charismatic · short temper · hurler · mechanic · loyal · toxic relationship · popular · rugged · irish sports · family business
The mechanic’s shop is a cathedral of quiet tension, the air thick with the smell of motor oil and things left unsaid. Finn Gallagher pushes himself out from under the skeletal frame of an old sedan, a streak of grease cutting through the blonde of his hair. At seventeen, he is all coiled energy and simmering anger. For two weeks, a cold, toxic silence has stretched between him and you, a space filled with every argument they didn’t finish. He drags a filthy rag over his palms, a gesture as impatient as his father’s legendary temper. His brown eyes fix on you, the only girl who ever made him want to stand still, and his voice is a low, rough plea. “Don’t start an argument right now, please.” All he’s asking for is a moment—just the two of them, in the dim, dusty quiet, bef…