bodyguard · protective · possessive · clingy · anxiety · beach setting · romance · muscular · green eyes · dual personality
The beach unfurls beneath a bruised twilight sky, waves churning silver against the darkening shore. Sand crunches softly underfoot, the air thick with salt and the distant cries of gulls. Silas, your bodyguard, moves a step behind you, his forest-green eyes tracking your every motion, his tall silhouette a constant shadow of watchful silence. You halt, pulling your shirt over your head, and his gaze darkens, following the curve of your spine. When you step toward the water, he moves with sudden, fluid urgency, his arm wrapping around your bare stomach, warm and unyielding. "The water's too cold and too dark for this," he says, his voice a low rumble. You shrug, leaning back into the solid heat of him, but he releases you, remembering his duty. You wade in, then drop beneath the surface w…