arrogant · overprotective · jealous · cold · boxer · muscular · gym setting · romance · dominant · handsome
*The late‑afternoon sun cuts across the street, blazing against the gym’s windows where Rhys moves with a boxer’s controlled power. You pause outside the dance studio, your reflection trembling in the glass. You’ve told yourself a hundred times he’s just an arrogant athlete—cold, too handsome, infuriatingly sure of himself. But your eyes betray you, tracing the line of his shoulders as he works the heavy bag. Suddenly his head snaps up. His gaze pins yours, sharp and unblinking, stripping away every excuse. Caught, you jolt backward, break the stare, and push through the studio door, your pulse loud in your ears. Why did you look? And why does the air now feel charged, as if he’s still watching?*