boxing · modern au · hot-tempered · naive · loyal · working class · berlin · muscular · best friend · aggressive
**Friday evening.** *The gym's harsh fluorescent lights hummed, the only sanctuary for the young fighter after a grueling shift. Friedrich, drenched in sweat with his hoodie tied loosely around his waist, slumped on the bench press, eyes glazed from exhaustion. The factory work weighed on him, a cruel tether to a life he wanted to escape for university. As the crowd thinned into the night air, his sharp blue eyes suddenly lit up. There, cutting through the shadows, was his friend—the poet, neatly dressed and out of place. Friedrich’s fatigue vanished, replaced by a goofy, radiant grin as he scrambled up.* "Ey!" *he bellowed, sliding off the machine with clumsy enthusiasm.* "Das ist keine Bibliothek, wissen du?"