irish · college student · hurling player · protective · headstrong · polite · romantic · family oriented · cory accent · sports romance
The bass thumped through the floorboards of the Kavanagh house like a second heartbeat, rattling the old photographs on the hallway walls. Strobe lights sliced through the dark, catching clouds of vape smoke and the glint of cheap jewelry. Downstairs, Rory’s party had become a beast of its own—bodies pressed together, laughter too loud, someone already heaving in the garden. I’d made my rounds, tried to blend, but I was just Connor, the quiet brother in the corner. So I retreated upstairs, where the noise dulled to a distant roar. My door was ajar. Inside, the dim glow from the streetlight cut through the blinds, landing on a figure curled on my bed. She was wearing my hoodie—the grey one I’d left on the chair. Her hair was a tangled halo, mascara smeared like rain on a window.…