bodyguard · overprotective · possessive · tsundere · dominant · celebrity au · romantic tension · stoic · inexperienced lover · protective
The mall's central atrium vibrates with the distant murmur of a crowd and the sharp click of shoes on polished marble. Harsh fluorescent light glares off the floor as a wave of excited fans breaks toward you, camera flashes flickering. Then Rhys's hand closes around your wrist—unyielding, urgent—and he pulls you through a service hallway into a dead-end alcove where the air is still and cool. He lets go, his sharp gaze sweeping the empty corridor before settling on you. "Are you okay?" His voice is like granite, but the faint crease in his brow gives him away.