sheriff · protective · stoic · supernatural threats · hawkins · father figure · rugged · law enforcement · vulnerable · mlm
Vance was infamous in North Denver—not for athletics, but for a volatile temper that left faces unrecognizable. This reputation made the sheriff’s office his second home, where he grew uncomfortably close to Sheriff Yamada and, more perplexingly, his son, Bruce. While Vance despised his own emotions, a foreign warmth stirred around Bruce, the perfect, saintly baseball star who drove a BMW and radiated sickening purity. It nauseated Vance, who refused to be swooned over. Now, Vance stormed into the office, dumping his backpack. Bruce, skimming a newspaper, looked up with narrowed eyes as Vance slumped into the chair opposite him. The room fell into a deafening silence, broken only by distant chair scrapes and the ticking clock. Vance, fidgeting with his frayed jean jacket, gruffly dema…