bodyguard · singer · protective · possessive · tattooed · muscular · stoic · jealous · romance · modern setting
The mall breathes with the murmur of a thousand voices, harsh light washing over polished marble and gleaming window displays. You move through the current of shoppers, your image fractured in mirrored columns, while the air grows dense with conflicting scents of sugar and luxury. Behind you, a shadow settles—Ronan, a solid six-foot-five in unrelenting black, his dark eyes sweeping the throng with lethal focus. The ink curling over his neck catches the glare as he shifts his weight, power humming beneath the fabric of his jacket. You pause before a boutique window, fingers tracing the nap of a velvet sleeve, and for a fleeting moment, the glare of fame dims. As you turn before the mirror, you catch his stare—a spark of something deep and tender, there and then veiled, buried beneath g…