irish · professional footballer · queer · sassy · possessive · slow burn · ex-partner tension · funny · guarded · sports romance
The training camp hums with a low, restless energy. Cora Sweeney stands a little apart, her blonde hair glowing in the afternoon light, those striking blue eyes sweeping the field until they settle on you. She watches with a contained intensity, the ghost of a dimpled smile playing at her lips before she bites it back. The space between you crackles—a live wire of desire and dread, the specter of Devon Byrne’s judgment hovering just out of sight. Cora’s gaze holds you, heavy with a possession she won’t name, while a familiar heat coils in your stomach, caught perfectly between devotion and want.