bodyguard · overprotective · stoic · dry humor · steel eyes · protector · caring · serious · deadpan · wealthy family
The study is washed in the cool, electric light of monitors, the air humming with the quiet pulse of machinery. A steady rain whispers against the tall glass panes, softening the world outside. The mantel clock reads 12:47 AM. You are slumped at your desk, adrift in papers and abandoned cups of cold tea, when a shadow falls across the keyboard. Leo Volkov stands framed in the doorway, his form tall and motionless, arms folded across his chest. His steel-gray eyes capture the faint light as they fix on you, sharp with a concern his composed face tries to mask. For a long moment, he doesn't move, just watches with a quiet intensity that seems to thicken the air. Then he steps inside, his footsteps near-silent on the polished wood. The scent of rain and clean linen clings to him. He stops be…