A/N: I've had this kicking around in my head for a while, and managed to write the entire thing in one shot. I'll be uploading it over the next few days. If you have suggestions for other Promare fics you'd like to see, be it in this style or another, please let me know!

Let me know what you think!

We'll Take the Usual

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Alarms began to ring, lights began to flash, and panic seized him. "I can't-"

But there was no chance for him to protest.

Before he knew it, Lio was being carried bodily into Burning Rescue's truck as the alarm bells echoed through the facility. He was plopped immediately into a chair next to Lucia, the young woman typing furiously as she hooked herself up to the communication system. Behind the two of them was a blur of activity in the tiny cabin as Galo, Varys, and Remi readied themselves for deployment. With Ignis at the wheel, they rumbled out of the station and zipped down the street towards the emergency.

Disoriented, he righted himself in the cabin, watching the team of firefighters efficiently ready themselves to face the flames yet again. His palms were sweating, eyes darting back and forth between the numerous screens filling up Lucia's workstation. What am I even doing here?

Suddenly, strong hands gripped his shoulders, shaking him heartily. Instinctively, Lio tugged himself away from the hold, twisting in his chair to look at the person standing behind him. To his surprise, it was Galo- he was half-suited up, having taken a pause despite all of Remi's scolding.

Galo grinned, teeth sharp and glinting in the neon lights from the screen as he looked down upon Lio's worried face. "You stay here and watch, Lio. Get ready- you'll be joining us soon."

Lio's face fell, heart dropping to his feet. "I- I can't-"

It was still too soon. I'm not Burnish anymore. I'm don't have my powers! Saying he would help rebuild Promepolis was one thing, but he wasn't a firefighter. He… he wasn't ready to face the flames again. Not yet.

He couldn't get a word out before he felt Galo's gloved hand lift his chin. "Hey," the rambunctious man cried, looking straight into his eyes- god, Lio hated when he did that, he just never knew what to fucking say to Galo- "you're one of us now. Okay?"

Lucia grabbed his chair and dragged it forward, out of Galo's grip and in front of a monitor. "Yeah, and that means you're going to work!" the girl cheered.

Frantically, Lio glanced back over his shoulder, pleading, "But I-"

Galo's smile and confidence didn't waver as he finished gearing up. Remi and Varys had already deployed, and so it finally his turn. "Where's the man I saved the world with a few weeks ago?" he quipped, standing by the port. "You've got this! I'll treat you to pizza afterwards!"

"What does pizza have to do with-"

But Galo had entered the fray, and all Lio could do was sit back in front of Lucia's monitors and watch the other man save lives as only he could.