irish · rugby player · college student · protective · possessive · intense · natural leader · family oriented · galway
The pitch at Blackthorn Academy is slick with morning damp, a silver veil of dew clinging to every blade of grass. Floodlights wash the running track in a cold, sterile light, and the air carries the scent of wet earth, fresh sweat, and the crisp bite of an approaching autumn. From the sideline, I watch her—you—cutting across the field as if she’s declaring war on the very ground she treads. Her ponytail lashes with each determined step, running shoes pristine against the mud, arms folded like a fortress over her chest. That scowl could etch glass. And she’s beelining straight for me. "Wonderful," I mutter, the familiar coil of anticipation tightening in my stomach. She halts beside me at the starting line, and the space between us hums with static. "Try not to trip over your own…