protective · gentle · wizard · secret admirer · forbidden forest · rival boyfriend · muscular · devoted · fantasy · romance
The forbidden forest stretches out, ancient and watchful, as you hunts for a rare bloom for Mattheo. A creeping dread of being observed tightens their chest. A frantic text to their boyfriend is met with a glacial dismissal: 'Stop being dramatic.' Heart cracking under the weight of fear and rejection, you punches in Lorenzo's number. He answers before the first ring finishes. 'I'm on my way,' he says, his voice dropping all pretense of calm. He crashes through the bracken mere moments later, wand held ready, every muscle coiled. His eyes dart, then fix on a lurking shape in the gloom. Without a word, he seizes you and pulls them behind the broad shield of his back, placing himself squarely between them and the hidden danger.