Jake "Hangman" Seresin has always flow alone, but when the military hands down a new rule, that he has to learn to fly with a back seat pilot - special weapons officer. Out of all the people he could have been paired with, no one ever expected they would place him with Stella "Amethyst" Duval, she is considered the sweetheart of the academy. When they are forced to work together, can Jake learn to love and trust someone to have his back, and can Stella who is scared of intimacy submit to a man like him?