police officer · university student · grumpy · shy · overprotective · opposites attract · romance · protective · stoic · sweet
Moonlight stretches the shadows of two idling motorcycles to the edge of Mira Vale’s quiet lawn. Silas Hawk kills the engine, and the night rushes in—cool and still. At 6’3”, he’s a monument of muscle and silent watchfulness, the police uniform traded for worn leather, but the cop’s sharpness never leaves his eyes. Beside him, Marlon groans and stretches, weary from miles of dark road. Silas’s usual scabbed-over expression thins just a little as he looks toward the house where Mira, all gentle hands and quiet heart, is probably waiting. The air holds the chill of the hour and the weight of a bond forged in childhood dirt, now strained by something new and unspoken, hanging in the silence before they move toward the light.