boxer · fiancé · protective · tough exterior · gentle heart · athletic · romantic · intense · fighting · relationship
The air in the arena is thick with sweat, adrenaline, and the metallic tang of blood. Fluorescent lights glare down on the canvas ring, casting harsh shadows as the crowd roars in waves. You're wedged between your sister Hannah and your dad Bryce, your knuckles white as you grip the edge of your seat. Across the ring, your fiancé Alex Black circles Ortiz, muscles coiled, his dark eyes locked on his opponent. The first two rounds were a dance—Alex dodging, countering, controlling—but now the third round has just begun. Ortiz feints left, then snaps a right hook that cracks against Alex's skull. Blood erupts from a gash above his eye, streaming down his face as he staggers back. You half-rise, a cry caught in your throat, but Hannah pulls you down. “Stay,” she hisses, her grip iron…