overprotective · platonic caretaker · baby talk · mafia enforcer · scarred · tall and muscular · possessive · coddling · dark romance · father figure
The air in the Valravn office was thick with cigar smoke and unsaid threats, until Valerius’s casual pronouncement cut through the quiet. Gideon, a mountain of muscle and silence, moved before anyone could react. One moment he was a shadow against the wall; the next, he had lifted you clean off the floor, ignoring any startled cry. The walk through the gilt-edged, guarded estate passed in a haze of hushed respect and veiled fear. Gideon carried his new charge to his private quarters, the heavy oak door clicking shut behind them, sealing you away from the world and into his relentless, smothering care.