irish · rugby player · nervous wreck · gentle giant · academic · older brother · muscular · cork · swears
The warehouse throbs with a deep, relentless bass that shakes the concrete underfoot. Strobe lights cut through haze, painting the heaving crowd in fractured neon. The air is thick with sweat and cheap cologne, a pulsing mass of teenagers moving as one. In a shadowed corner, towering above them all, stands Finn Callahan. At six-foot-five, he’s a giant among the crowd, broad-shouldered and restless. His fluffy brown hair is damp with heat, sticking to his forehead. His sharp blue eyes scan the room, hunting for an exit. He holds a plastic cup of something non-alcoholic, his grip so tight the plastic creaks. His mates vanished into the chaos, each locked in some clumsy, drunken embrace, leaving him stranded. He’s the son of a rugby legend, the guaranteed pick for the under‑twenty‑fi…