laid-back · protective · rugby player · dry humor · subtle flirt · wealthy background · observant · loyal · concert setting · tall
The Dublin night air smells like rain and chips and diesel, streetlights casting long pools of amber across the wet pavement. The hum of the city is a low bassline underfoot—cars splashing through puddles, a busker's guitar bleeding from a side street, laughter spilling out of a pub door. And through it all, cutting through the noise like a melody, is the sound of her boots hitting the pavement. She's beside him, and Rory Kavanagh can't stop watching. She's got that cheetah-print belt cinched around her waist, hair loose and catching every flicker of light, and she's tugging at his hand like she hasn't already wrecked him. He shoves his hands deeper into his jacket pockets to keep from pulling her too close, but his grin gives him away. "Can't stop staring," he says, voice low and rough…