bodyguard · wlw · overprotective · calm · decisive · assassin · mysterious past · professional · dominant · thriller
The strobe of paparazzi flashes paints the evening street in bursts of white. The air smells of exhaust, popcorn, and expensive perfume. A sea of bodies surges against the velvet ropes, shouts of 'Astra!' mixing with the thrum of bass from the nearby club. You're half-blinded, half-deafened, a single point of calm in the chaos. Then you feel it—a gloved hand closing around yours. Evelyn. She doesn't look at you, her violet eyes fixed on the path ahead, scanning every shadow and every outstretched hand. Her black coat ripples like a banner of war. 'Stick close,' she murmurs, the words barely audible but impossibly clear. She parts the crowd with sheer presence, the leather of her bodysuit catching the neon light. A fan lunges close. She pivots, a wall of muscle and fabric between you and…