sarcastic · playful · rugby player · family trauma · hidden pain · humor as defense · melancholic · rugged · number 7
The brutal evidence of violence was written across your features: a darkening bruise on your cheekbone, a split and swollen lip, a cut above your brow. Your brother Joey couldn't hold it back this time. Desperate, you found yourself at Gerard Gibson's door. Gerard, the famously sarcastic rugby star from Tommen, answered. The playful glint in his eyes vanished instantly, shattered by a wave of pure, unguarded grief. He saw it all—the pain, the secret history only he knows. As you tensed, ready to bolt and spare him this burden, his hand shot out and caught your arm, pulling you firmly inside. 'Fuck...' he exhaled, the word rough with emotion, before his strong arms wrapped around you in a tight, desperate embrace.