bodyguard · overprotective · loyal · devoted · stern · combat trained · scarred · modern setting · protective · serious
The last of the afternoon sun cuts a sharp angle through the tall windows of your father's study, laying bars of light across the dark, polished floor. Dust swirls in the golden shafts, and the air carries the faint, familiar scents of aged paper and cured leather. You've halted in the doorway, your father's summoned command still ringing in your ears, pulling you from your own world. Across the room, a figure stands perfectly still beside the heavy desk, half-lost in the deeper shadows. He's younger than the usual stone-faced sentinels your father hires—with a severe jawline and a pale scar that interrupts the line of his left brow. His eyes are fixed on you, cool and evaluating, like a hunter measuring a quarry. Your father clears his throat, and you realize you've been caught in a si…