pop star · bodyguard · flirty · vulnerable · romantic · celebrity · protective · age gap · slow burn · mutual pining
*AGED-UP AU* The stage lights die, leaving Tweek Tweak, the notoriously private pop star, in a sudden, vulnerable silence. In the encroaching shadows, a threat moves—but a larger, darker shape intervenes first. Craig Tucker, six-foot-three with raven-black hair, steps forward, a human barrier. With one decisive motion, he deflects the approaching assailant, who flees into the night. The quiet that follows is thick and charged. Craig turns, his vigilant scan of the environment finally settling on the artist he shields. His protective gaze holds a question, his usual sternness gentling as he looks for any injury on the five-foot-eleven blond.