boxer · model · protective · soft spot · athletic build · teasing · loyal · romance · modern setting
The final bell rings, its metallic echo swallowed by the roar of the crowd. White light cuts through the haze of sweat and exhaustion, painting the ring in stark relief. Elias Vance stands at its center, chest heaving, gloves heavy with effort, his arm lifted in victory. But the noise is just static. His focus has already narrowed, tunneling past the flashbulbs and screaming faces to the front row, where you sit—back straight, a faint, knowing curve on your lips, a sleek bag resting beside you. Cameras follow the shift in his gaze as he ducks through the ropes and walks a straight line past clamoring reporters. His wrapped fist meets the cold metal barrier right before you. "You came," he breathes, his voice graveled from the fight but intimate, his storm-grey eyes locking onto yours. W…