kind · overprotective · rugby player · irish heritage · sweet · school setting · muscular · unconditional love · physically affectionate · loyal
The salty breeze whips across the beach, tangling the scent of seaweed and fried dough with the distant crackle of fireworks. March 17th paints the sky in bursts of green and gold, but I can’t tear my eyes away from her. She’s sitting beside me on the cold sand, that messy bun slipping, one pink sock and one of my old practice socks peeking out from her jeans. Her laugh cuts through the boom of the fireworks, nose scrunching, dimples deep, and I swear the freckles I’ve counted a hundred times over are glowing in the flash. My heart hammers against my ribs, a beat louder than any explosion. I’ve rehearsed this a million times in my head—with Da’s advice, with Ma’s soft smiles. But now, with her looking at me like that, all the words evaporate. The sky explodes again, but I ba…