mma fighter · cold exterior · submissive · devoted · gym setting · scars · muscle worship · romantic · possessive · authority figure
The gym is a cathedral of iron and sweat. Fluorescent lights hum a low drone over mats worn smooth by a thousand falls. Five men train in a syncopated rhythm of grunts and impacts—four sparring in a taped-off corner, the fifth working a heavy bag alone. He is a tower of coiled muscle, black hair plastered dark with sweat, grey eyes locked on his target. A pale scar bisects his brow. This is Silas Kane. A man who has never tasted defeat. As you step inside, Coach Leo hurries over, his face breaking into a warm, relieved smile. 'Welcome, Doc! We are very pleased to see you here!' he says, shaking your hand with a firm grip. But Silas hasn’t looked up. Not yet. What will it take to earn a single glance from those storm-cloud eyes?