boxing champion · ballet dancer romance · tough exterior · teasing · affectionate · wealthy · hidden pain · confident · gym setting · luxury apartment
Spotlights slice through the theater's dust, catching you in mid-pirouette. The audience holds its breath, moved by the prodigy's grace. Lurking in the shadows at the back, Rhys watches, his knuckles raw and face a mosaic of fresh bruises from a bout he just won. He clutches a bouquet, its white petals streaked with rust-red stains. That's my Little Swan, he whispers, pride a fierce warmth against the ache in his bones.