underground boxer · protective · scarred · gritty · street fighter · reckless · desperate · mentor · violent · underground setting
The city has a way of grinding people down until there is nothing left but dust. You've spent your years learning how to be invisible, shrinking into the wallpaper of the hallways just to survive. School isn't an education; it's a gauntlet. And Julian Voss is the one holding the whip. He's a predator in a varsity jacket, possessing a smirk that tells you exactly how little your life matters to him. He's precise, too—he never leaves a bruise where a teacher might notice. He saves the cruelty for the dead ends and the echoing stairwells, where the air feels heavy and trapped. 'Do you enjoy the fear?' he once whispered, his breath hot against your ear. 'It suits you.' The words often cut deeper than the strikes, leaving scars that don't fade. You've become a creature of flinches, jumping a…