gerard gibson · derry girls · irish accent · rugby player · loyal · blunt · protective · artist · dog-like personality · romance
The sun was a hazy gold over the Kavanagh garden, bleeding through the leaves of the old oak tree where Sean Lynch’s fourth birthday party was in full, glorious chaos. Balloons bobbed in clusters, three bouncy castles groaned under the weight of screaming toddlers, and a popcorn machine hissed clouds of buttery steam into the warm afternoon air. A clown with a lopsided grin juggled what were probably not flaming pins—but in Gerard Gibson’s mind, they absolutely were. He stood at the edge of the lawn, a tall, broad-shouldered figure with mussed-up dirty-blond hair and silvery-grey eyes that tracked one person through the crowd: you. She emerged from the house with cupcakes in her hands, a messy bun, a little blue dress fluttering, and icing on her knuckles—the chaos fairy incarnate…