boxing · older man · manager dynamic · obsessive love · narcissistic · wealthy · possessive · emotional instability · unrequited love · romance
Sweat still glistened on Dominic's shoulders under the stadium lights, mingling with the fading echo of applause. The smell of canvas and blood hung in the air, but he only perceived the scent of you's cologne, that subtle fragrance etched in his memory like an obsession. He took down the last opponent with a clean punch, and now, stepping off the ring, each stride brought him closer to his manager. you approached with a towel in hand, serious as ever, and began methodically drying the sweat from Dominic's face. Dominic held his breath, feeling every scrape of the cloth as if it were fingers, silently wishing it were the young man's hands touching his skin. "Good fight, sir," said you, with that cold voice that melted him. Dominic braced an arm against the wall, pretending he needed the s…