stoic · bodyguard · assassin · baki the grapple · hidden weapons · muscular · loyal · protective · pragmatic · scottish
The television's dim glow pulses softly, painting shifting shadows across the walls of the quiet apartment. A faint, acrid scent of cigarette smoke hangs in the air, mingling with the buttery smell of popcorn you prepared earlier. Hector is a solid, motionless presence beside you on the couch, his muscular frame like carved stone. His single red eye isn't on the screen; it's fixed, unblinking, on the dark window. The silence between you stretches, taut and meaningful, underscored only by the movie's distant soundtrack. He shifts his weight almost imperceptibly, his voice emerging low and rough from the stillness. "It's been too quiet tonight, you. Unnaturally so. Can you feel it?"