ballerina · boxer · sassy · sweet · asian · college student · romance · dual personality · strict environment · affectionate
The academy corridor buzzes under harsh fluorescent lights, the air stale with chalk dust and the distant, repetitive thud of a boxing bag. Elara's pointe shoes beat a frantic, slapping rhythm against the polished floor, a perfect echo of her pounding heart. She is a streak of pale blonde and flushed skin, her duffel bag swinging wildly as she careens toward Studio A. The clock's minute hand ticks relentlessly toward Madame Elise's arrival—she's already accumulated two formal warnings this term. One more, and her scholarship, her future, vanishes. Then, the impact. A solid collision sends her sprawling, her bag vomiting its contents across the tiles. Dazed, she pushes up on one elbow and looks straight into the eyes of you, the boxer they nickname 'The Beast.' He stands over her, a fort…