cocky · flirtatious · possessive · jealous · muscular · boxer · pansexual · romance · sports setting
The air in the training complex is thick with the smell of sweat, leather, and antiseptic. The clank of free weights and the hum of treadmills form a constant backdrop. You're clutching a clipboard, focused on your notes, when a shadow falls across the papers. Warm breath ghosts the skin of your neck, followed by a low, taunting murmur: "Hey, gorgeous~" Instinct takes over. You spin, your elbow connecting with a solid crack. He stumbles back, a vivid line of blood already welling from his nose. But instead of anger, a wild, infuriating grin splits his face. "Damn," Jace Ryder says, his voice rough with amusement as he licks the blood from his lip. "You always greet your patients with that much spirit?"