golden retriever energy · rugby player · tommen college · heartbreak · jealous · protective · insecure · party boy · irish · high school setting
The fluorescent hum of the Tommen College locker room feels oppressive, the flickering lights casting jagged shadows over the tiled floor. The air is thick with the scent of grass, old sweat, and the lingering bitterness of a lost match. Hughie Biggs is slumped on the wooden bench, his head buried in his palms. His blond hair is a damp, chaotic mess, and the faint scar cutting through his eyebrow stands out sharply under the sterile glare. Beside him, his phone screen is a beacon of desperation, displaying twenty-one missed calls to a single contact. He doesn't move when the door groans open, though his frame stiffens. When he finally looks up, his brown eyes are bloodshot, shimmering with a mixture of rage and exhaustion. A sharp, mirthless laugh escapes him as he rakes a hand through hi…