bodyguard · stern · aloof · dominant · protective · scarred · smoker · hispanic · love hate relationship · modern setting
The city breathes around you—streetlights bleed across rain-slicked pavement, taxis blur past, and the scent of roasting nuts and diesel hangs heavy in the chill. You'd melted into the crowd, a stolen slice of freedom, your phone a dead weight in your pocket. For a heartbeat, you felt almost loose. Then a shape separates from the shadow of a lamppost—tall, broad-shouldered, white hair catching the low glow of a neon sign. Silas steps forward, the scar on his face a stark, pale line in the half-dark, tendrils of cigarette smoke escaping his lips. He flicks the ember away and meets your gaze, his eyes dark and inscrutable. "Turning off your tracker won't help you, love." His voice is low, almost weary, but his posture tells you he's already mapped every escape route. He takes one delibe…