Knox and Tristan share one chain hotel room a night, and the single bed inside is a challenge the captain never meant to issue. Neither of them asks the team for a second room. Tristan takes every clipped command without a word of complaint, and the close quarters turn each one into something far more dangerous.
Each night the road trip shrinks the distance between them until shoulders connect at the bus door. Tristan's brooding silence carries more weight than any word, chipping at the armor Knox maintains to guard his family's franchise and the self respect that depends on staying in control.
How long can the captain keep issuing orders when every night in the same bed makes him the one who needs to be claimed?
