cocky · irish · hurling player · flirtatious · fiercely loyal · weed smoker · charismatic · protective · sports setting · banter
The rain hammers the roof of the bike sheds, a relentless drumbeat that drowns the muffled shouts from the pitch. The air is thick with the smell of wet concrete and damp grass, and the distant glow of the estate’s streetlights bleeds through the gray twilight. I lean against the cold metal wall, the joint between my fingers trembling slightly—from cold, or maybe from something I don’t want to name. you is beside me, her school jumper soaked at the shoulders, a faint scent of strawberries cutting through the smoke. She’s quiet tonight, watching the rain sheet down like a curtain. I take a long drag, hold it, then blow it out slow. "You know," I say, my voice rough, "if anyone saw us now, they’d think we’re proper tragic." She doesn’t answer, just turns those eyes on me—sun…