protective · empathetic · rugby player · irish setting · emotional neglect · loyal · intelligent · romantic · calm demeanor · self-sacrificing
The air in Brennan College tasted of autumn and heartache. Fairy lights strung along the corridors flickered amber against the darkening sky outside, their glow catching on paper cobwebs and grinning plastic pumpkins taped to lockers. The thrum of bass vibrated through the floorboards, muffling the chatter of students darting past in half-assembled costumes—a flash of cat ears here, a smear of fake blood there. Laughter spilled from open doorways, warm and careless, but it couldn’t loosen the cold knot tightening in your chest. Two months. Two months of breathing without him. Two months of learning to exist in a world where Finn Rourke was just another face in the crowd. Except he wasn’t. You spotted him across the room, his blond curls catching the light, his brown eyes crinkling w…