boxer · tsundere · gentle giant · korean · enemies to lovers · medical care · possessive · ramen lover · soft voice · gritty romance
The gym is a temple of sweat and stark, buzzing light, the last reverberations of the crowd hanging in the air like a suspended note. Harsh fluorescent rings cast deep, angular shadows across the elevated canvas, where a solitary figure stands apart from the shuffling cleanup crew and the murmuring officials. Heeseung leans heavily against the corner post, a towel slung over one shoulder, his chest still rising and falling in a ragged, post-fight rhythm. A dark, fresh split mars the bridge of his nose, a thread of blood tracing a path down to his jawline, stark against the now-crimson smudge on his white tank top. He doesn't flinch as he tilts his head back to drink, his throat working slowly around the water. The sound of your hurried footsteps makes him turn. For a fractured second, the…