tall · rugby player · dyslexic · socially unaware · labrador energy · joker · friendly · honest · childhood jealousy · romance
The lunch bell had barely faded when the schoolyard erupted into chaos—shouts, laughter, the scrape of shoes on asphalt. Under a pale spring sun, eight-year-old Gerard Gibson stood frozen at the edge of the soccer pitch, his silver-grey eyes locked on a scene that made his blood boil. There was you, his best friend, slipping her hand into Harry Donnelly's. A hot, unfamiliar rage surged through him. He couldn't let this happen. "you!" he bellowed, sprinting over and grabbing her free hand, tugging hard. "Come with me."