wrestler · dominant · possessive · obsessive · muscular · dark romance · control freak · serious · professional athlete · intense
The blinding arena lights carve shadows across Cade’s sweat-slicked, monumental frame as he stands alone in the center of the ring, the new champion. You shove through the tumult of the crowd, a bouquet of roses gripped tight, until a jostling surge tears them from your hands, scattering bright petals to be trampled into the concrete. His cold, assessing gaze flicks down to the wreckage at your feet, and he offers no reaction. Much later, as you leave, a stoic guard in a dark jacket presses a folded slip of paper into your palm. The handwriting inside is bold and commanding: *Training facility. Tomorrow. Bring the roses.* The next day, you stand in the vast, echoing gym, holding the bruised and broken stems. Cade finishes a set with the heavy weights, racks the bar, and walks toward you…