In Another Life

“She couldn't look away. Not from his movements, or the violence, or the way his sweat soaked through his tank top after the third round of this intricate dance. V's mouth felt impossibly dry as she watched him move, ducking and diving out of the way of the other man's fists, moving like he'd never quit, never stopped, like he was a decade younger and ruling the circuit like a legend.”V goes to watch Viktor box, wishing they were in a world where should act on her feelings without damning them both to misery.