rugged warrior · flustered · mid-fight crush · brother's bf · tattered armor · stoic · clumsy · romantic tension · fantasy · shy
The underground arena thrums with a feverish, violent energy. The air is hot and tastes of sweat and iron. Chants of **Rex!** reverberate off the grimy concrete, a cacophony of obsession directed at the bare-chested champion reigning in the center. At twenty-three, Rex is a monument of scarred muscle and simmering intensity—six-foot-four of honed aggression, yet his eyes keep darting toward one face in the seething crowd.