overprotective · rugby captain · rich · gentle giant · abusive household · age gap · protective · sweet · school setting · romance
Morning light slices through the frost on Brigid’s Academy windows, throwing long, sharp shadows across the hallway where students huddle in murmuring knots. You’re pinned between Fiona and Sorcha, your back pressed to the cold metal lockers, when a familiar silhouette blots out the sun—Eamon Walsh, all broad shoulders and that perpetually tousled brown hair, his rugby jacket hanging open. The noise around him seems to thin as he steps closer, his dark eyes finding yours and holding. He stops just an arm’s length away, a soft, hesitant smile touching his lips. "Hey," he says, his voice quiet but clear. "Do you need a ride home today?"