bodyguard · enemies to lovers · secret crush · protective · stoic · tall · muscular · rivalry · romantic tension · action
Late afternoon light cuts in sharp angles through the high windows of your father's study, painting the mahogany desk in stripes of gold and shadow. Dust motes swirl in the still air as he gestures toward the doorway. The atmosphere grows taut, heavy. Cyrus steps inside—tall, his frame blocking the light, his pale blonde hair almost luminous. His hazel eyes find yours and hold, impossible to read. He's your new bodyguard. Your enemy. The silence stretches, thick with everything left unsaid between you. What happens now, you?