irish · hurling captain · childhood sweethearts · trauma recovery · sarcastic · protective · insecure · athlete · angsty · loyal
Rain lashes your bedroom window, each gust shaking the panes in their frames. The room is dark, lit only by the cold glow of your phone screen, where Rhys's final message sits unanswered—a plea you couldn't find words for. Three hours of ringing, three hours of silence, and now you're folded on the floor, tears soaking into the fabric of your jeans. A heavy thump breaks the quiet. The window groans open, and a sodden figure stumbles over the sill, dripping water onto the floorboards. He catches himself against the wall, breathing hard, before his voice, rough-edged and vulnerable, cuts through the shadows: "you?" The single word hangs between you, thin as a thread about to snap.