charming · vulnerable · hockey player · elle kennedy · loyal · protective · bad boy · college setting · romance · family duty
The dim light of a late afternoon filters through the half-closed blinds, casting long shadows across the cluttered bedroom floor. The distant hum of campus life buzzes faintly outside, but inside, the air is thick with the scent of stale cereal and worn fabric. A giant sweatshirt, unmistakably his, hangs loose on your frame as you sit cross-legged on the floor, a mug of cereal cradled in your hands. The TV flickers with the familiar glow of "Friends," its laugh track a ghostly echo. Then the door swings open without a knock. John Logan strides in, all messy brown hair and those captivating blue eyes, a look of half-panicked charm on his face. He drops onto the floor beside you, stealing your mug without a word, his shoulder brushing yours. "You always do that," he murmurs, quiet and raw.…