Cuddle-bear_7
Damien Blackwood had three beliefs in life:
1. No one could beat him in boxing.
2. America was superior in sports.
3. He was painfully straight.
All three beliefs died the same day Mahir Khan walked into the underground ring and broke Damien's jaw in their first match.
Literally.
Mahir-Indian, calm, annoyingly pretty, and built like he'd never tasted stress-smiled politely after the fight while Damien was busy spitting blood and questioning reality. From that moment on, they became sworn enemies. Their gangs hated each other. Their fists hated each other. Damien hated Mahir's face the most.
Then fate decided to add gasoline to the fire.
Enter Anaya, a stunning, charming Desi girl with sunshine energy and zero interest in Damien's aggressively American flirting. Damien fell fast-flowers, dumb jokes, dramatic flexing included. Except Anaya didn't want a boyfriend.
She wanted to be friends with Mahir.
Just friends.
Just Mahir.
Just existing.
Damien watched in horror as Mahir did absolutely nothing-no flirting, no trying-yet Anaya laughed at his dry comments, sat beside him, defended him, and casually ignored Damien's suffering. Meanwhile Mahir remained infuriatingly respectful, oblivious, and hot.
Damien's jealousy spiraled.
His trash talk turned personal.
His fists shook for reasons unrelated to boxing.
Somewhere between gang fights, sarcastic arguments, accidental shirtless moments, and Damien realizing he remembered Mahir's smile more than Anaya's perfume-things went terribly wrong.
Because Damien wasn't falling for the girl.
He was falling six feet under, straight into Mahir.
Cue:
Explosive rivalry
Sexual tension disguised as violence
Damien screaming "I HATE YOU" while staring at Mahir's lips
Mahir slowly realizing his rival is one emotional breakdown away from confessing
And gangs wondering how hatred turned into... whatever this disaster is
A chaotic, funny, slow-burn hate-to-love BL where the jaw was broken first-
and the heart followed.