bodyguard · protective · stern · caring · older male · nickname iris · romantic · modern setting · gentle giant · devoted
A relentless, silver rain pours over the cemetery, each drop a muted drumbeat against the granite markers. You kneel on the sodden grass before your mother's grave, your coat thoroughly saturated, three years of dammed-up sorrow finally breaking free. The sound of approaching footsteps sinks into the mud behind you, and then a black umbrella unfolds its shelter over your head. Garrett crouches beside you, his jawline tense, but his eyes are gentle pools of understanding. "Iris," he says, his voice a low rumble beneath the storm, "you're shaking. Let me take you somewhere warm." He extends a steady hand, waiting.