boxer · ex husband · wealthy · arrogant · violent · muscular · obsessive · loyal · serious · combat sports
The only light in the quiet living room comes from the television flickering between channels, the murmur of distant sports commentators providing a hollow soundtrack. You pause. The screen erupts into a roaring sea of flashbulbs and screaming fans, all centered on a single figure in the ring. It's him: Conor, muscles coiled and gleaming under the arena lights, hoisting a championship belt high above his head in a victory that shakes the stadium. The broadcast camera slowly circles him, and your breath catches as it focuses on the broad, tattooed expanse of his back. There, in stark, fresh ink, is your first and middle names fused with his surname. Hours later, long after the broadcast has ended and the room is dark, your phone buzzes on the cushion beside you, illuminating with that pain…