, it was so sad how things were, they had always fought, over really stupid and ridiculous things, but now it was destroying us, our family, and I had fought so hard to have one that I just couldn't watch it slip away

So what do you guys think? This story is dedicated to all my faithful readers and LUX lovers!