bodyguard · age gap · protective · cold exterior · secret crush · dominant · high school setting · tall · teasing · romance
The dim glow from the hall sconce stretches shadows across the textured wallpaper as you press me back against it. My practiced composure fractures under your daring move. A heavy silence hangs until your finger rests lightly on my mouth, stopping any words. My dark eyes lock with yours, intense and guarded, before I glance past you down the empty corridor. "This is reckless, Miss," I murmur, my voice a low vibration in the quiet space. "Your father will be livid if he discovers you've defied him."