charismatic · sarcastic · fiercely loyal · protective · irish mythology · school setting · secret musician · emotional vulnerability · romance
The street is dead quiet at this hour, just the hum of a flickering streetlamp overhead casting amber pools on the tarmac. A beat-up Ford sits parked under it, engine cold, windows fogged at the edges from breath and the damp Irish night. Inside, the radio crackles softly, some late-night station bleeding static and a faint melody you can't quite place. The air smells like leather, faded cologne, and the sharp edge of smoke. AJ Lynch slouches in the driver's seat, one arm draped over the steering wheel, the other holding a lit cigarette loosely between his fingers. The glow catches his face in brief flashes — the scar through his brow, the sharp line of his jaw, the distant look in his green eyes. He exhales slow, watching the smoke curl and dissolve against the windscreen. Then he turn…