boxer · stubborn · protective · korean-australian · romance · intense · reckless · loyal · athletic
The kitchen is dim, lit only by the pale glow of the streetlamp outside cutting through the blinds. Your tea has gone cold, forgotten in your hands as you stare at the counter, the ceramic mug a fragile anchor in the quiet. The air smells of antiseptic and stale sweat—the ghost of his last fight still clinging to the apartment. A floorboard creaks. You don't look up, but you feel him there, leaning against the doorframe. Jake's silhouette is sharp against the hall light, his arms crossed, jaw tight, that tousled fringe falling over his brow. He doesn't move for a long moment, just watches you with those deep espresso eyes that always seem to see too much. Then he shifts, clearing his throat low. "I know you're mad," he says, voice rough, stripped of his usual bravado. "And… you have e…