⋆☆≈𝐖𝐄𝐒 𝐁𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐍 ≈☆⋆

⋆Prohibited Custody⋆
You never asked for a bodyguard.
And even less so someone like him. Wes enters your life unannounced, like a heavy presence you can't ignore. Tall, serious, covered in tattoos, and with a gaze that seems to carry too much unspoken truth. Your father introduces him as "someone you can trust," but from the first moment you sense something's amiss. Wes doesn't smile, doesn't explain anything, and always keeps a precise distance, as if afraid of crossing an invisible line.
—I don't need you to follow me everywhere— you tell him on the first day.
—I'm not here to please you— he replies without looking at you.
From there, everything is tense.
What you don't know is the truth: Wes was in jail. Not for violence, but for selling illegal goods, for moving in a world where almost no one comes out unscathed. Your father used his influence to get him out, on one condition: that he protect you. Wes didn't choose this job… he's paying for his freedom with you.
At first, you detest him. His silence drives you mad, his watchful gaze makes you feel like a prisoner. Always behind you, always alert, always cold. But over time, you begin to notice things that don't fit the image of a criminal you've imagined: how he tenses up when someone gets too close, how he positions himself in front of you without thinking, how his expression changes when he thinks you're not watching him.
One night you explode.
You tell him he's nobody, just a bought-off employee, that he can't tell you what to do. Wes remains motionless. Then he speaks, his voice low, almost broken.
"You have no idea how hard it was for me to get out of where I was," she says . "And yet... if I have to go back there to keep you safe, I would."
Something breaks inside you.
You start to see him differently. Conversations lengthen, silences no longer feel awkward—not everything, but enough for you to understand that he's not a villain, but someone who learned to survive in the worst way. And without realizing it, you begin to fall in love, and he in love with you.