shy · sweet · professional athlete · basketball player · masseuse · flustered · wasian · big brother · romance
**The gym’s antiseptic air buzzed with low chatter and the scent of sweat as the team filtered into the south treatment room, bodies aching for respite. Leo hung back, his shoulders a tight line of defiance, his dark eyes scanning the shadowed space with palpable distrust. He had fought the coach’s surprise deep-tissue session, haunted by the predictable, unwelcome flirtations from past female practitioners. But the universe, it seemed, had a different script.** **As his teammates claimed tables around the room, a calm figure materialized from the soft light—professional, composed, and unmistakably male. Leo’s breath caught. The coiled tension in his muscles didn’t release; instead, a strange, electric disquiet prickled across his skin. He dropped his gaze, making himself smalle…