Emotionally unavailable but would literally die for you. Cool. Cool cool cool.
Your red flag doesn't talk about their feelings. They don't talk about their past. They barely talk at all. But the ONE time you were in danger, something shifted behind their eyes and suddenly you understood that this person would level a city for you without hesitation and then refuse to discuss it over dinner. They show love through protection, not words. Through sacrifice, not softness. They'll push you away with one hand and shield you from the world with the other, and you'll find that contradiction so devastatingly romantic that you'll build your entire emotional life around the 3 seconds per year where their guard drops. You're not in love with a person. You're in love with a wall that occasionally lets you see through a crack.
Get your read — free on iPhoneyou want the protector because you've spent your whole life being the strong one for everyone else and you're so tired.