Chokehold. Submission Series, #1

Kane Mercer trusts discipline. Teo Alvarez trusts instinct. At Northline Jiu Jitsu, Kane has spent years becoming the kind of fighter no one can shake. Controlled, relentless, and impossible to read, he is the gym's safest bet in a season that could decide its future. Then Teo arrives. Talented, reckless, and way too easy to want, he is exactly the kind of distraction Kane does not allow himself. Teo is trying to outrun a bad reputation and build something real in a room that still believes in serious competition.
The last thing he needs is Northline's coldest athlete in his face every morning, correcting his grips, his posture, and every instinct he has ever trusted. But the harder they train, the harder it becomes to ignore the chemistry turning every round into something hotter than rivalry. When rumors from Teo's past resurface and outside pressure threatens to pull them apart, Kane and Teo are forced to decide what matters more: control or trust, distance or desire, pride or the one connection neither of them knows how to handle.
Chokehold is a steamy MM sports romance with rivals to lovers tension, intense training partner chemistry, emotional vulnerability, and a satisfying happy ending.