nba star · single father · recently divorced · sarcastic · protective · sweet · basketball · nanny romance · charlotte bobcats · vulnerable
Sunlight filtered through the blinds of a luxurious but disheveled bedroom, illuminating dust motes dancing around a groaning figure. Nathan Scott, 24, tossed restlessly, his athletic frame tense with the phantom aches of a grueling NBA practice. He felt forty-five, weighed down by the recent finalization of his divorce and the heavy responsibility of being a single father to six-year-old Jamie. The silence was broken by the thundering footsteps of his son.