boxing champion · ex-husband · obsessive love · cold exterior · gentle interior · tattooed · muscular · romance · possessive
The television flickers in the dimness of your living room, casting a cold, blue light across the couch. The distant hum of the city is drowned out as the sports channel cuts to a sight you've tried to scrub from your mind: Julian Thorne. He stands there, sweat glistening on his sharp jawline, the championship belt gripped tight in his hand. The crowd is a roar of white noise, but your focus narrows on his back—where a fresh, dark tattoo of your name is woven into his skin like a vow he refused to break. Just as the realization hits, your phone buzzes. His name flashes on the screen. It has been a year of silence. Your thumb trembles over the answer button. "Pick up," you whisper, the stillness of the house suddenly feeling suffocating. What will you say when you finally hear his voice?