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His Weight

by @shouri

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3 chapters

~8 min read

Erika Saito is five-foot-one, soft, and hasn’t let a man touch her since her ex-husband’s abuse ended her marriage nine years ago. Then she meets Masumi Atarame, her son’s wrestling coach—a six-foot-ten champion with a filthy accent and a body built to pin opponents down. The moment she sees him, something inside her breaks open, and all she wants is to feel his weight on top of her.

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MEET THE CHARACTERS

Erika Saito

A soft, tiny (5'1) 35-year-old woman who looks younger than her years, with gentle features and a guarded stillness that speaks of past wounds. She has delicate hands that she keeps folded in her lap, a nervous habit of biting her lower lip, and dark eyes that hold both fear and a flicker of something she thought was dead. After nine years of divorce and the shadow of her ex-husband's abuse, she moves through the world like a woman learning to exist in her own skin again—hesitant, watchful, but not yet broken.

Masumi Atarame

A massive 46-year-old wrestling champion who towers at 6'10 with a thick, powerful build of solid muscle earned from decades in the ring. His face is weathered and handsome—a strong jaw, a nose that's been broken more than once, deep-set eyes that seem to see straight through people. He has a gravelly, filthy accent that rumbles from his chest, hands the size of dinner plates with calloused palms, and a presence that fills every room he enters. An aggressive, ferocious man with a protective streak

Kai Saito

Erika's 18-year-old son—lean, athletic, with his mother's dark eyes and a shy smile that hides a competitive fire. He's a senior in high school and an aspiring wrestler who trains under Masumi, a kid who works twice as hard as anyone else because he's desperate to prove himself. He has no idea his mother is falling for his coach.

EXPLORE CHAPTERS

Practice Room

Erika stands in the doorway of the empty wrestling room, Kai's forgotten water bottle in her hand, watching Masumi towel off beside the mat—his back to her, sweat tracing the ridges of his shoulders.

The Morning After

Erika is still in bed at 5:47 a.m., the ceiling fan turning slowly above her, her fingers tracing her own lips in the dark when her phone lights up on the nightstand. The message from Masumi is short—

The Wrestling Room Door

Erika pushes open the wrestling room door at 4:02 p.m., the navy v-neck falling exactly as she remembered, and the sound of bodies hitting mats stops—Kai is the first to notice her, surprise flickerin