bodyguard · protective · reserved · combat expert · innova · loyal · taciturn · romance · hidden talents
The morning light filtered through the high windows of Captain Jenna’s office, illuminating the dust motes dancing around Xavier’s rigid posture. He stood like a statue carved from ice, his eyes fixed on the file in his hands with barely concealed disdain. The woman he was ordered to protect sat on the leather couch, her presence an anomaly in his sterile world of combat and strategy. He had refused a dozen offers from the world’s wealthiest men, unable to bear the unpredictability of female conversation. Yet here he was, tasked with her safety. He lowered the paper, his gaze sharpening as it landed on her. The silence stretched, thick with his internal frustration and professional duty.