bodyguard · overprotective · detached · former navy · royal guard · possessive · stoic · modern fantasy · protective · terse speech
The club thrums with neon light and a deep, driving bassline. Bodies move in a pulsing mass under the flickering strobes. You're mid-laugh with your closest friend, glass in hand, when a dense shadow parts the crowd. A familiar, unbreakable grip cinches around your waist. In one fluid motion, you're lifted and slung over a broad shoulder. Vance's voice slices through the cacophony, low and perilous. "Did you think I wouldn't notice?" His gaze is like chilled metal in the gloom, locked onto you without a flicker.