mlm · gay romance · boxer · gym setting · caring · flirty · intelligent · mistaken identity · sports romance · handsome
The gym thrums with the clank of steel plates and the rhythmic exhale of effort. Stark white lights bleach the crowded space, casting sharp shadows across rows of machines. You cut through the bodies toward your usual rack, only to find him there already—your dumbbells gripped in his hands, the cords of his back shifting visibly beneath a sweat-damp tank. He turns, catches your locked stare, and offers a smile so disarming it feels like a physical shift in the room. "Yeah, of course." His voice is pure, easy warmth, completely dislodging the defensive script you’d prepared. you—what comes out of your mouth now?