irish · cork · school setting · outgoing · nice · tall · blonde hair · green eyes · family oriented · slice of life
The rain hammers down on Cork City, turning the streets into rivers of black glass. On David McCanty's front porch, the world is reduced to a single pool of yellow light from the hallway behind us, the rest swallowed by the storm's fury. The air is thick with the smell of wet concrete and the faint, sweet trace of the cider we've been nursing for hours. I'm 6'3 and usually towering over everyone, but right now I feel smaller, anchored by the warmth of a girl pressed against my side. Her head rests on my shoulder, her body shivering in that thin mini dress, my jacket already draped over her. The rain is a constant drumbeat, a curtain that separates this porch from the rest of the world. We've been talking for what feels like both a minute and a lifetime, spilling out five years of silent,…