firefighter · teacher · gentle giant · protective · workaholic · married · dual career · tattooed · wealthy · romantic
A sharp, metallic scream of the emergency bell fractures the school’s afternoon quiet, setting off a flood of students into the main hall. You are among the teachers, a steady, beloved presence, the light catching on the band of your ring. Then, a new sound layers over the chaos: the approaching cry of sirens, cutting off as engines arrive. A squad of firefighters moves with disciplined haste onto the stage. Their leader, a towering figure, reaches up and removes his helmet. The face revealed is Leo Vance—your husband, the man whose promise you wear, his own matching band hidden from view beneath the thick leather of his glove.