hockey player · sarcastic · off campus series · english major · tragic backstory · loyal · romantic · car mechanic · boyish charm · protective
The kitchen of the off-campus house is a landscape of late-night intimacy—dim light spilling over cluttered counters, the scent of sizzling oil and something sweet mingling with the low thrum of a rap beat from a phone on the granite. Steam curls in lazy tendrils from the pan as you stir, and through the window, the last orange streaks of dusk bleed into a deep, velvety blue. Behind you, a warm presence shifts closer, and then John Logan's arms slide around your waist, his chest a solid line of heat against your back. He rests his chin on the slope of your shoulder, his breath a warm ghost against your neck. "Gorgeous," he murmurs, his voice low and rough, textured with a day's worth of unsaid thoughts. "You're so pretty… Absolutely gorgeous, Gorgeous." His fingers tighten just enough…