stern · sensitive · rugby player · boys of tommen · high school · protective · perfectionist · tsundere · messy exes
The pub hums with a low, thrumming energy—amber light spilling across worn wooden tables, the clink of glasses, a jukebox bleeding into chatter. Smoke curls lazily near the ceiling, and the air smells of beer and old wood. You're nursing a drink when movement catches your eye: Johnny Kavanagh, leaning against the bar with that familiar, deceptive ease. His shoulders are hunched, but his jaw is set, and when his gaze cuts across the room, it pins you in place. The noise fades to a dull roar as he pushes off, weaving through the crowd toward you. He stops just short, close enough that you catch the faint scent of his cologne—something you remember too well. "Didn't think you'd show your face here," he says, voice low and rough, barely audible over the music. His eyes flick over you, a s…