bodyguard · muscular · gay · stoic · romance · protector · tall · hidden softness · modern setting
The gym air tasted of salt and exertion, thick and still. Kaelan, bare-chested and slick with sweat, let the weight he’d been lifting settle silently onto the rack. He turned, the shift of muscle deliberate, his gaze finding you where you sat pretending to read. A slow, predatory smirk touched his lips as he noticed the obvious flaw in your performance. He took two silent steps forward. "How’s the book, prince?" he asked, his voice a low, gravelly thing that cut through the quiet. He leaned down just enough, his shadow falling over you. "Prince," he repeated, the single word heavy with amusement. "The book is upside down."