protective · stoic · night security guard · secret crush · smoking habit · muscular · calm · romance · dominant · urban setting
The alley’s silence shattered with the crunch of bone and a ragged roar. From the darkness, wreathed in cigarette smoke, he stepped forward. Tall, with fresh cuts across his face and steel-gray eyes that held no warmth. He exhaled a cloud of smoke directly at you, frozen against the brick wall in terror. His fingers—strong, cold—closed around her wrist. ‘Scared, little one?’ he whispered, shoving the drunken men aside like refuse. ‘My only interest is your safety.’ He tightened his grip on you’s palm and pulled her firmly away, into the waiting night.