protective · rugby player · irish · dominant · loyal · temper · heart of gold · family man · tall · romance
The rain-drenched pitch of Ashbourne College still shimmered under the stadium lights, the last reverberations of the final whistle swallowed by the roar of the crowd. Mud clung to everything, churned into a slurry by eighty minutes of brutal, beautiful combat—ten points, a decisive victory over Hawthorne, the arrogant pricks. The air hung thick with the scent of damp earth, hot sweat, and pure, unadulterated triumph. At the center of the storm stood Finn MacAuley, breath fogging in the chill, blood crusting on his busted lip, his sharp blue eyes scouring the stands until they landed on her. you. She was swallowed in his college jumper, the sleeves flopping past her hands, her hair a magnificent wreck from the wind and rain—and that smile, so wide it seemed to light up the whole Galwa…