I've given myself a mission to protect Trish!

[weebsock]

the bodyguard shipping meme You're a pop star, or a royal, or maybe even the last of your kind who will bring about the Earth's redemption. Whatever the case may be, you're in a position that may be a bit dicey if you attract the wrong kind of attention. And you're a bodyguard, a soldier, a knight - a protector. Somehow, you've been roped into protecting this person. You'll be rewarded, of course. The work may be cut out for you, but just do your job, keep your head down, and it'll go smooth. Except for when the two of you break the bounds of professionalism and feelings begin to flourish. Being in such close quarters may get you to see the other in a different light, and saving someone's life just may be the ultimate form of intimacy. Could this be the real danger? To feel so strongly for the one you've sworn to protect...are you compromised? How to Play 1. Comment with your character and preferences, being sure to put if you want to play the guard, the guarded, or either. Also, you may want to put if you prefer fluffy, angsty, or smutty interaction - or have no preference. 2. Comment to others. 3. There are no prompts, because there are so many potential options there could be a hundred. Feel free to play anything: the beginnings of the relationship, just meeting, getting used to each other/not getting along at first, the obligatory first time, a threat on the protected's life and how their protector responds, how the feelings between the two has changed the protection, etc. Your only limit is you.

Comments

Guri | Star Wars: Expanded Universe | OTA

[marvelous_murderbot]

[Have a Human Replica Droid designed to be a bodyguard. She comes in two flavors: Reformed, post Shadows of the Empire, or Bad Old Days, in which case she will happily make your enemies into pretzels. No smut, please.]

Just some shameless praise

[solobutnotalone]

[ Guri is amazing and you are amazing for writing her. Thank you! ]

[marvelous_murderbot]

[OOC: Thank you! Have been admiring your Leia but haven't gotten a chance to throw someone at her yet.]

watanuki | xxxholic

[fatally]

[ guarded makes most sense for him in this case. if you want to chat out potential scenarios/aus etc first, there's an ooc post is here for convenience. ]

The Man With No Name | Leone Spaghetti Westerns | OTA

[man_with_no_name]

[Howsabout the best damn bodyguard the old west could ever grant you?]

Sansa Stark | Game of Thrones

[winterizing]

[ Probably guarded. Open to canon, crosscanon, AUs, etc. ]

marta cabrera 🔪 knives out 🔪 m/f

[vomito]

[ guarded. ]

Daenerys Stormborn | GoT / ASOIF

[munazaldrizoti]

[Dany is definitely more likely to be the guarded. Considering she is a queen in canon, there are a plethora of reasons she could have a guard. I could also AU her into other settings where she could be something similar, but not quite a queen. Open to canonmates and cross-canon alike. Perms are on her journal.]

suzaku kururugi | code geass | ota

[knightof]

[ almost certainly the guard ]

bruno buccellati | jjba | ota

[winzip]

[ You’ve got a lot of nerve...

Guard. ]

Squall Leonhart | Final Fantasy VIII | OTA

[silentnarration]

((Knight! I don't mind playing him as the one who's protected. He'll be very protective. Mix of angst and fluff is my jam.))

Jyn Erso | Rogue One | OTA

[wherehopegoes]

[ooc: Either role.]

Cassia Andor | Rogue One | OTA

[yo_me_rezo]

[ooc: most likely the guard, but could go either way.]

Essa Erso-Andor | Rogue One OC | OTA

[theresalways_hope]

[ooc: Most likely the guarded, but with parents like hers, who knows?]

Vincent Valentine - FFVII - OTA

[coffinnaps]

Poe Dameron (AU) • Star Wars • ota

[poeticforce]

[ Guard, though if someone wants to guard him that works too. :) Good with most anything; canon and cross canon all welcome. ]

Kai | The Hollow | OTA

[fieryironman]

(Probably guarded, but he does have fire power for guarding.

Tell me if you want to avoid season 2 spoilers)

Cassandra de Rolo | Critical Role

[ofwovenstone]

[Probably the one being guarded. M/F but OTA for castmates; AUs, canon and crosscanon all welcome.]

HIEI, yuyuhakushou

[evileye]

[ ota, most likely the one doing the protecting unless it's a "guarding the criminal" situation. ]

squalo // khr!

[sharktrash]

[ Most likely the bodyguard (mob boss right hand man in canon). Experienced and effective, has stopped plenty of assassination attempts by himself and possibly completed a few, though we don't talk about that. Could always AU him into an Apocalyptica cellist if you want to guard him instead though! ]

[xtwin_gunsx]

Body-guarding wasn't a very wide circle as a profession. You knew people in the business, and they knew you, and like any profession word tended to get around about nightmare clients. Warnings, to better protect their own, or at least guard them against the horrors they would face if they did decided to take certain jobs. If you weren't careful, you might find yourself black listed, or at the least no one willing to take the job.

Xanxus was very nearly on the black list. But then, he didn't really care, and he knew his reputation as much as the next person, considering the amount of body guards he had gone through. Some he had even made cry, just for the mere fact he had no respect for them, often disappeared on them, and in general was a nightmare. How his father kept finding people to guard him was really quite the pretty little trick and he really wished he would run out of proverbial rabbits already.

At least he would make this rabbit disappear fast enough as he walked into the meeting room twenty minutes late, a fresh cup of chain cafe coffee in his hand, and took his seat without so much as a hello or by your leave. He's here. Count that much as a win.

[sharktrash]

Well, if he expected to be greeted at attention like some kind of big shot, he'd be in for a surprise. Squalo's actually snoring with his feet up on the meeting table, and it takes a solid elbow punch from whatever administrative assistant was there to introduce them for him to wake up.

He sit back up straight, yawned, and looked over Xanxus up and down.

Then he leans toward the assistant, holding a hand in front of his mouth as if about to whisper a secret, except his voice is so loud it's borderline like yelling.

"So am I supposed to guard him from any damage or just assassination attempts? 'Cause that coffee is shit."

[xtwin_gunsx]

Silence reigned.

It was the kind of silence rife with potential action, bodies tense as everyone in the room seemed to be mentally cataloguing potential action and consequence, playing games of body chess in their heads. Well, at least the assistants did, and it was most likely which actions would keep them out of the immediate line of fire. One beat. Two. Three.

Xanxus set his cup of coffee down on the table, all eyes flicking to it, breaths held as he leaned back into his chair. "Your first job can be getting me a decent cup then, since you have such strong fucking opinions."

[sharktrash]

"I'm not a fucking barrista," Squalo shoots back, levelling the man feared by every soul alive with an unimpressed look, "but you can add that to the contract if you wish."

Of course, it would cost extra, not that any of the lawyers present were going to mention it aloud with words. Finally, one of them musters enough courage to actually put the contract form down between the two men. Squalo barely glances at it.

"I've heard you're a goddamn nightmare," he says, once again looking at Xanxus all too directly, but he looks and sounds... amused. Curious, rather than disgruntled. It's almost like he's inviting some kind of getting to know each other here.

[xtwin_gunsx]

"I'm a goddamn nightmare to people who can't do their jobs," Xanxus replied idly, not at all bothered by the accusation. Hard to argue with the truth, wasn't it and no one had ever accused Xanxus of being a liar. Just an asshole. The lawyers around them flinched, but didn't move - prey recognizing not to show any signs of weakness.

"You're paid to keep up with me and if you can't that's your fucking problem. Just means you weren't up for it." He tapped the edge of the contract. "Your paperwork suggests you are. Maybe we can get barista added to that."

[sharktrash]

Squalo narrows his eyes slightly at the implication, because he's definitely up for it, whatever it may be in the context, and suggesting otherwise was goddamn offensive. He was too fucking good for this, really.

His cheek twitches a little as he contemplates stating the barista-ing will cost him extra, but this is not a goddamn kindergarten and he's already requested a solid price for all-included anyway; bargaining about scraps is for peasants.

Instead he tilts his head back slightly so he can look down at Xanxus with a challenging raise of an eyebrow. "I'd be more worried about you keeping up with me."

[xtwin_gunsx]

You can think it's not kindergarten, but honestly, in some cases, it was. Xanxus was pretty much the walking definition of emotionally stunted - or at least, all the emotions most people found important. Squalo really should have read the angry reviews left by previous body guards. None of them were complimentary except for the salary, and that had clearly not been enough for them to put up with the asshole.

"Not my problem," he said, keeping his position and blowing out smoke in a slow swirl between his teeth. He threw his feet down and stood, his assistant hurriedly placing Xanxus' coat across his shoulders. "I have a schedule to keep," he informed Squalo, flicking ash at him as he passed him, heading for the office doors.

The assistant looked at Squalo with an almost apologetic look, but the words hung in the air. Invitation? Dismissal? Xanxus didn't seem to be sticking around to find out how Squalo would take it. Ball's in your court, Squalo.

"First up is a meeting with the Basilica Corp," the assistant announced, perhaps a bit to loudly as he looked back at Squalo again, the door slamming open and making the people outside jump.

[sharktrash]

Who says he hasn't read them? It's not like he had normal preferences. Maybe he thought it was a challenge. Maybe he liked rage and wanted to see this rare beast for himself. Really, the money is one of the things he cares about the least in life.

Squalo watches the scene unfold with slightly raised eyebrows. He's not sure what he was expecting, but it sure wasn't this.

"Voi," he growls as the door hits the wall and rises to his feet with the grace of a stalking predator. Xanxus is going to try harder than that if he intends to shake him off. Well, if he was going anywhere. Squalo has no clue whether the bastard is taking off or if whatever poor fools he's meeting are supposed to show up here, but he's not taking any chances, and marching after Xanxus until he falls in step with him.

Guess his work day has already started.

jyn erso || rogue one || ota

[made_of_stars]

[ooc; either role]

cassian andor || rogue one || ota

[rebellionbuilt]

[ooc; either role]

rey || star wars || ota

[see_the_stars]

[ooc; either role]

ben solo || star wars || ota

[in_the_grey]

[ooc; either role, but particularly interested in ben being the guarded]