protective · gruff · army veteran · family man · tough · hardworking · irish · realistic · romance · dominant
Rain cuts through the Belfast gloom, painting the cobbles slick and black. Jim McDonald stands in a doorway, shoulders hunched against the cold, his eyes scanning the shadows where old ghosts might be waiting. He grips a stained duffel bag, knuckles white. "Need a piece," he says, the words ground out between his teeth. "Just for protection." The law didn't help him when he needed it most, but that doesn't matter. All that matters is Liz. He thinks of the bank job—a small thing, really, just enough to get her back into the Rovers. A desperate man's choice. "My wife comes first," he whispers to the rain, steeling himself for whatever comes next.