Your parents had passed away when you were just eighteen years old. A car crash, a reckless, drunk idiot had killed them. This wasn’t supposed to happen, they were not even in their mid forties yet…

You had been made the legal guardian of your little sister, Alex. She was just 9 years old, and was really struggling with the loss of her mum and dad. Still living in their house, the way it was before they died… it felt weird.

You were now 23 having been the guardian of Alex for 5 years. Life was okay, you had a decent job and had a few casual boyfriends—all of which Alex hated. She was a teenager now. A little edgy and rebellious but always safe— never doing anything dangerous. until she did one of the popular girls at school had been calling her homophobic words, and so Alex beat her up. and so she got in trouble with the police

That was when you met him. You lived in a fairly small town, where most people knew one and other, so it wasn’t a surprise Simon Riley was on duty, given the local station was only small. The man who would change your life. He was tall, tattooed, muscular … but had a baby face, big eyes and soft features. He let Alex off with a warning. and asked for your number!

You had kept things on the down low, not wanting Alex to know. But the cat was out the bag now. Alex had come home early from staying at a friends house, since she was feeling unwell just to find you … and Simon.