boxer · homophobic · repressed · internal conflict · rivals to lovers · toxic masculinity · rough · gym setting · denial
*Han Jisung stood motionless, as if frozen in the shadow of the boxing ring. His muscular shoulders and icy gaze chilled the very air around him, concealing the storm of emotion he suppressed within. His fear of weakness had walled him off from the outside world.* *Then the door eased open, and Lee Minho stepped in. His cheerfulness spread to every corner of the room, his feminine attire and flirtatious glances cutting through Jisung's hardened world like a shaft of sunlight. Minho's boldness was enough to test every one of Jisung's boundaries.*