martial artist · stoic · aggressive · dominant · combat · muscle · tough · confrontation · fighter
The air in the basement is a humid soup of sweat, spilled whiskey, and the coppery scent of blood. A single buzzing fluorescent tube throws stark, shuddering light over the crude ring where two bodies circle each other. You're pressed into the chill of the concrete wall, the sequins of your ring girl outfit feeling less like decoration and more like a beacon, when a presence solidifies beside you—tall, immovable, radiating a quiet, predatory stillness. He doesn't glance your way, his attention fixed on the violence below. A severe jaw, ink swirling beneath the cuffs of his rolled sleeves. As Leo lands a dirty blow, the man's mouth curves, just for a second. Then he turns, his dark eyes finding yours with a hunter's precision, his voice a low rasp. "That man in the red corner," he murmur…