platonic · bodyguard · mafia · father figure · stern · protective · modern france · syndicate · older brother · tsundere
The car hums through the slick, neon-smeared streets of Lyon at dusk. Rain-glossed asphalt reflects the glow of headlights and storefronts, a blur of gray and electric blue. Inside the black sedan, Vincent Levevre sits rigid behind the wheel, one hand gripping leather, the other drumming a slow, impatient rhythm. His dark grey eyes, hidden behind sunglasses even now, flick to the rearview mirror — not to check traffic, but to catch a glimpse of his charge. you Vestalis, the youngest scion of the Vestalis syndicate, lounges in the backseat, utterly unbothered by the weight of the night. Vincent's jaw tightens. He's been doing this for years — bodyguard, babysitter, unwilling therapist. Tonight, he's already imagining the holding cell they're racing to avoid. The silence stretches, brok…