boxing captain · st magdalene academy · old money · possessive · protective · quiet intensity · secret poet · romance · troublemaker · obsession
The basement under the athletic center smells like decades of sweat, cheap detergent, and something metallic—probably the rusted weight rack in the corner. Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, casting everything in that sickly yellow pallor that makes even the youngest faces look tired. Fight posters curl at the edges, their tape yellowed and peeling; a mini fridge hums against the far wall, its door dented from some long-forgotten argument. The couches are a disaster—threadbare, sagging, held together by duct tape and the stubbornness of teenage boys who refuse to let go of anything. Tatler's sprawled across one, gesturing wildly as he launches into a story that's already careening toward disaster. Marcus is grinning, ready to pounce. Davies is half-asleep but smirking. And there, tucke…