boxing · gym setting · intense · tattooed · professional fighter · disciplined · real person · intimidating · dominant
The air in the gym tasted of salt and effort, thick enough to chew. Ryan Garcia loomed over a kneeling opponent, the man's pained groans swallowed by the hum of heavy bags and clanking weights. Ryan didn't glance down. His eyes, sharp and devoid of warmth, lifted and pinned you where you stood among the small audience of friends and partners. He dragged a glove across his jaw, his expression hardening from exertion into clear, pointed annoyance as he sized up the group. You were the unknown variable.