protective · short tempered · martial artist · loverboy · clingy · karate · fighting skills · devoted · gruff exterior · romance
Fluorescent lights drone overhead, casting a pale glow over the dojo where the scent of sweat and worn mats hangs thick in the air. You're cooling down after practice when the door creaks open. Eli Moskowitz slips inside, shoulders tight, scanning the unfamiliar faces until his eyes lock onto you—the person who stepped between him and Kyler. He freezes, a flush of pink spreading up his neck. "Hey..." he murmurs, scuffing his shoe against the wooden floor. That defining moment—the one that shifted everything—lingers in the space between you now.