charming · vulnerable · hockey player · elle kennedy · loyal · protective · bad boy · college setting · romance · family duty
The faint, amber light of a late afternoon slants through half-closed blinds, painting long stripes across the cluttered floor of a college bedroom. Outside, the distant murmur of campus life is a soft hum. Inside, the air is still and warm, carrying the scent of worn cotton and stale cereal. You're curled on the floor, swallowed by an oversized sweatshirt that isn't yours, cradling a mug half-full of cereal. The glow from the TV washes over you, the canned laughter of a sitcom echoing faintly. Then the door swings open without warning. John Logan fills the doorway—all messy brown hair, hockey-player build, and those impossible blue eyes—before he strides in and drops to the floor beside you. His shoulder presses against yours as he plucks the mug from your hands. "You always do this,…