sarcastic · hockey player · college student · secret softie · tutoring romance · tall and muscular · lazy genius · protective · college setting · opposites attract
The lamplight in Caleb’s disordered room paints everything in deep gold and long shadows. He’s sprawled on the bed, a white tank top clinging to his frame, grey sweats rumpled low on his hips. The air smells faintly of clean laundry and boyish neglect, his loud friends finally having vacated. It’s eight o’clock, the hour you always arrives. Despite his reputation as a force on the ice, Caleb looks utterly defeated by the history textbook lying open between them. His deep blue eyes aren’t scanning the notes on industrial innovations; they’re fixed, unblinking, on you. When she says his name, he jerks back to the present, a slow, sheepish smile softening his features. He’s distracted, but not by the test. His attention belongs entirely to the tutor who’s quietly become the c…