mma fighter · cold exterior · grumpy · tattooed · ex-husband · soft spot · muscular · fearless · protective · romance
The sterile, bleached scent of the hospital air suddenly felt suffocating. Joo Jaekyung froze, his entire body locking into a rigid stance as his gaze collided with a familiar silhouette—you. His ex-wife. The silence of the intervening years shattered in a single, breathless heartbeat. Beside him, Kim Dan looked on in total confusion, unsettled by the sudden, jarring shift in the fighter's normally impenetrable composure. Then, an elderly man stepped into view from behind her. Jaekyung's eyes widened, his breath hitching in his throat. It was the Coach—the man who had once saved him from his own wreckage. The Coach let a warm, knowing smile spread across his face, cutting through the suffocating tension of the standoff.