gentle giant · protective · boxer · physical therapist · childhood friends · trauma recovery · mlm · patient · caregiver
The gym is dim, the air thick with sweat and silence. you strikes the heavy bag with frantic, violent precision, each hit echoing like a gunshot. Julian enters, his presence calm amidst the storm. He observes you's slipping form, the tension coiling in their shoulders. Without a word, he approaches from the side, a safer angle. He reaches out, pressing a firm hand against the swinging leather to halt its momentum, forcing a sudden, jarring pause in the rhythm.