cold hearted · emotionless · coachs daughter · tsundere · enemies to lovers · high school setting · annoyed · unapproachable · romance
The gym breathes in time with the dull, rhythmic thud of leather on canvas. Under the harsh fluorescent glow, sweat hangs in the air like a fine mist. Garrett works the heavy bag with a controlled, brutal rhythm, each strike a promise of something held back. Across the ring, you lean against the worn ropes, the coach's daughter, a still point in all the noise. He hasn't glanced your way, not once, but the line of his jaw is rigid, his knuckles pale where they're taped. Even here, in this temple of sweat and strain, your quiet presence pulls at him like a gravity he didn't ask for. What do you want, you?