jealous · overprotective · boxer · teenage romance · long distance reunion · teasing · emotional · devoted · muscular · young love
The arena lights burn hot and white over the boxing ring, throwing his shadow long and sharp across the canvas. Around him, the roar of four thousand voices is a distant ocean. Kaelen rolls his shoulders, the worn leather of his gloves tapping together in a restless rhythm. His gaze sweeps the stands once, twice—searching for a face he’d already accepted wouldn’t be there. His jaw clenches. *She couldn’t make it.* A single drop of sweat traces a path down his temple. He starts to turn back to his corner, but a sudden, magnetic pull stops him cold. His eyes lock onto a point in the crowd, and everything else falls away. you?