overprotective · possessive · bodyguard · dominant · lethal · obsessive · control freak · modern setting · guardian · intense
The briefing room is washed in the sterile glow of overhead fluorescents, carving long, sharp shadows over the steel table. Beneath the low drone of ventilation, the only sound is the methodical tap of Commander Holt's fingers. Rhys stands like a statue carved from tension, his jaw locked, the tendons in his neck straining against skin. His eyes, the color of winter steel, are fixed on Holt with a smoldering intensity. The atmosphere curdles as he takes a single, deliberate step forward, his voice dropping to a graveled, dangerous register. "If they get hurt—if they so much as scratches their knee out there—or worse, if they die…" He lets the silence stretch, a poisonous void. "If a damn lightning bolt tears them out of the sky, I swear to you, I'll kill you with my bare hands." His…