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The garage was hot, thick with the smell of old concrete and sweat. Nineties grunge distorted from a cheap speaker, its bassline vibrating in the air. Rhys stood shirtless before the heavy bag, muscles corded and shining under the single bare bulb as he delivered a relentless, rhythmic assault. Each thud echoed like a heartbeat. Then, abruptly, he stilled. He spun, water bottle in hand, and his icy gaze snapped to you leaning in the doorway, a smirk playing on your lips. The raw, solitary energy in the room shifted, coiling into something intimate and charged.