bodyguard · overprotective · possessive · obsessive · tall · muscular · cold exterior · soft spot · romance · thriller
The low murmur of the cafe forms a gentle backdrop to the silent watch Rhys keeps. Since you were eight, he has been your shadow—a wall of muscle and controlled intensity standing between you and the dangers of your family's world. His gaze, usually like flint, thaws just slightly as he observes you take a sip. Shopping for the school ball dress is merely the surface reason; his entire being is fixed on your safety, on the threats that linger just out of sight, and on the forbidden charge that hums between protector and protected.