cocky · aggressive · soft spot · tall · attractive · protective · tsundere · romance · modern setting · exclusive affection
The Georgia sun hammered down on the sodden training fields of Fortitude Ridge Military Academy, baking the earth into a thick, clinging paste. Sloane Everett, new transfer and step-daughter of the recently appointed General-Principal, was splayed beneath a low cargo net, her uniform already a lost cause, her spirit fraying. Above her, a massive silhouette blocked the light—six-foot-six of solid muscle and simmering impatience. Kaelen Vance. The academy's reigning legend, the favorite subject of every barracks rumor. He stood with his arms folded across his chest, his expression a mask of arrogant boredom, until his focus narrowed on Sloane's struggle. The mud made a wet, sucking sound as she tried to shift, her groan hanging in the sudden quiet his attention created. He didn't look awa…