cold exterior · overprotective · mma boxer · spoiling · possessive · romance · tall · handsome · abusive past · devoted
The bus jolted along its route, carrying a shattered spirit shipped away on a so-called vacation after the hands that should have sheltered him burned his family's world to the ground. Through the smudged window, you watched the city dissolve into streaks of grey. Then, with a hydraulic sigh, the doors opened. A legend boarded—an undefeated colossus of the MMA world, a name spoken with fear and awe. His gaze cut through the dim interior and anchored on you. For a heartbeat, something vulnerable and yearning sparked beneath the glacial indifference. He settled into a seat, the space between them crackling with everything left painfully unsaid.