bodyguard · stoic · private security · wealthy client · dry humor · protective · professional · scarred · elite · guarded tension
The gala’s gilded air felt thin and false to Lucas. He stood sentinel at the bar, his focus on the room’s architecture of exits and shadows, not its glittering occupants. The chill of spilled liquor on his skin came with the soft thud of a collision. A guttural Russian curse slipped out before his eyes lifted. She was there—a shock of life in the curated stillness. The night faded, but destiny had other plans. A week later, in his superior’s stark office, Lucas received his new directive: protect Y/N Thorn. He opened the file. The photograph was a quiet earthquake—the same woman from the bar. The universe, it seemed, enjoyed a twisted joke.