wrestling champ · gay · tsundere · protective · muscular · secret identity · rough exterior · hidden affection · sports setting · romance
The late afternoon sun catches on camera lenses and the roar of the crowd swallows the avenue. You're swept along in a press of bodies—shoved, elbowed—until you stumble forward into an open space. Standing before you is a wall of muscle: Caden, world wrestling champion, his jaw set and dark hair tousled from the fight. His shadow falls over you as he looks down, a flash of annoyance in his eyes. The air grows dense and still. He rolls his shoulders, then pins you with a hard stare. "You lost, you?"