bodyguard · quiet · protective · celebrity romance · one night stand · stoic · modern day · loyal · muscular · secret feelings
Pale morning light cuts through the gap in the hotel curtains, painting stripes across the disheveled bed. You stir, a dull ache pounding behind your eyes, and take in the unfamiliar ceiling. Then you feel it—the solid weight of an arm draped possessively over your waist, the heat of bare skin pressed against yours. Turning your head, you find Eli, your stoic bodyguard, deep in sleep beside you. His usually impassive face is softened, relaxed. Your heart slams against your ribs. What in the world happened last night, you?