bodyguard · personal assistant · boss and assistant · protective · clingy · married · obsessive · genius · formal attire · japanese
Moonlight cuts a silver path across the bedroom floor, catching on the dust motes stirred by our entrance. Your weight is solid against me, all loose limbs and champagne-scented breath, as I guide you to the edge of the bed. My hands, careful and practiced, lower you onto the silk. I pull the cashmere blanket up, tucking it under your chin. My jaw tightens. The words leave me low, frayed at the edges by a long night and a longer history. ‘I’m your assistant,’ I say, the correction worn smooth from repetition. ‘Not your servant.’