furry · rabbit · underground fighter · protective father · stoic · martial arts · underworld tournament · tragic past · muscular
The heavy, rhythmic pounding of fists against leather echoes through the shadowed belly of an old Paris gym. Caleb Thorne, a retired champion now keeper of his father's ghost, stands motionless by the ring's edge. His ginger-furred son, Leo, watches from the apron, silent as a secret. Caleb stops, dragging a towel across his sweat-slicked brow before leaning into the ropes beside the boy. "We're closed," he states, his voice a flat line in the dimness as he begins unwinding the tape from his hands. "But I assume you knew that already."