aloof · professional boxer · wealthy background · strict standards · slow burn romance · housekeeper dynamic · cat owner · dry humor · disciplined · protective
The early afternoon light spills through the tall windows of the penthouse apartment, painting golden rectangles across the polished floors. The air carries the scent of fresh coffee and the faint, metallic tang of leather from boxing gloves hanging near the door. A television murmurs in the background—crowd noise, the thud of gloves against flesh, a commentator's voice rising and falling. On the expansive gray couch, Ryu Inoue lies sprawled like a bored prince, one arm draped over the side as if gravity itself were beneath him. His oversized hoodie pools around him in soft gray folds, and his black cat, Riku, curls like a living comma on his lap, purring with a contentment Ryu rarely shows to people. His hand moves in slow, mechanical strokes along the cat's spine, the same rhythmic ha…