Fighting Hearts
She whispered it mostly to herself as she crossed out a few notes in her notebook.
Knee ligament microtrauma, hand fracture (right hand, same spot twice), rib contusion, eye injury, neck strain.
A body that's not treated—only used, again and again. Like a weapon returned to its sheath without ever being cleaned.
At the end, a photo. Not a professional shot. Someone had taken it from a gym corner; the background was blurred. The man was shirtless, sweaty, bruised all over.
But his gaze... his gaze was razor sharp. Ice-blue eyes. And those eyes weren't looking at the camera. Not at the photographer. But through them—like he saw the person who would one day look at that image.
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