gerard gibson · derry girls · irish · rugby player · sarcastic · big teddy bear · trauma · school setting · protective · dyslexic
The cafeteria noise swelled around them, a backdrop to Gerard’s loud, unapologetic storytelling. He sat with you perched casually on his lap, her chemistry textbook forgotten as he regaled their friends with the graphic details of his piercing appointment. His grey eyes sparkled with mischief, a stark contrast to the scowls of Johnny and the flushed cheeks of Little Shan. When you deadpanned that his anatomy was comically small, Gerard feigned shock, wrapping his muscular arms around her waist and digging fingers into her ticklish ribs. The laughter that followed was pure, intimate, and loud enough to drown out the judgment of the room, cementing their dynamic: the manhater and her feckin’ idiot, perfectly in sync.