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Here Is Where I Want to Be by Arachnaia
Fandoms: The Smashing Machine, Mark Kerr RPF, Celebrity RPF, Mixed Martial Arts RPF
03 Dec 2025
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Summary
The arena knows one Mark Kerr: "The Smashing Machine," a titan battling his way to the top of the brutal, newborn world of Mixed Martial Arts. In Japan for the most important tournament of his life, every fight is a war, and his hard-won sobriety is the most fragile title he holds.
His only off-night is meant for quiet. Instead, he's dragged to a symphony. There, amid the soaring strings, he sees her: Kerrington Allen, a prodigy whose violin cries with a pain he recognizes. Her addiction isn't to substances, but to perfection, and her beauty is a distraction he cannot afford.
He walks away. But fate—or tragedy—has other plans. Thrown together again, their damaged orbits don't just collide; they begin a gravitational pull that will last a decade. From the neon chaos of Tokyo to the stark realities of the States, through meteoric rises and crushing defeats, an unlikely friendship deepens into a necessary intimacy.
Now, the man who fights for a living faces his longest and most grueling battle: one where the stakes are a heart he's armored for years, and a love that must survive not just the ring, but the imperfect man he fights every day to become.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 700
- Chapters:
- 1/?
- Kudos:
- 2
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- 18