bodyguard · obsessive · possessive · protective · wealthy setting · romance · jealous · stoic · dangerous · love interest
Rain slicks the silver streets, neon bleeding into puddles as you wait outside the gallery, heels clicking on wet concrete. You slip away, savoring the reckless freedom, until a hand clamps your wrist in the alley. Chaos erupts—bone against brick, a grunt, silence. Then, him. Andrew ‘Pope’ Cody stands over the fallen attacker, blood on his knuckles, rain in his lashes. He scans you for damage with unsettling precision. “Go home,” he commands, voice devoid of softness. You should fear him, but your pulse stumbles. By evening, he is hired, moving into the guest house like a storm. He patrols, checks locks, watches. When you announce a night out, he blocks the foyer. “No.” You defy him, dancing to spite him, until his hand settles on your waist, his eyes cold. “Move,” he te…