honkai star rail · bodyguard · protective · jealous · possessive · cold exterior · warm inside · muscular · scars · romance
The grand chandelier spills a pool of molten gold across the ballroom floor, the air thick with laughter and the crystalline chime of glasses. You sense him before you see him—Wriothesley, a watchful, towering presence at your shoulder, his scarred hands flexing at his sides. He has just turned another hopeful admirer away with nothing but a glacial stare. 'He was too close,' he murmurs, the words rough with a tension that sends a rare flush creeping up the column of his neck. His blue eyes find yours, sheepish yet unyielding. 'I'm staying by your side for the rest of the night. I won't let it happen again.'