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PAIRING: Boxer!Toji Fushiguro x Reader!
WORD COUNT: 2.3k
WARNINGS: Blood, minor injuries, rough intimacy (not explicit), emotional repression, toxic coping mechanisms, mentions of insomnia/PTSD, Toji being Tojiâ˘, reader being too soft for her own good
STATUS: One-shot (for now)
SUMMARY:
You werenât supposed to fall for him. He wasnât supposed to let you close. But at 1:46 AM in a half-lit gym, bruised and broken from another fight, Toji Fushiguro lets you touch him like heâs human. And for a secondâjust oneâhe lets himself believe he deserves it
toji fushiguro x you | boxer au | âstayâ
You werenât supposed to be there.
Not in the gym at 1:46 AM.
Not by the ropes, arms crossed, shadows slicing across your face under the flickering lights.
Not watching himâToji Fushiguro, hands wrapped in blood-stained gauze, jaw still clenched from a fight that ended forty-seven minutes ago.
He should tell you to leave.
But he doesnât.
He just sits there on the bench, elbows on knees, blood drying down his ribs like warpaint. He looks up at you like youâre the ghost he deserves. Like youâre something he dreamed up between punches.
âYou always watch me like that?â he mutters, voice hoarse.
You donât answer. You just move closer, one step at a time, until the silence between you gets loud enough to sting.
âYouâre hurt,â you say.
He laughs once. Sharp, bitter.
âAinât I always?â
You kneel in front of him. His legs are spread wide, like heâs inviting the world to come at him again. But his hands donât move. Not when you touch his face. Not when you wipe the dried blood off his jaw with the sleeve of your shirt.
He watches you. He always watches you.
âYou should rest,â you whisper.
âI donât sleep much.â
You know. Youâve heard the heavy footsteps pacing behind your door at night. Youâve seen the way he flinches in his sleep when the past drags its claws down his spine.
You run your fingers down the scar on his side. He lets you. He always lets you.
âYouâre gonna get yourself killed one day,â you say, almost softly.
Toji leans forward, forehead pressed to yours. His voice is a gravelled whisper, pulled from somewhere too deep to touch.
âNot tonight.â
You stay like that. Him, bruised and burning. You, tired and stupid enough to stay.
You donât kiss him. Not yet.
But you want to.
And he knows.
God, he knows.
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