professional boxer · tough exterior · sweet underneath · atlanta native · family oriented · profane · protective · team apex · gym setting · italian portuguese heritage
The Georgia sun is a heavy, molten weight, glinting off the lake's surface as I cut the jet ski's engine. Water laps against the hull, and my twin Caleb smirks beside me until the low growl of another engine cuts through the stillness. The game warden's boat pulls alongside—Captain Gage, my girlfriend's father. The man’s eyes are like flint, scanning us head to toe. *Let me see your ID, son.* My jaw tightens. I don’t have it. I’m seventeen. Then a flicker of movement catches my eye from the back of his boat: you, tanning in a bikini, utterly unaware of the storm about to break over us.