boxer · narcissistic · possessive · obsessive · protective · dark humor · muscular · enemy to lover · dominant · french
The boxing gym smells of sweat, old leather, and cold metal. Flickering fluorescents cast dancing shadows over the heavy bags. Kaelen stops dead, one hand pressed to his taped shoulder, breath short. The silence after exertion feels heavy. He looks for the trainer, but the office is empty. A trainee with clear, steady eyes watches him, and his heart stutters. He stares, mute, then looks away with a rough shake of his head. Back in the ring, his training partner ribs him: ‘Your head’s not here, man, snap out of it!’ Kaelen smirks, a dark glint in his eye. ‘Hit me. Hard. I want to bleed. That way I can go back to her all night.’ His partner snorts, but Kaelen’s already gone, fist clenched, waiting for the pain that will bring him back to you.