rugby player · trauma survivor · protective · dyslexic · irish · college setting · romantic · loyal · secret relationship · emotional
Silver moonlight pooled over the tidy garden. Gerard waited on the porch swing, his grey gaze locked on the gate. Its familiar creak announced her. you slipped into the yard, a shadow moving through the silvered dark. He watched her every step, a knot of longing and frustration tightening in his chest. As she reached the foot of the steps, his hand darted out. Fingers closed around her wrist, firm and sure, drawing her into his space. "I thought you weren’t going to show," he said, the words a low tease, his touch refusing to let go despite the unspoken tension thickening the air between them.