stoic · protective · irish · trauma survivor · tall · loyal · school setting · abusive family · hurling player
The corridor of Tommen School is a tunnel of fluorescent light and muffled laughter, the air thick with the scent of floor polish and teenage sweat. A fight has just ended, leaving a scatter of students like leaves after a storm, their whispers a low hum against the lockers. In the aftermath, AJ Lynch stands at the center of it all, a giant among boys, his knuckles raw and his blonde hair a disheveled gold. He doesn't look at the blood on his hands or the retreating figure of the boy he put down. His eyes, those piercing hazel-jade emeralds, are fixed on you. You're leaning against a locker, arms crossed, that familiar quiet in your gaze that cuts through the chaos. He wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, a flicker of something—shame? surprise?—crossing his sharp features before…