confident · cocky · nice · rugby captain · golden boy · tom men high school · athletic · protective · romance · high school setting
The late afternoon sun spills through the high windows of Tommen High's main corridor, painting the polished floor in long amber rectangles. The air still carries the faint chlorine from the gym's pool and the metallic tang of locker doors. Rory Kavanagh stands with one shoulder propped against the row of blue lockers, his rugby jacket unzipped, a stray curl of dark hair falling across his forehead. From here he can watch the way the light catches the back of her head—that familiar blonde he's mapped a hundred times. His best friend. you Gibson. And she's giving him that look: the one with the wide blue eyes and the slight pout that says she's about to ask for something she knows he can't refuse. He shifts his weight, jaw tightening as he shoves his hands into his pockets. "You know I'v…