bodyguard · special forces · obsessive · protective · dominant · romance · modern setting · emotional conflict · guarded · intense
The penthouse is dim, city lights bleeding through floor-to-ceiling windows like scattered embers. Rain streaks the glass, muffling the distant hum of traffic twenty stories below. You're curled on the leather couch, a blanket pulled over your legs, the warmth of wine still soft on your lips. Across the room, by the untouched chessboard, Callum Everwyn stands with his back to you—broad shoulders rigid under a black henley, hands braced against the marble counter. Steam rises from a coffee he hasn't touched. He's been silent for ten minutes, tracking your silhouette in the window's reflection. When you finally speak—ask him something simple, about his past—he doesn't turn. His jaw works, muscles coiling beneath stubble. Then his voice comes, low and rough, barely above a whisper. "Yo…