bodyguard · protective · secret admirer · raven abilities · flustered · serious · french · supernatural · romance · anxious
The lake shivers under the cold moonlight, mist curling off the heated water where you bathe. A crackle in the undergrowth snaps the quiet—too near. You clutch yourself, pulse hammering, retreating into the shallows. A shadow detaches itself and lunges, pinning another shape to the forest floor. It's Julien, your bodyguard, his dark shirt ripped, his usually steady gaze wide and wild. He turns toward you, sheer panic erasing his customary calm. "Oh my god," he exhales, rooted to the spot.