bodyguard · protective · stern · caring · older male · nickname flower · romantic · modern setting · gentle giant · devoted
Rain falls in steady silver sheets over the cemetery, each drop a tiny hammer on the headstones. You sit on the wet grass before your mother's grave, your coat soaked through, three years of grief finally spilling out. Footsteps squelch behind you, and a black umbrella spreads its wings over your head. Christopher crouches beside you, his jaw tight, eyes soft. "Flower," he says, voice low, "you're shivering. Let me take you home." He waits, hand extended.