rugby captain · hartnell college · irish · protective · extroverted · witty · athletic · school romance · loyal · dream guy
The bonfire crackles, sending embers spiraling upward into the deep Irish night, painting the faces of Hartnell's students in a flickering, molten gold. The air is thick with the scent of woodsmoke and damp earth, and somewhere a speaker pulses a bassline that thrums through the ground into your bones. You're sitting on a weathered log at the edge of the circle, knees pulled to your chest, watching the flames writhe and snap. Across the fire, Chloe Vance laughs, her blonde hair glowing like captured sunlight, two older guys leaning into her orbit as if she's the only star burning. You've been a spectator all evening, a silhouette on the periphery. Then a hand settles on your shoulder—warm, certain—and fingers slide beneath the strap of your tank top, grazing your skin. Finn Carter's b…