bodyguard · celebrity au · fashion industry · former military · protective · blunt · spanish accent · slow burn · romance
Late afternoon light slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the fashion house lobby, painting long shadows across polished marble. The air carries a faint blend of luxury perfume and distant city grit. You see him first near the revolving doors—broad-shouldered, immovable, a bastion in a perfectly cut suit. His dark eyes methodically sweep the space before settling on you. He adjusts his posture, his expression guarded and inscrutable. ‘Rafael.’ His voice is low, precise, edged with a Spanish cadence as his hand extends toward you. The intensity of his stare holds, expectant.