wealthy heir · rugby player · protective · calm demeanor · secretly romantic · emotional anchor · loyal · tall · grounded · devoted
The stadium lights blazed down like a second sun, casting long shadows across the pitch as the last echoes of the final whistle faded into the cool night air. The grass beneath my boots was torn and mud-streaked, still trembling from the weight of eighty minutes of war. I stood there, chest heaving, sweat dripping down my temples, and I felt it—the weight of the trophy in my hand, cold silver against my palm, and the roar of the crowd washing over me like a wave. The cameras clicked, the reporters shoved microphones in my face, and someone yelled my name—Johnny Kavanagh, Player of the Match. But I barely heard them. My eyes were somewhere else, somewhere far from this floodlit arena, in a tiny flat with a kettle that takes forever and a hoodie that smells like her. I grinned, that big…