#v. shcftingpieces ( laurel lance )

[lieutenantkidd]

starter for: ↪ laurel lance / @shcftingpieces​

moving to chicago had been a rocky start for stella but soon enough it paid off as the fresh start she so desperately needed. losing a close friend was never easy but the once young girl had fallen off the wagon as result of it. stella’s teenage years were far from being innocent, or good in any way, but she had worked hard to step out of the darkness. whoever had known her before she enrolled into the fire academy of chicago could barely recognize her any longer. she was a changed woman. more mature, still funny and definitely sober. she had persevered and the universe had rewarded her with a new life. it wasn’t without any damage, of course. divorcing your high school sweetheart that you had dragged into an addiction that had consumed you both was hardly a reward. ultimately, stella had to walk away for her own survival. and she was finding the light again.

problem is, life can never be ever so easy. no. when things calm down, a new storm has to wreck your ship. the last person stella ever thought of handling her going to court as the firefighter expert was the one and only laurel lance. never in a million years she thought she’d see her face again. she had left that part of her life behind and while stella stood in front of the attorney with her mouth agape and paler than a ghost, all she could see was sara’s face. her friend, her partner-in-crime, that had disappeared without leaving a trace all those years ago. “laurel.” she spoke her name softly, her voice cracking on her throat. she cleared it and tried again. “i wasn’t expecting to, ahm, see you. do you,” she looked around as if someone would save her. no one came to her rescue. “... work here now?”