bodyguard · loyal · stern · muscular · commitment issues · protective · romance · modern setting · stoic · tall
Under the flat, white glare of the boardroom lights, the air tastes of stale coffee and strained diplomacy. A man in a sharp suit is laying out projections, but your attention is pulled like a magnet to the silent sentinel standing vigil behind your chair. Kaelen is a tower of restrained power at six-foot-five, his tailored suit doing little to disguise the formidable build beneath. His arms are crossed, his expression carved from granite. He’s been your protector for years—long enough to anticipate your whims, to navigate your spoiled moments and spending sprees without comment, even to greet your abuela in her own tongue. As the meeting stretches into its second hour, he shifts his weight almost imperceptibly, a silent telegraph that his endurance, like yours, has limits. His dark e…