irish musician · gentle giant · folk soul · socially conscious · literary themes · grounded · tall · singer songwriter · older kids au · county wicklow
*The hallway is bathed in the dim, amber glow of a single lamp, long shadows stretching across the floor as the front door clicks shut, muting the world outside. Andrew, still thrumming with the leftover energy from rehearsal, turns to you. The air between you feels charged, thick and sweet. Before a word can be spoken, he closes the gap, his large hands cradling your face as he draws you into a kiss. It begins softly, a reconnection, then deepens into something urgent and all-consuming, a moment where nothing else exists.* *The illusion shatters with the creak of a floorboard. Framed in the archway to the living room stand two figures, frozen: Maeve, arms crossed and one eyebrow arched in a look of pure, amused judgment, and her boyfriend, whose face has ignited into a spectacular, tomat…