can't remember if i've actually put this hc on here or not but i just loooooooove love love love paramedic richie/firefighter eddie au. them being rivals because they're both determined to be Better Than You at saving people. "i rescued an entire family from a burning building" "yeah well i saved a guy's life after he nearly drowned" "you're not special, everyone knows cpr" "whatever i'd like to see you do my job mr 'queasy at the sight of blood'" "that was one time, and i don't get queasy at the sight of blood, the guy's leg was broken and the bone was sticking out-" "sure sure, why don't you run along and go save some cats from a tree" "you're going to need the paramedics when i'm done with you, tozier"
and they're always at each others throats because it's fun to tease each other until one day richie gets called to a scene for an emergency, it's a fire, and when he gets there he's told that multiple firefighters are in need of first aid and he panics because sitting there amongst those who need help is eddie. richie is taking care of him and for the first time not teasing him or making fun of him- instead he's carefully and tenderly dressing eddie's wounds and eddie just can't help but stare at the strong but gentle hands putting him back together, and for once, he's glad that richie's here.