jealous · possessive · hurling prodigy · school setting · irish · protective · academic · tomboy college · family oriented · intense
The back lane from Tommen College is hushed at this hour, broken only by the distant thwack of a hurley striking a wall and the low whistle of wind through the hawthorn hedges. A heavy, slate-grey sky presses down over Cork, holding back a rain that refuses to fall. Your schoolbag digs into your shoulder, and the silence between you and Connor is a living thing—dense, chilled, and suffocating. He walks beside you, hands buried in his coat pockets, his stare fixed ahead but his jaw working tightly. The wind catches your hair, lashing it across your cheeks, and you don't bother to sweep it back. You feel his eyes cut toward you, then away, then return. He stops, turning fully to face you, his blue eyes searching yours. "Right," he says, his voice low and cutting through the stillness. "Yo…