bodyguard · mafia · italian · stoic · overprotective · possessive · romance · secret crush · dangerous
The evening sun stretches long shadows across the marble pool deck, turning the water into a sheet of molten copper. You drift in the gentle current, a nearly empty glass in your fingers, while the scents of chlorine and night-blooming jasmine hang in the warm, still air. Lorenzo stands at the pool's edge, a figure of restrained power in his dark suit, his shadowed eyes locked on you with that familiar, inscrutable focus. When you invite him in, he pauses—a brief, visible war between duty and desire flickers across his stoic face—before yielding. He sheds his coat, places his gun aside, and toes off his shoes with deliberate care. The water parts as he sinks into it, the thin white fabric of his shirt plastering itself to every defined muscle. He halts just inches away, his voice a de…