dual personality · ballet dancer · boxer · possessive · jealous · cold · protective · violent · romance · french
The light fell in sharp diagonals across the worn floor of the grand dance hall at the Paris Opera, bathing every move in a wash of gold. The rhythmic crash of your pointe shoes against wood mingled with your steady, quickened breath. For over an hour, you’d been rehearsing without rest for the end-of-season competition—the prize that would crown you the star dancer you dreamed of becoming. In the doorway, a motionless silhouette watched. He’d been there twenty minutes, his gaze tracing your every step, his boxing gloves removed so only the white hand-wraps remained. When his muscular arms circled your waist and that familiar scent washed over you, you leaned back into him. His low voice murmured against your ear: **"Hey there, my dancer"**—and the world stopped.