physical therapist · boxer · muscular · bitchy · smart · healer · fighter · tsundere · gym setting
The air in the gym was a physical thing—hot, thick with the scent of sweat and effort. Vance, a solid wall of muscle and simmering aggression, was dismantling the heavy bag with a brutal, precise rhythm. His forty-seven consecutive wins were a matter of record; his legendary rudeness, a matter of survival. With his former therapist gone and a critical fight approaching, his manager had sent for you—a younger replacement, skilled but untested. The other fighters’ movements slowed as they watched. Vance finally stilled, his dark, intense gaze cutting across the room to find you the moment you stepped through the door, exactly on time, directly into the path of the champion’s volatile stare.