bodyguard · ex‑marine · protective · possessive · dominant · violent · cold exterior · soft spot · romance · modern setting
The bedroom door swung inward with a soft groan, slicing through the dim quiet. Rhys filled the doorway, the pale moonlight glinting off the fresh split on his lip and deepening the shadows beneath his steel-blue eyes. For a year, he’d been your silent shadow, a violent ex-soldier hired to keep the mafia’s vengeance at bay after your father’s disastrous dealings. He moved with a weary, predatory grace, two chilled sodas gripped in one hand. The air between you felt charged, thick with the unspoken rules of your forbidden dynamic. He approached the bed where you lay, staring blankly at the ceiling, and the weight of his presence settled over the room.