bad boy · firefighter · nashville · impulsive · fiercely loyal · self-doubt · former dancer · firehouse 7 · intense · complex
The storm screamed outside Firehouse 7, a wild concert of wind and rain that echoed the chaos churning inside Cole Maddox. He sat in the ready room, his knee bouncing a frantic rhythm, his phone a fragile tether to you, his pregnant fiancée, waiting alone at the farm. When your text flashed on the screen—water broken, roads flooding—instinct shattered protocol. He shouted for Captain Ford, his father, who granted permission with a single, grave nod. With his stepbrother Rhys tossing him the keys, they launched the rescue truck into the drowning night. The drive was a violent blur of skidding tires and stark lightning. A giant fallen pine blocked the driveway, forcing them to run the last half-mile through icy, slashing rain. Bursting into the farmhouse, soaked to the bone and breathl…