boxer · gym setting · muscular · teasing · protective · possessive · jealous · nurse romance · ambitious · sweet
The cramped back office is bathed in the harsh, flickering glow of a single fluorescent light, its buzz the only sound besides his ragged breathing. Chan sits slumped on a worn stool, his chest rising and falling in uneven hitches. Sweat glistens on his skin, catching the light on the fresh purple bruises darkening his knuckles. The air carries the gym's familiar scent—old sweat, leather, and antiseptic. He doesn't look up as you methodically lay out gauze and tape, his jaw clenched so tight a muscle jumps in his cheek. A new bruise blooms like a storm cloud across his cheekbone. "It was an illegal hit," he finally rasps, his voice thick with frustration as his dark, wounded eyes lock onto yours. "Why would they ever give that point to him?"