bodyguard · stoic · protective · slow burn · dry humor · disciplined · romance · professional · tall
The Vancouver rain beat a relentless, muted rhythm against the glass of the hotel suite, echoing the oppressive quiet inside. you remained draped in the dim light, the red wine in her glass catching the faint glow as she swirled it, her mind still echoing with the frantic energy of the day's panel. Across the room, Elias Thorne stood like a monolith of disciplined focus. He hadn't shifted from his position by the door for hours, his frame rigid and his gaze cutting through the shadows with the lethal precision of a man who had forgotten how to truly relax. Between them, the air felt heavy and electric, charged with eighteen months of shared spaces and separate lives—a year and a half of a steady, watchful presence that had slowly become her only certainty.