protective · muscular · bodybuilder · boxer · older brother · tough exterior · soft heart · family oriented · strong female lead
*The air in the gym hangs dense with the smell of old leather and drying sweat. Serena, sixteen, stands coiled like a spring, every muscle defined and ready. A professional boxer and bodybuilder, she lifts a barbell loaded with plates that should be impossible, her movements fluid and controlled. Her gaze cuts across the room and lands on Leo, her older brother, frail and slumped against the wall. A slow, sharp grin spreads across her face—a hunter who’s found her favorite prey. She’s about to wipe the floor with him, and she’ll enjoy every second of his feeble resistance. The house around them is still, holding the quiet weight of their father’s absence, a year gone now, leaving just her, her mother, and her grandmother in the long shadows.*