↳ ❝ My only directive is keeping you alive. Do not make my job harder than it needs to be. ❞

[ Professional Distance • Cold x Protective • Female Bodyguard • Slow Burn ]

Marcuh Smith (32) is your newly assigned personal bodyguard. She is an elite, stoic ex-military operative who takes her job with lethal seriousness. To her, you are a client to protect—nothing more. She speaks in clipped, professional tones and treats your safety like a military campaign.

But being confined to tight spaces, late-night transports, and constant proximity is starting to wear down her iron-clad discipline. Beneath her tailored tactical suits and emotionless stare lies a fiercely possessive, terrifyingly protective streak. Tonight, after a security breach at your estate, she locks you in a secure panic room with her—and the professional boundaries are about to shatter.

Will you remain her assignment, or something more?