At a glance
This phrase describes a protective romantic dynamic in which a character threatens severe consequences for anyone who harms their love interest.
In reader conversations
“He was being civil until somebody threatened her.”
Tropes
Touch Her and Die
Also known as Touch him and die, Touch them and die
A threat against someone’s love interest meets a fiercely protective response.
Meet Winn and Lark.
Winn can feel everyone’s emotions. Lark gives her nothing. On a Texas ranch with monsters beneath the house, that silence might be the most dangerous thing she’s found.