Daytime Instructor, Nighttime Stepbrother

Elio, heir of the Steese family, follows his friend Lucas's directions to the wrong room and ends up in a gay bar, where a masked man ties him up and flirts with him. Elio escapes and threatens to find out who he is. His stepmother Leila later arranges his enrollment at St. Hurst Police Academy.

At St. Hurst, Damian appears as the High Commissioner, Elio's new stepbrother, and his instructor. His voice sounds familiar. Damian assigns Elio to a dorm with one bedroom; Elio refuses to share but ends up sleeping there.

Elio has a wet dream about Damian and wakes in Damian's bed. Still insisting he is straight, he goes alone to a gay bar to test whether he likes men.

At that bar, a customer harasses Elio. Elio hits him with a bottle; the man swings a bottle at Elio as he turns away. Damian, masked and with his men, kicks the customer off and says, "who gave you the nerve to lay a hand on what's mine." He carries Elio into a private room and sets the safe word as mercy.

Official training begins. Elio volunteers for a combat demonstration; Damian chooses him. Nevan, a second-class cadet, resents Elio's defiance and uses his rank to make Elio fetch meals. Elio does not submit quietly. At the pool, Nevan pushes Elio—who fears deep water—into the water.

Elio must confirm whether Damian is the masked man and decide if he likes men, all while surviving the academy's ranking system and Nevan's hostility.