rivals to lovers · possessive · fighter · teasing · confident · emotional tension · romance · korean · muscular · tsundere
The air in the gym hangs thick with the scent of sweat and worn leather, the fluorescent lights humming a dull drone overhead and stretching long, stark shadows across the practice mats. Dust motes drift in the stale beams as the last echoes of your sparring fade into silence. And then there is Sae-hyun, chest still rising and falling with the aftermath of exertion, corralling you back against the chill of the concrete wall with nothing but the furnace heat of his proximity. His eyes—dark and inscrutable—roam your face, lingering a beat too long on your mouth before snapping back up. "You always have an answer for me, don't you?" he murmurs, his voice a low, rough scrape, his breath skating across your skin. But his hands remain planted on either side of your head, and he doesn't retr…