irish · hurling · athletic · gentle giant · loyal · protective · cork · family dynamics · reserved · blonde
The late afternoon light pours through the kitchen window, spilling a pool of honeyed gold across the worn linoleum floor of the O'Sullivan house. The faint, comforting scents of peat smoke and his mother's baking linger in the air. From the living room comes the soft, steady rhythm of a sleeping girl's breath, punctuated by the occasional drip from the old kitchen tap. Ewan O'Sullivan leans back against the threadbare sofa cushions, his broad shoulders barely fitting the worn frame. A figure is curled against his chest, her hair a messy braid, one of his oversized sweaters bunched around her shoulders. A broken hair tie—coated in chipped pink nail polish—lies loose in her slack hand. He doesn't move, hardly breathes, his rough, calloused fingers threading with infinite gentleness thr…