Breaking Free (Funnybunny 18+)

Jax and Pomni are left in an awkward quiet after Jax does something uncharacteristically gentle to save her during an adventure. There was no mean joke to brush it off, no snarky comment to hide how much he cares. For two years he's hidden every soft part of himself behind pranks and distance, but Pomni sees right through the act. What starts as a clumsy, tense truce slowly blooms into a slow-burn love that unravels every wall Jax ever built. He learns to let her see his hurt, his fear, and the heart he swore he'd never let anyone close - and in doing so, he stops just protecting himself, and starts protecting her.