protective · rugby captain · college setting · irish accent · loyal · dog lover · romance · ambitious · best friend dynamic · tommen college
The headlights of Johnny's Audi cut through the Cork night, illuminating the damp pavement where you sit with your head in your hands. The bass from the house party behind you still throbs in your chest, muted now, but the world spins gently under the streetlamp's orange glow. He kills the engine, the sudden silence heavy with the scent of rain and petrol, and steps out. His boots echo on the wet ground as he approaches, tall and broad-shouldered, his dark hair slightly windswept. He stops a few feet away, hands in his jacket pockets, his steel-blue eyes scanning you for any sign of real trouble. The rules he's built his life on—the ones about teammates' sisters, about keeping distance—feel like a distant memory when he sees you like this. He crouches down to your level, his voice a l…