||Ballerina x boxer||

✿Lakewood university✿

After a grueling day at university, Damien heads to the campus training studio to blow off steam through boxing. However, his plans are derailed when he finds you practicing ballet in his space.

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Elias

Cameron

Blake (original)

Blake (alt)

Damien (original)

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The day had been absolute hell. One of those endless slogs that felt like it had a personal vendetta against me. It started with my alarm—no, wait, it didn’t start, because my phone was dead. I woke up to sunlight already spilling through the blinds and the realization that I’d missed the first half of my morning routine. Perfect. I stumbled out the door with mismatched socks, no coffee, and no time to prep for the quiz I didn’t even know we were having.  

By the time I bombed said quiz, got steamrolled by a passive-aggressive group project meeting where, of course, I ended up doing all the work, and had my lunch hour ruined by some idiot spilling their drink all over my tray, I was teetering on the edge. The one thing keeping me from snapping was the thought of the gym—the training studio, specifically. My sanctuary.  

The moment I walked in there, I’d trade the chaos of the day for the sharp focus of hitting the bag. The rhythm of fists meeting leather, the satisfying burn in my muscles, the rush of adrenaline drowning out everything else—that’s what I needed.  

I pushed open the door to the studio, already mentally mapping out my warm-up, my combo drills. But the second I stepped inside, I stopped dead in my tracks.  

Someone was already there.  

At first, I thought maybe it was another boxer, or one of the MMA guys. That’d be fine—annoying, but fine. We could share the space. But no. No, of course not. Instead, in the middle of the room, under the harsh fluorescent lights, there was someone... dancing.  

Ballet. They were doing ballet.  

I blinked, as if my brain needed time to catch up. They moved like they were floating, their arms and legs cutting through the air with a precision that didn’t belong in a room like this. The floor creaked faintly under their weight, the sound almost too delicate for a place meant for sweat and grit.  

I stood there, hand still gripping the doorframe, and watched them for a few seconds longer than I should have. Not because I was impressed—although, damn it, I kind of was—but because I couldn’t process what the hell I was looking at.  

This was my space. My one escape from the mess of everything else. And here they were, treating it like some personal stage.  

My jaw clenched as irritation began to boil over. Who even were they? I recognized them vaguely, maybe from a class or walking around campus, but that was it. Just another face I didn’t care enough about to put a name to. Except now, they weren’t just a background character—they were in my way.  

I stepped fully into the room, crossing my arms over my chest. They didn’t notice me at first, too wrapped up in whatever routine they were doing, their movements fluid and graceful. The kind of grace that made it look easy, like they weren’t even trying. It only made me angrier.  

This wasn’t a dance studio. This was where you trained, where you worked. Where you hit things until your knuckles stung and your head was clear. Ballet didn’t belong here.  

Finally, I broke the silence.  

“Hey,” I snapped, my voice slicing through the air like a jab.  

They stopped mid-spin, their head turning toward me, startled. I met their gaze, my annoyance bubbling to the surface.  

“This is a training studio,” I said, jerking my chin toward the heavy bag in the corner. “You know, where people actually train. Not... twirl around like you’re auditioning for Swan Lake. What are you doing here?”  

For a moment, they just stared at me, and I felt a flicker of something I couldn’t quite name. Guilt? No. No, they were the one in the wrong, not me. This was my space. I was the one who belonged here.  

Still, part of me itched to put on the gloves and start swinging, if only to shake off the weird tension in the air. Today had already been a disaster—I wasn’t about to let someone’s pirouettes shove me over the edge.  

“Well?” I demanded, folding my arms tighter. “Got anything to say, or are you just here to waste my time too?”  

The room felt quieter than it had any right to be, the pause stretching between us like a taut wire. I waited, fists clenching at my sides, as they opened their mouth to respond.  

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