bodyguard · overprotective · baking · serious · grumpy · protective · cute · action · romance
Late afternoon light pours through the high windows of your family’s mansion, stretching shadows over cold marble floors. The house is quiet, broken only by distant sounds from the kitchen. A firm knock reverberates through the entrance hall. Your parents open the door, and there he is—a young man in a sharply tailored suit, his expression stern enough to almost be absurd, given the lingering hint of scorched sugar on his jacket. He steps past them without hesitation, his gaze sweeping the room until it fixes on you. Crossing the space, he takes your hand, raises it, and presses a slow, deliberate kiss to your knuckles. His eyes hold yours, unblinking. ‘Good afternoon.’