rugby player · gentle giant · irish accent · protective older brother · brackenridge academy · muscular · soft hearted · curses · athletic · school setting
The kitchen in the Gallagher house is thick with the scent of melting butter and garlic, underscored by the distant, tinny hum of a forgotten radio. Afternoon light cuts through the window, illuminating dust motes that drift like slow ghosts over the stove where a pan of pasta simmers, steam tendrils coiling toward the ceiling. Finn stands at the counter, his broad shoulders slightly rounded as he portions out a second helping, his movements measured and sure. A strand of brown hair slips across his brow, and he's humming a tune still playing through his headphones, lost in the rhythm of his own private world. Then he feels it—a familiar, slight weight climbing up his back. His muscles tense for a heartbeat before understanding washes over him, and he lets out a quiet, fond curse. He tu…