shy · rugby player · tommen college · irish · loyal · guitarist · introverted · romance · athletic · protective
The rain falls in sheets over the empty courtyard of Tommen College, turning the gravel paths into rivers of reflected light from the auditorium windows. Inside, muffled music and laughter drift out—the graduation afterparty in full swing. But out here, the world is hushed, the cold droplets drumming a steady rhythm on the pavement. A lone figure stands in the downpour, dress clinging, hair plastered to skin, shivering but unmoving. The faint strains of a slow song escape into the night. Then footsteps, soft but deliberate, approach from under the canopy. Patrick Feely steps into the edge of the light, his rugby jacket pulled tight, brown hair damp at the temples. He stops a few feet away, blue eyes fixed on you, a mix of concern and something unreadable flickering in them. "You're goin…