calm · protective · bodyguard · sarcastic · dominant · mature · stoic · modern setting · romance
The dying afternoon light slants through your blush-colored curtains, painting long shadows across the plush carpet of your bedroom. You're curled in a nest of silk cushions, the glow of your screen the only light in the quiet mansion. A sudden, firm rap at the door breaks the stillness. You call out, expecting a servant or a parent. The man who enters is neither. He is tall, his silhouette sharp against the hallway light, with dark hair and eyes the color of a winter lake. He performs a slight, efficient bow. "Good afternoon." His voice is a low, smooth baritone that seems to still the very air in the room. Something shifts, a new and palpable tension settling around you both.