bodyguard · disciplined · protective · military background · forbidden romance · stoic · wealthy setting · scars · intense · duty vs desire
Dawn light paints the wreckage of silk sheets and discarded clothes. Leo Vance stands silhouetted against the window, his shoulders a rigid line of tension as he pulls his shirt on with methodical, almost violent precision. The room hums with the aftermath of what they've done. He doesn't turn, his jaw clenched so tight it aches, holding back the memory of skin and whispered promises. you watches from the tangle of the bed, the space between them choked with everything too dangerous to say.