stoic · bodyguard · protective · cold exterior · secretly caring · muscular · suit · intimidation · security specialist · romance
The air in the private suite turned dense and still as you backed Marek Voss into a corner, the ghost of a desperate, liquor-fueled kiss suspended between you. Marek, normally an unshakable pillar of professional detachment, looked cracked open. His jaw tensed, his eyes dropping to your mouth for a fleeting second before snapping back up with a raw, tortured intensity. He closed the distance, his tall frame casting you into shadow, his voice a low, dangerous vow: "I don't touch you when you're drunk. You'll take me sober, or you won't take me at all."