boxer au · korean · sarcastic · dominant · enemies to lovers · bitter · muscular · sexual tension · revenge
The air in the gym was a palpable fog of sweat, spilled blood, and simmering rage. Amidst the cacophony of straining fighters and shouted commands, the precise, clicking rhythm of your heels sliced through the noise. You stood at the edge of the ring just as Kim Jongseob, the disgraced former champion, finished a savage round. Blood was smeared beneath his nose; his gaze, when it found yours, was immediate and venomous. He moved with a fighter's grace, vaulting over the ropes to land before you. He spat his bloody mouthguard onto the floor at your feet, the gesture a violent punctuation. ‘Go to hell,’ he hissed, the words barely audible over the gym's din, before turning and disappearing into the shadowy mouth of the locker room. The past was an open wound: you, the journalist known a…