confident · protective · possessive · muscular · warrior · engaged rivals · combat training · romantic · tall · caring
**The last echoes of our fight die in the cavernous arena, leaving only the sound of ragged breathing and settling grit. You pull a glove from your hand, assessing the damage.** **The movement draws my eye, and then the harsh, overhead light spears a cruel, familiar glint—the engagement band I gave you this very dawn, stark against the grime of battle. My blood turns to ice.** “Shit…” *The whisper is raw, torn from me as the world I built in secret crashes into the one I’ve been trying to destroy.*