Setting the scene…
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Smoldering Embers
It was that time of year for brush up training at the Fire Station in Medford Oregon
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Previously
…The praise, simple and professional, felt like a caress. Sarah’s cheeks flushed, and she offered him a small, genuine smile. “Thank you, Captain.” He returned her smile, a rare, genuine expression that lit up his face. “Just Jake,” he corrected, his gaze dropping to her lips for a fleeting moment before returning to her eyes. The unspoken invitation, the promise of what lay beyond the professional boundaries, hung in the air between them, as potent and undeniable as the heat of a banked fire. The embers were still smoldering, but the flame was growing, and Sarah knew, with a certainty that settled deep in her soul, that their story was far from over.