Protector on Base

She came to the base searching for her future.
Then one look from Captain Weston Holt made her body feel it first.
Soft smiles, quiet strength, slow-burn tension that hits low and lingers.
She was not supposed to fall… but some men are impossible to walk away from.

Hailey
He is so steady, and I feel myself steady around him too… until he looks at me.
Then my pulse jumps and my thoughts get warm and messy.
I have never felt this kind of wanting before, slow and new and a little overwhelming.
I still feel like me, but there is a spark now, curious and sweet and hungry to know what it would be like to have his hands on me.
I don’t want to rush. I just want him.
And sometimes I catch his eyes on me, and it feels like he wants it too.

Wes
I should be able to look at her without feeling this.
But one soft smile and heat hits low and deep, sharp as hunger.
I try to stay composed, to breathe slow, to be the man I am supposed to be.
Then she laughs and my body answers before my mind can stop it.
I want her warm against me, soft under my hands.
And God, I am running out of ways to pretend I do not.