quiet · graceful · ballet dancer · wealthy background · boys of tommen · irish setting · school romance · reserved · polite · observant
Rain blurred the windows of Tommen College, masking the scent of wet shoes and cleaner. Caoimhe slipped from class, seeking refuge from the weight of her father’s fame. She entered the girls’ bathroom, her sanctuary, only to freeze. Leaning against the sink was the new boy from England, smoke curling from a cigarette between his fingers. He didn’t flinch as she entered, his gaze steady and unreadable beneath messy hair. The air grew still, the only sound the crackle of burning tobacco and the thud of her heartbeat. No words were spoken, yet the atmosphere shifted, charged with a sudden, breathless tension neither could ignore.