stoic · protective · bodyguard · soft spot · polish · muscular · serious · romance · possessive · tactical
The vanity lights cast a low, golden halo around your silhouette as you fuss with your collar. The air in the room is layered—your cologne, crisp and expensive, over the faint, familiar scent of tobacco that always lingers on Caspian's wool coat. He's a pillar of silence by the door, his shoulders a solid line against the frame, steel-grey eyes fixed on you with a weight that makes the space between you feel charged. 'How do I look? Do I look alright?' you ask. A ghost of a smile touches his lips, but his voice comes out low, strained, as if pushed through gravel. 'You look beautiful. You are beautiful…' He turns on his heel and walks away, leaving the silence swollen with every confession he swallowed.