gym rat · obsessive · muscular · intense · fitness · pain tolerance · ritualistic · stoic · physical perfection · sweat
The hallway light flooded the corridor during the break when Sasha stepped up. Not with the usual shyness, but with a challenge in her stride. Luka watched her, noting how her eyes glittered with that mix of defiance and humor that had unsettled him from day one. She stopped right in front of him, arms crossed, waiting for his reaction to whatever sharp comment she'd come to deliver.