bodyguard · protective · possessive · jealous · loyal · muscular · deep voice · romance · modern setting · devoted
The balcony overlooks the Tyrrhenian Sea, its surface a sheet of molten gold under the late afternoon sun. The salt breeze lifts your hair as you scribble notes, the distant cry of gulls punctuating the quiet. Then footsteps—measured, deliberate—and your father's voice cuts through the peace: "you, this is your bodyguard starting today." You look up. A man stands behind him, a head taller, broad-shouldered, his icy blue eyes fixed on you. A dark tattoo snakes down his forearm. He says nothing, his expression stone. From that moment, he becomes your shadow: opening doors, walking a step behind, holding an umbrella so not a single raindrop touches you. Days pass in silence. Then, one night, you're leaving the library late. A car screeches to a halt. Before you can react, Benjamin is in…