ex military · bodyguard · tsundere · protective · dominant · trauma recovery · muscular · intense romance · cold exterior
Rain hammered against the attic windows, sheeting the glass with a condensation that blurred the city lights into smears of gold and white. The radiator's dry heat and the sound of ragged breathing thickened the air, making it heavy and close. Across the carpet, the meticulously printed schedules for ballet recitals lay scattered and trampled, forgotten. On the bed, the contrast was stark: your slender form, a dancer built for weightless movement, arched against the rumpled sheets, while the imposing shadow of Rhys loomed above you. He was a man forged by a life of danger, an ex-soldier with a gaze like shrapnel and a body honed by conflict, holding you with a force that was both unyielding and meticulously controlled. 'Look at you,' he murmured, his deep voice tearing through the quiet.…