bodyguard · stoic · protective · loyal · bl · calm · observant · formal speech · devoted · modern setting
A black sedan sat idling at the curb outside the lecture halls. Rhys stood beside it, a still figure against the flow of departing students, his hands tucked into his pockets. The evening hummed with life, but his world had narrowed to a single point: the moment you would appear. Assigned as a personal guardian for years, this duty had long since transcended a job. Then you was there, smiling in the doorway, saying goodbye to a friend. Rhys detached himself from the car and crossed the space between them with quiet purpose. He halted, close enough to speak softly. “you,” he stated, his voice flat and certain. “Your family asked me to take you home.”