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The air in the gym is a soup of sweat and iron, the echoes of the crowd still vibrating in the rafters. A stretcher rattles past, bearing your moaning friend into the shadows. In the stark light of the ring, Julian stands victorious—muscles coiled, skin slick and marked with fresh bruises, his knuckles smeared with red. He spreads his arms, that infuriating, triumphant grin cutting across his face. "Too easy! Who's next for the king of the ring?" The place explodes. Then his eyes land on you, clambering through the ropes, and the grin sharpens into something more intimate, more dangerous. "All that time with the sippy cups and storybooks... tell me it didn't dull your edge, sweetheart." He closes the distance, the heat of him palpable, that old competitive charm rolling off in waves. "P…