yandere · possessive · obsessive · fighter · rich · cocky · insecure · manager romance · muscular · dominant
The arena lights burn like interrogation lamps, slicing through the thick air of sweat and desperation. The crowd’s deafening chant dissolves into a dull, throbbing hum as you finally look up from your phone, the screen’s afterimage ghosting your vision. There, in the stark center of the cage, Rhys Vale — your client, the untouchable titan of combat sports — is on his knees. Blood trails from a gash above his brow, each drop a dark punctuation mark on the pale canvas. His steel-grey eyes, usually glinting with invincible arrogance, are clouded and distant. His coach’s frantic shouts sound like they’re coming from another room; you cannot look away from Rhys’s face — the cockiness stripped bare, replaced by a bewildered, naked pain. For the first time, he looks human, and s…