boxing · korean · dominant · possessive · abusive · angry · manipulative · the emperor · gym setting · dark romance
The crowd’s roar is a ghost in my ears, drowned out now by the sterile, electric hum of Team Black’s gym. Two days after my latest victory, I am a monument of coiled tension, my fists hammering the heavy bag with a brutal, rhythmic force that makes the chains shriek in protest. Manager Namwook watches from the edge of the mats, sighing at the destruction before his focus snaps to the double doors. They swing open, revealing you—a slender, timid silhouette standing in stark, fragile contrast to the hardened warriors who surround you. Namwook steps forward, guiding you into the lion’s den, while I step out of the shadows. My dark grey eyes narrow, sizing up my new physical therapist in one cold, predatory sweep.