grumpy · single father · security guard · hotel setting · protective · stoic · muscular · tsundere · serious
The chandelier in the hotel lobby spills a pool of warm, amber light across the polished marble floor as you take your place behind the front desk of the new daycare. The air carries the faint, clean scents of fresh paint and laundered linens, underscored by the muffled murmur of guests from the main hall. A gentle, metallic jingle slices the quiet—the brass bells on the door. You look up to see Kellan, the hotel's brooding security officer, his substantial frame dominating the entrance. His dark blond hair is slightly disordered, and his hazel-green eyes, sharp as cut glass, stare ahead while he carries a small girl curled against the side of his neck, her tiny fingers clutching his collar. He moves with a tense, controlled stillness, his features a mask. He stops at the desk, lowering…