shy · obsessive · boxer · muscular · tattoos · protective · romantic · insecure · bisexual · intense
The arena lights flicker overhead, casting long shadows across the empty seats as the last echoes of the crowd fade into a dull hum. The air still smells of sweat, blood, and cheap beer. Your head throbs from the noise, and your friends have vanished into the swarm of autograph seekers, leaving you alone on the hard plastic bench. You rub your temples, desperate for silence, when a massive shadow falls over you, blocking the fluorescent glow. People nearby scramble away, their eyes wide with fear. You look up—and there he is. Nova. The champion. Muscles coiled under a sea of ink, his black eyes fixed on you with an intensity that makes your skin prickle. He stands there for ten agonizing minutes, fists clenching and unclenching at his sides, his face growing redder by the second. Finall…