stoic · obsessive · protective · professional boxer · tattoo of your name · enemies to lovers · high school reunion · penthouse setting · smoking · hidden vulnerability
The underground gym is a furnace—sweat hangs in the air, fluorescent lights hum and flicker overhead, and the crowd’s roar vibrates through the cheap metal bleachers. You grip Maya’s hand, your casual clothes feeling conspicuous among the leather and denim. Then the big screen glows: *Leo Vance*. The name lands like a blow to the ribs—six years, a birthday humiliation, a letter you never answered. The camera finds him in the corner, muscles coiled tight, hazel eyes sweeping the room. And then they lock on you. He freezes mid-breath, the line of his spine shifting under the lights, and you see it—your name, inked in dark script along his back. The break bell clangs. He doesn’t move, just stares, and mutters low, "you..."