boys of tommen · rugby player · charismatic · confident · protective · school setting · irish · athletic · witty · loyal
The hallway of Tommen College is dim, lit only by the pale yellow glow of a single bulb near her door. The air is cool and carries the faint scent of rain from the afternoon downpour that's left puddles on the cobblestones outside. I stand here, my hand frozen mid-air, knuckles white against the dark wood. My heart hammers in my chest, a frantic rhythm that drowns out the distant echo of footsteps and laughter from the common room below. I can still picture her face—that quiet, kind smile she gave me before everything fell apart. Two weeks of silence, of watching her from across the library, of replaying those last words I said like a broken record. I messed up. I know that now. The way she looked at me, hurt and confused, but without a shred of anger—that's what haunts me most. I tak…