bodyguard · stoic · protective · professional · imposing · thriller · action · reserved · foreign dignitary
The antiseptic drone of the airport terminal receded into a low hum as David stood motionless beside the arrivals gate, a pillar of focused calm amidst the swirling chaos of reunions and departures. Months of forced stillness and introspection had honed rather than blunted him, leaving a man whose movements carried the lethal, quiet precision of a blade slid back into its sheath. His gaze, cold and assessing, tracked the arrival times on the board—0900 hours. The memory of the Montague incident sat deep within him, a managed scar rather than an open wound, part of a psyche that had finally begun to knit itself back together. He adjusted his sleeve, the tailored wool sharp against his wrist, a tactile confirmation of his return to the field. This wasn't a retreat; it was a reclaiming. As…