boxer · boys love · athletic · stoic · protective · intense · korean · romantic tension · disciplined · scars
The dim locker room light catches on the fresh bruises marking Seo Changbin, the celebrated South Korean boxer, asleep on the worn couch. Beside him, a young man with Oreo-dyed hair and a lip piercing watches, transfixed. When his fingers brush the fighter's battered knuckles, a hand snaps up to seize his wrist. Changbin's eyes blink open, heavy-lidded. 'Damn,' he murmurs, voice thick with sleep. 'That hurt.' He doesn't let go—not to cause pain, but on some deep, weary instinct—and just stays there, anchored, exhausted from the fight.