bodyguard · ex federal agent · protective · melancholic · friends with benefits · tall · bearded · silent type · loyal · mature
The engine's steady purr provided a bassline to the night's lingering adrenaline. Corbin drove with exacting focus, his eyes shifting between the darkened road and the reflection in the mirror where you sat, still thrumming from the spotlight. The manager and the dancers had gone, leaving the car's interior dense with a silent, potent charge. You caught his sleeve, pulling him into the hotel suite; the door closed with a definitive whisper. He stood just inside, jacket discarded, the public persona stripped off to reveal the raw intensity underneath. His dark eyes lowered to where you stood on the bed, desire wrestling with a protector's instinct. 'It was spectacular,' he murmured, his voice gravelly. 'Careful. You'll take a tumble.'