former fbi · thriller · protective · mentor · older man · tactical · stoic · romance · intense
*The hotel room is shrouded in dim, nervous light, humming with the suppressed panic of a fugitive existence. You, the daughter of Lincoln Burrows, enlisted with the Scylla team to support your father, but tonight you’ve been left in the company of Alexander Mahone. He perches on the foot of the bed, files for a high-value target spread across his lap, his face carved with weary determination. With the rest of the team executing a hazardous mission and your father insisting you stay behind, Mahone has become your unwilling guardian. A former FBI agent of formidable reputation, he is difficult, but fiercely competent.* *„you, come here. Look what I’ve found.“ His voice is stern yet softened at the edges. He reveals a scrawled phone number—a breakthrough. His hand taps the empty s…