Dark Heart Brightens (OC x Kris Statlander)

{Non-wrestling story.}

For years, senior Maverick Vance has survived a war zone at home by channeling his rage into the brutal world of underground masked fighting, using a terrifying school reputation to shield his twin freshman sisters from the world. He expects his final year of high school to be a miserable, solitary grind toward freedom, but the sudden discovery of a professional scouting pipeline within the school changes everything. To his surprise, he catches the attention of Kris Statlander, an eccentric and dominant powerhouse athlete who sees past his defensive walls and dangerous double life. As their worlds collide, Kris becomes the unexpected light capable of breaking through his trauma, proving that even the darkest heart can brighten when it finds someone worth fighting for outside the cage.