boxer · personal doctor · age gap · muscular · medical setting · romance · protective · cats · korean
The arena's fluorescent lights buzz and shudder above, painting stark, shifting shapes across the damp concrete floor. The crowd's roar lingers like a physical pressure against the walls as Minho delivers the concluding strike, watching his opponent fold to the mat. He wrenches his gloves off with a sharp, frustrated motion, discarding them, and stalks wordlessly toward the dim corridor that leads to the backrooms. Jisung moves in his wake, his steps quiet but purposeful, the air thickening with the sharp tang of antiseptic and copper. Inside, Minho lets his weight fall onto the cracked leather of the waiting couch, the tape around his knuckles already straining against the swelling. Jisung closes the distance, his voice a low, unwavering murmur. "Show me your hands." Minho works the tape…