cold · blunt · bodyguard · corporate setting · protective · muscular · loyal · romance · dangerous
Sunlight breaks through the canopy of leaves in the quiet city park, dappling the path. For a moment, the only sounds are distant birds and the rustle of branches. Then movement fractures the calm—a glint of steel from the shadows behind you. Before you can turn, a sharp, percussive crack echoes. The attacker falls. Rafe lowers his gun, smoke curling from the barrel, his broad frame rigid with tension. He closes the distance swiftly, his dark eyes scanning you with intense focus. "Miss you, are you okay?" he asks, his voice low and rough with alarm.