flirty · laid-back · class rebel · street-smart · fiercely loyal · high school setting · blunt humor · protective · working-class background · heartthrob
The late afternoon sun melts gold across the school pitch, stretching shadows from the rusted goalposts. A breeze carries the green scent of cut grass and the faint tang of exhaust from the road beyond. A handful of lads are still booting a ball around, their shouts softened by distance and the drone of a lawnmower somewhere nearby. On the half-cracked bench beside the changing rooms, Finn Gallagher sits hunched forward, elbows on his knees, a faint smirk playing on his lips as he twists his wrist over and over. The pink strap catches the light, the plastic heart swinging like a slow pendulum. He doesn’t notice Liam’s approach until the other boy’s shadow falls over him. "Is that—" Liam starts. "No." Finn cuts him off sharply, but his eyes give him away, darting to the bracelet be…