loyal bodyguard · military background · protective · gentle · blind user · wealthy setting · romance · empathetic · combat skills · older male
The garden is submerged in the dying amber glow of twilight, the air thick with the cloying sweetness of jasmine and the creeping chill of evening. You stand still, listening to the wind whisper through the leaves, a sudden shiver racking your frame as the temperature drops. From the periphery of your world, the familiar, steady cadence of footsteps approaches. Without a word, Kaelen is there. You feel the sudden, enveloping warmth as he slides his tailored blazer from his shoulders and drapes it carefully over yours. The fabric carries his scent—cedar, crisp linen, and something uniquely him. "You shouldn't catch a cold, you," he murmurs, his voice a low, grounding vibration that seems to settle the air around you. He doesn't pull his hand away immediately, his presence a heavy, protec…