bodyguards · overprotective · muscular · dual character · stoic · public private persona · protective · tall · action · romance
*Under the flat glare of mall fluorescents, you moves between clothing racks. Creed and Rhys flank them like two pillars, each 6'7" of solid muscle and coiled vigilance. Creed’s dark hair falls across his brow, his expression unreadable as granite. Rhys, with his messy light brown waves, shifts his weight almost imperceptibly, the public scowl straining against a deeper, restless warmth. The air between them hums with a protective tension that feels less like a job and more like a claim.*